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Modular Gallery Space

Steel frame, modular walls: wood, plastic, fabric. 

The Modular Gallery is a curatorial tool I designed in collaboration with Ray Shaw and then curated with Convenience Gallery. As a framework artists were invited to respond to the fabricated frame and display work in public space in Birkenhead. 

This was used throughout the In Cahoots programme.With the following artists creating work in response to the framework: 

Jon Edgley, Dan Chan, Reece Griffiths & Ellie Towers, Roxy Topia & Paddy Gould, Nil00, Angelo Madonna & Patric Rogers. 

Design: 

As part of the Convenience Gallery programming we wanted to reimagine how we could sit work within non-traditional spaces and could continue to move, collaborate and take art on the road whilst still creating high quality outcomes with the artists we work with.  

One of the ways we have sought to achieve this is through designing and building a Modular Gallery space, which I designed this year with my Dad. 

The space consists of a steel frame structure with interchangeable panels that can be anything from wood - fabric - acrylic. This can be set up in a number of formats to create multiple forms, shapes and spaces too. The thought process behind this being to create something flexible and transformative that we can work with each artist that’s involved to adapt to best showcase their work. Allowing us to place contemporary art out in public and community spaces, creating unique interactions and experiences for the community with arts and culture, which is what we are all about. 

In the build up to our In Cahoots programme, Ryan Gauge and myself curated and commissioned a number of artists to create new works that responded directly to the frame.  

Jon Edgley, Dan Chan, Reece Griffiths & Ellie Towers, Roxy Topia & Paddy Gould, Nil00, Angelo Madonna & Patric Rogers. 

We have shown the work at Manchester Contemporary, in various venues in Birkenhead and at St Brides Church in Liverpool.