Featuring artworks from the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art collection, selected by 2nd and 3rd Year Fine Art students from University of Sunderland exhibited alongside their own artwork.

Over the last six months artists studying Fine Art at University of Sunderland have explored the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art collection in relation to their own art practices and the thematic and stylistic trends which presented themselves within the collection.

Each student selected an artwork from the collection which encapsulated the monumental. Together the seven artworks examine monumental structures, be it public sculptural monuments, giant vapor trails, melting Icelandic glaciers, crystallised desert landscapes, state systems, or the miner’s cage near Easington Colliery.

Exhibiting Artists

Dan Holdsworth, John Kippin, Chad McCail, Vinca Petersen, Mark Pinder, Kelly Richardson and Daniel Silver.

University of Sunderland Fine Art Students

Bog Balenger, Rupa BK, Steviee Brookes, Lucy-May De Carteret, Kerry Chappell, Megan Hart and Chloeanne Maddison.

About the Collection

Since 2006 Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art has acquired over 500 artworks by more than 50 artists or artist collectives with a focus on, but not limited to, lens-based media and the North East of England. Today the collection continues to grow and is widely loaned across the North East of England and United Kingdom.