A spectacular range of interpretations and reflections on the intricacies of human experience: figurative paintings, line drawings, bold dioramas and pop-art prints, encounter futuristic landscapes and curios from the Ersatz Museum, while Maximillion descends into realm of dreams to further extend the scope of our visual experience.

Surface is pleased to welcome Homecoming, a solo exhibition by Nottingham-born artist, Richard Mynett. A combination of new figurative and abstract landscapes, Homecoming considers the spaces that surround us and looks to challenge our perception of the natural environment and its inhabitants. These works are reminders, prompts and signs that we exist as part of this world, not apart from it.

Return of the most anarchic, the most spectacular show in town: the Nottingham Street Art Festival. This hugely popular exhibition supports and promotes Nottingham’s vibrant alternative art scene by showcasing some of today’s best local talent.

The return of our annual studio artist exhibition. Layered promises a thought-provoking journey through the artistic layers of each studio artist’s individual practice — explore and peel back the intricate layers of meaning embedded within.

Don’t Lick the Walls sees the return of Nottingham Trent University’s BA students as they explore a range of photographic approaches including digital, analogue, and artificial intelligence. The exhibition also explores female empowerment, sustainability, mental health, illusion, and the complex layers of intersectionality.

The Street Art Festival celebrates and supports Nottingham’s thriving alternative art scene, showcasing some of today’s best local, national, and international street art. Up to six pieces can be submitted per person and all work will be hung salon style, packed from floor to ceiling. All submissions will be displayed as long as you can get them through the door.

Surface is now accepting submissions for our fourteenth East Midlands Graduate Project: EM24: Nottingham’s only graduate residency. This opportunity supports Fine Art graduates from across the region by offering a free residency and exhibition in an independent contemporary art space to kick-start the transition from university to professional art world.

For the first time, Surface welcomes Nottingham Trent University’s first year Fine Art students, and an exhibition entitled, Serious Leisure.

The 8 Collectives is the latest culmination of collaborative work by second-year NTU Fine Art students. The exhibition occupies both floors and consists of eight distinct responses to the space, to collective concerns, and to each other.

Surface welcomes back the International Postcard Show. This vibrant, long-running exhibition is a highly popular feature of our calendar and includes hundreds of original artworks from established and aspiring artists from all over the world.

Surface is delighted to present Homeland, a touring exhibition by the photographer and visual artist Paulina Korobkiewicz. The exhibition addresses themes of political identity, belonging, memory and representation among migrant communities in West Bromwich and Hyson Green, the most ethnically diverse neighbourhood in Nottingham.

Surface is pleased to announce the return of our annual volunteer show, Radiate. The exhibition features a range of artistic practices as diverse as our dedicated community of volunteers. Radiate encompasses the warmth and inclusivity of Surface, and gives back to the volunteers that make it all possible.

Surface invites artists from across the world to participate in our annual International Postcard Show. All submissions will be included in this vibrant and hugely popular exhibition. The International Postcard Show will feature hundreds of original creations in an array of different media by established and aspiring artists from all over the world.

Form is the first exhibition of abstract drawings by award-winning filmmaker, graphic artist, and musician, Andrew Spinks. The exhibition presents work from the past 15 years, created using a technique devised by the artist during a stay in hospital for mental health treatment, to answer the question of what to draw when no intention is present other than the will to create.

The Deca-dance of Mr.Ray brings together the full-range of the artist's distinctive multi-layered work. Subtly yet lavishly, accoutrements of Hieronymus Bosch and the flavours of René Magritte conjoin with the Golden Age of Hollywood. Such cinematic pieces present a swirling panorama of love and tragedy, exploding thoughts by means of dark drama, cryptic triptychs, and futuristic sci-fi scenes, where creation and demise finally collide.

The return of the most anarchic, the most spectacular show in town: the Nottingham Street Art Festival!

The Street Art Festival celebrates and supports Nottingham’s thriving alternative art scene by showcasing some of today’s best local, national, and international street art. Up to six pieces can be submitted per person and all work will be hung salon style, packed from floor to ceiling. All submissions will be displayed as long as you can get them through the door!

Surface is delighted to present Reclamation, an exhibition by artist and researcher Jagdish Patel which celebrates the interconnections between socially engaged art and anti-racism through photography, archival artefacts, paintings and video.