Ongoing in 2015

Over the summer you would have seen changes to the venue as we opened up the front wall to increase visibility and access. Visit us and tell us what you think!

Friday 27 November 2015, 6 – 8.30pm

Plenary where the artists of Harnessing the Wind discuss their work chaired by Dr Rachel Garfield.

Saturday 14 November 2015, 4 – 6pm

The RRAAF Debate at Beaconsfield invites artists, activists and speakers to discuss the necessity, possibility and the practicalities of systemic change in arts funding.

Friday 30 October 2015, 6 – 8.30pm

Sophie Bouvier Auslander leads a drawing workshop at Beaconsfield in partnership with Borough Road Gallery. Free and all welcome.

23 September – 29 January 2016, 10am – 5pm

Beaconsfield presents a new exhibition in The Foundry – Vauxhall’s social justice and human rights centre – in collaboration with Lebara and Artgym.

7 October – 29 November 2015

Preview: Tuesday 6 October 7-9pm

‘Harnessing the Wind’ is a metaphor for the difficulties of capturing process: difficult but not impossible – as the image of the wind turbine embodies. Group show with artists Sophie Bouvier Ausländer, Ellie Harrison, Monika Oechsler and Naomi Siderfin

Wysing Arts Centre

5 September 2015, midday to midnight

Bruce Gilbert and BAW – Beaconsfield Artist Directors Naomi Siderfin and David Crawforth – will perform new sound material as well as working on their recent Electromagnetic residency in Cork.

25 June – 15 August 2015

Open late Friday 31st July for #SLAMFRIDAY 6-8.30pm with artist’s talk at 7pm

For all six works exhibited Thomas Yeomans continues his practice of sourcing sound, video, text and other imagery online and diverting it to a new context.

25 June – 15 August 2015

We continue to screen the video documentation of Monica Ross’ ‘Anniversary—an act of memory..’ on our Flatscreens.

Saturday 13 June 2015, 11am – 8pm

On 13 June, the premier screening of video documentation by Bernard G Mills will be shown all day at Beaconsfield.

Thursday 25 June 2015, 7pm – 12am

Join us to celebrate Beaconsfield’s 20th Birthday and a new commission for Beaconsfield Editions by Thomas Yeomans.

22 April – 26 June 2015, 10am – 5pm

Show extended until Friday 24 July

Beaconsfield curated show at The Foundry including artists Jules Clarke, Ben Cockett, Mathew Gibson, John Timberlake, Caroline Todd and Thomas Yeomans.

Friday 27 March, 6-8pm

Artists in residence Heidi Kilpeläinen and Simon Clark will present work developed in our Upper, Arch and Lower spaces.

Middlesex University | Third Year Fine Art

Exhibition View – Wednesday 18 March, 5-8pm

Open for one night only

Third Year BA Fine Art students from Middlesex University engage with Beaconsfied to co-curate their own exhibition, reflecting Beaconsfield’s ongoing commitment to mentoring emergent artists.

4 – 28 March 2015

Open late: Friday 27 March, 6-8pm

Artist/writer/musician Simon Clark is interested in exploring an immersive criticality. Clark will be offering a series of haptic encounters with educational practices, discourse and theory during his Spring residency.

10 February – 28 March 2015

Open late: Friday 27 March, 6-8pm

Charlie Hebdo, Helena Bonham Carter (naked embracing a fish) and Vladimir Putin, as discussed on Facebook, are some of the global stories informing Heidi Kilpeläinen as she expands her multidisciplinary practice into the Upper space.

Monday 2 February at 6.30pm

Following a recent research trip, Beaconsfield is delighted to renew its longstanding connection with the Vilnius art scene by opening the Lithuanian Embassy’s Winter portfolio review to a wider audience.

January 15 – February 28, 2015

From 15 January Sean Dower has been in residence at Beaconsfield with a drum kit and assorted instruments, taking advantage of the sound-proof acoustic space of the Arch to develop new work.

12 – 14 January 2015
Public view: Tuesday 13 January 2015, 6 – 8pm

Arch, Lower Gallery and Yard

Undergraduate students from the Department of Art at the University of Reading engage with Beaconsfield’s mentoring programme to curate their own exhibition.

1 January – 31 December 2014

Beaconsfield has adopted an Early Warning Sign – Sign 1/4, yellow on black – by British artist Ellie Harrison, for the duration of 2014.

The work has temporarily moved next-door to the pop-up Sculpture Garden next to Beaconsfield on the corner of Black Prince Road and Newport Street, Vauxhall SE11 6AB.