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
Timon Benson
TIMON BENSON (b. Manchester 1998) is a photographic artist who has built a reputation playing an integral role documenting the northern art scene, working alongside internationally recognised artists …
Alana Lake
ALANA LAKE (b. 1981, Tamworth, Staffordshire) is a sculptor and researcher exploring the intersections of art, psychoanalysis, and queer identity. She graduated from the Royal Academy Schools, London, …
Tina Dempsey
TINA DEMPSEY- Dempsey’s practice is grounded in an immersive exploration of natural environments, particularly coastal landscapes. Spending extended periods in these places, she absorbs their essence …
Grace Clifford
GRACE CLIFFORD: (lives and works Sheffield). Made during WORK/LEISURE residency with Abingdon Studios, she became familiar with William Blake’s work. This informed pre-existing interests in the connec …
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 …
Sam Williams
SAM WILLIAMS- lives and works in London where he is a current resident at Somerset House Studios. Using a diverse range of media spanning moving-image, choreography, text and assemblage he develops bo …
Abigail Hampsey
ABIGAIL HAMPSEY- (lives and works, Lancaster) Gaining her BA in Fine art from Newcastle university followed by an MA in painting from the Royal Collage of Art, Abigail now lives and works in Lancaster …
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 …
Will Hughes
WILL HUGHES- (lives Stockton, Teeside). Plastic bags symbolise a trip to the local corner shop, a treat, a fizzy drink or a pint of milk. They are an everyday item around us- overlooked and considered …
Kayt Woods
KAYT HUGHES- North West-based artist, arts producer, curator and educator. Her work focuses on the sensory – informed by their synaesthesia – creating a unique understanding of sound, shape, texture, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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