Exhibition Archive Season 2



Season 2 of WetDovetail’s exhibition catalogue was generously funded by Arts Council England with the support of The Auxiliary Project Space, also supported by East St Arts in the acquisition of our meanwhile space in Hill St Centre, Middlesbrough. Season 2 was a fully hypbrid programme across our digital pipelines and in-person for the first time, merging the physical and digital realms. Each open call contained an artist fee for a full gallery solo show in our Hill St space, as well as large scale online shows for shortlisters featured in reimagined versions of our space.

2:1 Virtual Group Show
05/02/22

The first group show of Season 2, a central atrium divides two mirror images of our Hill St Space, fully recreated and expanded on with false walls. Feauring works from the likes of Zoran Dragelj, Ben Dawson, and Olivia Bartlett.



2:A Jim Brook
05/02/22

The first funded solo show of Season 2 in our Hill St Space, West Yorkshire artist Jim Brook. 

“Brook's practice is deeply concerned with the exploration of identity within the context of working-class heritage, drawing on the symbolic and material associations of everyday objects and vernacular forms. Through this, he examines how these elements resonate within broader narratives of cultural memory, class structures, and the construction of masculinity. His work invites critical engagement with the ways in which personal history and collective experience shape notions of selfhood and belonging.“ -jimbrook



2:2 Virtual Group Show
11/03/22

Our second virtual group show of Season 2 feautres the work of 29 artists situated in an expanded version of our Hill St space, mirrored in the centre to double its capacity with a scultpure garden placed out front. Feautring works from the likes of Lucy Archer, Fernando Garrido Rojas, and Oliver Bliss.



2:B Cameron Lings
11/03/22

The second funded solo show of Season 2 in our Hill St Space, North East-based,  award‑winning contemporary artist and sculptor, Cameron Lings.

“Cameron continues to refine a distinctive, data-driven sculptural language. His work translates statistical, literary, and numeric data into complex sculptural form—primarily realized in wood, metal, and mixed media. These artworks interrogate contemporary themes such as climate change, digital culture, and environmental and social inequalities, merging conceptual depth with material experimentation.” -cameronlingsart



2:3 Virtual Group Show
18/04/22

The third group show of our Season 2 programme, 2:3 takes place in a brand new space fully detatched from our Hill St space in terms of layout, but maintaining elements of the original space’s visual identity through material, and furnishing. Three large double height gallery spaces hold work by the likes of Anum Farooq, Fred Fabre, and Seongeun Lee.



2:C Grace Clifford
18/04/22

The third funded solo show of Season 2 in our Hill St Space, Sheffield-based artist Grace Clifford.

“I work mainly in sculpture and installation.
I would rather lose my phone, wallet and keys than my notebook, I sleep next to it. The same reason I wake up in the morning is the same reason I wake up at night. I  cannot believe it could be me. I think Churches and Factories are the same thing. I love horses in a way that it physically pains me sometimes. If I had a horse, I wouldn’t make work.  My hands move before my mind.  I am compelled to seek out labour, I think this is inherited.“ -grace-clifford



2:4 Virtual Group Show
20/05/22

Drifting further from our original space into more fantastical territory, while maintaining our spaces visual identity, 2:4 takes place entirely in an underground bunker, through a maze of interconnected white-wall rooms. Featuring works from the likes of Holly Rowan Hesson, Ryan Peter French, and grafik 2.1.



2:D Harry Grundy
20/05/22

The fourth funded solo show of Season 2 in our Hill St Space,  Margate-based artist Harry Grundy. 

“-art for the Anthropocene epoch. Conceptual, performative and multidisciplinary, Harry is working in the natural world in an unnatural time. Ideas become materials, natural matter become ready mades, human becomes object. With a background in design, ideas are treated with a rigorous honesty and crafted with a graphic eye.” -harry-grundy



2:5 Virtual Group Show
15/07/22

Our 5th and final group show of Season 2, 2:5 signifies a shift of things to come with a construction site space/site totally distinct in visual identity from our previous shows, hosting our largest group show yet. Featuring works from the likes of Kellie Everton, Matthew Keff, and Cameron Naylor.



2:E Sam Hutchinson
15/07/22

The fifth and final funded solo show of Season 2 in our Hill St Space, Leeds-based artist Sam Hutchinson.

“Sam Hutchinson (b. 1993, Sunderland) is an artist & photographer based in Leeds, UK, working with image-making, appropriation, sculpture, installation, and publishing. He works for VILLAGE & is editor-in-chief for BOOT MAG. He was a co-founder/director of SCREW Gallery” - sam-hutchinson