HACK 8558
Saturday 15th March 2025 – Sunday 16th March 2025 , 12:00pm to 5:00pm
An exhibition of more than thirty artworks in two and three-dimensions, HACK 8558 lifts its name from 125 Shaftesbury Avenue’s 8th floor office space named after astrophysicist Margherita Hack and the asteroid to which she gave her name.
Private View | 7th March 6PM – 8PM
Exhibition Open | 7 – 9th March & 15 -16 March 12PM – 5PM (Sat & Sun)
Artist-teachers Siobhan Tate & Marq Kearey bring together 29 artists over two artist collectives to produce an exhibition to mark the end of their time in residence at Shaftesbury Avenue.
This exhibition showcases a conversation between works in two and three-dimensions. The WIT Collective (standing for What Is That) predominantly presents sculpture, spanning a diverse range of mediums and scales, exploring complex emotional landscapes and what it means to be human today. Darren O’Brien and Marq Kearey curate a vigorous collection of objects and paintings. Playing in space, the works form a cluster of imagined experiences, expressed in two-dimensions.
Exhibiting Artists: Ania Tomaszewska-Nelson Caroline Bugby Cash Aspeek Cecilia Sjoholm Charlotte van Berckel Cleo Broda Craig Robertson Darren O’Brien EJ Kim Elina Yumasheva Emma Black Georgie Carss Hannah Watson Harriet Hellman Heather Gani Jeremy Wyatt Jo Whittle Laura Porter Marq Kearey Marylyn Molisso Natalia Zagorska-Thomas Robert Welch Roberta De Caro Sally Taylor Sam Shaw Sean Orr Simon Zagorski-Thomas Siobhan Tate Vee Lee-Williams
More about the Artist Teacher Residency
Since Summer 2024, seven teachers have been in-residence in the studios at Shaftesbury Avenue, honing their practice, and exploring how developing their work can positively translate into classroom arts-based learning.
Access Information
Shaftesbury Avenue has step free access throughout from street level, including to an accessible toilet. The upper floors are accessible via lifts. This venue does not have a hearing loop system. Accessible parking is not available on-site.
If you have any questions regarding accessibility at this venue or event, would like to make us aware of any access requirements that you have in advance of visiting, or would like this information in an alternate format including Easy Read, please email shaftesbury@bowarts.com or call 020 8980 7774 (Ext. 3)
Access requirements could include things like providing equipment, services or support (e.g. information in Easy Read, speech to text software, additional 1:1 support), adjusting workshop timings (e.g. more break times), adjustments to the event space (e.g. making sure you have a seat near the entrance) or anything else you can think of!
Transport Information
Nearest train station(s): Picadilly Circus (Picadilly, Bakerloo), Tottenham Court Road (Elizabeth Line, Central, Northern)
Bus: 9, 12, 14, 22, 23, 24, 29, 19, 38, 88, 94, 139, 176, 453
Parking: No parking available.
Bike: No bike shed on site.
