Image credit: Otobong Nkanga The Weight of Scars 2015 Woven textile and Photography, inkjet print on viscose, wool, mohair, bio cotton and laser cut forex 10 plates 253 x 612…
PLEASE NOTE: MIMA remains open for business. However, as a precautionary measure we are suspending some of our larger events. This is due to the evolving situation around the Coronavirus…
Artists Foundation Press have spent the past year working with people in South Bank, Middlesbrough. Their artwork ‘Notes On The Black Path’, located along the public footpath off Old Station Road, is…
29 Nov – 8 Jan 2020 Creative Job Studio Tees Valley offers sustainable support for creative career development for young people in the Tees Valley. Driving forward the Skills…
Image credit: Mikhail Karikis, No Ordinary Protest, 2018. Commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art and Whitechapel Gallery, London. Supported by Arts Council England. The first survey…
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art’s (MIMA) year-long Middlesbrough Collection display reveals new narratives within the institute’s collection. Through a collaboration with research group Black Artists & Modernism, the collection is…
Our display Art in Action, reflects the voices, stories and experiences of the extraordinary people we work with. Each season we share projects that contribute to life in our area….
We encourage you, family and friends to explore, make and wonder using the exciting materials available on the Art Trolley. Children to be supervised by their adult at all times.
Join us for a day of making activities, talks, lunch and exhibition introductory tours of our new exhibition Mikhail Karikis, For Many Voices. Mikhail Karikis’ videos, photographs and installations amplify the…
Through local news reports, Tyne Tees Television documentaries, trade union campaigns, community films and more, this film show examines how the welfare state has impacted on the social development of…
Image: Sonia Boyce, She Ain’t Holding Them Up, She’s Holding On (Some English Rose), 1986, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art Artist and academic Sonia Boyce (OBE, RA) is an influential figure within…
Our Festive Makers Market features a selection of local makers offering a range of design-led goods at this festive pop up event. Makers include: Lazy Luna @lazylunafashion and insta: @lazyluna…
Are you an artist, current or former art teacher, art student or arts professional connected with painting in the Tees Valley? Join us for an evening of conversation to map…
PLEASE NOTE: Cloth Club runs during Middlesbrough Council school term dates. Cloth Club is on every Thursday from 10.30am to 12.30pm This workshop is a chance to learn textile skills within…
The Social Model of Disability What are the key topics of the day and how do we start to make change together? Tees Together is a round-table discussion series which…
On the occasion of Mikhail Karikis’ first survey exhibition, For Many Voices, we bring artists and academics together for an afternoon of discussion and performance to explore the politics…
PLEASE NOTE: MIMA remains open for business. However, as a precautionary measure we are suspending some of our larger events. This is due to the evolving situation around the Coronavirus…
MIMA making is a series of fun adventures for all the family to enjoy inspired by objects from the Middlesbrough Collection in partnership with artist Katie Chappell. Weeks one’s adventure…
Together with artist group Foundation Press, we are launching MIMAZINA, the hot new Community Journal that brings together voices of communities & artists from the Tees Valley. This online publication…
Image: David Lissar, Protomould no1 2019, Stainless steel, polyurethane rubber and acrylic Hearing from Artists: no.2 out now. David Lisser talks with MIMA’s Olivia Heron about working with young…
Our third edition of MIMAZINA #3 made with artist group Foundation Press is out now! MIMAZINA is a digital community journal that shares ideas, stories and voices from the Tees…
Image credit: Cathal Carey Hearing from Artists: no 4 out now. Deb Covell talks with MIMA’s Helen Welford about thoughts on the material qualities of paint. Her three-dimensional paint forms…
In the fourth of our series of Hearing From Artists where at this time of uncertainty, we are listening to artists. This week our Head of Programme, Elinor Morgan talks…
Our fourth edition of MIMAZINA made with artist group Foundation Press is out now! MIMAZINA is a digital community journal that shares ideas, stories and voices from the Tees Valley…
This painting explores the role of woman as mother, artist and worker on the production line of new life. These conflicting modes of femininity are embodied through the figure of…
Photo: PaperBoat Photography by Laura Tindall In the third of our series of Hearing From Artists, Kate Moses our Public Programmes Assistant Curator is in conversation with artist Lisette Auton….
