Chapter Gallery

Introducing our 2026-27 gallery programme and collaborating artists ✨ Nina Thomas (@NinaThomasArt ) | March – May Café installation Exploring captioning as a medium across moving image, installation and archives, Nina's work observes and reflects on sound, language, voice and deaf silence. Imogen Stidworthy | March – June Gallery exhibition Imogen’s moving image and installation form a sonic-somatic landscape of voicing, shaped by people who experience different ways of being. Roy Claire Potter (@RoyClairePotterStudio ) | June – July Gallery exhibition Roy’s sculpture and sound amplify autistic perspectives on communication, using ideas from amateur radio and radio astronomy. Mohammad Z. Rahman (@M.Z.R.supply ) | June – August Residency Joining us this summer, Mohammed's practice brings socio-political and personal histories in conversation through the lenses of magic, oral history and the domestic. Lu Williams (@LuWilliamsDotCom ) x ArcadeCampfa (@ArcadeCampfa ) | June – September Café installation ArcadeCampfa programme with and in public and civic spaces in Wales, supporting artists to make new work through residencies, projects and print. In the café, they'll be presenting Lu Williams's work. Lu produces sculpture, print, zines, drawing, writing, video, events and workshops through research, community engagement, collecting and collaboration. Sophie Mak-Schram (@MakSchram ) and Alice Rekab (@AliceRekab ) | August – September Gallery exhibition Alice and Sophie explore the overlaps of mixed identities, non-white Celtic and decolonial imaginaries across Ireland and Wales. Rita Keegan (@RitaKeeganStudio ) | October Billboard installation Through family histories, Rita reflects on interconnectedness and a shared sense of belonging. Michelle Williams Gamaker (@M.Williams.Gamaker ) | November Screening Using body horror and film noir genres, Michelle offers a fictional healing of 1930s screen star Merle Oberon in her new film Strange Evidence. Rehana Zaman (@Re.ha.na.na.na ) On tour, gallery exhibition in 2027 Through film and sculptue, Rehana explores land use, ownership and environmental collapse from the experiences of agricultural workers.

“I hope that the artwork [...] brings new light on the ways that we respond to others: how empathy, identification and so on play out.” Imogen Stidworthy’s In a thread of air exhibited as part of our gallery exhibition In a thread of air. Chapter Gallery is open Tuesday-Sunday 12–5pm. ** Imogen Stidworthy: In a thread of air esy’n cael ei arddangos fel rhan o In a thread of air. Mae Oriel Chapter ar agor ddydd Mawrth - dydd Sul 12-5yh.

It’s your last chance to see Nina Thomas’ work in our café bar. In The Broken Speaker, Nina works with captioning and silent film to explore speech, voice and silence, situating these within Deaf and disabled historical contexts. Throughout the work, she expands captioning both within and beyond the frame, and you’ll see the captions move onto our café bar walls. She’s chosen to caption breath and hesitation – elements often omitted in traditional captioning. Rather than treated as a failure of communication, they become meaningful in their own right. Breath occupies the space between us. Nina explores instances of uncertainty and interdependence in her work, and searches for moments of shared understanding. About the artist Nina Thomas is an artist; her work often explores captioning as a creative medium. Nina is profoundly deaf and has worked for many years to advocate for change in the cultural sector, working with cultural venues to improve accessibility. She was a trustee of the charity Stagetext, a founding member of The Film Bunch (a deaf and hard-of-hearing film organisation). As an artist, Nina has exhibited at venues such as LUX, British Ceramics Biennial, The Crypt Gallery (NW1), Liberty Festival 2022, Tate Exchange (Tate Modern, London) and OVADA (Oxford). 📷 @danweillphotography Dyma’ch cyfle olaf i weld gwaith Nina Thomas yn ein caffi bar. Yn The Broken Speaker, mae Nina’n gweithio gyda chapsiynau a ffilmiau mud fel ei chyfrwng i archwilio lleferydd, llais a thawelwch, gan osod y rhain mewn cyd-destunau hanesyddol Byddar ac anabl. Drwy ei gwaith, mae’n ehangu capsiynau yn y ffrâm a’r tu hwnt iddi; byddwch yn gweld y capsiynau’n symud i waliau’r caffi bar. Mae hi wedi dewis capsiynu anadlu ac oedi yn bwrpasol – elfennau sy’n aml yn cael eu gadael o gapsiynau traddodiadol – yn hytrach na’u trin fel methiant cyfathrebu, yma maen nhw’n dod yn ystyrlon yn eu rhinwedd eu hunain. Anadl yn llenwi’r gofod rhyngon ni. Mae Nina yn rhoi sylw i ansicrwydd a rhyngddibyniaeth yn ei gwaith, ac yn chwilio am eiliadau o gyd-ddealltwriaeth.

