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Void Art Centre’s overarching mission is to become an active civic contributor by creating meaningful connections between art and society.

Find out more at www.derryvoid.com Void is a contemporary art gallery that commissions and produces a visual arts programme that aims to challenge our audience and promote the arts to new and existing audiences. The programme supports a diverse range of artistic practices of national and international artists. The programme focuses on the collaborative nature of art and its ability to add to artistic discourse through exhibitions, events, discussions and partnerships. Through our commissions we work with a network of arts organisations both nationally and internationally to create specific projects. A key element to the gallery is the Void Engage programme which places participation, engagement and learning at the heart of Void, making contemporary visual art accessible to visitors of all ages.

17/10/2026

Derry Halloween 2026:
Scrap Store, make your own cape at Void.
Wednesday 28 October - Saturday 31 October

Come to Void Art Centre to create a one-of-a-kind Halloween cape using leftover fabrics, old costumes and colourful offcuts. The workshop highlights the potential re-use of old Halloween costumes that no longer fit, fabric leftovers from Void’s previous workshops and offcuts from local fabric shops.

During the 45-minute activity, attendees will be welcomed to the ‘Scrap Store’ followed by an invitation to select a pre-made, plain cape to decorate. Children can draw on the fabric, glue on sparkles, ribbon, stars and skeletons, and add scrap fabric shapes with fabric glue or rivet holes.

At the end of each workshop, we will take photos of the unique creations using an instant print thermal camera, which children can take home with them.

The workshops are aimed at children aged 5-14, will be supported by practitioner Indigo Azidahaka and are funded by DCSDC.

Wed 28 - Fri 30 October
12pm, 1pm, 2:30pm + 3.30pm

Saturday 31 October
11am, 12:15pm + 1.30pm

This is a free event, however donations are always welcome. Register to attend at the link in our bio above, or via Eventbrite.

09/10/2026

🪨 The Breathing Wall by Daniel Godínez Nivón 🪨

Thank you to everyone who has visited Void’s current exhibition ‘The Breathing Wall’, the first solo exhibition by artist Daniel Godínez Nivón in the UK and Ireland 🤝🌱

‘The Breathing Wall’ sees Daniel respond to the context of Derry City, specifically the walls, to develop a new body of site responsive work. Shaped by research trips, tours and discussions with local maintenance workers and stonemasons, and chats with environmentalists, ‘The Breathing Wall’ seeks to unearth the geological time and vegetal life of the walls 🍃

Guided by Daniel’s ongoing exploration of dreaming as an ecological territory, the exhibition thinks about the possibility of dreams to tap into the crevices, creatures and plants that exist along the walls, re-imagining the structure to create new dialogues and bring geological memory, medicinal plant life and dreaming into relation with one another.

Supported by Arts Council NI, Mondriaan Fund and Foundation Foundation.

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The exhibition continues until Saturday 12 December 2026 🔒 We’re open Tuesdays to Saturdays, from 11am - 5pm.

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📸 by Simon Mills
1 & 2 - Installation views showing Moon Murmur, An Oneric Herbarium, Lullaby (For Hypericum Perforatum) and In Return, a Breath (all 2026)
3 - An Oneric Herbarium (2026)
4 - Gust’s End (2026)

24/09/2026

🛠️🪜 Installing ‘The Breathing Wall’ 🪜🛠️
Launch: Saturday 26 September 2026, 6-8pm

It’s almost time to welcome you to our upcoming exhibition, ‘The Breathing Wall’ which opens on Saturday 26 September, from 6-8pm 🎉 The project marks artist Daniel Godínez Nivón’s first solo exhibition in the UK and island of Ireland.

The new commission follows nearly a year and a half of artistic research alongside Void, investigating the ecological and material life of Derry’s historic walls 🌱🪨 Through moving image, sound, drawing, sculpture and vibration, ‘The Breathing Wall’ brings geological time, vegetal life and dreaming into the same space, approaching dreams as an ecological territory where different forms of existence can meet,

🤝 With thanks to the many hands that have supported ‘The Breathing Wall’, from technicians based locally, to those working further afield, and the project’s funders Mondriaan Fund, Foundation Foundation and Arts Council NI.

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Looking forward to seeing you at the launch! BYOB welcome, and refreshments served, with DJ sets running later from Michael Devine, Dylan Robinson and Leah McDaid ⭐️ 2016dimension

14/09/2026

🌱🪨 Coming soon: ‘The Breathing Wall’, a solo exhibition by Daniel Godínez Nivón 🌱🪨

This week, install begins for our upcoming exhibition, ‘The Breathing Wall’ which marks artist Daniel Godínez Nivón’s first solo exhibition in the UK and Ireland. The exhibition opens on Saturday 26 September 2026 from 6-8pm, and runs until Saturday 12 December 2026.

Through moving image, sound, drawing, sculpture and vibration, ‘The Breathing Wall’ brings geological time, vegetal life and dreaming into the same space 🪻🌀The exhibition approaches dreams as an ecological territory where different forms of existence can meet, and invites us to listen to the memories held within plants, stones and landscapes. Dreaming becomes a way of entering into relation with the living world and recognising ourselves within the ecosystems we share.

More information about the exhibition can be found at the link in our bio above.

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🤝 ‘The Breathing Wall’ is supported by Arts Council Northern Ireland, Mondriaan Fund and Foundation Foundation.

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Image: ‘Moon Murmur’, 2026. Courtesy of the artist.

