Gemma Mae Halligan & Sinéad O’Neill-Nicholl

BAG OF EXCUSES

OPENING THURSDAY 6th febuary

Continues 7th- 12th Febuary
Vault Gallery | Project Space

Gemma Mae Halligan, a theatre maker, specialising in devised theatre and Sinéad O’Neill-Nicholl, a sound installation artist with a research based practice have been exploring the research around femicide by Professor Jane Monckton-Smith.

Upcoming Events

  • MUTUAL FLUX - ARTIST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

    THROUGHLINES

    CREATIVE WRITING GROUP

    JANUARY 27TH. 6 - 8pm

    Come and join a new group of writers and artists to brainstorm and write their own new work. 

    A regular monthly meet-up open to anyone who wants to spend some silent creative thinking time in company.

  • MUTUAL FLUX - ARTIST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

    Anyone can...

    ANYONE CAN WRITE A POEM

    JANUARY 30TH. 6 - 8pm

    Did you know this? You, in fact, can write a poem. Would you like to write a poem? Would you like to meet the finest young people in Belfast? Consume the finest tea and biscuits in Belfast? You can! 

  • MUTUAL FLUX - ARTIST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

    ARTS FACILITATION TRAINING FOR ARTISTS

    FEBUARY 27TH

    This facilitation training is a step by step guide for individual Artists from all disciplines in designing and delivering Arts Workshops.

Previous Events

  • MUTUAL FLUX - ARTIST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

    Finance for Creatives

    JANUARY 10TH

    The first workshop in our Mutual Flux Programme, just in time for Tax-Return season!

    This workshop is tailored to those working in the creative sector particularly those who are beginning or considering their self employed journey.

  • Animation Screening & Workshop

    18th December

    Raising funds for Haneen Muhammad Koraz, animator and educator working with displaced children and women in Gaza. A screening of the children’s work will be followed by a workshop making our own zoetrope animations with Stephen Mullan.

  • Belfast Pop Shop

    Leo did a thing…

    Belfast Pop Shop – Leo Boyd
  • Fauna of Mirrors by Wilhelmina Peace

    Late Night Art/ Late Night Vault
    5–11 December

    A solo exhibition of works on paper by Wilhelmina Peace exploring mythological themes of reflection and metamorphosis.

    Fauna of Mirrors
  • Surround Sound by Cameron Clarke

    Late Night Art/Late Night Vault
    Thursday 5th December. 6pm- 9pm

    Surround Sound' is a sound installation by Cameron Clarke. Set in the public walkway under the Albert Clock, the installation uses various modified vintage hi-fi speakers to play with the resonant reverb of the space, immersing the audience in an alternative subterranean sound world. It's literally underground music.

    Surround Sound by Cameron Clarke
  • Fresh Goods by FGB

    22 November - 14 December

    Original paintings, limited prints, apparel and more!

    Fresh Goods
  • Not My First Open Studios

    17 November (12–5pm)

    Vault Open Studios, taking place in our Marlborough House building on Victoria Street Belfast, is a rare opportunity, on your doorstep, to peer into these artists’ studios, and what better place to do so than in Northern Ireland’s largest provider of affordable multi-disciplinary studios.

  • A Tale Of Two Houses

    Late Night Art/ Late Night Vault

    Thurs 7th - 13 November & Sunday 17th

    Marta Dyczkowska is a filmmaker and photographer who works across media including printing and performance to investigate loss, grief, friendship and personal and collective stories within their urban context. This exhibition lets us in the artist's home and studio.

  • Songlines

    Late Night Art/ Late Night Vault

    4 October - 9 October 2024

    ike precious objects in a Coptic or Greek Orthodox church, they shimmer in even the lowest light, reflecting everything in tones of red gold, green gold, copper, silver and various juicy shades of enamel.

  • Continuous Fragmentation

    Late Night Art/ Late Night Vault

    Opens Thursday September 5th

    Balancing delicately from their phantom threads, incongruent pendulums ebb and flow capturing momentum from every gentle disruption. In the stillness, their serene beauty in the dancing light belies their creation …

    Continuous Fragmentation
  • THIS DO

    Community craft installation some 600,000 and 5 months in the making. Created by Ali Fell. Carlisle Memorial Church, 5–8 September 2024.

    THIS DO
  • Vault Shankill Grand Opening

    17 August 2–5pm

    The Grand Opening, the Big Day and you're all invited.

    Open studios, activities, performances and more...

    Vault Shankill Grand Opening
  • Try We Must - The impossible task of squaring the circle

    Late Night Art/ Late Night Vault

    2 August – 14 August

    ‘Try We Must - The Impossible Task Of Squaring The Circle’ is a further examination of themes that explore the sensitive subjects of identity, emblems and commemoration in Northern Ireland.


    Opening event: Thurs 1 August 6–9pm
    (part of Late Night Art Belfast).
    Exhibition continues Fri 2 August – Wed 14 August.

  • INKLINGS

    Late Night Art/ Late Night Vault

    4 - 8 July

    From the inky depths of the creative minds of artists Sally O’Dowd and Jonny McEwen comes a show that is all about ink, inklings, and collaboration!

    Opening event: Thurs 4 July 6–9pm(part of Late Night Art Belfast). Exhibition continues Fri 5 July – Mon 8 July, 12–6pm. ONE WEEKEND ONLY!

