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A hillside photograph taken through a a powerful lightbox to give the impression of moonscape-esque white mottled terrain and an ink black sky.

Exhibitions

Monumental

25 Oct 2025 – 14 Feb 2026

Showing in the Sunderland Creatives Gallery

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Price
Free
Running time
10:00 - 17:00
Venue
  • National Glass Centre

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Event description

Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art x University of Sunderland Fine Art = Monumental.

Featuring artworks from the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art collection selected by – 2nd and now 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.

 

Image: Dan Holdsworth, Blackout, 2010. Lightbox, 226 x 177cm. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

 

An image of vapour trails in the sky made by aeroplanes. The trails make up the letter A.
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A black and white image of a large tree. The tree has no leaves and is stripped bare. The surroundings are flat and desolate.
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A large and very roughly build large statue in an art gallery. The statue depicts an adult raising a child up on shoulders.
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A 1970s screen printed cartoon advert inspired featuring trees with ropes hanging from the branches. Children are swinging on and climbing the ropes. There are other children riding bikes, reading, engaging with wildlife and playing in the open air.
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A hillside photograph taken through a a powerful lightbox to give the impression of moonscape-esque white mottled terrain and an ink black sky.
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