Event start date: 27/02/2027
Location: 6 Leonard Ln, Bristol BS1 1EA
A Leg Up comes about through professional camaraderie, alliances of support, and giving artist friends a leg up. It highlights the opportunities that arise from community and the powerful impact of artist collaboration.
Artists Brooke-Lawrenson, Griffiths, Hardaker-Williams, and Marsh come together to exhibit collectively, demonstrating how different styles, themes, techniques, and materials can share similar perspectives and create sensuous art that resonates on many human levels. Subjects include legs, wheels, animal themes, transportation, uncertainty, certainty, and the artists’ mediums themselves.
Featuring ambiguous realism, textured abstraction, narrative-fuelled drawings, paintings, ceramic works, installations, and serial repetitions, the exhibition spotlights movement, momentum, and the energy that emerges when artists reach out, share ideas, and present work as a form of social practice (Dewey, 1934).
A Leg Up is more than an exhibition; it is a celebration of collective spirit and the urgency that drives art-making forward.
Dates: Saturday 28 February – Wednesday 5 March | 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Private View / Opening Night: Friday 27 February, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm | with DJ Paul Spence + improvisational dancer FeeGee.
Participating Artists:
Amanda Griffiths
www.amandageeartist.org.uk
@geeamanda555
Ed Brooke-Lawrenson
www.edlawrensonartist.com
@ed_lawrenson_artist
Helen Hardaker-Williams
www.helenhardaker.co.uk
@helenhardakerwilliams
Sam Marsh
www.samarsh.com
@sam_marsh_art
Exhibition: Free entry
Accessibility: The gallery offers step-free access and an accessible toilet. Visitors with specific access requirements are encouraged to contact the gallery in advance, so appropriate arrangements can be made.
End date: 3:47pm on Thursday February 19th, 2026