Past Exhibitions

Welcome to our Exhibition Archive.
See below the shows we’ve had in our Gallery and Showcase over the years.

(This page is in the process of being revised and tidied; thank you for your patience while our older (pre 2024) archives are being organised.)

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2025

Feb – Mar

Behold; We Will Do A New Thing…
By Chris Morton & Paul Harvey

Mar – May

Through the Lens & Lead
Founded by Tom

Jun – Jul

The Tom Lawson Exhibition
Presented by North of England Art Club

Aug – Sep

Norther Summer Exhibition ’25
In collaboration with North of England Art Club

Sep – Nov

Gina’s Drawers: Portraits, Poems & Drawer Heaps
By Gina Crowley

Nov

Structures & Surroundings
A showcase of Sixth Form artwork from St. Mary’s High School

Nov – Dec

Artists of Newcastle Arts Centre
Showcasing Tutors, Shop, Venue, Site & Office Staff, Trustees and Studio Holders

2024

Jan – Feb

Counterweight
A Brass Tacks Exhibition, curated by Jed Buttress

Mar

The Beanery Series
By Jonathan Marshall

Jonathon Marshall at Newcastle Arts Centre 10/08/2019 at the opening of his new exhibition which is on show until Saturday 21st September.

Mar – Apr

Water & People
An exhibition by
The Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub

Apr

Truth Be Told
By Make 2nds Count

May

The Ballad of the Underwater Daughter
By Marc Parrett & The Object Project

Jun

Newcastle College
Degree Show ’24
Creative Graduates’ showcase

Jun – Jul

A Walk by the River
By Annette Chevallier

Aug

Northern Summer Exhibition ’24
In collaboration with North of England Art Club

Sept

The Documentary Photography Awards
By The Royal Photographic Society

Oct – Nov

Burning Up Time
By Paul Harvey

Nov – Dec

Artists of Newcastle Arts Centre ’24
Showcasing Tutors, Shop, Venue, Site & Office Staff, Trustees and Studio Holders

2023

BARE
Bex Masters

CHINESE INDEPENDENT FILM ARCHIVE LAUNCH

IN THE ROUND

NORTHERN SUMMER EXHIBITION

THE BIG BEAST AND OTHER STORIES
Mike Clay

Newcastle College Fine and Applied Arts Degree Shows

LOCKDOWN PORTRAITS
Steve Lyon-Bowes

MONTAGUE WHICKHAM: VINTAGE NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY

2022

STEAM DREAMS

FREE ART
Rory Spencer

DYMAXION 6
Jonathan Marshall

SEEKING ARMAGEDDON
Peter Hanmer

I AM SOMEBODY
Mark Carr

THIS COMMON PLACE
Anja Percival + Joanna Bourne

OUR LIVES, EPHEMERA

FINE ART DEGREE SHOW
Newcastle College

LIZ ATKIN: DRAWINGS, COLLAGE AND WRITING – A RETROSPECTIVE

H.E. FINAL SHOW
Newcastle College

David Collyer picture

DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2021

SLOW DANCE
Natasha Loydell

DELICATE BLOOMS
Sian Jordan

RETHINKING THE CRAFTSPERSON
Kelsey Lynn Mayo

TANTRA
Edwin Moreton

Fashion exhibition poster

SCHOOL OF DESIGN FASHION EXHIBITION
BA (Hons) Fashion Design & Marketing

CLOSE THE DOOR ON PAST DREARINESS
Damien Wootten

2021

NORTHERN VISTAS
Ruth Bond

ENTWINED thumbnail pic

ENTWINED: RURAL. LAND. LIVES. ART.

Many Moons picture exhibition

MANY MOONS
Rebecca Purnell

poster exhibition

JED BUTTRESS: BOY DETECTIVE

Rings-picture-Maggie-Purnell

PAPER, PLIERS, STONE
Maggie Purnell

Clues-Exhibition-Jed-Buttress-Poster-Newcastle-Arts-Centre

CLUES
Jed Buttress

BLOOM
Heather Grey

MADE IN THE NORTH EAST COLLECTION

QUIEN SOY / WHO AM I
Itzel Toral

Kubra-Mujde-exhibition-Newcastle-Arts-Centre

WHAT I WOULD LIKE
Kübra Müjde

Gina-Brown-Interiors-Exhibition-Poster-Newcastle-Arts-Centre

INTERIOR
Gina Brown

Aidan-Doyle-Watermark-Poster-exhibition2021

WATERMARK
Aidan Doyle

2020 & 2019

LANDSCAPES AND MANSCAPES: A THEATRE OF ACTIVITY
Michelle Hobby + Johnny Jetstream

PRINTMAKERS’ EXHIBITION

DOWNEY’S VICTORIAN PORTRAITS

DYMAXION 4
Jonathan Marshall

FLOWER GARDEN
Jane Murray & Helen Poremba

STILL LIFE – REAL LIFE
North of England Art Club

THE TWISTED ROSE AND OTHER LIVES
Andy Farr

2018

AIDAN DOYLE: DRAWINGS & PAINTINGS 2018

FRAGMENTED LINE
Andrea Roberts & Marie Wright

TOM LAWSON: RETROSPECTIVE

FIFTY YEARS OF THE IRON MAN

COLLEGIATE
Newcastle College

THEY WERE EVERY EXTREME I KNEW
Elaine Robertson

NEWCASTLE ARTS CENTRE STAFF EXHIBITION

2017

PRINTMAKERS

CLARTS
Northern Potters Association

ASSEMBLED
Jenny Purrett

LOST GENERATION
Andy Farr

A JOURNEY IN COLOUR
Anne Tuck

8×8
Newcastle College

NORTHERN PORTRAITS
Aidan Doyle / Charlie Parker / Steve Lyon-Bowes

2016

POSTCARDS WITH ATTITUDE
Gail-Nina Anderson

FACES, FIGURES & FABRICS
Paddy Killer

THE GOOD HURT
Clarita Lulic

DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
Heather Holmes

HEADCASE
Liz Atkin

8×8
Newcastle College

WOMAN PAINTS MUSIC
Gina Southgate

2015

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
Pulled Print Club

MIRROR
Alfons Bytautas

ICHOR
Sarah Daglish

MACHINE DRAWING
Carl Gregg

YMA YELIH
Amy Hiley

SOME DAYS YOU FISH, OTHER DAYS YOU MEND THE NETS
Michelle Goulder

IMPOSSIBLE INTERIORS
Brian Ord

LINEAR
Eddie Roberts

COAL
North of England Art Club

THE JETSTREAM PARTNERSHIP
Michelle Hobby / Johnny Jetstream

8×8
Newcastle College

ARTICIPATE

THE NATURE OF THINGS
Ruth Brenner

2014

Mike Clay

David Orme

Unsworth

Miles Harrison

Skimstone