g39 is an artist-run gallery, resource and creative community. Established in Cardiff, g39 became a charity in 2019 and works as a bridge between communities, the public and artists. Artists are at the heart of the activity of g39. From residencies to training and mentoring, informal gatherings, or realising the most ambitious of exhibitions - our aim is to encourage and enable every person whose ambition it is to pursue a visual art practice.
Exhibition // Arddangosfa:
REBUILD the POETS
4 October - 13 December 2025
g39 are really proud to re-present works from Sam Aldridge, Adéọlá Dewis, Sean Edwards, Heledd C Evans, Athena Jones, Tamara Krikorian, Jon Pountney + J. Brookes, Jeffrey Steele + Katrina Blannin, Wendy Short in an exhibition and programme of activities, re-performances, re-introductions and replicas of artists work spanning several generations.
The show gets its title from a placard that appeared on fencing after a local pub, The Poets Corner, that stood near Shelley Walk and Shakespeare Street, was demolished in 2016 to make way for redevelopment. Over the last decade g39 has been testing assumptions of how we view development and success. Rebuild the Poets reflects our idea that progress is not a straight line between the past and now, but more of a scribble, unpredictable and connecting at multiple points.
A consumer ideal that fetishises newness over content often means that things that should be noticed slip by. Without nostalgia, we hope to bring some of these works to light – to slow down production and revisit important artists at significant moments in their practice.
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Cinema // Sinema:
The Film London Jarman Award 2025
25 October 2025
The films will be screened on a loop from 11.00-14.00 & 15.30-17.00 // Bydd y ffilmiau yn cael eu dangos ar lŵp o 11.00-14.00 & 15.30-17.00
Alongside the exhibition Rebuild the Poets g39 is hosting a day-long free screening in of films by the shortlisted artists Arwa Aburawa + Turab Shah, Karimah Ashadu, Onyeka Igwe, Morgan Quaintance, George Finlay Ramsay and Hope Strickland.
The Film London Jarman Award shortlist is a selection of recent films by nominated mid-career artists. Inspired by visionary filmmaker Derek Jarman, the award showcases artists' moving image to audiences through this annual touring programme.
Continuing g39s commitment to moving-image dialogue in the g39 Sinema programme, our long standing partnership with Film London has meant that we have been able to bring these films and filmmakers here. We’ve previously hosted talks with Michelle Williams Gamaker, Grace Ndiritu, Larry Achiampong, Andrew Black and Adham Faramawy - as well as working on projects to take the work of Welsh moving image artists to new audiences.More info >>
Talk // Sgwrs:
Onyeka Igwe
25 October 2025
The talk starts at 14.00 // Mae`r sgwrs yn dechrau am 14.00
As part of the Jarman tour, join us for an afternoon talk by Onyeka Igwe. Onyeka is a British-Nigerian artist whose 2022 film in the Jarman screening, The Miracle on George Green is inspired by the 1993 protests in Wanstead that attempted to save a 250-year-old sweet chestnut tree from being cut down. During the resistance, schoolchildren wrote letters addressed to the tree, and Igwe uses these as a starting point to explore radical protests dating back to the 17th century.
A London born & based moving image artist and researcher, Onyeka's work asks: how do we live together? Not to provide answers but to pull apart the nuances of mutuality and co-existence in our deeply individualized world.
Onyeka’s video works have been screened at Modern Mondays, MoMA, Artists’ Film Club: Black Radical Imagination, ICA, London, 2017; Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh, 2020, and at film festivals internationally including the London Film Festival, 2015.More info >>
Fragments of Us - Rachel Carney
Launch 30 October 2025
18.30 - 20.0030 October 2025
g39 are pleased to host this screening and spoken word event, Fragments of Us by Dr Rachel Carney, commissioned by SHAPE Arts. It looks at the creativity of museum visitors who responded to an interactive poetry project at the National Museum Cardiff.
Free, but book your ticket here // Am ddim, ond mynnwch docyn yma.
Dr Rachel Carney is a poet, non-fiction writer and creative writing teacher based in Cardiff. Her debut poetry collection Octopus Mind is published by Seren Books, selected as one of The Guardian’s Best Poetry Books of 2023.
Access at g39
g39 is housed in a large open warehouse with all public spaces on the ground floors and with no indoor steps. The main entrance has no steps and the space is all on one level. There is a single low step at the side door. There is a carpark at the front of the building with spaces for visitors. The gallery space, screening room and studios are all fully accessible to people in wheelchairs. g39 does not have a hearing loop installed.
The exhibitions at g39 are varied and can often look and feel different to a traditional museum style gallery. The form of the artworks can be varied and unpredictable, it’s not uncommon for there to be loud or repetitive noises, and low light spaces. Please get in touch if you would like to know more about what to expect with any particular exhibitions or events that we are hosting.
At the rear of the building are studios. If people with access needs are selected for a residency/fellowship programme or are installing work for an exhibition, studio & workshop spaces can be adapted to meet their needs. In the winter the gallery space can get cold. At g39 we welcome service animals.
Audio Description of g39 and all of it's spaces
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g39 is a registered charity, Reg no. 1181492, and we rely on a lot of different helping hands. If you want to support us, please donate. We are always grateful for any support.
If you want to engage with us in Welsh you can switch from any page by clicking on the link above. If you're a learner, bydd newid rhwng y ddau yn ffordd dda o ymarfer - flipping between the two is a good way to practice. You can contact us in either English neu Gymraeg. Sign up to be kept up to date by post or email.
g39 social - Neighbourhood Crowd
Join us for Neighbourhood Crowd on the 25th October, have a free cuppa and snack, see the show, have a chat. Everyone is invited. Drop in anytime between 11am-1pm or come and go, it’s free. 
This event is an alternative to an opening / launch event, a social space to come together and share food instead of drinks, a space to meet up with friends and enjoy art together.
Neighbourhood Crowd is a gathering at g39. It’s a chance to spend some time here with us and see The Film London Jarman Awards, we will have popcorn and cuppas at the ready for a morning in the cinema, then stick around in the afternoon for Onyeka Igwe’s talk.
Upcoming dates: 29/11/25, 11.00-13.00
Join us for our last Neighbourhood Crowd of the year, have a free cuppa and snack, see the show, have a chat. Everyone is invited.
g39 Policy Documents
These are the documents we operate by. We are working to get the latest versions of our key policies online in English and Welsh and available in other formats.
Currently, you can read PDF versions of our:
Code of Care & Conduct
Strategic Equality Action Plan in English.
If you would like these documents in another accessible format please contact us on info@g39.org
g39 Library
A seriously eclectic mix of art-connected books searchable online here
Now we're open again the g39 Library is also open, a de-instututional resource for all. The collection mainly houses artist books, arts-related reference books, zines and pamphlets. These span from the socio-political to the experimental, from 60s avant-garde retrospectives to contemporary exhibition publications; and hopefully everything in between. This in an ever-developing, growing collection.
Search the database here
