The Re:New Wallace #6 Residency was awarded to artist, Emma Whitehead, who responded to the theme Time Frame for her solo exhibition. Inspired by the journey and time spent pasing through the hands of of people over time, she explored the compulsion to measure time, distance, the seasons, the stars, and the need to make sense of the connections that intersect with our lives

Alongside Belfast and Lisburn, Lurgan was one of the leading centres of linen production in Ulster and this exhibition celebrates the work of one Lurgan company in particular. McCaw, Allan & Co Ltd, now part of the Samuel Lamont Group, was founded in 1904, a partnership between Robert Johnston McCaw and Harry Allan.

The span of Janet Hackney’s career in art and textiles reflects her artwork itself – strands of textiles, embroidery, modern digital technology, heritage and colour all coming together to create a unique and memorable range of pieces.

Musician, Philip Poleon, has performed with many of Jamaica’s most established acts such as Horace Andy and Gregory Isaacs, appearing on the “Later with Jools Holland Show” in the 90’s. He has been involved in album projects with these international acts, and has toured both nationally and internationally with them.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Three irish artists have been selected from an open call as part of our Materials, Messages and Meaning series. Now in its eleventh year, these exhibitions explore artists’ different approaches to materials, methods of production and messages within their work.

This year we have selected artists who have responded to the theme 'Sustainability.

Jasper McKinney MBE is an established practising artist based in Ireland and France making paintings, drawings and sculpture. McKinney studied at Brighton College of Art and Slade School of Fine Art, London, awarded an MBE in the 2013. He shows artwork internationally which reflects his experiences and imagination, along with his excitement and optimism for life.

Judith Waring is a visual artist working primarily in 3 dimensions and with the 'sculptural'. Concerned with materiality, process and scale her practice considers visual markers of time, of place and particularly of boundaries. The work is often site-specific and informed by imagined narratives. JW has shown work both nationally and internationally. Born in Belfast, JW currently lives and works in Denmark and N. Ireland; she is an External Lecturer at the University of Southern Denmark.

Mollie Mia Murphy is a Fine Art Media student from Dublin. A recurring theme in her work is the environmental impact Irish people have on our island. Her research on forestry takes in different factors such as settlement, colonisation and changes in culture and language.

The ACJSNI Re-Use + Re-Imagine Adornment Project is a collaborative venture between 10 artist / makers related to the linen heritage of R-Space Gallery. The project highlights the distinct characteristics of 3-Dimensional research in Silversmith, Jewellery and Textile Art practices. The three craft areas see frequent overlaps in scale, materials, and methods of construction which, when combined, create potential for dynamic statements that push beyond traditional boundaries.

The artists present work that has explored a cross-over of sensitivities and developed their specialisms to create unexpected synergies and directions. The documented processes will be displayed with the finished pieces in the exhibition.

Spring Fling brings together four artists from different art backgrounds in an explosion of spring colours and mixed media. The four artists, Sarah McWilliams, painter, Janet Hackney, textiles, Zara Lyness, ceramics, and Robert Martin, glass, show the diversity or crafts and fine art being made in and around the Lisburn area.

Re:New Wallace #5 is the fifth Wallace Residency project run by R-Space Gallery. For 2022 three artists have been selected to work remotely and have been jointly commissioned to create a first animated short film on the story of the first Wallace fountains erected in Paris in 1872 by Sir Richard Wallace during the Paris siege, Meg Earls, Neil Foster and Nelson Santoni.

Tipping the Balance. The group of prisoners at HMP Maghaberry are known now as the TMB Club (to many birthdays) have created the work for this exhibition. This project was made possible thanks to funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s Arts & Older People Programme and support from the Northern Ireland Prison Service. Facilitated by Artist in Residence Lucy Turner.

A group exhibition selection through an open call with the theme borders, boundaries and bridges.

Cas Holmes is an award winning artist based in Kent. She graduated in Fine Arts from University College of Creative Arts, followed by research into paper-making and textiles in Japan. Renowned for her use of 'the found', she is the author of five books for Batsford, including her most recent ‘Embroidering the Everyday’ (2021) and ‘Textile Landscape:Painting with Cloth in Mixed Media’ (2018). Her work takes an eclectic view on how different places, everyday subjects and the landscape we live in, can inform your textile work

Places, Spaces, Traces reflects on her Romani heritage. She is interested in the commonalities we have as people, the need for a place of our own, family and food. With migration, changes in our working lives and increasing opportunities to travel, our certainty about who we are and where we fit in is unsure.

A retrospective exhibition by Robert Martin which will include glass, ceramics, tattooed dolls, jewellery and the launch of his new poetry book.

A group exhibition exploring our fascination with tea; including a community programme exploring the origins of tea across world culture.

This exhibition will showcase the award winning Translating Linen project, featuring a digital music piece created from the DNA structure of flax overlaid with the sights and sounds of Northern Ireland’s Linen Mills, and a large scale artwork on linen. This work has been developed with new collaborative work by Dr. O’Kane and Robert Peters.

Hire exhibition at R-Space Gallery by MJ

'PINNED - on Linen' pays tribute to the fabric associated with R-Space and the Linen Biennale by installing work on locally sourced lengths of Linen. In adapting the Exhibition sympathetically and referencing the significance of its industrial heritage, ACJSN hopes to highlight the many unexpected facets of Contemporary Jewellery in material and form.

Originally a stand-out submission for the 2020 Linen Biennale, this exhibition features mixed media linen-based sculptural pieces from her series “white”.

Blurring the lines between fine art, craft and illustration, Lucy Turner has created a body of work that has a strong narrative inspired by her locality, world travel, poetry, flora and fauna.