Middlesbrough Collection: Soft Structures | MIMA | Middlesbrough

19 September 2023 – 31 March 2024

An exhibition of art from the Middlesbrough Collection alongside newly commissioned work from artists Ian Giles and Fiona Larkin; looking at structures and support in society.

mima.art

After BUTT Screening | City University | London

14 March 2024

A screening of 'After BUTT' (2018) followed by a Q&A.

Part of the SCC Fashion Stories series curated by Dr Rosie Findlay and Johanna Payton


city.ac.uk

Constellations | UP Projects

July 2023 - February 2024

Constellations 2023 supports ten early to mid-career practitioners from across the UK, to develop their practice, collaborate with others, access new networks and contribute to critical debate surrounding the future of public practice.

Curated by UP Projects in partnership with Flat Time House and in association with Liverpool Biennial. It included a conference in partnership with John Hansard Gallery as part of Co-Creating Public Space. Constellations 2023 is generously supported by Arts Council England, the Barrington Hibbert Associates Access Fund and the Constellations Patrons.

upprojects.com

Ian Giles: Artist's Talk & Screening | Originalprojects; | Great Yarmouth

Saturday 16th December


Ian Giles will present a screening of his new film 'Edward / Maurice' and discuss his artistic practice, which fosters new networks to record and celebrate queer histories and experiences.

PrimeYarc, Market Gates, Great Yarmouth

originalprojects.co.uk

On Railton Road | Museum of the Home | London

31 October - 18 November 2023

A Play

Funded by Arts Council England

museumofthehome.org.uk

Living Monuments: In conversation with Jeremy Deller and Ian Giles | Museum of the Home | London

11 November 2023

Join Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller and artist Ian Giles as they engage in a post-show conversation about the significance and role of reenactments, street theatre and everyday magic within their practices. Chaired by Sonia Solicari this discussion will delve into the idea of ‘living monuments’. 

museumofthehome.org.uk

BBC Radio London

3 November 2023

Interview about On Railton Road by Robert Elms

bbc.co.uk

Live Performance: A Reflection In Time | MIMA | Middlesbrough

7 October 2023

Join the cast of A Reflection In Time as they perform a live reading of Ian Giles’ radio drama

mima.art

Edward / Maurice | Heong Gallery | Cambridge

8 - 24 September 2023

Solo exhibition

cvc.cam.ac.uk

A Clear Comfort | Charleston | Firle

23 September 2023

A Clear Comfort is a performance which engages with legacies of queer homemaking. Presented as a promenade performance, you will be transported beyond the physical walls of Charleston, the country home of the Bloomsbury group.

charleston.org.uk

Ian Giles & Diarmuid Hester Screening and Talk | Kettle’s Yard | Cambridge

20 September 2023

A special screening of Edward / Maurice followed by a conversation with author Diarmuid Hester about E.M. Forster and queering history.

Organised by Cambridge Visual Culture

cvc.cam.ac.uk

After BUTT & Trojan Horse / Rainbow Flag Screening | The Howard Theatre | Cambridge

10 September 2023

For Open Cambridge, 'After BUTT' and 'Trojan Horse/ Rainbow Flag’ will be screened at The Howard Theatre at Downing College.

opencambridge.cam.ac.uk

A Clear Comfort | Van Gogh House

29th June – 2nd July 2023

A commissioned performance engaging with the legacy of queer homemaking

vangoghhouse.co.uk

Artist in Residence at Cambridge School of Art | Artists Access to Art Colleges Scheme

Sept 2022 - May 2023

The AA2A project is a national scheme, providing visual artists access to workshops and facilities in fine art and design departments of Higher and Further Education institutions.

aa2a.biz

Remembering Ron Peck | BFI Flare Film Festival

19 March 2023

An event in the BFI Reuben Library to remember and share stories about filmmaker Ron Peck

bfi.org/flare

A Reflection in Time | BBC Radio Tees

Audio drama available on BBC Sounds

Curated by MIMA and commissioned as part of Celebrating Hidden Middlesbrough.

Led by Navigator North as part of Middlesbrough Cultural Partnership and funded by Historic England, Middlesbrough Council, National Lottery Heritage Fund and Arts Council England.

bbc.co.uk

A to Zine | Queercircle | London

12 January - 1 February 2023

Exhibition

Featuring the After BUTT publication

queercircle.org

Love, Leda Edition | Pensinula Press and Foyles | London

January 2023

An exclusive risograph edition commissioned to coincide with the launch of Love, Leda a novel by Mark Hyatt. Ian Giles has created an original artwork poster of Mark Hyatt's Soho, inspired by 1960s coffee house menus.