    Exhibition | Collaboration | Workshop

  • 'Computer Says No'

    Late Night Art/ Late Night Vault

    6 – 12 June 2024

    Computer Says No is a new, never before seen collection of drawings, animation and full sized hand drawn cardboard cut out installations that draw from an archive of half finished sketchpads that Leo has left in his wake.

    Computer Says No by Leo Boyd
  • 'There was no one else there but the stones’

    30 May – 2 June 2024

    New work by Jonathan Brennan
    Carlisle Memorial Church, Carlisle Circus, Belfast

    Jonathan Brennan shows a short film telling the story of a forgotten chapter in Carlisle Memorial's history, some experimental photographs, and an interactive print.

  • ‘HE’S NOT RIGHT IN THE HEAD’

    Late Night Art/ Late Night Vault

    2 – 8 May 2024

    Exhibition of new work by FGB

    FGB presents a collection of new studio based works.

  • Boat building for creatives

    13 April 2024

    Do you like boats? Are you creative?
    Then you’ll like Boat Building for Creatives!

    Join artists Leo Boyd and Laura Nelson for a boat building workshop.

  • Last Immediate Moving Images

    Late Night Art/ Late Night Vault

    4 April 2024

    Last Immediate Moving Images exhibits dancer Maeve McGreevy and filmmaker Tom Hughes visual response to experimental quartet Blue Whale’s sophomore album ‘Last Immediate Images’. The 6 short films, shot in the previous Vault premises on Tower Street in the last days of inhabiting the building, act as a homage to the space, whilst offering a company of living pictures that meditate on memory and perception.

    This project was generously funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Photography by Paul Fox.

  • Mother

    Late Night Art/ Late Night Vault

    7 – 13 March 2024

    For this year’s International Women’s Day, and for our first show open to artists from outside the Vault artist membership, it seemed fitting to pick ‘Mother’ as our theme. We asked you to submit images of, about, or created by your mother, or someone who performs the mothering role and not limited to the conventional meaning of the word mother. Seventy of you responded with paintings, sculptures, collages, photography, prints, drawings, bunting, embroidery, poetry, installations, textiles, mixed media, digital illustration, and videos. Works that celebrate, commemorate and cherish mothers. 
    Welcome to ‘Mother’.  

  • Placards for Palestine

    Late Night Art/ Late Night Vault

    Thursday 1st Febuary

    Exhibition and drop-in Workshops.

    Placards for Palestine is the fourth instalment in the ongoing series of exhibitions and projects that Vault Artist Studios are holding in our Gallery & Project Space at Marlborough House, this time in conjunction with PS2 and Artists Against Genocide.

    On display will be placards and protest banners made by locals artists, community groups and individuals organising and campaigning for an end to the war in Gaza.

  • The Belfast That Time Forgot in 3D

    4 – 7 January 2024

    Belfast Buildings Trust (BBT) is delighted to announce 'Engaging Art', a new project in collaboration with Vault Artist Studios, in the former Carlisle Memorial Church, between Thursday 1st and Sunday 4th

    ‘Engaging Art’ will launch with Leo Boyd’s ‘The Belfast that Time Forgot (in 3D)’.Description goes here

  • DIAMOND

    Vault Gallery & Project Space Exhibition

    7 November 2023

    ‘Diamond’ is an exhibition of original works available to buy - just in time for the buying season!

  • Christmas Market!

    Preparations for another epic Christmas Market are in full swing. Check out this year’s amazing venue…

  • Circus for Gaza

    30 November 2023

    Vault Artist Studios and Irish Artists for Palestine, in collaboration with Circusful, will host a cabaret show. Please come along and help raise much needed funds for the Gaza Women’s Yoga and Circus Hub.

  • An Evening for Palestine

    29 November 2023

    Film screening and talk with visual art and delish food.

  • Buttermilk

    Vault Gallery & Project Space Exhibition

    2 – 9 November 2023

    Buttermilk is the second instalment in the ongoing series of exhibitions and projects that Vault Artist Studios are holding in our new Gallery/Project Space in Marlborough House…

    Buttermilk
  • It's All Your Vault

    Vault Gallery & Project Space Launch!

    6 – 15 October 2023

    Following several months of intense planning and preparatory work, we are so excited to fling open the doors of Vault Artist Studios and welcome you to the launch of our new ‘Gallery – Project Space’ in Marlborough House Belfast and the opening of ‘It’s All Your Vault’….

    It's All Your Vault
  • Vault Artist Studios Relocation Sale

    22nd & 23rd April
    12.00 – 17:00

    Think old school desks, pianos, picture frames, sofas, bric-a-brac and the general art treasures.

  • Now that’s what I call Vault

    18th February – 3rd March
    7:00 – 8:00PM

    You are invited to the Opening Reception a group exhibition from artists working in Vault Studios Belfast.

  • Final Vault Artist Studios Christmas Market

    3rd & 4th December
    11:00 – 17:00

    It is with heavy hearts that we have to leave our home at Tower Street but we are going to go out with a bang!

  • Sense of Place. New work from Jonathan Brennan.

    14th – 30th October
    00:00 – 00:00

    Join us for the opening night of 'Sense of Place', a selection of new work from artist Jonathan Brennan

  • The last Vault Summer Market at Tower Street

    10 & 11 September
    00:00 – 00:00

    Welcome to the last Vault Summer Market that Tower Street will ever see! We are going to make this one a market to remember

  • Remotely Radical

    10th & 11th September
    7:00-8:00PM

    Artists Charlotte Bosanquet, Sally O’Dowd, and Grace McMurray share an interest in contemporary drawing