Image caption: Still from Pineapple Suicide, 2016, courtesy Zina Saro-Wiwa. In the first of our series of Hearing From Artists where at this time of uncertainty, we are listening…
We are committed to supporting the ideas, practices and careers of artists and arts practitioners and our team have a range of skills and experiences that we’re putting at your…
In this week’s Hearing From Artists, Head of Programme Elinor Morgan is in conversation with Faiza Ahmad Khan & Hanna Rullmann. Faiza Ahmad Khan is a documentary filmmaker and Hanna…
Image credit: Esther Knobel, Poland, 1949. Crusader brooch, 1983, galvanised metal, paint, textile coated plastic, segmented polyurethane. These artworks are brooches made from recycled tin cans. They depict colourful warriors….
Len Tabner, England, 1946, Number 3 Furnace Casting and Running Scaw, 1978. Pastel on paper. Gifted by the artist When I was an A-Level student at Stockton Sixth Form my…
Peter Chang, Bracelet, 2007 The starting point for this bracelet is a block of polystyrene which is meticulously carved into a doughnut form. Peter Chang coats this circular base with…
In this week’s series of Hearing From Artists, our Assistant Curator Helen Welford is in conversation with Anna Barham. Anna Barham’s practice comprises writing, video, drawing, sculpture and performance. She…
Image: Tomoko Takahashi, Japan, 1966, Dive 3 = H.Q. (Head Quarter) with 25 sections in ‘Deep Sea Diving für Kunsthalle’, OR. a world in 6×4 2003, Photographs, paint, pen, acrylic…
Issue #5 of MIMAZINA made with artist group Foundation Press is out now! MIMAZINA is a digital community journal that shares ideas, stories and voices from the Tees Valley at…
MIMAZINA is a digital community journal that shares ideas, stories and voices from the Tees Valley at a time of change. We publish a weekly journal with artist group Foundation…
Image © Lubaina Himid Lubaina Himid , Zanzibar, 1954 , Toussaint L’Ouverture 1987 Paint and collage on wood. Purchased with assistance from Art Fund and Arts Council England/Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund, 2017. …
Image: : Elisabeth Frink Shearwater 1975, Lithograph Riddle in the room is an activity used by the MIMA Learning Team to understand, explore and unpick an artwork. It is a…
Issue #8 of MIMAZINA is out now! MIMAZINA is a digital community journal made with artist group Foundation Press, that shares ideas, stories and voices from the Tees Valley at…
Image: Felike Van der Leest, Emperor Penguin Freddie with Polar Pear Claw (2005) We take a closer look at works within the Middlesbrough Collection in our Collection Reflection series. Felike…
MIMAZINA is a digital community journal that shares ideas, stories and voices from the Tees Valley at a time of change. We publish a weekly journal with artist group Foundation…
Image credit: A Story of its Own Telling 2018. Photo credit: Hynes Photography Anne Vibeke Mou investigates histories and ancient landscapes through drawing and sculpture, using botanical and geological elements….
Image credit: Portrait, 2016, credit Jake Curtis In the tenth issue of our Hearing From Artists interviews, this week Kate Moses, our Public Programme Assistant Curator is in conversation…
Harold Offeh works with performance, video, photography, learning and social practice to inhabit and embody histories. He lives in Cambridge, UK. In 2016 and 2017 he made performances at MIMA…
Image credit: Mirjam Hiller b. 1974, Heap of Cubes, 2008, Stainess Steel, PVC, Silver, 105 x 8 x 39 mm “My jewellery attempts to capture living forms and movement…
Issue #11 of MIMAZINA is out now! MIMAZINA is a digital community journal made with artist group Foundation Press, that shares ideas, stories and voices from the Tees Valley at…
Issue #12 of MIMAZINA is out now! MIMAZINA is a digital community journal made with artist group Foundation Press, that shares ideas, stories and voices from the Tees Valley at…
Image: Richard Slee, England b.1946, Cornucopia Vase 1984, Earthenware In this week’s Collection Reflection, we hear from Gallery Assistant Carly Rybak on Richard Slee’s Cornucopia Vase. Cornucopia means horn of…
Image: Image: MIMA © Andrew Logan Andrew Logan, Oxford, England, 1945, Wing earrings, 1991 Resin, glass and plastic beads, mirror shards, glitter, metal earring clips Andrew Logan is a distinctive…
