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Congratulations to QSS Studio Holder Reuben Brown who has been announced as part of the Pallas Projects/Studios Artist-Initiated Projects 2025 cohort. Reuben, alongside six other Irish artists, will develop a solo exhibition of work showing at Pallas throughout 2025. €URODANC€ is a new solo exhibition, interactive and experimental installation, participatory performance, experimental multi-channel documentary-style art…

Congratulations to Gail Ritchie who has won the prestigious Homiens Art Prize. The Homiens Art Prize is an international, non-acquisitive art prize open to all artists and art forms. It celebrates artists across all media, exhibiting their art online where it is viewed by artists and collectors in the United States and throughout the world.…

Two QSS artists have received solo exhibitions within the Ulster Presents space at Ulster University Mark McGreevy’s Zona explores the uncanny through drawings and paintings of sentient landscapes. It depicts edge lands, dumps, and industrial collapse with ominous energy, bridging the familiar and the fantastical, reminiscent of Nash, Sutherland, and Magritte. Majella Clancy’s Matter out…

In honour of St Brigid’s Day, the Embassy of Ireland in The Hague has organised an exhibition around the work of Irish poet Annemarie Ní Churreáin and her poetry collection ‘Bloodroot‘ from 22 January 2025 in Pulchri Gallery.  Curated by the Hamilton Gallery in Sligo, the exhibition features paintings by over 100 female artists from…

Congratulations to QSS Members Darcy Patterson, Kwok Tsui, Reuben Brown, Naomi Litvack and Sharon McKeown for being awarded Arts Council Northern Ireland funding this year. We can’t wait to see the new ideas, each artist intends to explore and develop throughout 2025. Darcy Patterson View Profile Reuben Brown View Profile Naomi Litvack View Profile Sharon…

It’s hard to believe that our ‘We are QSS at 40’ exhibition and events programme has come to an end. It’s been an incredible experience filled with creativity, inspiration, and a whole lot of fun. A Curatorial Journey Curated by the wonderful Eamonn Maxwell, the ‘We are QSS at 40’ exhibition featured over 60 works…

QSS are delighted to be in the position of inviting exhibition submissions from artists and curators at all stages of their career for a number of shows in our 2025/26 Gallery Programme.   We are able to offer an exhibition opportunity in April/May in Gallery 2 and a further opportunity in Oct/Nov in Gallery 1. We are interested in solo or group proposals in any fine…

Congratulations to QSS member Ian Cumberland who, together with four other acclaimed artists (pianist, Ruth McGinley, writer, Richard O’Rawe, children’s writer, Derek Keilty, and violinist, Darragh Morgan), has been presented  with a Major Individual Artist Award (MIA) for Visual Arts. Supported by The National Lottery, these awards, worth up to £15,000 each, are the highest…

We are delighted to have our birthday celebrations featured on the Arts Council NI website! This feature includes interviews with three of our studio members (Reuben Brown, Gerry Devlin and Jennifer Trouton), all currently showing in our ‘We are QSS at 40’ exhibition (continues until 12th December 2024). Clare McComish, Visual Arts Officer at the…

Dates: 20 – 24 November 2024 Opening hours: 12noon to 6pm on Thursday, Friday & Saturday; and from 12noon to 4pm on Sunday. Location: La Roche House, 5A Windsor Avenue North, Belfast BT9 6EL Gallery 545 is hosting a special exhibition at the modernist La Roche House, including works by QSS artists Karl Hagan and…

We are delighted to share that Clare Ritchie, our 2024/25 graduate bursary recipient, has been selected for the prestigious RDS Visual Art Awards 2024. The exhibition opens on the 22nd of November at the RHA Gallery, Dublin, and runs until 18th January 2025. The RDS Visual Art Awards is the most important platform for visual…

We’re thrilled to announce that Alana Barton has received the Hambley & Hambley Prize for her painting Fallen at the Royal Ulster Academy’s 143rd Annual Exhibition. This award comprises a fully funded, two-week residency in France. To hear more about Alana’s work, join her for an ‘Artist Spotlight’ session at the Ulster Museum on Friday,…

As part of our 40th anniversary programme, we invited artist and lecturer Louise Wallace from the Belfast School of Art to facilitate peer-critique sessions at QSS. Our inaugural session was held on 31st October, featuring discussions on topics such as: We extend our heartfelt thanks to Louise for a stimulating first session, joined by Alana…

Exhibition dates: 1-28 November 2024 Venue: Ards Art Centre, Town Hall, Conway Square, Newtownards, BT23 4NP Lemon Juice reflects on the proverbial phrase, “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade”. This solo exhibition investigates the role of images as emblematic mediators of memory, exploring symbols and motifs from popular media, both past and present. It…

Opening: Thursday 7th November 2024, 7-9pm at The MAC, Belfast Exhibition dates: 8 November 2024 – 30 March 2025 General opening times: Tuesday – Sunday, 11am – 5pm I see his blood upon the rose traces the history of the flower in art, its evolution from botanical illustrations to the opulent still-life paintings of the 17th…

OPENING: Thursday 7th November 2024, 6pm VENUE: Ulster Sports Club, The Committee Room, 96-98 High Street, Belfast, BT1 2BG CLUB [CONSTRUCTION] vs ULSTER SPORTS CLUB! is a solo exhibition and immersive installation by QSS artist Reuben Brown. It originates from a fascination with the close proximity between avant-garde queer club communities and heterosexual, working-class sports clubs…

Digital Media Officer – (Freelance) Fee: £637 per month (FTE: £26,754 per annum) Working hours: Freelance – 10hrs per week Location of work: Split between remote and onsite at QSS Studios & Gallery, The Arches Centre, 11-13 Bloomfield Ave, Belfast BT5 5AA Duration of contract: Up to twelve months and may be extended if further…

Ten of our talented studio holders are currently showcasing their work in the Royal Ulster Academy’s 143rd Annual Exhibition, open at the Ulster Museum until January 6th, 2025. Among them are Alana Barton, Majella Clancy, Pauline Clancy, and Ashley Holmes, alongside Academy members Ian Cumberland, Angela Hackett, Sharon Kelly, Clement McAleer, Anushiya Sundaralingam, and Jennifer…

Tappi Odu (Flee), a new and evocative installation by Anushiya Sundaralingam (supported by The National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland) is available to view at the Ulster Museum until 15th December 2024. The installation reflects on the collective experiences of the Tamil diaspora and the universal human condition of displacement. With nearly…