Gregory Herbert

‘Well Wishing - Wishing Well’ for ‘It Requires Getting Lost’ which is on @castlefieldgall until Feb! The exhibition which is a partnership between @venturearts_ @therobertsinstituteofart and @castlefieldgall was a wonderful process which allowed room for plenty of discussion, friendship and support to form between myself, Malik Jama and @jocelynjmcg 💚 Thank you to the incredible @beeya87 for working on the text. Me and Priya used to talk mainly about art and books whilst working together so it was really amazing to be able to work together on this. Going to post some photos about the process of making the film at some point too, Install documentation by @juleslisterphotography 🍃 🌳

Some photos from the recent test events of ‘The Hum’. Massive thank you to @ancientplastix @malidraper on collaborating on the creation of the conductors and @_dialect and Kate Smith for amazing vocals. Funded by @immersivearts_uk as part of there Explore fund 🍃 🐚 more information about further events in the new year so keep your eye out 👀 also thank you to @fact_liverpool studio lab for the amazing resources and patience

Some close up shots of the pebble cushions and branches from my collaboration with @out_of_the_blue_art_club @the_bluecoat open till September 18th thank you @izzy_pin_crushem for the help photo: Harry meadley

EVENT ALERT 🔔 Next Tues 10 Feb 4-5pm @uos_artsmedia #sustainablefutures #artisttalk #creativetech #ecology #newadelphibuilding Join @gregoryherbertart for an artist talk and Q&A in the New Adelphi studio space at University of Salford to find out more about his work and approach to sustainable arts practice. Herbert lives and works in Liverpool. His practice explores the vast entanglement of interactions that organisms and non-human entities have within their environments, Herbert often taking influence from models of collaboration and coexistence. He will be discussing his practice in conversation with Liz Wewiora (MA Art and design programme leader at Salford and Head of Social Practice at Open Eye Gallery). This is the second in a series of new sustainable futures talks @uos_artsmedia inviting a range of creative practitioners to discuss their approach to environmental practice & ecological collaborations Head to our event partners @openeyegallery for their events page to book for free via eventbrite ;) we’ll also post the link in our stories 🌱

Printed an edition for @castlefieldgall stall at The Manchester Contemporary available all weekend, super limited only 20, Sizes S,M,L and XL. ‘Research notes’ is made up of a collection of images, notes, film stills and drawings made during the research and making process of my recent film ‘Well Wishing - Wishing Well’ which explores themes include the commons, conservation, friendship, nostalgia, and the entangled relationships between human and more-than-human worlds. The images have been hand printed by the myself on a 100% organic cotton off white tshirt. T-shirts may have slight variations due to the printing process.

Step inside ‘It Requires Getting Lost,’ Castlefield Gallery’s current exhibition with The Roberts Institute of Art and Venture Arts. Featuring new artworks made by Gregory Herbert, Malik Jama and Jocelyn McGregor, alongside significant artworks loaned from the David and Indrė Roberts collection. 📍 Castlefield Gallery, M15 4GB 🗓️ 1 November — 22 February Images: A selection of installation views from It Requires Getting Lost. All photographs courtesy of Jules Lister @juleslisterphotography Title image: Gregory Herbert, Well Wishing – Wishing Well (2025) 2–3. Magdalena Abakanowicz, Sisal Natural (1974–75). Artwork courtesy of the David and Indrė Roberts Collection 4. Pierre Huyghe, All But One (2002). Artwork courtesy of the David and Indrė Roberts Collection 5. Malik Jama, Cave on the Wall (2025) 7. Jocelyn McGregor, Karst Window (2025), sculpture activated by performers Alistair Debling, Rowland Hill & Connie Virdie 8-9. Installation View of It Requires Getting Lost, 2025. Castlefield Gallery in collaboration with Venture Arts and the Roberts Institute of Art

I am reshowing an adaption of the work I made for @rule_of_threes as part of the @videocity_bs 🍃🌿 Discover ‘Between the Winds, Amongst the Roots’, a public screen exhibition on Manchester Metropolitan University’s campus. 📍 6th to 13th November on the SODA LED façade screen in Manchester With videos works by Gregory Herbert and Shelly Knotts Curated by Polina Chizhova-Wright @shellyknotts_ @gregoryherbertart @polina.chizh @schoolofdigitalarts @modal_soda

