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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 â€‹â€‹

[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: â€‹

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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 STEADInterview, Narc Magazine

​Counterweight – Review by Liv Collins, Review, Newcastle Arts Centre

​North East art prize finalists announced ahead of Seaton Delaval Hall exhibition, Article, Northumberland Gazette

​Showcasing city’s creative potential, Article, The QT Magazine

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2023 

Gallagher & Turner to Present New Exhibition 'Portals' in 2024, ArticleNE1 Get into Newcastle

​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, Publicationproduced 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

Copyright © 2025 Bethany Stead

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