Jerwood/FVU Awards: 2022 Edition

Group Event

Exhibition

Soojin Chang, Michael.

Event overview

Jerwood/FVU Awards 2022 travels to Leeds Art Gallery in November, marking the final edition of the Jerwood/FVU Awards in its present form.

The exhibition in Leeds introduces new elements to both artists’ presentations and builds on their shows at Jerwood Space earlier this year. Michael. will be co-curating an exhibition of artworks from Leeds Art Gallery’s collection, responding to themes in his work cleave to the BLACK (2022), including the question ‘What would it be like to live on a land that loves you back?’ Artist and collaborator Ashley Holmes has produced a new sound work that will play in the space.

Soojin Chang’s Jerwood/FVU Awards 2022 commissioned film BXBY (2022) will be exhibited off-site at Project Space in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds, hosted by the Centre for Audio Visual Experimentation (CAVE). At Leeds Art Gallery, Soojin Chang will premiere Sacrifice to the Seaworm (2022), a new multi-part film installation featuring a reading, a purification rite, and a burial mound.

The Jerwood/FVU Awards 2022 are a collaboration between Jerwood Arts and Film and Video Umbrella, in partnership with Leeds Art Gallery.

17 November 2022 - 22 January 2023

Leeds Art Gallery and University of Leeds

Free entry

More information

Further details about the exhibition of BXBY at CAVE, University of Leeds

Accessibility info

The nearest accessible on-street parking bays are located on Cookridge Street and Alexander Street which run alongside and behind the gallery. Victoria Gardens is pedestrianised.
Alexander Street is a good point to access the pedestrianised Victoria Gardens. If you are arriving by coach or minibus, there are drop off bays for coaches on Great George Street.
A Changing Places toilet is available in the shop on the lower floor.
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The main entrance is automatic, opens inwards and is accessible via hand railed steps and a long and gradual ramp. An information desk is available on entry.
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A large proportion of the gallery is fully accessible, with some exceptions.

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