Exhibitions archive

Previous exhibitions at QUAD

QUAD’s Artistic programme includes local, national and internationally significant exhibitions, commissions and residencies.

We showcase work by local artists and students from University of Derby and beyond alongside professional practice opportunities and mentoring support for early and mid-career artists. Our regular programme of educational and creative wellbeing-focused workshops complement a range of contextual talks and events throughout the year. QUAD’s programme includes FORMAT International Photography Festival, one of the UK’s leading festivals of photography and related media.

A year-round programme of innovative curated exhibitions and arts events
Free entry to our exhibitions
Regular open calls and residencies

Exhibition archive

teamLab: What a Loving, and Beautiful World

The Japanese interdisciplinary creative collective teamLab are ‘Ultra-technologists’ who pr...

10th Dec 2016 - 05th Feb 2017

Will Hurt: Configurations

Hurt works with computers to produce digital prints, generative animations and interactive software

10th Dec 2016 - 05th Feb 2017

FORMAT: Ahead Still Lies Our Future

Artists:  Lida Adbul, Lisa Barnard, Ursula Biemann, Kenta Cobayashi, Hannah Darabi, Sohrab Hura, ...

24th Mar 2017 - 10th Jun 2017

Ben Fredericks Collaborations – Playing God

An interactive, immersive Virtual Reality artwork testing out a branching, multi-option narrative.

24th Mar 2017 - 23rd Apr 2017

FORMAT17: Open Call

Artists: Gijs van den Berg & Jan Dirk van der Burg, Christopher Bethell, Dominika Gesicka, Ka...

24th Mar 2017 - 23rd Apr 2017

Be Here, Now: Daniel Regan and Antonia Attwood

Artists Daniel Regan & Antonia Attwood explore the soothing qualities of natural spaces in th...

24th Mar 2017 - 22nd Apr 2017

FORMAT International Photography Festival 2017

FORMAT17 launched on 23rd March and the festival took place between 24 Mar – 23 Apr 2017.

24th Mar 2017 - 23rd Apr 2017

Our Friends Electric

Artists: Kim Asendorf & Ole Fach, boredomresearch (Vicky Isley & Paul Smith), Anna Dumitr...

30th Jun 2017 - 09th Sep 2017

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