Bethany Stead (b.1995, Yorkshire)
Based in Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, current studio member at The NewBridge Project.
Recent
2022, ‘Collected’, 36 Gallery, June 2022
2022, ‘Dip Your Wick’, Solo window show, RePUBlic Gallery, Blyth, April - May 2022
2022, ‘NOW THATS WHAT I CALL ART’, Newcastle Contemporary Art, January 2022
Exhibitions
2021 'The Baltic Open Submission', The Baltic Gallery, Gateshead, April 2021
2020 '3rd Wave’, Online exhibition supported by The NewBridge Project, November 2020
2019 'Manifestations', Conny Art Festival, Consett, County Durham
2019 ArtHouses Festival, Whitley Bay
2019 Newcastle University Fine Art Graduate Exhibition, Copeland Park Gallery, Peckham, London
2019 Newcastle University Fine Art Degree Show, Seminar Room, Newcastle University
2019 'Saggy', Joint Exhibition with Matilda Sutton, The Ex Libris Gallery, Newcastle University
2018 Jane Doe, Ex Libris Gallery, Group Exhibition, Newcastle University
2018 Komsu Collective, Komsu Kafe Collective, Istanbul
2017 'Electric Boogaloo', Cobalt Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne
2016 Narrative, The Late Shows, Newbridge, Newcastle upon Tyne
2015 Wakefield Art Walk, Eyewood Vintage and Second-Hand Shop, project utilising shop spaces in Wakefield
Workshops and Socially Engaged Projects
2020 'Burned Bright', Craft Workshop with Lady Kitt at the Thought Foundation Gallery, Birtley
2020 'Town Common', Craft Workshop Supported by Helix Arts,The Beacon Centre, North Shields
2019 'Paper Headdress Making', Workshop supported by AKT Charity, George Street Social, Newcastle
2019 Socially Awkward, Conny Art Festival, Consett, County Durham
2019 Socially Awkward, Craft Workshop at Good Space, Commercial Union House, Newcastle
2018 Rural Arts Project, Polski Trambesh, Bulgaria
Education
2020 - 2021, The Collective Studio Graduate Development Programme, The NewBridge Project
2018, Istanbul Marmara University, Turkey, Study Abroad Semester BA Sculpture, First Class
2015 – 2019, BA (Hons) Fine Art, First Class Honours, Newcastle University
Awards and Residencies
2019 ArtPark Rhodes, Sculpture Residency, Greece
2018 Socially Engaged Artist Bursary, The NewBridge Project
2018 Bartlett Travel Scholarship
Press and Publications