December Member Show 2023
We are thrilled to announce our December Member Show! This year we will be exhibiting mixed media contemporary art works of our studio artists along with works from our volunteers and directors! The show is about to open from 7th-14th December 2023
ACID REFLUX
Acid Reflux Aoife Ward | Sorcha McNamara Platform Arts, Belfast 13th- 28th October 2023 curated by Freida Wao & Aaron Rammasch ‘Where everything aligns so perfectly’ Shaina Hurley, Love is Blind, Season 2 Acid Reflux began as a collective exasperation over artistic burnout. A reaction, or reckoning, against the constant juggling and multi-tasking that’s expected […]
Bug Parade
Bug Parade is an exhibition produced by Inner stream with Diamond Youth, Charter Ni developed over three days during the summer. Offering creative expression to the children involved and a link to professional artists.Inner stream is run by artist Bronagh Lawson and focuses on visual art-based projects within areas and groups that may have little […]
Fake Body
I wanted to invite you to a duo show, FAKE BODY, with myself and artist Luke van Gelderen. If you find yourself around Belfast, it opens Saturday 13th of May from 13:00 – 18:00 and runs until May 27th Tuesday – Saturday in Platform Arts (Connswater shopping centre). FAKE BODY refers to a TikTok hashtag used to trick […]
A World in a Sea of Darkness
We are thrilled to announce the first show of 2023! Patrick Hickey presents ‘A World in a Sea of Darkness’ which features a selection of new works alongside already exhibited works, all made as a part of Patrick’s practice-based PhD research project at Ulster University, Belfast. This exhibition, and Patrick’s research, explores homoeroticism in 20th […]
December Member Show
‘December Member Show’ is a Christmas tradition started in 2022, where we exhibit together artists, who are our studio holders, artists who volunteer with Platform and Co-Directors. A jolly artistic get together is open to public from 12 pm Saturday 3rd of December and will run until the 18th of December. Participating artists: Latisha ReihillShannon […]
i n m a t e
i n m a t e is an exhibition of new performance by Hattie Godfrey. It is the performative culmination of a two-year project working with individuals living with chronic /& long-term health conditions. Conversations, photographs, notations, drawings and audio recordings were collated, analysed and transformed into a single durational enactment that presents a collective narrative and understanding of chronic illness.
Control Room
Synopsis of Exhibition:In this collaborative exhibition, Katharine Paisley and Phil Keers join together to explore concepts ofcontrol and reality. The exhibition consists of painting, sculpture, installation, film, text and audioworks. The title, ‘Control Room’ reflects how the audience will experience the works; in some worksthey can control how they engage, in some they can only […]