S1 Artspace in Sheffield

Creative Tourist Last Updated 24 May 2023

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S1 Artspace in Sheffield

1 Norwich Street, Park Hill, Sheffield, S2 5PN

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Monday10:00am - 6:00pm
Tuesday10:00am - 6:00pm
Wednesday10:00am - 6:00pm
Thursday10:00am - 6:00pm
Friday10:00am - 6:00pm

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S1 Artspace, Park Hill, Sheffield. Photograph by Reuben James Brown — Photo by Reuben James Brown, courtesy of S1 Artspace

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S1 Artspace is an artist-led organisation providing studio space for over twenty Sheffield based artists and a project space, which presents an annual programme of contemporary exhibitions, screenings and events.

The organisation was founded back in 1995 by artists living and working in Sheffield. Since then the organisation has grown from a modest, voluntary-run studio complex above a thrash metal nightclub, to occupying an impressive space in the heart of the Park Hill Estate and exhibiting work at an international standard. S1 Artspace brings arguably one of Sheffield’s best contemporary art programmes – offering a combination of the best visual artists from around the world alongside the studio’s homegrown talent. The organisation also sells artists’ editions, art magazines and books through the on-site shop.

Actively supporting the production and presentation of new work and ideas, S1 Artspace provides studio space for artists at different stages in their careers. Since 1995, the studios have accommodated over 160 artists, including Martin Clark, Director of Camden Arts Centre to Haroon Mirza, winner of the Northern Art Prize 2010 and the Silver Lion at the 2011 Venice Biennale. The studio also offers space to PhD students from Sheffield Hallam University as well as working in collaboration with RIBA, The Henry Moore Institute, Bloomberg new Contemporaries, Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Museums Sheffield and nearby Site Gallery.

What's on near S1 Artspace in Sheffield

Until 26 Sep

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Midnight Marauders at Showroom Cinema

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The Boy with a Leg Named Brian: Memoirs by Pete McKee at Weston Park Museum

Dive into 70s nostalgia with one of Sheffield’s best loved artists, Pete McKee and his colourful paintings, prints and sculptures.

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Laura Ellen Bacon, Into Being, 2025. Photo © India Hobson, courtesy Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Until 7 Sep

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Laura Ellen Bacon: Into Being at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

YSP presents a new site-specific installation by Laura Ellen Bacon – a vast, immersive sculpture handmade using willow.

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Woman looking and touching large ceramic vessels

Until 14 Sep

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Felicity Aylieff: Expressions of Blue at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

See ‘Felicity Aylieff: Expressions of Blue’, an exhibition of monumental ceramic vessels in blue and white.

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Helen Chadwick posing with a sculpture called Piss Flowers taken during the exhibition Helen Chadwick: Effluvia, held at the Serpentine Gallery, London, in 1994

Until 27 Oct

ExhibitionsWakefield

Helen Chadwick: Life Pleasures at the Hepworth Wakefield

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From £0.00

A painting called Daphne, 2021, by Carolien Walker. The painting features Caroline’s own daughter as a toddler.

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ExhibitionsWest Yorkshire

Caroline Walker: Mothering at The Hepworth Wakefield

Caroline Walker: Mothering records the daily realities of parenting in broad brushstrokes and vivid colour – an unmissable show, not just for mothers.

From £11.00

16 Aug – 11 Oct

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Four portraits side by side with the word Shorts across the centre: A black woman staring up to the sunrise. A couple in an embrace. The woman looking to the camera, emotionless and the man with eyes closed. A man in flamboyant costume looks straight in to the camera, dancing. A man with his head in his hands, looking at something off to the side.

Until 25 Jul

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Buxton International Festival: Shorts at Pavilion Arts Centre

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From £10.00

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