Go back to the top of the page
Past exhibitions
Home / University life / East GalleryNUA / Past exhibitions

Past exhibitions

Be inspired

Explore all the previous exhibitions held at The Gallery and the re-named East GalleryNUA.

Contact
Image of Orla Kiely handbag on a stool in front of Orla Kiely wallpaper

Orla Kiely: A Life in Pattern

Tuesday 30 October 2018 - Saturday 5 January 2019

This exhibition offers a snapshot of Orla Kiely’s infamous design.
Artwork from Cornelia Parker's exhibition One Day This Glass Will Break: Fox Talbot's Articles of Glass, Bottoms Up

Cornelia Parker: One Day This Glass Will Break

Tuesday 11 September - Saturday 13 October 2018

Bringing together twenty of the artist's recent prints from three different series.
photo of course leader Carl Rowe standing with arms leant against a printing table and looking at camera with short hair and a blue shirt with a small lattice print

Free Lunchtime talk with Carl Rowe

Friday 5 October 2018

BA Fine Art Course Leader on current show Cornelia Parker: One Day This Glass Will Break.
In the City - painting of a man overlooking a bridge in a blue suit

In the City

Tuesday 24 July - Saturday 1 September 2018

Dynamic work by nine painters working with imagery of the city & ideas around urban space.
In the City exhibition at East Gallery NUA featuring brightly coloured paintings

Artist Talk with Trevor Burgess

Friday 17 August 2018

Join us for a roundtable discussion chaired by In the City's exhibition co-curator Trevor Burgess.
LED word display saying Wealth, Land, Life, by Nathan Coley.

Nathan Coley

Tuesday 15 May - Saturday 7 July 2018

Explore 'Unnamed' and 'Palace' by Nathan Coley at East GalleryNUA and St Laurence's church.
LED word display saying Wealth, Land, Life, by Nathan Coley.

Nathan Coley: schools workshop

Monday 21 May 2018

East GalleryNUA is offering a schools workshop accompanying the work of sculptor Nathan Coley.
Hannah Starkey work from A Place in the World featuring a moon and a clow

A Place in the World Workshops at East Gallery

Friday 27 - 28 April 2018

Interactive workshops for schools based on the current East GalleryNUA show 'A Place in the World'.
Hannah Starkey work from A Place in the World featuring a moon and a clow

A Place in the World

Friday 9 March 2018 - Saturday 28 April 2018

An exhibition of photography & film coinciding with the Women of the World (WoW) Festival.
Caroline Douglas on stairs in green dress with WOW logo.

WOW presents Valeria Napoleone & Caroline Douglas: In Conversation

Friday 27 April 2018

Join us for this free In Conversation event as part of the Women of the World Festival.
drawings by alum Sir Alfred Munnings depicts two sketches - on the left a black outline of a standing horse with simple lines and faint outlines and on the right a loose sketch of a horses head

Revealing Munnings: Rediscovered Drawings From the NUA Archives

7 - 17 February 2018

East GalleryNUA is exhibiting drawings by one of NUA's most renowned alumni, Sir Alfred Munnings.
line drawing on yellow background uses shading and very fine lines to portray a Greek town street with many speech bubbles extending from various places showing additional perspectives on the objects and many buildings in the background extending over the hill

Jerwood Drawing Prize 2017

14 November 2017 - 20 January 2018

East GalleryNUA is the first venue on the national tour of the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2017.
Image of vintage style girl lying on sofa by photographer Kerry Curl.

New, NUA, Newest

18 October - 4 November 2017

East Gallery is delighted to host this show of work by recent NUA graduates.
Collage of a woman with a rose for a head.

In Quotes

30 August - 7 October 2017

IN QUOTES presents works by an exciting range of contemporary artists working with collage.

‘Art Exhibition’ by Hans-Peter Feldmann

6 May - 22 July 2017

East GalleryNUA is delighted to exhibit work by ground breaking German artist, Hans-Peter Feldmann.
Jerwood Painting Fellowships painting by Francesca Blomfield showing a limo

Jerwood Painting Fellowships

7 February - 1 April 2017

Jerwood Painting Fellowships 2016 presents new works by three outstanding early career painters.
Mutator VR image showing art made by Virtual Reality

Mutator VR

15 November 2016 – 14 January 2017

East GalleryNUA is the first art gallery worldwide to exhibit Mutator VR.
Li Yuan Chia black magnetic wooden circle.