Commissioned by Peninsula Press and Foyles

Queer Flower Arranging Workshop | The Masham | Middlesbrough

9 September 2022

A free workshop using flowers that have LGBTQ+ significance

heritageopendays.org.uk

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Smells Like Gay Pride Candle | House of Voltaire

Limited edition candle made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first London Pride march, 1972

houseofvoltaire.org

​The London Open | The Whitechapel Gallery

30 June - 4 September 2022

Exhibition

whitechapelgallery.org

The London Open: Artists Takeover | The Whitechapel Gallery

7 July 2022

Performance

whitechapelgallery.org

Smells Like Gay Pride | Tenderbooks

23 June 2022 | 6 - 8pm

Candle launch and performance

tenderbooks.co.uk

Open Ramble: conversation with Ian Giles | Gaada

7 May 2022

Online talk for Gaada an artist-led organisation based in Burra Isle, Shetland.

gaada.org

From Here A Home Was Imagined: Part 3 | CCA Annex

28 January - 3 February 2022

Cameron Howard / Conner Milliken / Ian Giles

Associate film programmer Donald Butler brings together Ian Giles' 2018 film After BUTT, with a commissioned audio response, I’m No Longer Listening, written and performed by Conner Milliken with sound design by Cameron Howard.

cca-annex.net

On Railton Road | Jerwood New Work Fund

11 - 13 November 2021

Brixton Community Base

A play

Supported by Jerwood Arts and Arts Council England

Developing your Creative Practice

December 2020 - July 2021

Funding from Arts Council England for research and development

artscouncil.org.uk

Screening Room

Trojan Horse / Rainbow Flag

18 November - 18 December 2020

A month-long online screening of Trojan Horse / Rainbow Flag

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Gay Bar Galaxy | Online via Zoom

18 November 2020

Amelia Abraham / Jeremy Atherton Lin / Ian Giles / Richard John Jones

Guided by the artist Ian Giles, we will dip in and out of Jeremy Atherton Lin’s forthcoming book Gay Bar and screen Giles’ film Trojan Horse / Rainbow Flag. With special contributions from Queer Intentions author Amelia Abraham and artist Richard John Jones.

“Perhaps you could call a gay bar a galaxy: we are held together but kept from colliding by a fine balance of momentum and gravity.”

After BUTT | Kunstnerforbundet Oslo

Solo Exhibition & Online Screening

13 August - 13 September 2020

kunstnerforbundet.no

GLF at 50 : The Art of Protest

August 2020

Published review on thisistomorrow

thisistomorrow.info

New Geographies Podcast

Episode 4: Ian Giles

Talking about Open Ramble East and Outhouse

Newgeographies.uk/podcast

Tracing the East / New Geographies | Online symposium 

4 May 2020

Maria Anastassiou and Ian Giles, moderated by Curator of exhibitions at Kettle’s Yard, Amy Tobin

A panel discussion exploring the changing communities of the East of England, in relation to the LGBTQ+ community, immigration and population change, how do communities adapt and respond to change?

newgeographies.uk

Nighthawks | LUX | London

Screening of Nighthawks (film, 1978) followed by a conversation between Director Ron Peck and Ian Giles

1 March 2020

Listen to a recording here

lux.org.uk

Let’s Gather To Remember Everything We Forget | LU Arts | Loughborough University

Collaborative project with the Loughborough LGBT+ Association

28 February 2020

lboro.ac.uk/arts

Bonington Film Night #10 | Bonington Gallery | Nottingham

Ian Giles / Annette Kennerley / Charlotte Prodger / Stephen Issac Wilson

26 February 2020

boningtongallery.co.uk

After BUTT | Soho House | Toronto, Canada

Solo screening

Organised by Elie Chivi

Please Divide In Groups of Two or Three | KV Leipzig | Germany

Group Exhibition

8 November 2019 - January 2020

Curated by Anna Jehle and Juliane Schickedanz

kunstverein-leipzig.de

Dick Van Dykes | Kings Wine Bar | Great Yarmouth

Club night

14 December 2019 | 8pm

With music by DJ Blouse

newgeographies.uk

Dick Van Dykes | Great Yarmouth Library | Great Yarmouth

Exhibition

22 October - 9 November 2019

newgeographies.uk

Outhouse | Kettle’s Yard | Cambridge

Exhibition

8 - 20 October 2019

kettlesyard.co.uk

Press

Blouin Art Info

That’s Cambridge TV

Studio Four | OUTPOST | Norwich

Exhibition

3 - 6 October 2019

norwichoutpost.org

Scottish Queer International Film Festival | CCA | Glasgow

Screening

4 October 2019

sqiff.org

Outhouse | Firstsite | Colchester

Exhibition

5 - 27 September 2019

firstsite.uk

Press

Colchester Gazette

The Rural Assembly | Wysing Arts Centre

An Open Ramble East led walk

22 June

wysingartscentre.org

Strange Perfume| South London Gallery

Screening of After BUTT

15 June | 3pm

Followed by a Q&A with Ian Giles and Beth Bramich 

southlondongallery.org

Open Ramble East | New Geographies | East Contemporary Visual Arts Network | UK

Walks

Open Ramble East is a free, inclusive and versatile  group of people working to organise walks as part of the New Geographies commissions.