COMMS FAIL by Roy Claire Potter is a new sound installation in our gallery from 27 June – 1 August. Shaped by an autistic approach to communication, where meaning is not only carried by words but through pattern, rhythm, texture and environment. Sound moves through objects, surfaces and bodies. COMMS FAIL is an evolving project moving across performance, radio, exhibition and publication, with each version building from the last. This iteration extends a live performance first staged in Liverpool and broadcast on Resonance FM, into a month-long listening environment. Roy is an artist writer whose practice spans experimental writing, vocal performance, drawing, sound art and installation. Their work explores communication constraints, subtext and complex group dynamics – often with a wilful humour. COMMS FAIL is a @WeAreUnltd Partner Award 2025 commission with @LiverpoolBiennial , made possible by Arts Council England (@ACEagrams ). ** Gosodwaith sain newydd gan Roy Claire Potter yw COMMS FAIL a fydd yn yr oriel rhwng 27 Mehefin ac 1 Awst. Mae wedi’i lywio gan ddull awtistig o gyfathrebu, lle nad geiriau yn unig sy’n cario ystyr ond patrwm, rhythm, gwead ac amgylchedd. Mae sain yn symud drwy wrthrychau, arwynebau a chyrff. Mae COMMS FAIL yn brosiect esblygol, gan symud ar draws perfformiadau, radio, arddangosfeydd a chyhoeddi, gyda phob fersiwn yn adeiladu ar y diwethaf. Mae’r cam yma’n ehangu ar berfformiad byw a lwyfannwyd am y tro cyntaf yn Lerpwl ac a ddarlledwyd ar Resonance FM, mewn amgylchedd gwrando dros gyfnod o fis. Artist ac awdur yw Roy, y mae eu gwaith yn cynnwys ysgrifennu arbrofol, perfformiadau lleisiol, arlunio, celf sain a gosodwaith. Mae eu gwaith yn archwilio cyfyngiadau cyfathrebu, is-destun, a deinameg grŵp cymhleth – yn aml â hiwmor bwriadol. Mae COMMS FAIL yn waith comisiwn Gwobr Partner @WeAreUnltd 2025 gyda Gŵyl Ddwyflynyddol Lerpwl, a wnaed yn bosib diolch i Gyngor Celfyddydau Lloegr (@ACEagrams ).

Join us for an experimental, improvised dance piece as @HijinxTheatre artists respond to @StidworthyImogen ’s film Balayer – A Map of Sweeping. 📽️ Balayer will be screened before and after the performance. 📅 Wednesday 20 May, 3.30pm 🎟 Free ** Ymunwch â ni am ddarn dawns arbrofol a byrfyfyr wrth i artistiaid Academi Hijinx ymateb i ffilm Imogen Stidworthy, Balayer – A Map of Sweeping. 📽️Caiff Balayer ei sgrinio cyn ac ar ôl y perfformiad. 📅 Dydd Mercher 20 Mai, 3.30yh 🎟 Am ddim

Acquisition Ongoing: Carbon Age Souvenirs by Lu Williams will be the next installation in our café from 29 May – 29 August. Using posters and zine templates, Lu invites you to contribute to an evolving installation imagining what the world might look like hundreds of years from now. Join us for the opening celebration on Friday 29 May from 6–8pm. You can make magnet relics, add to the artwork and get a temporary tattoo! Free to drop in. Lu (@LuWilliamsdotcom ) is an artist working across sculpture, print, zines and socially engaged projects. Their practice explores social history, labour and accessibility through the lens of queerness, neurodivergence and working-class experience. Commissioned by @ArcadeCampfa in partnership with Chapter. ** Acquisition Ongoing: Carbon Age Souvenirs gan Lu Williams fydd y gosodwaith nesaf yn ein caffi o 29 Mai i 29 Awst. Gan ddefnyddio templedi cylchgronau a phosteri, mae Lu yn eich gwahodd i gyfrannu at osodwaith esblygol sy’n dychmygu sut olwg allai fod ar y byd mewn cannoedd o flynyddoedd. Ymunwch â ni yn y dathliad agoriadol nos Wener 29 Mai 6–8pm. Gallwch greu creiriau magnet, ychwanegu at y gwaith celf, a chael tatŵ dros dro! Galwch heibio am ddim. Artist sy’n gweithio ar draws cerflunwaith, print, cylchgronau a phrosiectau cymdeithasol yw Lu Williams. Mae eu harfer yn archwilio hanes cymdeithasol, llafur, a hygyrchedd drwy lens cwiardod, niwroamrywiaeth, a phrofiad dosbarth gweithiol. Comisiynwyd gan Arcade Campfa mewn partneriaeth â Chapter.

