Exhibitions and Events
| Gallery | Artist | Dates |
| Mosaic & Upstairs | Skye Shadowlight | 11th Jan – 15th Apr |
| Crossley Gallery | George Hainsworth | 22nd Feb – 25th May |
Skye Shadowlight
80S/HD
The Mosaic and Upstairs Galleries
Saturday 11th January – 15th April 2025
Skye Shadowlight (b.1974) is a neurodivergent Texan-born artist who has lived and worked in Calderdale for over twenty years. As a modern-day storyteller with plenty of thought-provoking tales to tell, she creates large scale installations often featuring live performance.
Previous exhibitions include Liverpool Independents Biennial (2018) and SHAPE OPEN (London)(2017). Skye was the winner of Edna Lumb Travel Award at Leeds Beckett University and the Square Peg Bursary (2018).
In 80S/HD, Skye takes a vibrant trip back in time to the 1980s. She explores the challenges of being an undiagnosed girl with ADHD and all of the feelings and emotions surrounding her situation. The work is comprised of different toys, games and objects of the time, which have been subverted and reimagined to bring stories to life. There will be a live performance at the opening.
George Hainsworth
A Retrospective
The Crossley Gallery
Saturday 22nd February – 25th May 2025
“Much of my work has links with that exemplified by Chardin, work that requires to be valued, understood and appreciated by an intimate and domestic audience. The paintings aspire to being ‘used by the eye’ as part of domestic life, and therefore make possible the enrichment that is implied by this experience.”
George Hainsworth describes his work as figurative in the most expansive sense. He can go from large paintings of vases of flowers composed of confident gestural impasto marks, to simple geometric assemblage. Born just before World War II, George was strongly affected by war-time events, particularly Hiroshima, which led to the production of many anti-war works throughout his career.
A student at Leeds College of Art 1955-60 and the Slade School of Art 1960-62, he went on to work in Higher Education for many years alongside his own practice, which also drew from his experiences in teaching.
“The influences upon my work are too numerous to mention. They derive from other painters and sculptors, but also from films and dance, archaeology, science, politics and philosophy. I feel that as an artist one is and should be embedded in the wider culture, interacting with it and hopefully enriching it.”
George draws on a wealth of sources, but what he produces is distinct stylistically, full of physicality and always completely sincere.