Exhibitions
Current:
Au Fil du Temps, SLQS Gallery, London, until 11 April 2026
[uz], [uz], [uz], The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds University, (group), until 6 June 2026
Solo & Duo:
2025, Girdle, Cub_ism_ Artspace - Shanghai, China
2025, Sackcloth and Ashes, 36 Gallery (duo) - Newcastle upon Tyne
2024, Snatch a Thread, Moving Gallery (solo) - Sunderland
2022, Dip Your Wick, 'The PUBlic Window' Republic Gallery (solo) - Blyth
2019, Saggy, Ex Libris Gallery (duo) - Newcastle upon Tyne
Selected Group:
2025
Old Shadows, Keenley Chapel, Hexam
Home Bodies, Unit 2, St Leonards - East Sussex
Voices Of Pride, Vane - Gateshead
Sustainable Clay, Hatton Gallery - Newcastle upon Tyne
The Omnipotence of Dream, Salford Art Gallery - Greater Manchester
A Pocket Full of Plenty, Curated by Papillon Projects, Hypha Studios - London
2024
ING Discerning Eye, Carol Leonard selection, Mall Galleries - London
Antigone Revisited, Curated by Marcelle Joseph, Hypha Studios HQ - London
Interlaced, Constantine Gallery at Middlesbrough Art Week - Middlesbrough
North East Emerging Artist Award Shortlist, Seaton Delaval Hall - Seaton Sluice
Memories of the Aire and Calder, Left Bank - Leeds
Portals, Gallagher and Turner - Newcastle upon Tyne
Counterweight, Newcastle Arts Centre - Newcastle upon Tyne
Belonging, Pink-Collar Gallery - Sunderland
Pleasure Permission Boundaries, Ex Libris Gallery - Newcastle upon Tyne
2023
CRAWL SPACE, The Crypt Gallery - London
Gatherings, SET Woolwich - London
Hypha, Church of St John, Healey, Riding Mill - Northumberland
Now That's What I Call Art 2, Newcastle Contemporary Art - Newcastle upon Tyne
Education:
2020 - 2021, The Collective Studio, The NewBridge Project - Newcastle upon Tyne
2015 - 2019, BA Fine Art, (Erasmus Semester in Sculpture at Marmara University, Istanbul, Türkiye) - Newcastle University
Artist Talks and Teaching:
2025
Creative Futures Fair: Art & Career Showcase - Sunderland
Artist facilitator - Durham University
Tutor for intensive sculpture and drawing classes since 2022 - Newcastle Arts Centre
2024
Artist Talk - Northumbria University
Fine Art Visiting Speaker Programme - Newcastle University
Artist Q&A - Newcastle Arts Centre
Residencies:
2025
Girlpower Residency, Aquitaine, South France
Hogchester Arts Residency, West Dorsett, UK
2019
Artpark Rhodes, Greece
Awards and Grants:
2025
Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award Grant
The North East Artists' Fund
2024
The Eaton Fund
The Elephant Fund
The North-East Emerging Artist Award Shortlist - Seaton Delaval Hall
Brass Tacks Artist Bursary - Newcastle Arts Centre
2022
BALTIC Artist Bursary
2018
Social Artist Bursary, The NewBridge Project
Bartlett Travel Scholarship
Press / Publications:
2025
Sustainable Clay - Interview with artist Bethany Stead, Filmed interview, North East Museums
Can pottery be an eco-friendly artform?, Article, Cultured. North East
2024
SIX OF THE BEST: BETHANY STEAD, Interview, Narc Magazine
Counterweight – Review by Liv Collins, Review, Newcastle Arts Centre
2023
This new exhibition shines a spotlight on working-class creatives, Article, Dazed & Confused Magazine
Pulse Artist Feature, April - May Edition of The Crack Magazine
Supporting Material, Publication, produced by Maya Wallis and printed by Overlay Press
2022
Audiovisual Cultures episode 116 – Folk Art with Bethany Stead, Slacks Radio Residency, Audio Visual Cultures Podcast
Northern Formations, Publication, Corridoor8
2021
To swim against the stream, Interview between Caroline Achaintre and Bethany Stead, a-n Special Edition Artists Newsletter