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G39 is an artist-run gallery in the heart of Cardiff, Wales’ capital city. Housed in a narrow three storey building the exhibition spaces are domestic in scale. The gallery curates between six and eight exhibitions per year and often hosts events in the interim weeks. In addition to the gallery programme, g39 also works in offsite locations for individual projects. The upper floor of the gallery houses the Wales Artist Resource Programme – WARP - an open-access resource and training space for artists.

G39 focuses on contemporary work and consciously programmes a mix of work from Wales with work from further afield, placing work by established names alongside work by emerging or lesser known artists. The focus is on experimentation and risk and g39 aims to provide the opportunities to showcase new work rather than relying on selling.

The organisation exists with the generous support of the Arts Council Of Wales and it is the only artist-run space to receive Revenue funding from ACW. G39 has recently been recognised as a Beacon company, an award that aims to ‘enable those companies and organisations which consistently create work of high quality and achieve levels of excellence to develop’. The Arts Council currently provide around 60% of their total costs and the remainder is provided through different trusts and organisations and, crucially, the input of a number of volunteers on the project. The WARP programme is supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.

g39, Wyndham Arcade, Mill Lane, CARDIFF CF10 1FH
Tel: +44 (0)29 2025 5541
Email: post@g39.org
Open: 11-5.30 Wednesday – Saturday

Planning a visit
There is always a live guide or member of staff in the building happy to answer questions about the exhibition or the gallery itself. G39 welcomes college and school groups to the space and a short talk about the exhibition can be provided for free. If you are planning a trip and want to get the most from your visit contact us in advance to find out useful drop-off points close to the gallery.

How to find us

Googlemap

Road leave the M4 at J32 and join the A470 following signs to Cardiff city centre. Due to traffic restrictions in the immediate vicinity it is better to approach from Bute Terrace and park at one of the several NCPs nearby (refer to Googlemap link)
Rail www.nationalrail.co.uk National routes call at Cardiff Central Station, two minutes` walk from g39. Most local routes also call at Queen St Station, five minutes` walk from g39 (refer to Googlemap link)
Bus www.cardiffbus.com National Express services operate from Cardiff bus station, two minutes` walk from g39. Local services operate from here and St Mary St
Air Cardiff International Airport is 3/4 hr by road from g39. There are regular train and bus links from Bristol, Heathrow, Gatwick and other major UK airports.



Staff
Anthony Shapland b 1971, Pontypridd. Lives and works in Cardiff. Artist and co-founder of g39, he is responsible for the artistic direction of the gallery. He works closely with artists, curators, writers and arts organisations to build up a strong network of support and advocacy for contemporary visual art in Wales. He is a member of the Wales at the Venice Biennale committee and a board member of ARC. Alongside this curatorial role he continues his practice as an artist, producing film works. Exhibitions include Suddenly After a Long Silence, Chapter Cardiff, Unplumbed, Keith Talent, London and CAC, Vilnius. He was nominated for Becks Futures in 2006.
Chris Brown b 1973, Worcester. Lives and works in Cardiff. Chris Brown is an artist, musician and co-founder of g39. He is responsible for strategic development of the organisation within Wales, the UK and beyond. He is also an editor for a-n Magazine and acts in an advisory capacity for the NAN and AIR schemes, Second Site, and Station, Bristol. He is currently studying postgrad Composition and Jazz at RWCMD (Cardiff) and is also a member of Go Faster Stripe, an independent collective that promotes high-profile UK comedians through its programme of live acts and DVD production.
Sean Edwards b 1980, Cardiff. Lives and works in Abergavenny. Sean Edwards graduated from the MA in Sculpture, Slade School of Art in 2005. He joined g39 in May 2008 as the Professional Development officer of our new Welsh Artist Resource Programme. Sean has exhibited widely nationally and internationally and has recently had solo at both Limoncello, (who now represent him) and the ICA, London, Moot, Nottingham and Associates, London. From 2006-2008 Sean was a visiting Lecturer at Cardiff School of Art and Design and ran the 2008 Young Curators programme at Oriel Davies, Newtown.
Mike Cousin : is a visual artist working with moving images. His work has been seen internationally and he has recently won a Creative Wales Ambassadors Award to develop a body of work between g39 in Cardiff and Danielle Arnaud in London. He is also the founder of Outcasting, an online moving image gallery. Michael also works Freelance as the International Opportunities Researcher for a-n and as Freelance Project Manager for g39.
www.michaelcousin.co.uk www.outcasting.org
Hannah James b 1985, Nottingham. Lives and works in Bristol. Hannah James graduated from a BA in Art and Visual Culture, University of West of England in 2007. Hannah has joined G39 for four months as the intern for the Welsh Artist Resource Programme. She will work alongside G39’s many volunteers to help sustain and contribute to the valuable resources available within WARP. In 2008 Hannah initiated and Co-directed the artist led space, ‘Rhys and Hannah Present…’ with Rhys Coren. Hannah has exhibited nationally and internationally, she was selected for New Contemporaries in 2007 and has recently produced a solo show at Chert, Berlin.

G39 is managed by a board of trustees. These include Lisa Edgar - photographer and director of Ffotoeducation at Ffotogallery, Cardiff, Stefhan Caddick - formerly a project officer at Cultural Enterprise Service, currently a freelance web designer and artist based in Crickhowell, Bedwyr Williams - practising artist based in Caernarfon.

G39 operates with respect to the following documents:

Curatorial Policy

Equal Opportunities Policy

WARP Internship Click here to download Application form and Job description

g39 is registered with Companies House as a non-profit distributing company limited by guarantee. Registered company no. 3938363.