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Preview of It Requires Getting Lost last night. It was a wonderful evening seeing how the works by Gregory Herbert, Malik Jama, and Jocelyn McGregor have evolved alongside one another, and in dialogue with the remarkable pieces exhibited from the David and Indrė Roberts Collection. A huge thank you to the artists, our partners Venture Arts (@venturearts_ ) and the Roberts Institute of Art (@therobertsinstituteofart ), and our incredible team of volunteers for helping bring this exhibition to life. It Requires Getting Lost continues from 1 November to 22 February 2026. @jocelynjmcg @gregoryherbertart #castlefieldgallery #contemporaryart #whatsonmanchester

We're excited to announce that the new exhibition ‘Between the Winds, Amongst the Roots: Bio-Sensing the City’ will be taking over the @modal_soda LED Façade at @schoolofdigitalarts in collaboration with @videocity_bs from Nov 6-13 🎉 The exhibition, curated by LUDeC scholar Polina Chizhova-Wright, explores what we can learn about cities from natural data. Drawing from the concept of ‘Planetary Intelligence’. The presented video works from @shellyknotts_ & @gregoryherbertart collaborate with lichens and soil through durational and situated observation, utilising natural and technological sensors as ways of collating knowledge from non-human city dwellers 🌱 Be sure to visit SODA between 10:00-12:00, 13:00-16:00 and 18:00 -22:00 Mon-Fri during the dates above to view the exhibition.

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Just over three weeks to go until ‘It Requires Getting Lost’ opens at Castlefield Gallery — an exhibition in partnership with Venture Arts and the Roberts Institute of Art. The exhibition brings together artists Gregory Herbert, Malik Jama and Jocelyn McGregor who have developed new work in dialogue with one another and in response to major works from the David and Indrė Roberts Collection. Their process began in our collection warehouse, where they explored and selected works by Magdalena Abakanowicz, Noémie Goudal, Pierre Huyghe, Leon Kossoff and Wolfgang Tillmans to include in the show. We can’t wait to share what they’ve created and to see the collection through their eyes. 📆 1 November 2025 — 22 February 2026 @castlefieldgall @venturearts_ @gregoryherbertart @jocelynjmcg

Honoured to be working with and exhibiting alongside so many amazing artists in a show opening in November @castlefieldgall I’ve been secretly working on this for a couple of months so excited to finally share! All the infomation below 👇 This year, the Roberts Institute of Art @therobertsinstituteofart , Castlefield Gallery @castlefieldgall and Venture Arts @venturearts_ have joined forces in a new, exciting partnership.  This unique project brings together three invited artists working in the North of England – Gregory Herbert @gregoryherbertart , Malik Jama and Jocelyn McGregor @jocelynjmcg  – to work in dialogue with one another and in response to major works from one of the UK’s most significant private collections, the David and Indrė Roberts Collection (managed by RIA).  These major works by Magdalena Abakanowicz, Noemie Goudal, Pierre Huyghe, Leon Kossoff, and Wolfgang Tillmans, co-selected by all involved, will be featured in the exhibition ‘It Requires Getting Lost’ at Castlefield Gallery (1 November 2025 — 22 February 2026).  Spending time with the collection commenced a research period designed to support Herbert, Jama and McGregor to develop new work for the exhibition at Castlefield Gallery.  The artists have together experienced one another’s sources of inspiration, including places and spaces where humanity and nature come into contact in unexpected ways.  Their time together will lead to an exhibition that invites us to wander amongst art works that encourage us to be at ease with the unknown and to embrace the unfamiliar offerings of our natural world.  More info to come soon!  📸 Images:  1. Gregory Herbert. Photography by Kieran Irvine @aka.keeks 2. Malik Jama, Soup Kitchen, 2022. Courtesy the Artist. 3. Jocelyn McGregor. Photography by Paul Gonella @quietcorners