CV
Exhibitions​
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Forthcoming:​​​​​​​​​
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Old Shadows, Keenley Chapel, Hexam, (group) Sept 2025​
Title tbc, Cub_ism_ Artspace, Shanghai, China, (solo) Nov 2025 ​​
[uz], [uz], [uz]: Artists from Working-Class Backgrounds, The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds, (group) Nov 2025
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Solo & Duo:​
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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
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Selected Group:
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2025​​​
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
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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​
Pleasure Permission Boundaries, Ex Libris Gallery - Newcastle upon Tyne
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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​
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2022​
Collected, 36 Gallery - Newcastle upon Tyne​
Now That's What I Call Art, Newcastle Contemporary Art - Newcastle upon Tyne
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2021​
Loose Time, Vane Gallery - Newcastle upon Tyne​
BALTIC Open Submission, BALTIC Gallery - Gateshead​
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2019​
Manifestations, Conny Art Festival - Consett​
ArtHouses Festival - Whitley Bay
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Education: ​
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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
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Artist Talks and Teaching:​
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2025
Creative Futures Fair: Art & Career Showcase - Sunderland
Artist facilitator - Durham University
Tutor for intensive sculpture and drawing classes since 2022 - Newcastle Arts Centre
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2024
Artist Talk - Northumbria University​
Fine Art Visiting Speaker Programme - Newcastle University
Artist Q&A - Newcastle Arts Centre
Residencies:
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2025
GIRLPOWER Residency, co-founded & supported by Marcelle Joseph and Kimberly Morris, - Aquitaine region, France (Forthcoming September 2025)
​Hogchester Arts Residency, founded by Chantal Powell - West Dorsett
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2019
Artpark Rhodes - Greece
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Awards and Grants:​
2025​​​​​
The North East Artists' Fund
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2024
The Eaton Fund
The Elephant Fund
The North-East Emerging Artist Award Shortlist - Seaton Delaval Hall
​Brass Tacks Artist Bursary - Newcastle Arts Centre
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2022
BALTIC Artist Bursary and Curator Studio Visit
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2018
Social Artist Bursary - The NewBridge Project
​Bartlett Travel Scholarship
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Commissions and Collections:
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2025
Marcelle Joseph Projects - private collection
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2024
Belonging, Commission, Pink Collar Gallery & Arts Council England - Sunderland
Pleasure. Permission. Boundaries, Commission - Newcastle upon Tyne
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​​​​​​​​Press / Publications:​
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​2025
Sustainable Clay - Interview with artist Bethany Stead, Filmed interview, North East Museums
Can pottery be an eco-friendly artform?, Article, Cultured. North East
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2024
SIX OF THE BEST: BETHANY STEAD, Interview, Narc Magazine
​Counterweight – Review by Liv Collins, Review, Newcastle Arts Centre
​Showcasing city’s creative potential, Article, The QT Magazine
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2023
Gallagher & Turner to Present New Exhibition 'Portals' in 2024, Article, NE1 Get into Newcastle
​Pulse Artist Feature, April - May Edition of The Crack Magazine
​Supporting Material, Publication, produced by Maya Wallis and printed by Overlay Press
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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