g39 is an artist-run gallery and creative community
for the visual arts in Wales, a bridge between artists
and audiences. At the heart of g39’s activities is its
relationship with artists. From exhibition to work
placements to informal gatherings, initiating peer
introductions or realising the most ambitious of solo
exhibitions – across this spectrum of relationships our
aim is to encourage and enable every person whose
ambition it is to pursue a visual art practice.
UNITe 2021
1 April - 5 June 2021
Gweni Llwyd - Wendy Short - Gwenda Evans - Beau Beakhouse & Sadia Pineda Hameed - Yewande YoYo Odunubi
Devised by artists for artists, UNITe is a nine-week artist studio residency programme at g39. It is a space for artistic practice and its associated research, experiments, for testing ideas, taking wrong-turns, sharing ideas, discussions, serendipity, and discovery.
In 2021 we are pleased to present Jerwood UNITe in collaboration with Jerwood Arts, an independent funder dedicated to supporting outstanding artists, curators and producers to develop and thrive.
With their help we are supporting five places in 2021.
This year the artists are:
Gweni Llwyd (Cardiff)
Wendy Short (Ayrshire/ London)
Gwenda Evans (Carmarthen)
Beau Beakhouse &
Sadia Pineda Hameed (Cardiff)
Yewande YoYo Odunubi (London)More info >>
Gaia Redgrave - Kindness
14 May 2021
G39 artist Resources // Adnoddau artist g39
At g39 we are big believers in sharing knowledge and information as a way of strengthening the community.
We are pleased to announce the release of a new series of Artist Resources. Last year we commissioned four artists to make a contribution to our online resources. The artists we have commissioned have responded by generously offering resources that cover a wide range of topics.
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Talk // Sgwrs: Katrina Palmer
28 May 2021
We are really pleased to host Katrina Palmer for a talk this Summer. Friday 28th May 2021, between 6-8pm
* Book Here *
Katrina Palmer is Associate Professor of Fine Art at the Ruskin, and co-course leader of the MFA Programme; she is a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall.
Palmer works with storytelling, distributing fragmented elements of narrative across found sites, audio environments, printed matter and performance. The site of writing and the process of attempting to materialise, edit and reformulate ideas is often articulated through the work. Attentive to uncertainties, bodily vulnerabilities and insecure environments, these situated narratives invite the audience to consider objects that are indicated, but not fully present.
Simon Fenoulhet - How do I go Public?
14 May 2021
G39 artist Resources // Adnoddau artist g39
At g39 we are big believers in sharing knowledge and information as a way of strengthening the community.
We are pleased to announce the release of a new series of Artist Resources. Last year we commissioned four artists to make a contribution to our online resources. The artists we have commissioned have responded by generously offering resources that cover a wide range of topics.
More info >>The Male Graze - Guerrilla Girls
18 June - 18 July 2021
Art Night 2021: Nothing Compares 2 U
g39 are really pleased to be playing a part in Art Night’s fifth edition, Nothing Compares 2 U taking place from 18 June to 18 July 2021, by supporting a billboard as part of the Guerrilla Girls project, The Male Graze.
Their biggest UK public commission to date, The Male Graze will be part of Art Night 2021. The commission includes a website, online gig and national series of billboards, including one in Cardiff, exploring bad behavior both historically and in the present day. The work will manifest in London, Eastbourne, Dundee, Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Cardiff, Warwick, Swansea and more. The billboards will be on display from 18 June to 18 July and in partnership with Art Night’s friends Compton Verney, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Glasgow Women’s Library, g39, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Grand Union, The Tetley and Towner Eastbourne. Art Night will also present this commission in two London sites in Shoreditch and London Bridge.
g39 Fellowship THREE
1 January 2021 - 31 December 2022
Rebecca Jagoe, Aled Simons,
Alice Briggs, Philippa Brown
and Tom Cardew.
g39 are pleased to announce the third group of the g39 Fellowship programme 2021-22.
Following an open call and selection process we are happy to welcome Rebecca Jagoe (Trellech, Monmouth), Aled Simons (Swansea), Alice Briggs (Aberystwyth), Philippa Brown (Cardiff) and Tom Cardew (Brecon).
The artists will take part in a structured programme of studio practice and self-directed research at g39 over a period of two years with financial support. The programme is unique in Wales and complements the ongoing support g39 offers artists in Wales.
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warp Library
When 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.
SURVEY II
Really pleased to be hosting SURVEY II in 2021, and to be working with @jerwoodarts and @sitegallery again. A great line up of artists from Wales, Angharad Williams, Tako Taal and our own Cinzia Mutigli alongside brilliant artists Saelia Aparicio, Tereza Červeňová, Sadé Mica, Rebecca Moss, Katarzyna Perlak, Shenece Oretha and Nicolaas Van de Lande.
Image: Tako Taal, Residue, 2018. Grand Union Birmingham: photo - Patrick Dandy