Performing No Thingness

27 September - 29 October 2016

Explore the kinetic art work of Dom Sylvester Houédard, Ken Cox and Li Yuan Chia.
Visitors view work at British Art Show 8 at Norwich University of the Arts

British Art Show 8

24 June - 4 September 2016

The British Art Show is the biggest touring exhibition of contemporary art in the UK
Fierce Light from exhibition at East Gallery showing the German Army

Fierce Light

10 May - 4 June 2016

A world premiere exhibition of poetry commissions as part of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival.
Painting by John Craske showing river and boat during the First World War

John Craske: Threads

12 May - 6 June 2015

This exhibition brings together paintings by Craske from several lenders across the Eastern Region.

Ana Maria Pacheco Sculpture

17 March - 25 April 2015

Four separate but simultaneous exhibitions, bring major sculptural work to Norwich.

photo taken through wide bars of giraffe in interior enclosure with head in high feeding trough with a large open doorframe leading to the outside in the background

Hidden in Plain Sight

27 January - 28 February 2015

The exhibition, entitled ‘Hidden in Plain Sight’, reflects the active engagement of NUA
painting by John Wonnacott depicts nude woman loosely curled on a bed with light from a lamp reflecting against the plain walls

About Life: John Wonnacott and John Lessore

4 November 2014 - 10 January 2015

John Wonnacott and John Lessore taught at Norwich School of Art from 1978 to 1986
painting by Nan Reid shows warped visual style showing a table with cutlery and a frying basket filled with chips

Afteryears: Reflections on British Art 1946 -1952

12 August - 13 September 2014

Afteryears Reflections includes some of the very first works collected by the Arts Council
abstract blurry photo shows mixed light with slight colour mixed in and an emphasis on light and dark features

Within

24 April – 24 May 2014

The human body becomes the means by which to explore the spatial and social aspects of architecture.
photo of folded fabric pulled to a point in the centre with red fabric rings surrounding

Jerwood Painting Fellowships

11 March - 5 April 2014

Launched in 2013, the Jerwood Painting Fellowships are part of Jerwood Visual Arts (JVA).
3D abstract object consisting of wooden boards uses symmetry to reflect its shape and create an illusion of dimensions

Concrete

21 January - 1 March 2014

The ‘Concrete’ series focus on the shapes and surfaces of cast and pre-formed concrete

abstract painting shows colourful shapes layered over each other with thin paint layers giving slight transparency

To Wander, To Lust

3 December 2013 - 11 January 2014

Norwich has been blazing a trail for cultural exchange in the visual arts that acts as an example
screenshot from Tony Hills' film The Doors shows a dark room with two doors to a bright outer area with someone entering on the left and someone leaving on the right with another sideways door above the room

See Things Differently

12 November - 23 November 2013

Hill’s bizarre and sometimes humorous vantage points make us rethink our assumptions.
photo of work by Senior Lecturer Les Bicknell shows his work with creasing and pleating in embroidered and printed material to created a layered effect in two dimensional patterns

Unpicking and Rebinding

31 October 2013

The new work focuses on the idea of the fold, its role and purpose
photo of exhibition documents for For What Its Worth exhibition curated by NUA students shows multiple brochures and handbooks laid out in loose grid pattern on wooden floor

For What It’s Worth: Perceptions of Value in Contemporary Art

20 August - 19 October 2013

“Working with the Arts Council collection was an amazing opportunity."
painting by John Wonnacott features a young woman with dark brown hair smoking a cigarette and looking at the viewer indifferently against a simple wooden background

Lynda Morris: Dear Lynda…

30 April - 25 May 2013

Morris’ material includes ephemera, posters, catalogues, articles and the art collection
printed work shows thin black lined hawk with outlined feathers and ruff in golden yellow against dark background with simplistic tree to the left

Washi: The Art of Japanese Paper

12 March - 20 April 2013

Its aesthetic of simplicity purity and tranquillity mirrors a fundamental aspect of Japanese culture
photo of NUA East Gallery shows Mobile Relations exhibition information transfer on glass

Mobile Relations

22 January – 2 March 2013

Contemporary perceptions and concepts of drawing are often central to her work.
black line sketch on brown paper features several faces with thick black outlines and dark shading

My Giant Colouring Book

4 December 2012 - 12 January 2013

Jake and Dinos Chapman first came to prominence as part of the YBA movement of the 1990s.
piece features newspaper print with british flag painted over it

One Thousand Sketches

30 October - 24 November 2012

Self uses diverse means and subject matter to create an array of kaleidoscopic imagery
printed design features two images; the left has a vibrant blue background with thin green umbrella design following the contours of a large A and the right has a vibrant orange background with a wine glass following the contours of a large B

Alphabet

18 September - 13 October 2012

Throughout his career Craig-Martin has explored the iconography of everyday and designer objects.