Testing Ground

Exhibition

Sharples, V. and Serf 2023. Testing Ground.
CreatorsSharples, V. and Serf
Description

Testing Ground marks the first iteration of Serf’s Exchange Programme with GLOAM. Throughout October, Serf invited GLOAM co-directors to inhabit their gallery space in Leeds, transforming it into a project space — a testing ground — for the development of new work. This collaborative process culminated in a public opening and exhibition. As part of the exhibition, Victoria Sharples presented Gurney (2023), a newly fabricated companion to Soft Shell (2023), alongside a reworking of St Andrew’s (2023), originally shown at Two Queens, Leicester. Also included was a print featuring Sharples’ ancestor, Heap — first produced as an artist edition and distributed at Abney Park Cemetery, London, during the event Where do we go when we die?

Exhibiting artists: Stu Burke, Thomas Griffiths, Victoria Sharples, and Rose Hedy Squires.

ContributorsSharples, V. (Artist), Burke, S. (Artist), Griffiths, T. (Artist) and Squires, R. H. (Artist)
KeywordsArtist-led; Studio Exchange; Development; Network; Community; Exhibition
Date29 Oct 2023
Exhibition titleTesting Ground
Web address (URL)https://serfleeds.co.uk/about
https://gloamgallery.com/GLOAM-at-Serf-Testing-Ground
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Deposited24 Jul 2025
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