We Are QSS At 40

Launching our 40th Birthday Programme is ‘We are QSS at 40,’ a large-scale exhibition curated by Eamonn Maxwell that will run until 12 December. Featuring work by current and past members of QSS across both gallery spaces, this group exhibition aims to showcase the broad range of practices, from emerging and established artists, that have shaped Queen Street Studios into who we are today.

General opening hours:

Monday to Thursday, 10:00am-5:00pm

Extra opening hours:

Thursday 10/10/24, 14/11/24, 12/12/24, 6:00-8:30pm

Saturday 26/10/24, 30/11/24, 11.30am-5:00pm

Sunday 17/11/24, 12 noon-5:00pm

26 Sep 2024

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12 Dec 2024

10:00am

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2nd Floor, The Arches Centre, 11-13 Bloomfield Ave, Belfast, BT5 5AA

“This show is not meant to act as celebration of the past 40 years of QSS, but seeks to acknowledge the many great artists who have helped create the organisation and to highlight the huge talent that exists in the current membership.”

Eamonn Maxwell
We are QSS at 40, Gallery 01
Jack Pakenham (Past Member), Ronda vision, 2021, acrylic on canvas
Sharon Kelly, Shut Up Heads I – IX, 2024, wall installation, gouache on paper
Reuben Brown, club [construction] SUPERHOOLIGANISM, 2024, custom digitally-knit club [construction] football scarves, t-shirt, OSB, hardware, casters, ratchet straps
L-R: Karl Hagan, Kebab shop, Chess (the fight continues), 2024, oil on canvas; Naomi Litvack, Untitled (Flesh Diptych), oil and collage on panel
Mollie Browne, Dreaming, 2024, Awagami Unryu Thin Print, 107 x 145cm
Sinead McKeever, Reverie Series (ongoing) DETAIL, 2023/24, waxed white wood, mirrored plexiglass, acrylic paint, nail varnish, acrylic marker, strimmer cabling, cable ties, fishing line
L-R: Amanda Coogan, Movement 2 – Beethoven 9, 2023; Martin Wedge (Past Member), Counterpart, 2017; Alana Barton, Lour, 2023
Frédéric Huska, Untitled [The Black Monolith of the Flâneur], Photographic inkjet print, 103×136.50 cm.

We Are QSS At 40 Exhibitors

Current Members

Alana Barton, Mollie Browne, Reuben Brown, Gerard Carson, Majella Clancy, Pauline Clancy, Niamh Clarke, Hannah Clegg, Susan Connolly, Amanda Coogan, Mary Cosgrove, Jonathan Conlon, Ian Cumberland, Alacoque Davey, Catherine Davison, Gerry Devlin, Craig Donald, Dan Ferguson, Clare French, Joy Gerrard, Angela Hackett, Karl Hagan, David Haughey, Amy Higgins, Ashley Holmes, Frederic Huska, Sharon Kelly, Gemma Kirkpatrick, Rachel Lawell, Naomi Litvack, Clement McAleer, Terry McAllister, Mark McGreevy, Meadhbh McIlgorm, Sinead McKeever, Michelle McKeown, Sharon McKeown, Grace McMurray, Tim Millen, Kate O’Neill, Darcy Patterson, Gail Ritchie, Yasmine Robinson, Duncan Ross, Anushiya Sundaralingam, Vasiliki Stasinaki and Jennifer Trouton.

Past Members

Colm Clarke, Brian Connolly, Micky Donnelly (in memoriam), Sam Douglas, Nuala Gregory, Ronnie Hughes, Miguel Martin, Rosie McGurran, Dougal McKenzie, Paddy McKeown, Jack Packenham, David Turner, Martin Wedge and Chris Wilson.