07/09/2026

🪨 The Breathing Wall, an exhibition by Daniel Godínez Nivón 🪨
🗓️ Launches on Saturday 26 September, 6-8pm at Void Art Centre

The team at Void Art Centre are excited to welcome you to our next exhibition ‘The Breathing Wall’ by artist Daniel Godínez Nivón.

The exhibition, developed across a year and a half of artistic research, explores the material and ecological life of Derry’s historic walls. Encounters with the stone and the plants growing in its crevices, together with conversations with people dedicated to the wall’s care, including Friends of the Derry Walls and a local stonemason, shaped the research and offered ways of approaching the wall across different scales of time.

Daniel’s practice explores dreaming as a shared space for encountering other forms of life and sparking collective imagination. Bringing together dreams, ecological relationships and different forms of knowledge, his work explores the possibility of an ecosystem of dreams: a territory shared by humans, plants, stones and other beings’ 🌱 ‘The Breathing Wall’ is an invitation to dream with a place and the many forms of life and memory it holds.

🔗 More information about the exhibition can be found at the link in our bio above.

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Join us on Saturday 26 September 2026 for the launch of ‘The Breathing Wall’. BYOB with refreshments also provided by Northbound Brewery.

🤝 Supported by Foundation Foundation, Mondriaan Foundation and Arts Council Northern Ireland.

04/09/2026

🦌 Tomorrow is the last day of ‘Animale’, a solo exhibition by Hanna Tuulikki 🦌
🗓️ Ends on Saturday 5 September

‘Animale’ is a solo exhibition by British-Finnish artist Hanna Tuulikki. The exhibition sees a new commission for Void, the moving image piece ‘Seahorse’ alongside previous work.

The featured works move between ritual, lament and testimony, tracing cycles of violence, trauma, care and interdependence, positioning voice, gesture and multi-species communication as sites through which alternative, more attentive ways of being might be rehearsed 🌱

With thanks to Hanna 🤝 We will miss having this exhibition at Void! And tomorrow is last last chance to come see it.

‘Animale’ is supported by Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

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ℹ️ Hanna Tuulikki is an award-winning British-Finnish artist, composer, and performer based in Scotland. Her work explores our connection with the more-than-human world. Practising across sound art, music, visual art, and live art, she blends sonic composition with ritual forms and visual elements – including costume, choreography, and graphic scores – to tell ‘stories of re-worlding’ through immersive installation, moving image, and live performance.

29/08/2026

🦌 Last days of ‘Animale’, a solo exhibition by Hanna Tuulikki 🦌
🗓️ Ends on Saturday 5 September 2026

We’re in the final days of ‘Animale’, a solo exhibition by British-Finnish artist Hanna Tuulikki. The exhibition sees a new commission for Void, the moving image piece ‘Seahorse’ alongside previous work.

The featured works move between ritual, lament and testimony, tracing cycles of violence, trauma, care and interdependence, positioning voice, gesture and multi-species communication as sites through which alternative, more attentive ways of being might be rehearsed 🌱

With thanks to Hanna 🤝 We will miss having this exhibition at Void!

‘Animale’ is supported by Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

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ℹ️ Hanna Tuulikki is an award-winning British-Finnish artist, composer, and performer based in Scotland. Her work explores our connection with the more-than-human world. Practising across sound art, music, visual art, and live art, she blends sonic composition with ritual forms and visual elements – including costume, choreography, and graphic scores – to tell ‘stories of re-worlding’ through immersive installation, moving image, and live performance.

28/08/2026

🌱🪨Visit from Daniel Godínez Nivón 🪨🌱

Earlier in August, we were joined by artist Daniel Godínez Nivón for a second time as we started on-the-ground preparations for his upcoming exhibition ‘The Breathing Stone’ which opens on Saturday 26 September 2026 at Void.

During his visit, we worked on elements of the exhibition’s production including a visit from Helena Gouveia Monteiro to create a 16mm film and a trip to Omagh to acquire a stone 🤝 With thanks to our technician Barry Davies and artist Chris Campbell Palmer who gave their time to chat installation and fabrication.

The final day of Daniel’s visit entailed a workshop, ‘Lullaby for a Dreaming Wall’ at The Playhouse. The workshop saw participants consider dreaming, its relation to the shist rock and plant life within the city’s walls, and ended with us reflectively embodying stone.

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🔜 Looking forward to welcoming Daniel back for the install of ‘The Breathing Stone’. Keep an eye out for future information!

22/08/2026

🦌 Animale, by Hanna Tuulikki 🦌
📅4 July - 5 September 2026 at Void

Only 3 weeks left to see ‘Animale’, a solo exhibition by artist-composer Hanna Tuulikki!

Hanna Tuulikki is an award-winning British-Finnish artist, composer, and performer based in Scotland.
Practising across sound art, music, visual art, and live art, she blends sonic composition with ritual forms and visual elements – including costume, choreography, and graphic scores – to tell ‘stories of re-worlding’ through immersive installation, moving image, and live performance.

The exhibition brings together new and existing film and sound works to explore how gendered identities are shaped through entanglements between humans and the more-than-human world. Across the works, Hanna uses vocal performance, costume and cinematic embodiment to reimagine masculinity as a performed and mutable condition, reframed through animal behaviour, myth and ecological relation.

🤝 Thank you to everyone who has visited so far, we look forward to seeing more of you during the rest of the show’s run!

‘Animale’ runs until Saturday 5 September 2026.
Void Art Centre is open Tuesdays to Saturdays, from 11am to 5pm.

🔗 Check out the link in our bio for more information about ‘Animale’.

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Wednesday	11am - 5pm
Thursday	11am - 5pm
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