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turntable gallery is located in the heart of Grimsby’s historic fish dock, North East Lincolnshire. Founded and directed by two internationally renowned artists - Dale Wells and Darren Neave (RCA), who met whilst studying at the University of Lincoln. Their aim is to promote contemporary arts and through it, build a stronger, more inclusive community.

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In March 2022 we launched turntable gallery on Victoria Street, Grimsby. We hosted many shows and events at this creative space until January 2024. Shows included artists such as Jake Chapman, Jeremy Deller and Chad McCail, to name but a few. Our event programme was busy too, with poetry evenings and a zine festival. We have now moved our gallery/creative space to the Grimsby dock area.

Our Grimsby dock location is kindly being provided by WE1 Heritage.

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Our unique space will be used to continue showing contemporary offerings, with the same passion and the same creativity our audience deserve from everything we do. We will continue to work with exciting, upcoming artists and will always champion our town, and its artistic resurrection! As always, our aim has been to build upon our area’s resilient foundations. To reclaim and repair our artistic heritage, and to forge a new, vibrant art scene which nourishes and reifies art of all stripes.

What's On:

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Whispers of Weight and Wind
Sophie Dickinson
30 November - 21 December 2024

With great pleasure, turntable gallery, in conjunction with WE1 Heritage, would like to introduce the gallery’s inaugural artist in residence, Sophie Dickinson. Launching her debut with us at the start of November, Sophie’s practice folds in deep observation with a forensic material enquiry, encompassing sculptural creations, ceramics, and found objects in equal measure.

This marks the turntable’s ongoing commitment to nurturing fresh young talent and promoting exciting new opportunities for contemporary artists to thrive and make their voices heard in an award-winning environment.

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The Manchester Contemporary 2024
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15 - 17 November 2024

It’s that time of year and we are getting ourselves ready for our second visit to The Manchester Contemporary! From the 15th to 17th of November 2024, we are shaking our shoes and promoting Grimsby and our friends!
Come and play! Come and buy art!

Featuring Artists:
Instagram: @thehazmatguy (Darren Neave)
Instagram: @erica_eyres
Instagram: @dalechristopherwells
Instagram: @timnobleart
Instagram: @sophie.fineart (Sophie Dickinson)
Instagram: @chadmccail
Instagram: @petergrantleyforster

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i heard the wind as it whistled through your teeth
Gabriel Shields Hanau
2 - 9 November 2024

Marking her debut solo show at turntable gallery, Gabriel Shields Hanau will be launching her performance of subzero alongside a presentation of new pieces. With work spanning welded sculpture, handcrafted prints, video and a sonic installation, the exhibition reflects the eclectic diversity of the artist’s life and practice. Defining her work as “engaged in a process of alchemy", the artist states that "transformation and its possibilities are what sustains me.”

Community Projects:

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Renovation of Royal Naval Patrol Service Memorial, Grimsby Docks 
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19 September 2024

turntable gallery was delighted to be awarded the incredible opportunity to preserve the memorial to the memories of those valiant minesweepers who lost their lives, clearing the estuary and beyond, of enemy mines.

As part of the gallery’s ongoing commitment to preserving out material heritage, and restoring the artifacts of our shared past, this project was one we relished. The task required sympathetic cleaning, re-establishing the worn lettering, and replacing the lost badges. The latter involving extensive research and contact with specialists in the field. These new ceramic pieces have been sourced from Italian artisans, and now adorn the central stone.

To restore this important monument, and preserve its legacy for future generations to remember these heroes by, has felt incredibly poignant, considering the hardships people face to this day, in the channel. Working on repainting the lettering of the faded names, and learning a little of the lives they lived, and left behind, has made their stories incredibly immediate. Would that their sacrifices be an end to wars, but sadly, not. All were left with is the too long list of names, etched in marble, defiant against the harsh gales and haunting waters. The least we can do is ensure the record of their passing is preserved.

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Renovation of The Family Group, Immingham
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28 September 2024

Words by restorer Dale Wells:

"It has been an incredible day. In many ways it was the summation of many months of rescuing, researching, and restoring the monumental body of The Family Group and the drawing forth of the memories and emotions it both marks and elicits.

With the help of Darren Neave, Kerry Henderson, Oasis Academy Immingham, Blackrow Group, Grimsby, Cleethorpes & District Civic Society, and a million other amazing souls, not least those who donated to the restoration fund, this iconic work is back where it belongs. Not in a recycling centre, but back and proud on the wall of the Oasis Academy, Immingham.

I feel so incredibly privileged to have had the opportunity to restore the work to something of its former spirit, and will always count it as one of my most important achievements. More importantly, it shows that public sculpture is a force for good, a marker for poignancy and a symbol of place and endurance.

We can never let these things be taken from us, not simply slip from view."

Highlights:

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Erica Eyres - No One Knows I'm Dying
14 September - 25 October 2024
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Chad McCail - Even Rations
16 September - 14 October 2023
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Grimsby Zinefest
19 August 2023
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Red Sail Poetry Night
19 August 2023
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Jake Chapman - HINTERGRUND
10 September - 8 October 2022
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turntable gallery
  • 88 Wharncliffe Road
  • Grimsby
  • North East Lincolnshire
  • DN31 3QJ
  • UK
Opening Hours
  • Thursday to Saturday
  • 11:00 - 14:00
  • or by appointment