Image: Angus Suttie, Cup and Stand 1988, Earthenware Angus Suttie, Scotland, 1946-1993 This energetic and joyful ceramic piece plays with the conventional shape of a teapot. The work is composed…
Image credit: Flom Snag 2019. Courtesy of the artist. In the ninth issue of our Hearing From Artists interviews, this week our Head of Programme Elinor Morgan talks with artist…
Image credit: © The artist, Chowdhary, Tanzania, 1964, Five Pods, 1996, Glazed earthenware Gift of Dr Terry Friedman, 2007 Each of these five sculptures by ceramicist Lubna Chowdhary is about half the size of a…
Our first edition of MIMAZINA made with artist group Foundation Press is out now! MIMAZINA is a digital community journal that shares ideas, stories and voices from the Tees Valley…
Image credit: Otobong Nkanga portrait. Photography by Wim van Dongen In the latest in our series of Hearing From Artist interviews, Helen Welford, Assistant Curator is in conversation with Otobong…
Issue #10 of MIMAZINA is out now! MIMAZINA is a digital community journal made with artist group Foundation Press, that shares ideas, stories and voices from the Tees Valley at…
Carol McNicoll, England, 1943, Teapot c. 1980s Earthenware Image credit: Carol McNicoll Carol McNicoll is known for her striking and playful ceramics. She graduated from the Royal College of…
Image credit: Maura Heslop, Fat Man 1987 Steel This artwork is a brooch made from steel, both designed and crafted by Maura Heslop. It shows the figure of a gentleman with no clothes on. The surface design has been created by…
Image credit: Gijs Bakker, Dahlia Necklace 1983 , Flower petals and PVC laminate Netherlands 1942 © The artist Dahlia Necklace is a piece of wearable art created by Dutch jewellery designer Gijs Bakker in 1983. It comprises…
Alexander Blank, Germany, 1975, Banane 2007, Silver Purchased through the Northern Rock Foundation Craft Acquisition Scheme Alexander Blank studied jewellery from 1997 to 2010 at a number of different schools….
Image: Pineapple 1987, Stoneware Penkridge Ceramics, Established England, 1984 by Lorraine Taylor and Nicky Smart Penkridge Ceramics was established in 1984 by MA Ceramic graduates Lorraine Taylor and Nicky…
Anthony Green, England, 1939. The Bathroom at 29, Working Drawing 1979-86. Pencil crayon and gouache on paper. Purchased with assistance from the V&A Purchase Grant Fund 1987/88 This working…
Image © APRA Foundation Berlin Adrian Piper, United States of America, 1948 , Hypothesis Situation #7 1968, 1968 Photo-diagram collage, vintage photo offset,…
Keith Piper, Malta, 1960, Go West Young Man 1996, Single channel video, 3 min 50 sec. Gifted by the artist, 2017. In this video Keith Piper collages historical and contemporary imagery…
Gillian Ayres, England, 1920-2018, Composition 1964. Pastel on paper. Purchased with assistance from the Victoria & Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund Gillian Ayres was an English painter who lived from 1930 to 2018…
Image © Sara Radstone Sara Radstone, England, 1955 . Ceramic Form 1980s. Glazed stoneware Sara Radstone was born in 1955 in London. She is a leading British ceramic artist with a career spanning nearly 40 years. Her…
Betty Blandino, England, 1927-2011 Balloon Vase 1990s Stoneware Betty Blandino worked as an art gallery director and teacher prior to studying art at Goldsmith’s College, London from 1957. It was during this time that she studied…
Evert Nijland, The Netherlands, 1971, Waddenzee 2009. Image: Courtesy of MIMA © Evert Nijland Evert Nijland is a Dutch visual artist. He is one of the most eminent and inventive jewellery artists of…
Jack Whitten , United States of America, 1939-2018 , Topographical Space 6 1974. Dry pigment on paper. Presented by Art Fund under Art Fund International, 2010. This grainy, greyscale image evokes satellite or radar imagery…
Chila Kumari Singh Burman, England, 1957, Self Portrait with Lipsticks 2014 Purchased with assistance from the Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund, 2019 Image courtesy of the artist ©…
Image credi:t © Magdalene Odundo. Born in Kenya, 1950 , Vessel, 1983. Ribbed symmetrical red pot with angled top. Purchased with assistance from the Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund, 1984/5 Middlesbrough…
Image: Courtesy of MIMA © Hilda Bernstein Hilda Bernstein, England, 1915-2006. Sealine date unknown. Etching on Paper This piece is written by Kingsley Hall in response to work by Hilda…