Abingdon Studios Project Space

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The Lancashire coastlines first Contemporary art studios and project space provision. 

Celebrating over 10 years of Artists Being Supported.

  • More than 150 artists with fair pay opportunities
  • 30 exhibitions of new work
  • 11 artist residencies
  • over £500k raised in support of artist development
  • Artist-Led, Queer-led.
  • More that 60% of programming has supported LGBTQIA+ and working-class artists.

Believing in the intersectional visibility of marginalised voices and as cultural leaders and a community of need- through infrastructure, opportunities and partnerships. 

 

Location

Blackpool
Michael Cassidy
I was born and raised in Blackpool, where I now live and work. I graduated from Chelsea College of Art in 2007 with BA (hons) in fine art (painting). For about a decade though, I have focussed on cera …
Mathew Wayne Parkin
Mathew Wayne Parkin is a sodden artist, suspicious writer and sometimes researcher, born in Wakefield and based in the North of the UK. Working primarily with moving image, they work across installati …
Garth Gratrix
Artist, independent curator and founder of Abingdon Studios. Currently exhibiting at BlueCoat, Liverpool. As well as acquired neon work Mummy's Boy, on view at Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool. Clore Fel …
Tom Ireland
TOM IRELAND- (b.1984, Blackpool) is an artist living and working in Blackpool, UK. Ireland’s practice spans a variety of media and is motivated by broad notions of space, distance and the things that …
Holly Kilner
HOLLY KILNER- (Lives and works Blackpool). North West based disabled artist whose work celebrates resilience, awareness, and reclamation. Through painting, she explores the emotional landscape of livi …
Kris Canavan
KRIS CANAVAN- (born, Bangor, NI. Lives and works in Blackpool, UK). With performances that straddle pain, endurance, and vulnerability, Canavan exposes the body’s limits and its potential as a site fo …
Joseph Doubtfire
JOSEPH DOUBTFIRE - (b. 1993) is an artist based in Preston and working across the North West. My practice is a collage layered with ideas and approaches gathered over time these layers are both digita …
Ann Carragher
ANN CARRAGHER (Lives and works Blackpool). A visual artist, researcher and facilitator. Her research explores the concept of liminality (physically and psychologically) in relation to borders, thresho …
Tina Dempsey
My practice is grounded in an immersive exploration of natural environments, particularly coastal landscapes. Spending extended periods in these places, I absorb their essence through slow observation …
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