#Wirral2024 Left Bank of the Mersey Tour

#Wirral2024 The Caravan Gallery Left Bank of the Mersey Tour   We’re made up to have been awarded a Wirral Borough of…

BOP23 photobook festival, Bristol

BOP23 photobook festival, Paintworks, Bristol 7 – 8 October 2023, all day. The Caravan Gallery is travelling to Bristol for BOP 23,…

Tile Hill Pride of Place Project

Tile Hill Pride of Place Project Newsflash! Saturday 2nd July: Jan and Chris of The Caravan Gallery will be at Central Library,…

Barnsley: Two exhibitions

We are delighted to announce that we have two exhibitions at the Cooper Gallery Barnsley. 19th February – 14th May 2022 Galleries…

Openshaw Pride of Place Project

Openshaw Pride of Place Project (exhibition and alternative visitor information centre!) New Roundhouse (aka Manchester Settlement) 1328 – 1330 Ashton Old Road,…

Saving Ron’s Place

We urgently need to save and conserve Ron’s Place as an extraordinary example of an immersive visionary art environment and make it…

West Coast Photo

WEST COAST PHOTO A new exhibition exploring life on the Cumbrian West Coast 26 October 2019 – 15 January 2020 The Dock…

extra{ordinary} Photographs of Britain by The Caravan Gallery

Exhibition in Belfast: extra{ordinary} Photographs of Britain by The Caravan Gallery. Exhibition dates: 4 – 23 November 2019 Launch: 7 November 6.30pm…

Transforming Places From The Inside Out

Transforming Places From The Inside Out. The Caravan Gallery will be presenting workshops focusing on their Pride of Place Projects at this free conference…

extra{ordinary} Photographs of Britain by The Caravan Gallery

extra{ordinary}  is an exhibition consisting of 110 images ranging from A1 to A4 in size + border presented in glazed white frames.…

Two Exhibitions in Ballymena

Celebrating Community and extra{ordinary} – Photographs of Britain by The Caravan Gallery exhibitions at the Hope Centre, 7 – 11 Broughshane Street in…

Photography and Wellbeing Talk

We will be giving talk about our work at this special event “Photography and Wellbeing” with Paul Sanders and Jim Hawkins, BBC…

The Caravan Gallery in Mid and East Antrim

A project developed by The Hope Centre and funded by Mid and East Antrim PCSP. The Caravan Gallery visited Larne, Carrickfergus and…

Talk at the Martin Parr Foundation

We are pleased to announce that we will be giving a talk at the Martin Parr Foundation in May 2018, ‘Photographing the…

A Green and Pleasant Land, Towner Art Gallery

A Green and Pleasant Land British Landscape and the Imagination: 1970s to Now. We are pleased to announce that we have two…

NIDA 2017 International Photography Symposium

We’re thrilled to be going to NIDA, Lithuania, where we will be giving a talk at the 40th International Photography Symposium – details…

Discovering Britain and Mottisfont

Look out for The Caravan Gallery in the beech circle from Saturday 3 – Sunday 11 June, 10am-5pm. We will be showing…

Urban Village Fete, London

Urban Village Fete, Sunday 21st May 2017, 11am – 7pm. Greenwich Peninsula. Curated by Hemingway Design, Urban Village Fete is an alternative, contemporary…

Pride of Place Projects: Overview

Pride of Place Projects: Participatory projects exploring people’s relationship to place. Pride of Place Projects are part exhibition, part reverse visitor information…

The Caravan Gallery Publications

The Caravan Gallery produces a wide range of publications including the best selling Is Britain Great? series. Some books such as Aberdeenshire Ways…

Past projects & Exhibitions

Derby – Format International Photo Festival

Format Festival 24 – 26 March 2017 Launch 23 March 2017 The Caravan Gallery will be popping up outside Pearson’s, showing photographs…

Solent Showcase, Southampton

The next stop on our National Tour is SOUTHAMPTON. Exhibition dates: 21st October – 1st December 2016. extra{ordinary} – Photographs of Britain by The Caravan…

Flaneur: new urban narratives, Kaunas, Lithuania

Flaneur: new urban narratives, Kaunas, Lithuania 4th May – 25th May 2016 Kaunas Photo festival hosts the unique British artist duo, “The…

mima, Middlesbrough

Exhibition dates: 30th July – 18th September 2016. extra{ordinary} – Photographs of Britain by The Caravan Gallery, Middlesbrough Pride of Place Project and the Middlesbrough…

Museum of Lancashire, Preston

The next stop on our National Tour… PRESTON. Exhibition dates: 30th January – 16th April 2016. extra{ordinary} – Photographs of Britain by The Caravan…

Diffusion Festival, Cardiff

The Caravan Gallery Touring Exhibition, Cardiff Pride of Place Project and The Caravan Gallery Tour. TOURING EXHIBITION 2015 – 2016. extra{ordinary} Photographs of Britain by The Caravan…

Impressions Gallery, Bradford

The Caravan Gallery Touring Exhibition, Bradford Pride of Place Project and The Caravan Gallery Tour. TOURING EXHIBITION 2015 – 2016. extra{ordinary} Photographs of Britain by The Caravan…

NGCA, Sunderland

The Caravan Gallery Touring Exhibition, Sunderland Pride of Place Project and The Caravan Gallery Tour. TOURING EXHIBITION 2015 – 2016. extra{ordinary} Photographs of Britain by The…

Art Moves, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

20th – 21st  September. A festival of portable practices and mobile art. Come and visit us at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London.  