“There is a relationship for me and those materials between the fragility of language, the fragility of bodies, and also the fragility of the ecological system.” Imogen Stidworthy: STILL LIFE BABEL exhibited as part of In a thread of air. Chapter Gallery is open Tuesday-Sunday 12–5pm. ** Imogen Stidworthy: STILL LIFE BABEL esy’n cael ei arddangos fel rhan o In a thread of air. Mae Oriel Chapter ar agor ddydd Mawrth - dydd Sul 12-5yh.

“I’m hoping to open up a space where, as a visitor, you are put in this relationship between the view from the inside and the view from the outside.” Hear Imogen talk about Balayer: A Map of Sweeping, exhibited as part of In a thread of air. Chapter Gallery is open Tuesday – Sunday, 12–5pm. ** Gwrandewch ar Imogen yn siarad am y syniadau tu ôl i Balayer: A Map of Sweeping, sy’n cael ei arddangos fel rhan o In a thread of air. Mae Oriel Chapter ar agor ddydd Mawrth – Sul, 12–5pm.

In conversation with Imogen Stidworthy ☁️ In a thread of air continues until 7 June. Chapter Gallery is open Tuesday – Sunday, 12–5pm. ** Yn sgwrsio ag Imogen Stidworthy ☁️ In a thread of air yn parhau tan 7 Mehefin. Mae Oriel Chapter ar agor dydd Mawrth – Sul, 12–5pm.

Join us for group screening sessions of @stidworthyimogen 's exhibition 'In a thread of air'. Each session offers a chance to encounter the work together, beginning with a short introduction to an artwork and closing with an informal shared reflection over tea and coffee. All welcome — come and experience the exhibition in a new way. 🎟️ Free entry but booking required 🔗 Find out more via the link in bio ** Ymunwch â ni mewn sesiynau grŵp i weld arddangosfa Imogen Stidworthy's 'In a thread of air'. Mae pob sesiwn yn cynnig cyfle i brofi’r gwaith gyda’n gilydd, gan ddechrau gyda chyflwyniad byr i ddarn o waith celf ac yn cloi drwy rannu myfyrdod yn anffurfiol dros baned. Croeso i bawb — dewch i brofi’r arddangosfa mewn ffordd newydd. 🎟️ Mynediad am ddim ond rhaid archebu lle 🔗 Darganfod mwy drwy’r ddolen yn y bio

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening of @stidworthyimogen In a thread of air. Imogen’s moving image and installation form a sonic-somatic landscape of voicing, shaped by people who experience different ways of being. You can visit the exhibition from Tuesday – Sunday, 12–5pm until 7 June. 🔗 Find out more via link in our bio In a thread of air is supported by principal funder @ColwinstonCharitableTrust , @FreelandsFoundation , @ACEagrams and @LJMU . AV and installation by @SpikeIsland Exhibition Services. ** Diolch i bawb a ymunodd â ni ar gyfer agoriad Imogen Stidworthy’s In a thread of air Mae gosodwaith a delwedd symudol Imogen yn ffurfio tirlun sonig-somatig o leisio, wedi’i siapio gan bobl sy’n profi gwahanol ffyrdd o fod. Ar agor Mawrth-Sul, 12-5yh, tan 7 Mehefin. 🔗 Mwy o wybodaeth am yr arddangosfa drwy’r ddolen yn ein bio Cefnogir In a thread of air gan Ymddiriedolaeth Elusennol Colwinston, Sefydliad Freelands, Cyngor Celfyddydau Lloegr a Phrifysgol John Moores Lerpwl. Cymorth ychwanegol gan Spike Island Exhibition Services.

Join us to celebrate the opening of Imogen Stidworthy: In a thread of air, this Saturday from 4–7pm. Imogen’s moving image and installation form a sonic-somatic landscape of voicing, shaped by people who experience different ways of being. Everyone is welcome. ___ In a thread of air is supported by principal funder @ColwinstonCharitableTrust , @FreelandsFoundation , @ACEagrams and @LJMU . AV and installation by @SpikeIsland Exhibition Services. ** Ymunwch â ni i ddathlu agoriad o Imogen Stidworthy: In a thread of air, ddydd Sadwrn 21 Mawrth, 4–7pm. Mae gosodwaith a delwedd symudol Imogen yn ffurfio tirlun sonig-somatig o leisio, wedi’i siapio gan bobl sy’n profi gwahanol ffyrdd o fod. Mae croeso i bawb. ___ Cefnogir In a thread of air gan Ymddiriedolaeth Elusennol Colwinston, Sefydliad Freelands, Cyngor Celfyddydau Lloegr a Phrifysgol John Moores Lerpwl. Cymorth ychwanegol gan Spike Island Exhibition Services.