Faust
FAUST
We brought renowned graffiti artist and typographer Faust to the UK for his debut solo show at Upstairs Gallery.
After a successful Arts Council England bid, we were able to produce a mural as part of our New Horizons project, and Faust's first ever screen print run in our workshop.
June – July 2015
Supported by Arts Council England
Thanks to Arts Council England for their support in making this exhibition happen.
Feature Exhibitions
FAMOUS WHEN DEAD
We hosted local low-brow artist Famous When Dead in our gallery space for 2 weeks — one of our favourites to date!
ILLUSTRATEBOARDING
The brains behind skateboarding brand Goblyn Crew brought together a series of incredible artists and illustrators for a skate centric exhibition.
DARREN JOHN
London based Darren John had a couple of months in the gallery, where he worked to change the space and the idea of how a gallery should present work.
TOBY CURTIS
Toby paints abstracts, a very old fashioned notion but one that he clings to out of nothing more than a pure enjoyment of painting and paintings.
45RPM
45RPM
Another successful Arts Council England bid saw us bring Bristol based graffiti artist 45RPM for a new year exhibition in our Gallery — we also worked with him on two new screen prints for the show and a new piece of ceramics with local ceramiscist Jasmine Simpson.
January – February 2016
Supported by Arts Council England
Thanks to Arts Council England for their support in making this exhibition happen.
Local shows
Every year, we curate a series of local shows. Working with local artists, designers and curators, our aim is to show off the best that Stoke-on-Trent has to offer through a series of quick fire exhibitions.
Jay Cope Di*ks: A Group Show
MURDOK Lax Sapien
Lindsey Davis Eclectic
David Newey The Human Printer
Budgie
Vixta Sketches
Jasmine Simpson
eight bit
Gallery associate program
You can help the gallery flourish by becoming an associate. For that, you get discounts on space bookings, invites to private views before they go out to the public and the warm fuzzy feeling of helping a local, independent arts-based initiative.
£15 per year
Gallery hire
Our gallery space can be hired by the day, evening or on a weekly basis. These costs also include access prior to the hire period for any setup/installation time that may be required. Week, evening and day hire includes the use of gallery toilets and kitchen facilities plus power and wi-fi use for the duration of hire.
Evening hire
18:00–22:00
Monday to Friday
£40
Day hire
10:00–18:00
Monday to Friday
£60
Week hire
10:00–18:00
Monday to Friday
£250
Re-instating fee: If you plan on drilling/nailing into the walls or painting directly onto the walls of the gallery there is an additional reinstating fee of £70 (all fixings must be agreed prior to installation).
Extras
Late night opening
Often exhibition launches will have a late night private view. We are happy to stay open to as late as 10pm for a private view at an additional cost of:
£20
(per hour)
Weekend opening
The Print Shop and Gallery are normally closed on Weekends. The cost of opening gallery/store between the hours of 11 am and 3pm on a weekend day is:
£80
DJ
We are able to book a DJ for your exhibition launch night if you require. We have access to a wide variety of renowned local DJ’s who can cater for everything from Easy Listening to Hip Hop. DJ finders fee is:
£50
(DJ may charge additional fee)
Layout
Approx Measurements:
A 3.6m
B 1.3m
C 3.9m
D 8m
E 3.1m
F 3.9m
G 1.45m
H 1.15m
Room height 2.9m