Here at 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, we have five exhibition spaces showing a range of contemporary art and craft from local, regional, national and international artists.
Please note:
The Nave and Chancel spaces are currently closed until summer 2024 due to work restoring the former St John’s Church building.
Current exhibitions:
4 May to 22 June 2024
Scunthorpe: Through Our Eyes
An open call exhibition featuring photographers from the local area. Scunthorpe and its surroundings have a wealth of interesting locations to inspire amateur and professional photographers alike – from the gritty urban and industrial areas of the town, through to the surrounding countryside, industry and agriculture. We wanted an exhibition that represents what it’s like to live in Scunthorpe today – as seen through the eyes of people that live here.
The resulting exhibition features the work of over 90 photographers from the local area, with a huge range of styles and approaches, of locations across the town and beyond.
Coming soon:
29 June to 26 October 2024
Fabric Lenny – Totem Stacks and Kindly Acts
Yorkshire based artist Fabric Lenny uses drawing as a springboard to everything: painting, sculpture, public art and animation, creating ‘candy for the eye and musings for the soul’. This exhibition includes new and existing paintings, prints and sculptures, shown throughout the new-build areas of the building – including new site specific artwork on the gallery and reception windows.
20 July to 28 September 2024
It’s a Dog’s Life!
The church building re-opens this summer with a Dog takeover in our new canine themed show It’s a Dog’s Life! Artists include Sophie Ryder, David Shrigley, Mychael Barratt, Martha Todd, Holy Smoke, Shauna Richardson and Gerrard Gethins.
25 August 2024
Strong as Steel
Taking place at 20-21 and areas around Scunthorpe Pride 2024, Strong as Steel aims be a multifaceted, interdisciplinary exhibition consisting of invited artists, and artists selected from an open call for both emerging and established artists who identify themselves as queer.
Virtual 3D exhibition tour (Online Only):
Our latest virtual gallery tour was recorded in July 2022 – New Icons, one of the UKs biggest ever exhibitions documenting the Street Art movement, and artists that influenced or are associated with it.
Art in a computer generated gallery
Welcome Home – A Virtual Gallery Takeover – Artist Sam Metz has worked with a team of 16-25 year olds to create and curate a virtual exhibition in a 3D digital space.
Why not check out our exhibitions archive and read about some of the fantastic exhibitions we’ve had at 20-21 over the years?
As well as the exhibitions we organise for in-house, we also manage the touring of exhibitions to venues across the UK and overseas. For details of our current touring exhibitions, visit our Touring Exhibitions page.