27 April 2019 | Cambridge

4 May 2019 | Colchester

5 May 2019 | Norwich

18 May 2019 | Great Yarmouth

openrambleeast.com

Trojan Horse / Rainbow Flag | videoclub | UK Tour

A programme of artists’ film and video works about LGBTQI+ spaces, presented by videoclub in LGBTQI+ clubs and community run spaces.

Ian Giles / Prem Sahib / Charlotte Prodger / Patrick Staff / Sam Ashby / Rob Crosse / Hannah Quinlan & Rosie Hastings / Mathew Parkin | With an Essay by Paul Clinton

26 April 2019 | Brighton | The Marlborough | Presented by Fabrica and videoclub

14 May 2019 | London | Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club | Presented by Gasworks and videoclub

15 May 2019 | Manchester | Tribeca | Presented by videoclub

16 May 2019 | Newcastle | Star and Shadow | Presented by BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art and videoclub

videoclub.org.uk

Supported by Arts Council England

Press

Corridor8

thisistommorrow

Toby's Diary | 15 Orient | Brooklyn

Film screening organised by Alex Zandi 

 1 March 2019 | 7:30pm

15orient.com

Call Me Mr Benson | OCD Chinatown | New York

Solo exhibition including works by Christopher Aque, Andrej Dubravsky and Stephanie Hier

25 October - 11 November 2018

ocdchinatown.com

After BUTT | The NY Art Book Fair | MoMA PS1 | New York

Shannon Michael Cane Award

Screening

Basement Theatre MoMA PS1

Followed by a panel moderated by Joshua Lubin-Levy with contributions from Abi Benitez / Tom Jackson / Sean Santiago / Michael Bullock

21 - 23  September 2018

nyartbookfair.com

Video Club: Sex Talks | Stedelijk Museum | Amsterdam

Screening

Tracey Emin, Julika Rudelius, Cheryl Dunye, Ian Giles

Dutch Premiere of After BUTT

3 August 2018

stedelijk.nl

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Clay Meditation | Eastside Projects | Birmingham

Performance Workshop

in collaboration with Diana Policarpo

5 July 2018

eastsideprojects.org

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Three Models for Change | Birmingham

Exhibition

Chris Alton, Ian Giles, Greta Hauer

curated by Grand Union and the University of Birmingham

9 June - 16 June  2018

grand-union.org

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Rainbow Flag / Trojan Horse | Recent Activity | Birmingham

Workshop & Performance

curated by Grand Union and the University of Birmingham

9 June 2018

recentactivity.org.uk

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Strange Perfume | South London Gallery | London

Book Fair

25 May - 26 May 2018

southlondongallery.org

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Failed States | Magazine | London

The Suburb issue

failedstates.xyz

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After BUTT | Entrée | Bergen, Norway

Exhibition

29 March - 8 April 2018

entreebergen.no

Press

Objektiv

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After BUTT | Chelsea Space | London

Solo Exhibition | Supported by Arts Council England

24 January - 2 March 2018

BUTT was a pink, pocket-size magazine by, for and about homosexuals

chelseaspace.org

Press

Artforum

MAP

thisistomorrow

Hyperallergic

Out

Fantastic Man

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Different Ways | LUX | London

Screening

25 February 2018

An afternoon screening exploring gay male histories

Sam Ashby / Ian Giles / Rob Crosse

lux.org.uk

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Autumn Residency | Hospitalfield | Scotland  

Selectors: Hew Locke and Katie Schwab

4 September - 2 October 2017

hospitalfield.org.uk

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The Lives of Artists | Global Committee | Online   

Online screening with Jaako Pallasvuo / Ian Giles / Holly Antrum / Mark Barker  

1 September - 17 September 2017

globalcommittee.org

Singles | Global Committee | New York

Laura Cooper and Ian Giles

11 April 2017

globalcommittee.org

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Multiplexing II | Cineworld Cinema | Glasgow

Group screening presented by LUX Scotland and supported by the Elephant Trust

21 March 2017

luxscotland.org.uk

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Recent Activity | University of Birmingham | Birmingham

On The Way To Language

A screening and discussion group

1 December 2016

recentactivity.org.uk

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Harvard University | Cambridge

Ian Giles | Connected Works

A screening of selected recent films presented by GSD Arts Committee, curated by Kiyoto Koseki

21 October 2016

gsd.harvard.edu

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The Java Project | New York

Common Room

September 16 - October 14 2016

thejavaprj.com

Press

this is tomorrow | Kill Your Darlings | Gemma Sharpe

Temporary Art Review | Review | Helena Haimes

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The Whitechapel Gallery | London

Is To As Is To

A collaborative performance with The Whitechapel Gallery's Youth Forum: Duchamp and Sons

Saturday 30 July 2016

whitechapelgallery.org

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Spike Island | Bristol

Clay Meditation

Tuesday 19 July 2016

spikeisland.org.uk/events

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Spike Island | Bristol

Production Bursary awarded by Spike Island and The Centre For Moving Image Research

2016 / 17

spikeisland.org.uk