Watch this Space Festival

29th August – 31st August 2014. To see the programme – click here: Watch This Space, St Johns and Waterloo. The Caravan…

Festival 2014, Glasgow

20th July – 3rd August 2014. The Caravan Gallery returned to Glasgow for Festival 2014 and the Commonwealth Games courtesy of Street…

Aberdeenshire Ways

2nd November – 7th December 2013. Aberdeenshire Ways Road Trip: Aberdeenshire Ways was a project about regional identity and a collaboration between…

Merseystyle

10th May – 27th October 2013. This exhibition, held in the Skylight Gallery at the Museum of Liverpool, explored the multiple identities of…

Derby: Format 13 International Photography Festival

8th March – 10th March 2013. The Caravan Gallery was invited to take part in the opening weekend of Format 13 International Photography Festival.…

Liverpool Biennial Independents 2012

14th September – 23rd September 2012. IN/HOSPITALITY was an exhibition we put together in response to the 2012 Biennial theme of Hospitality. We…

Chassepierre International Street Arts Festival, Belgium

18th August – 19th August 2012. Chassepierre, Florenville, Belgium. Postcards of Chassepierre:                    …

Nature et Dérision at CACLb, Belgium

4th August 2012 – 12th August 2012. Centre d’Art Contemporain du Luxembourg Belge, Site de Montauban-Buzenol, Rue de Montauban, 6743 Buzenol, Belgium…

LÜFTEN Mouson Arts & Music Festival, Frankfurt

22nd – 24th June 2012. The Caravan Gallery’s German debut exhibition featured classic images from the ’Is Britain Great?’ archive. Pfaffenwiese 301,…

Kunst & Zwalm, Belgium

27th August – 11th September 2011. Festival of contemporary art in the Flemish landscape. Kunst & Zwalm website.

Look/11 International Photography Festival, Liverpool

18th June – 19th June 2011. A day in Lark Lane exhibiting photos of Liverpool and, rather unusually, a People’s Map of…

‘Nice Cuppa Tea’, South Kilburn, London

26th March 2011. An Empty Shops Network project supported by South Kilburn Neighbourhood Trust. Made in South Kilburn article. Peel Precinct, outside…

Focus on Imaging (with Panasonic), Birmingham

6th March 2011 – 9th March 2011. The Caravan Gallery had pride of place on the Panasonic stand with an exhibition of…

Fulbridge School Residency

The Caravan Gallery create tailor-made projects for schools exploring ‘sense of place’ through art and creativity to help young people appreciate the community in…

Fringe Arts Bath (FAB2010) & Widcombe Rising, Bath

12th June – 13th June 2010. Abbey Square and Widcombe Rising, Bath. A festival on the streets of Widcombe organised by the…

StowFest, Stowmarket

6th June 2010. Stowmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom www.stowfest.co.uk

Empty Shop Network Tour

1st February – 19th December 2010. A Revolutionary Arts / Empty Shops Network initiative organised by Dan Thompson. Brixton – Coventry –…

Edinburgh Art Festival

5th – 9th August 2009. Exhibition of new work exploring the Edinburgh region – as well as Glasgow and around. Part of…

Arts & Business HQ, London

29th July 2009. Outside Nutmeg House & also exhibiting inside at ‘Wish You Were Here’ exhibition. Nutmeg House, Gainsford Street, Butlers Wharf,…

White Stuff, London and Chichester

June – July 2009. White Stuff invited The Caravan Gallery to exhibit outside three of their stores to complement their caravanning theme for…

The Caravan Gallery at Burbidges Bakery

Freddie Rostand from the BBC followed us for a special outing to the amazing shop of Mr ‘Bakerman’ Burbidge in Andover.

Glasgow International Festival

Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art. 10th April – 14th April 2008. Street Level Photoworks commission to create a new body of…

Late at Tate, London

3rd August 2007. Outside Tate Britain in connection with ‘How We Are : Photographing Britain’. Tate Britain, London, UK.

‘Is Britain Great?’ Tokyo, Fukuoka and Osaka, Japan

26th May – 1st June 2007. Paul Smith Space Gallery, 3F, 5-46-14 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan. 1st July – 31st July 2007.…

‘Is Britain Great?’ Aspex, Portsmouth

2nd December 2006 – 11th February 2007. ‘Is Britain Great?’: The Caravan Gallery UK tour. An comprehensive collection of photographs and documentation…

Queens Square, Wolverhampton

24th – 26th August 2006. An off-site project in conjunction with Wolverhampton Art Gallery. Queens Square, Wolverhampton, UK.

‘UK JACK OK!’, Paris, London & Tokyo

Paris: 27th February 2006 – 1st April 2006. Colette, Rue Saint Honore, Paris, France. London: 10th April 2006 – 13th May 2006.…

About Yourself Exhibition, Aspex, Portsmouth

31st October – 5th November 2000. Portsmouth: About Yourself – an exhibition all about You. An evolving exhibition and participatory project inspired…