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SWADDLE – Dominic McKeown
The University of Atypical is delighted to invite you to join us for the launch of SWADDLE, a thought provoking new exhibition by Dominic McKeown.

Accessing Architecture Exhibition
ISL Promotional video BSL Promotional video The Exhibition runs until Friday 27 January 2022 at the University of Atypical Gallery at 109-113 Royal Avenue, Belfast.

strangely disjointed & idiosyncratic
Dara Condon was the recipient of the University of Atypical’s Graduate Award 2019 and we’re pleased to see this promising graduate’s exhibition realised. Dara’s inspiration

Fittings & MisFittings
The DisOrdinary Architecture Project was established in 2008. Since then a network of disabled artists have collaborated with architecture, interiors and built environment students, educators,

‘Where Do We Live’ Drawing Workshop
With James Ashe Free James Ashe invites you to take part in a series of artist-led workshops that will be an expansion of his ‘Where

Jacqueline Wylie – “Life Goes On”
Jacqueline Wylie began to document the impact of Covid-19 on herself and the spirit of her local community of Ballymacarrett in May 2020. Most of

Disability, Covid-19, & the ‘Second Shift’
The second shift refers to Arlie Hochschild’s 1989 book, which describes the labour performed at home in addition to the paid work performed in the

Helen Hall – The Moving City
Dance/Movement Workshop Free The University of Atypical is delighted to work with award winning local dancer Helen Hall in offering a series of experimental workshops

LOOK UP! with James Ashe
James Ashe invites you to download his Belfast map and draw on the blank side what you see in your area, interesting features of the

International Women’s Day 2021
Niamh Scullion Reading 3pm – 4pm Join us on International Women’s Day for an afternoon with Belfast based writer, maker and doer Niamh Scullion. The


Plaster Casting Workshop with Model Citizen
We had hoped to have people in the gallery to take part in a one-off plaster casting session with architect/maker John Donnelly of ‘Model Citizen’

Brian Kielt – Confessional
Titled Confessional, this solo exhibition features portraits and landscapes which combine found and original imagery. The shifting perspectives of these paintings prompts the viewer to

Acupuncture for Artists
Mental ill-health amongst artists is three times the national average. To coincide with Confessional’s themes of trauma and anxiety, we are offering free acupuncture sessions

Gillian O’Hagan & Helen Sloan – Missing Voices
Over a five week period, Helen and Gillian worked with a group of nine adolescent girls from four schools across Belfast. Using smartphones, the girls

Alma Haser – Pseudo
Pseudo is a series that plays on what’s real and what’s not. In a world where we are constantly told about Fake News, not to

Richard Canning – The Space Between
The Space Between is an expansion of the work in Richard’s final MA end of year show and explores the consistencies of construction and deconstruction.

Mary Cody – String
Mary’s practice investigates the material nature of painting today. Through her steady, considered and labour-intensive approach, layers of wool, string and acrylic are carefully articulated

Jane McCormick – Not Half Right
Launch: Saturday November 10th 2018 2pm to 4pm Exhibition Dates: November 12th to December 21st 2018 She describes it as a monologue of misery, made

Maurice Hobson – Faces Caught In Time
Born in Caledon, Co. Tyrone in 1957, Maurice Hobson was injured in a bomb-blast in Dungannon in 1975 and sadly passed away in 1987, aged

Robin Price – Air of the Anthropocene
Air of the Anthropocene is a fascinating National Lottery-funded art project created by artist Robin Price and University of Birmingham environmental scientist Professor Francis Pope.