Past exhibitions

Since establishing in 1996, we have consistently programmed innovative, experimental shows across our two exhibition spaces just north of London. The Galleries’ programme of regularly changing exhibitions includes new commissions, as well as group- and solo-exhibitions by an international group of artists.

Many of these artists have since gone on to carve significant careers in contemporary visual arts, crafts, applied arts and design. Our most successful show to date, Do Not Refreeze: Photography Behind the Berlin Wall, toured to 6 venues, and brought in over thirty-five thousand visitors (statistics for 2007-8).

Past exhibitions:

2011 - 2012

Hertfordshire Open
10 December - 4 January
Museum of St Albans

Personal Tempest
17 September - 22 October
Art and Design Gallery
17 September - 6 November
Museum of St Albans

2010 - 2011

Public Opening: Aviva Leeman
20 May to 10 July
Museum of St Albans

Beyond Pattern
11 February to 30 April
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

Winners Show - Open 2010
21 January - 6 February
Museum of St Albans

Open 2010
8 December to 23 December
Margaret Harvery Gallery, St Albans

You, Me and It: The Video Portrait and Beyond
26 November to 22 January
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

Taking Time: Craft and the Slow Revolution
13 October to 20 November
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

Kiss Kiss Kill Kill
10 September to 16 October
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

Christine Hillier
2 September to 25 September
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

2009 - 2010

Walker Evans: Photographs 1935 – 1936
A Hayward Touring Exhibition
19 June - 31 July 2010
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans 

Seriously...? Exploring sincerity in contemporary film and performance
Presented by artsdepot
Wednesday 14 April – Saturday 5 June 2010
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

Beyond The Plenum
Paul Teigh and Martin Russell
Friday 19 February – Saturday 24 April 2010
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield   

Charade II and IV
Clemens Stecher
Friday 29 January – Saturday 27 March 2010
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

Britannia: 2013-1981
Laura Oldfield Ford
20 November 2009 - 30 January 2010
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield 

Open Exhibition 2009
Annual community group show
9 December – 23 December 2008
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans 

courants contre courants
Serge Clement
21 October - 21 November 2009
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

Uneasy Persuasion
Curated by Jamie Robinson from Carter Presents
Artists: Sarah Baker, Gordon Cheung, Pure Evil, Kirsten Glass, Daniel Jackson, Brian Reed, Will Tuck
11 September - 17 October 2009
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield 

Majority Report: America, Amateur Photography and the Internet
Curated by Roger Hargreaves
2 September - 3 October 2009
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

2008 - 2009

Drawn On, Drawn In
Christina Bryant
31 July - 17 August 2009
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans  

Dreams Made Manifest
Hamlia Cassell
3 June – 17 July 2009
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans 

Time Watching
David Houghton
11 March – 16 May 2009
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

Responses to Conflict and Loss
Curated by Garry Hunter
6 March – 18 April 2009
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

Retromorphosis
10 January – 28 February 2009
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

Evil Shepherd
Heli Ryhänen
17 January – 21 February 2009
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

The Last Things
David Moore
10 November – 24 December 2008
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

Open Exhibition 2008
Annual community group show
10 December – 23 December 2008
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

Once More, with Feeling: Recent Photography from Colombia
29 October – 29 November 2008
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

Clothes for Living and Dying
Margareta Kern
12 September – 18 October 2008
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

Drawn
Susie MacMurray
8 September – 18 October 2008
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

A Sense of Place
Ewa Wawrzyniak
1 August – 16 August 2008
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

2007 - 2008

Dark Corner
Simon Woolham
18 June – 26 July 2008
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

White and Pink with Blades of Blue
Sarah Evans
23 April – 31 May 2008
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

Commemorative Glass
Nick Crowe
4 March – 12 April 2008
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

Jet Blush
Ally Wallace
21 January – 23 February 2008
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

Do Not Refreeze: German Photography Behind the Iron Curtain
1 November – 22 December 2007
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

Open Exhibition 2007
Annual community group show
5 December – 20 December 2007
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

The Roadkill Family Album
Nigel Grimmer
27 October – 24 November 2007
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

Aftershock, Conflict, Violence and Resolution in Contemporary Art
20 September 2007 – 27 October 2007
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

Aftershock, Conflict, Violence and Resolution in Contemporary Art
20 September 2007 – 20 October 2007
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

21st Century Living
Rachel Matthews
18 August – 8 September 2007
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

2006 - 2007

Platform 7
14 June – 28 July 2007
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

We Make Our Own Television
New video work by Jennet Thomas and Paul Tarragó
25 April – 2 June 2007
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

Landscape Themes
Bob Baggaley
13 April – 15 May 2007
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

Waves
Zory (Farngis Shahrokhi)
7 March – 14 April 2007
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

Engravings for a Public Space
Gunnar Nehls
27 February – 21 March 2007
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

Newtopia
Jason Oddy
10 January – 24 February 2007
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

Book
10 January – 16 February 2007
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

Know Thyself
Nosce Te Ipsum
15 November – 21 December 2006
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

Toxicity
Phil Ashcroft
22 June – 29 July 2006
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

Flock
Claire Carter
25 October – 25 November 2006
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

2-Step: Contemporary Abstract Art, Sound and Video
Curated by CCNOA, Brussels
22 September – 28 October 2006
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

Age Old Story
David Kramer
6 September – 14 October 2006
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

Crowds
Steve Manners
9 August – 19 August 2006
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

2005 - 2006

Spaces Within
Ritu Sood
18 April – 27 May 2006
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

Bus Obscura
Simon Lee
6 May – 21 May 2006
Departing from Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans and travelling around Hertfordshire and London

Object Sculptures
Annelies Oberdanner
8 March – 29 April 2006
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

In Tracht – Traditional Dress
Annette Schroeter
1 March – 1 April 2006
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

The Wishing Ceremony
Sally Sheinman
23 September – 1 November 2005
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

The Balance of Being
David Kefford
10 September - 15 October 2005
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

The Presence
Mario Cordeiro
13 August – 27 August 2005
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

2004 - 2005

Eve Georgiou
11 May – 18 June 2005
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

If You Were There
Mayling To
19 March – 30 April 2005
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

The Last Judgement
Ella Bissett Johnson
11 March – 16 April 2005
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

SPOTLIGHT on Eduardo Paolozzi
22 January – 6 March 2005
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

Mappa Mundi
Simeon Nelson
18 January – 26 February 2005
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

Defining Spaces
Sally Freshwater
16 September – 23 October 2004
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

Unchecked
Ian Skoyles
15 September – 16 October 2004
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

Containment
Asiya Clarke
6 August – 21 August 2004
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

2003 - 2004

Victims
Karen Harvey
1 July – 31 July 2004
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

A Real or Imagined Place
Graham Seaton
14 April – 15 May 2004
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

89 Seconds at Alcàzar
A video project by Eve Sussman after ‘Las Meninas’
24 February – 27 March 2004
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans

Beyond Flesh and Blood
Carl Jaycock
19 February – 27 March 2004
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

Contemplating an Iceberg
Rita Duffy
9 January – 12 February 2004
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield

Bristles, Balls and Brass
Jill Townsley
13 November – 24 December 2003
Art and Design Gallery, Hatfield