Beaconsfield Commissions: Below Zero Finnish Art Prize 2020
Open call 10 May 2019
The unique UK based contemporary art prize for Finnish artists emerging on the international scene, returns to Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall in association with the Finnish Institute in London. For 2020 Below Zero offers a substantial production prize worth up to £15,000.
Friday 21 June, 2019, 7-9pm
Humble Demi | Louie Le Vack | Maedb Joy | Poetess Jess | Kookie Pops | Nikki Demajo Albanese |Tha Reme | Noah Dunbar | Rosie Webb | Rebekah Alero
Friday 1 March 2019 7 – 11pm performance at Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall £8 (£4 concessions) advance tickets via eventbrite here £10 (£5 concessions) on the door N.B. space is limited and tickets … Read moreVOCALIS
Performances by A. David Crawforth, Michael Curran, Rufus Michielsen, Hayley Newman and Gina Birch, Viralux
Helsinki Contemporary HC Guest Curator Beaconsfield – David Crawforth & Naomi Siderfin 30.11.2018–21.12.2018 BAW & Bruce Gilbert | David Burrows | Anna Bunting-Branch | Ioana Marinescu | Onya McCausland | Outi Pieski | Keith Piper | Phil … Read moreLANDSCAPES OF THE FUTURE
Exhibition Dates: 6th October – 25th November 2018 Wednesday – Sunday 11am – 5pm Opening launch: Friday 5 October 6.30- 8.30pm. Closing party: Saturday 24th November 4-7pm On being together; memberships, collectives and unions, … Read moreThe Partisan Social Club + Sean Griffiths
Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall was selected to be part of Art Night 2018 taking place on Saturday 7th July between Hayward Gallery, Southbank and Battersea Power Station. Beaconsfield opens its entire … Read moreART NIGHT LONDON 2018
4th July – 5th August 2018
Taking the act of looking as a starting point, In Whose Eyes? explores questions of female subjectivity, representation and power in contemporary Western culture. Who is made visible – or excluded – and how they are represented in culture is highly political and impacts on people’s lives in numerous intersectional ways.
16 May – 10 June 2018
Foam Talent | London 2018 presents 20 artists – all of whom have been selected for their exciting and creative approaches to the medium. These talented image makers introduce us to a wide range of media and digital aesthetics, which are applied in unique and unexpected ways throughout the exhibition. The exhibition will be officially opened by Simon Baker, director Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP), Paris.
7 March – 22 April 2018
Emerging from Finland into the international arena, JONNA KINA is the first recipient of BELOW ZERO, a new contemporary art prize for emergent Finnish artists.
20 September – 29 October 2017
Beaconsfield commissions: Mic Drop – part of Jet Black Futures 1
Keith Piper is a Black British artist of international significance and Beaconsfield is proud to have commissioned the latest digital work in the artist’s oeuvre, Mic Drop. The new work is contextualised by the first London screening of Unearthing The Banker’s Bones (2016), an Arts Council Collection 70th Anniversary commission.
1 July – 6 August 2017
A body of new, related works by London based artist Seb Patane, that lie between the fields of art and music. All four works are in some way re-mixed, addressing notions of authorship through drawing other artists– Gustav Metzger, Pablo Bronstein and Black to Comm – into the creative process.
4th June 2017, 3.30pm
Curator Taru Elfving and artist-researcher Edwina Fitzpatrick are joined by IC-98 artists Patrik Söderlund and Visa Suonpää on Skype from Finland in a public discussion chaired by Beaconsfield’s Naomi Siderfin that focuses on art projects that combine the visionary with a practical approach to the omnipresent spectre of environmental change.
18 May – 18 June 2017
24 young artists shaping the future of photography
Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam returns to Beaconsfield Gallery London to present its views on the current state of photography.
28 January–23 April 2017
Meditations on the Anthropocene continues an ongoing relationship between Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall and Finnish artist duo IC-98 – Patrik Söderlund (b. 1974) and Visa Suonpää (b. 1968) – whose projects combine research, text, drawing and animation.
11 – 22 January 2017 with MATERIAL ACTION at Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall
Collective Matter will be on site at BGV Wednesday – Sunday 2-5pm with special collaborative workshop events open to all on Friday 13 January 4-8pm and Sunday 15 January 2-5pm, and a public discussion on Saturday 21 January at 2pm
‘Material Action‘ is led by Collective Matter, three artists who work with clay and believe it’s a great material for anyone to express their creativity.
5 October – 27 November 2016
Preview: Friday 7 October 7-9pm
Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall launch a new commission by Material Conjectures with Gary Woodley (Arch Gallery) and Emily Motto (Upper Gallery)
25 June – 18 September 2016
Preview: Friday 24 June 7-9pm with special performance by the band GIORGIO SADOTTI
Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall launch a new commission by Mulfinger & Budgett accompanied by a sound installation by Giorgio Sadotti
