Catalyst Arts presents:

Amanda Beech: All Obstructing Walls Have Been Broken Down

Exhibition runs: 16th Oct – 21st Nov

Catalyst Arts is pleased to present ‘All Obstructing Walls Have Been Broken Down’, the first solo presentation in Northern Ireland of the work of British-born, California-based artist Amanda Beech.

The exhibition features a new suite of works on paper (2014) alongside the large-scale video installation, ‘Sanity Assassin’ (2010).Together the works produce a certain narrative on the condition of reality and its architectures. ‘Sanity Assassin’ interrogates our obsession with reality, our desire to manifest our ideas of what reality really is, and the consequences of this desire, whilst Beech’s new works on paper respond to this folly in the proposition that we construct reality.

16th Oct | Artist Talk: Amanda Beech | Belfast School of Art

15th Nov | ‘Televisual Transport: Freeways, Museums and Model Homes’ : Lecture | Maeve Connolly

Catalyst Arts presents:

Little Kingdoms

Exhibition runs: 4th – 26th September 

Over the course of three weeks, three exhibitions will present new works from over 50 of our current members, 
highlighting the disparate and varied practices of artists, both local and international.

This festival seeks to re-evaluate and re-align the position of the members show within the Catalyst program.
It is a rolling event that will feature performances, talks and free workshops for our members to attend over the month of September.

4th Sept | Cause & Effect (Performance) | Katrina Sheena Smyth

13th Sept | Install skills workshop | Ruaidhri Lennon

17th Sept | Documentation skills | Simon Mills

18th Sept | Under Represented aspects of Ulster History (Walking Tour) | Iain Griffin

20th Sept | Ulster Research Salon Seminar | Dave Loader, Mirjami Schuppert, Jacqueline Wylie

22nd Sept | The Importance of Promoting your Practice | Rob Hilken

Catalyst Arts presents:

EX
Michael Fortune | Jeremy Hutchison | Jonah King | Eva & Franco Mattes | Ebrahim El Moly | Frank Wasser

Exhibition runs: 7th – 29th August

Closing Lecture: Sarah Tuck 12am 30th August

EX considers the tense relationship between theoretical belief and the extent to which those beliefs are or are not enacted. The exhibition deals with how conviction is continuously subverted by political and theological apathy which produces a society that is unable to absolutely realise ideological propositions of dissent.

Catalyst Arts presents:

Artists in Residence

Exhibition Runs: 15th July – 10th August

Ciaran McKusker | Rosanna McKenna | Dryden Wilson

somewhereto_, with curatorial support from @Catalyst Arts, present their Artists in residence open studio in Antrim town.
They have taken over the upstairs of 55 High Street Antrim, formerly a Peacocks retail unit, before that Woolworths and for the past two years, an empty space! 
For the past 3 weeks they have experimented, explored, made, ripped, balanced, splashed their way through a number of ideas… and they’d like to share them with you. 
A dinner of sorts will be on hand, in the hope of a conversation around the space and what the creative future of it could be. 

7th Aug | Open Studio Event | 55 High Street Antrim

Catalyst Arts is pleased to present ‘All That Remains To Be Seen’

All That Remains To Be Seen’ has been created in response to a joint members open call with Ormston House, Limerick. Two separate shows have been developed from a collection of artist members from the two galleries.

Jamin Keogh | Elaine Leader | Lorraine Neeson | Paul Quast

All That Remains To Be Seen
Opening: June 5th – 6-9pm
Exhibition Runs: 5th – 21st June

Laura Kelly | Shane Murphy | Emma Roche | Darek Fortas | Susan Lynch.

Expansive Traces
Ormston House
Opening: 3rd July
Exhibition Runs: 4th – 26th July

Contemporary Reflections on Colonialism and Documentary

Duncan Campbell | Allan Hughes | Ryan Moffett

2 May – 21 May 2014

Opening Preview: 1 May, 6-9pm

Catalyst Arts is pleased to present this year’s *Student & Recent Graduate Show

Selected through an international open call, the exhibition brings together students and recent graduates from throughout the UK, Ireland, Europe, and the United States. Universities represented through this exhibition include Städelschule, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste (Frankfurt), Goldsmiths College (London), and Crawford College of Art & Design (Cork)

* Fred Bungay * Kristyna Campbell * Jenna Collins * Inga Danysz * Gretchen Geraets * Jasmine Johnson & Alice May Williams * Stephen Madden * Jessie Malone * Alexandra McNamee * Laura NiFhlaibhin * Roísín O’Suillivan * Giorgo Skretis * Jasper Weinstein Sheffield *

21 – 28 March 2014
Opening: 20 March, 6 – 9pm

An exhibition of work to coincide with The Belfast Children’s Festival. Tactile is a one to one experience that has a direct encounter with the viewer, that reinforces the bond between artist and audience. Tactile embraces engagement with the work rather than the usual “Do Not Touch Artworks’.

 Opening Night: Thursday 6th March 6-9pm (Late Night Art)

 Exhibition runs 7th – 14th March

 Opening hours 11am-5pm

 Sunday 9th March: 12-5pm

 Gallery closed: Monday 10th March

Bbeyond in association with Accion!MAD (Madrid)

Catalyst Arts, Belfast 6th,7th & 8th Feb 7pm

&

Echo Echo Dance

L/Derry 9th Feb 4.30pm

Presents:

 BEL-MAD Exchange places

Spanish / N.Ireland performance art exchange

+ Workshops from Nieves Correa: 3rd – 5th Feb

Catalyst Arts presents

 momentum

 24th – 31st January 2014

Opening night, Thursday 23rd January 6 – 9 pm

Catalyst Arts, 5 College Court , Belfast, BT1 6BS

 Momentum showcases MFA Belfast’s Fine Art final year students in their interim show. The work ranges from video, installation and sculpture to drawing, painting and performance. Momentum offers an insight into the unique vision of each artist, creating a dynamic, expressive and progressive show at a critical phase in their practice.

Aoife Brady | Pamela Byrne | Elizabeth – Ann Curistan | Cathy Droney | Andrew Glenn | Erin Hagan | Jonny McEwen | Rosanna McKenna | John Robinson | Katrina Sheena Smyth