Waterfront Gallery

Welcome to the Waterfront Gallery an innovative and exciting exhibition space for UCS. Last year the gallery hosted a wide range of exhibitions, we started 2009 with a computer generated images exhibition entitled 'CGI – photo realistic Visualisation', which showed student work from the University of Applied Sciences, Nuremberg and Blackpool & The Fylde College. We ended the year with an exhibition of BA (Hons) Graphic Design students' work inspired by and entitled 'The Boat Trip'.

This year we hope to provide local audiences with the opportunity to engage with contemporary art and discover an array of surprises through our diverse and dynamic programme of exhibitions.

Current exhibition

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Solo is a new initiative which offers a solo exhibition to an emerging artist. From an open application of over 70 artists drawn from across the UK, we are delighted and excited to have selected Nayan Kulkarni.

David Baldry, Head of Fine Art at UCS says, "This is the latest development in an expanding provision for the arts at UCS and provides another focus for the increasingly innovative programme of exhibitions at the Waterfront Gallery"

Nayan will present a mixed media show entitled 'The Impossibility of Flight' in the Waterfront Gallery from 6th November to 25th November. He has shown nationally and internationally including: NCA Gallery Lahore, Standpoint Gallery & Temporary Contemporary London and the KX Gallery Hamburg.

He is best known for his ambitious site specific light installations and is currently developing 'River' a sound work for the new Hull Footbridge; The Light Garden a landscape based work in Essex and Shoal a major new light work in Cardiff.

His recent works include: Mirrie Dancers, a series of ambitious temporary site specific light works across Shetland; Moment, an integrated light and photographic work in Southampton, Cascade, a light and stone work at Cathedral Green, Derby; Nocturne, a major dynamic lighting installation in Newcastle and Sky Mirror in Birmingham.

In this his first gallery based solo show for over a decade Nayan will be creating a work using themes developed in studio based installations, video sketches and recent photographs.

For further information on studying Fine Art at UCS please contact David Baldry on 01473 338000.