We’re delighted to announce The Encounter, an upcoming exhibition featuring work from the Leeds Arts University MA Fine Art 2025 cohort:

Ian Hodgson @ianhodgson1960

Luke Irving @_mr_irvong_

Phee Jefferies @pheemakesthings

Irina Lomash @irinalomash

Clare O’Hara @clare0h

This exhibition brings together five artists working across painting, sculpture, moving image, sound, and found materials. While each practice is distinct, the works share an interest in how memory, belief, and everyday environments shape perception. Domestic space, landscape, personal archives, humour, ritual, and the uncanny are used as starting points to question what feels familiar and why.

The exhibition will take place on the ground floor of a Convention House at East Street Art. The intention is to work with its existing architecture and to create a structured but flexible environment where works can respond to one another while retaining their autonomy. We are particularly interested in the idea of thresholds - both physical and psychological. Each space becomes a point of transition, structuring the experience as a journey through distinct yet connected environments. The layout supports both individual installations and a coherent progression through the building. Separate rooms will create a sense of adventure, moving from sculptural installations and wall-based works to a dedicated screening room for video- based media, where the viewer may encounter a world-in-itself.

Private View: 23rd April, 6pm – 9pm

Exhibition Dates & Times:

24th April: 10am – 5pm

25th April: 10am – 5pm

Sunday 26th April: 11am – 2pm

Location:

East Street Arts, Convention House

St. Mary’s Lane

Leeds LS9 7EH

Many thanks to Phee Jefferies for the poster design and Luke Irving for the artwork.

We’d love to see you there!