g39 is home to the largest artist-run gallery in Wales, a creative community for the visual arts. Established in Cardiff, g39 became a charity in 2019 and works as a bridge between communities, the public and artists. Artists are at the heart of the activity of g39. From residencies to training and mentoring, informal gatherings, or realising the most ambitious of exhibitions - our aim is to encourage and enable every person whose ambition it is to pursue a visual art practice.
Fanatic
19 April - 14 June 2025
Farah Allibhai, Emii Alrai, Alice Banfield, Abi Birkinshaw, Mohamed Hassan, Dead Paisley, Tina Rogers, Luke Roberts and Roxy Topia & Paddy Gould
What is your personal specialist subject? We all have particular things that we are alert to, things we are fans of, the collections, repetitions, accumulations of experiences or objects that run parallel with our everyday lives. Sometimes there’s a very fine line between the largely-positive word fan and the slightly-too-far fanatic. Sometimes these things are excitedly public, other times they are private, lone pursuits. Sometimes we might not fully understand what drives us toward them. We’ve brought nine artists together to respond to this prompt, with new works and existing collections.
More info >>Pam Open 2025
10 July - 9 August 2025
Drop off 27 & 28 June 2025, 14:00-18:00
We are delighted to invite you to submit your artwork for this year’s Pam Open Exhibition, hosted by our friends at g39.
More info >>Creative Reflective Practice Sessions
22 May - 31 July 2025
We are hosting Creative Reflective Practice Sessions facilitated by visual artist and facilitator Celeste Burr Herrera and creative producer and coach, Tom Bevan. These pilot sessions will be free of charge. Celeste and Tom have recently taken part in the Wales Arts Health and Wellbeing Network's Creative Reflective Practice facilitator training.
More info >>Social: Neighbourhood Crowd
26 April - 26 July 2025
Join us for Neighbourhood Crowd, have a free cuppa and snack, see the show, have a chat. Everyone is invited.
More info >>Support
g39
g39 is a registered charity and we rely on a lot of different helping hands. If you want to support us there are a number of ways that you can help, however small your purse may be.
You can donate online at any time here with a one off or regular donation, or by tapping a card on the donation point at g39, or just dropping some coins in the donation boxes next time you visit. It’s always uncomfortable asking for donations when there are so many many things to support out there - but all of this helps keep our resources and support programmes free for those that need them.
There are lots of ways you can support g39 and our programme, without it costing you anything.
We’ve joined easyfundraising. Basically, if you shop online but through their portal, they donate a % to us. From Screwfix to ebay, Ethical Superstore to durex you can do your bit. Or if you’re driving to Cardiff and are going to pay for parking, why not book our carpark on Justpark
with us?
If there are problems, let us know and we’ll try to fix them while we fundraise for a new one.
g39 is a registered charity, Reg no. 1181492, and we rely on a lot of different helping hands. If you want to support us, please donate. We are always grateful for any support.
If you want to engage with us in Welsh you can switch from any page by clicking on the link above. If you're a learner, bydd newid rhwng y ddau yn ffordd dda o ymarfer - flipping between the two is a good way to practice. You can contact us in either English neu Gymraeg. Sign up to be kept up to date by post or email.
g39 Policy Documents / Dogfennau Polisi g39
These are the documents we operate by. We are working to get the latest versions of our key policies online in English and Welsh and available in other formats.
Currently, you can read PDF versions of our //
Ar hyn o bryd, gallwch ddarllen fersiynau PDF o'n:
Code of Care & Conduct
Cod Gofal & Ymddygiad
Strategic Equality Action Plan in English. Ac yn Gymraeg: Cynllun Gweithredu Cydraddoldeb Strategol
If you would like these documents in another accessible format please contact us on post@g39.org
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Os hoffech gael y dogfennau hyn mewn fformat hygyrch arall, cysylltwch â ni ar post@g39.org
Access at g39
g39 is housed in a large open warehouse with all public spaces on the ground floors and with no indoor steps. The main entrance has no steps and the space is all on one level. There is a single low step at the side door.
There is a carpark at the front of the building with spaces for visitors. The gallery space, screening room and studios are all fully accessible to people in wheelchairs.
g39 does not have a hearing loop installed.
The exhibitions at g39 are varied and can often look and feel different to a traditional museum style gallery. The form of the artworks can be varied and unpredictable, it’s not uncommon for there to be loud or repetitive noises, and low light spaces. Please get in touch if you would like to know more about what to expect with any particular exhibitions or events that we are hosting.
At the rear of the building are studios. If people with access needs are selected for a residency/fellowship programme or are installing work for an exhibition, studio & workshop spaces can be adapted to meet their needs
In the winter the gallery space can get cold. At g39 we welcome service animals.
Audio Description of g39 and all of it's spaces
Image//Delwedd: Becca&Clare, You Are Invited, 2020
warp Library
Now we're open again the warp Library is open, a de-instututional resource for all. The collection mainly houses artist books, arts-related reference books, zines and pamphlets. These span from the socio-political to the experimental, from 60s avant-garde retrospectives to contemporary exhibition publications; and hopefully everything in between. This in an ever-developing, growing collection.
