Bethany Stead (b.1995, Yorkshire)
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Based in Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. Studio member at The NewBridge Project.
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Education
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2020 – 2021, Collective Studio Programme, The NewBridge Project, Newcastle upon Tyne
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2015 – 2019, Bachelor of Fine Arts, First Class Honours, Newcastle University
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2018, Bachelor of Arts in Sculpture, Erasmus, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Exhibitions​
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Current / Upcoming​
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Snatch a Thread, Solo, Moving Gallery, Sunderland, August 2024
The Omnipotence of Dream, Salford Art Gallery, October 2024
Antigone Revisited, London Hypha Studios, October 2024
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Solo​
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2022, Dip Your Wick, 'The PUBlic Window', Republic Gallery, Blyth, UK
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Selected Group
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2024, North East Emerging Artist Award Shortlist
Seaton Delaval Hall, Seaton Sluice, UK
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2024, Portals
Gallagher and Turner, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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2024, Counterweight
Newcastle Arts Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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2024, Pleasure Permission Boundaries
Ex Libris Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
2023, CRAWL SPACE
The Crypt Gallery, St Pancras, London, UK
2023, Gatherings
SET Woolwich, London, UK
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2023, Hypha
Church of St John, Healey, Riding Mill, Northumberland, UK
2023, Now That's What I Call Art 2
Newcastle Contemporary Art, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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2022, Shieldfield Home
The NewBridge Project, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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2022, Collected
36 Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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2022, Now That's What I Call Art
Newcastle Contemporary Art, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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2021, Loose Time
Vane Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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2021, BALTIC Open Submission
BALTIC Gallery, Gateshead, UK
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2021, World So Obscured
The Great North Museum / Online, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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2019, Manifestations
Conny Art Festival, Consett, UK
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2019, ArtHouses Festival
Whitley Bay, UK
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2019, Newcastle University Degree Show
Copeland Gallery, London, UK
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2019, Newcastle University Degree Show
Seminar Room, Newcastle University, UK
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2019, Saggy
(Duo) with Matilda Sutton, The Ex Libris Gallery, Newcastle University, UK
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Awards / Residencies​
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2024, North-East Emerging Artist Award Shortlist,
Seaton Delaval Hall
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2024, Brass Tacks Artist Bursary, Newcastle Arts Centre
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2022, BALTIC Artist Bursary and Curator Studio Visits with Emma Dean
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2019, ArtPark Rhodes, Residency, Greece
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2018, Artist Bursary, The NewBridge Project
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2018, Bartlett Travel Scholarship
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Press / Publications ​
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2024, Counterweight – Review by Liv Collins, Review, Newcastle Arts Centre
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2024, North East art prize finalists announced ahead of Seaton Delaval Hall exhibition, Article, Northumberland Gazette
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2024, Showcasing city’s creative potential, Article, The QT
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2023 Gallagher & Turner to Present New Exhibition 'Portals' in 2024, Article, NE1 Get into Newcastle
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2023, This new exhibition shines a spotlight on working-class creatives, Article, Dazed & Confused Magazine
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2023, Pulse Artist Feature, April - May Edition of The Crack Magazine
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2022, 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
2022, Northern Formations, Publication, Corridoor8
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2021, To swim against the stream, Article, a-n Special Edition Artists Newsletter
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Artist Talks / Teaching​
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2024, Fine Art Visiting Speaker Programme, Newcastle University
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2024, Counterweight Artist Q&A, Newcastle Arts Centre
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2022 - present, Course Tutor for intensive sculpture and drawing courses, Newcastle Arts Centre
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Experience and Facilitation​
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2024, Creative Support Worker at mental health art studio North Tyneside Art Studio
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2023 - present, Studio Assistant, Claire Morgan Studio LTD, Gateshead
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2023 - present, Project Coordinator, Lady Kitt, Newcastle upon Tyne
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2023, Studio Assistant, Hazel Brill, Newcastle upon Tyne​​​
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2023 - present, Facilitator, clay, printmaking and drawing workshops, Durham University Library and Collections
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2022, Sculpting Sight, facilitator and producer, ceramic sculpture workshop, The NewBridge Project
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2021 - 2023, Visually Impaired Art Group, leader of accessible art group, Newcastle Vision Support
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2021 - 2022, Queer Art Youth Group, lead facilitator of the youth art group, Curious Arts
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2018, Studio Assistant, Yucel Kale, Istanbul, TR
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2018, Rural Arts Project, Polski Trambesh, Bulgaria
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