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Located in the railway station of central Middlesbrough, Platform A represents emerging and established artists.

Platform A is committed to working creatively, exploring new approaches to arrive at the best outcomes to provide the highest calibre exhibition programme. Founded as an extension to Platform Art Studios in 2011, Platform A is a gallery dedicated to innovative developments in contemporary art through its diverse programme of exhibitions.

14/05/2026

Brinkmann examines the relationship between bodies, objects and space. Working with light, sound, and found/fabricated elements, she considers how infrastructures are reframed and acted on, shifting our orientation to environments. Accordingly, she has responded to the exhibition as a space in which to intervene.

Held together with magnets, hooks and straps, the two constructions operate as a double act. Designing Against Vandalism is made from galvanised racking, detached from support, flipped and stacked to form a rickety cubicle. The space within invites the body, but the structure’s dimensions would surely prove prohibitively tight. A sheet of perforated steel in place of a solid panel on one side hints at the hush of confessional booths. A single strobe is lowered into the cubicle, flashing blue light downwards at slow but incessant intervals.

Hard Shoulder is a barrier-like structure made from welded steel supports, a foldable double mattress and a rusting metal sheet, fastened with hessian strap and bungee rope. Facing the wall, it leaves a narrow gap just too small for passage. Three strobe lights placed in this corridor flicker frantically, generating a polyrhythmic interlace of light and sound.

Speaking to the politics of enclosure, these works disrupt spatial perception, confusing any sense of clear demarcation between public and private space.

Works shown:

Hard Shoulder, 2026, Steel, double mattress, magnets, hessian strap, bungee rope, strobe lights, 1210mm x 1910mm x 1860mm

Designing Against Vandalism, 2026, Steel shelving, magnets, steel, strobe light, cargo net, electrical cable, 450mm x 450mm x 1860mm

Photography by Will Hughes, James Clarkson, and Nick Kennedy

05/05/2026

RELAY [02] opened in March 2026 as the second stage of an exhibition two parts. Co-curated by and . The exhibition brings together two cities with a common industrial heritage, Sheffield and Middlesbrough.

The exhibition closes on the 14th with a closing event from 3pm-5pm. Join us for the final opportunity to view the show, and meet the artists and curators.

14/05/26
3pm - 5pm
Platform A Gallery

Photography by

28/04/2026

There’s just two weeks left to view RELAY [02] at Platform A! If you haven’t visited yet, but would like the opportunity to meet the artists and curators, we are hosting a finissage event on the 14th of May from 3pm - 5pm. Join us for drinks, discussions, and a final viewing.

Platform A is open Tuesday - Friday, 10am - 4pm.

Images:
1. Just Passing (2022) and Just Passing II (2026), Charlotte Dawson
2. Hard Shoulder, 2026, Simona Brinkmann (photographed by Will Hughes)
3. Sleeper, 2026, James Clarkson
4. Holds, 2026, Thomas Griffiths

22/04/2026

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT:

Join us for the finissage of RELAY[02] on 14/05/26 3pm - 5pm. This is the final opportunity to meet the artists and curators, as well as see the exhibition itself. There’ll be new limited editions from each artist available to view and purchase during the event. Light refreshments will be served.

14th May 2026 3pm-5pm at Platform A Gallery.

Images:

1st: Hard Shoulder, 2026, Simona Brinkmann (image credit Will Hughes)

2nd: Just Passing (2022) and Just Passing II (2026), Charlotte Dawson

3rd: False Autumn, 2026, James Clarkson

4th: Holds, 2026, Thomas Griffiths

(Photography for images 2,3,4 by James Clarkson)

21/04/2026

Artist Spotlight: Thomas Griffiths

Griffith's work draws on concepts of control, desire and danger, through the use of objects and symbols. Infused with the nuances of working-class culture and q***r discourse, they reimagine the narratives of commonplace objects through these lenses. Objects hidden in plain sight, obstructive and used as a form of control become defunct- illuminated as a spectacle. Recognisable in their unaltered form- inescapable material connotations are cast- but subtle alterations made by Griffiths give these familiar forms an uncanny quality and prompt a shift in conversation and judgement.

Currently on view in RELAY [02] at Platform A.
Open Tuesday - Friday
10am - 4pm

Images:
1- (Detail), Field (Series), 2026, Thomas Griffiths
2- Field (Series), 2026, Thomas Griffiths
3- Holds, 2026, Thomas Griffiths
4- Holds, 2026, Thomas Griffiths

(Photography by James Clarkson)

14/04/2026

Artist Spotlight: James Clarkson

Clarkson’s work explores contemporary oﬃce work as a condition that shapes everyday life. Working with sculpture and photography, he draws on his own personal experience of cognitive labour to examine how work structures time, attention and how its logics extend beyond the workplace. Clarkson’s new sculptural work takes the form of an abstracted desktop, discarded and left behind. It’s surface slowly gathers fallen leaves, as if deposited over time. The sculpture considers redundancy as both a material and conceptual condition, holding a moment in which work has ceased but its structure remains. Referencing drought-induced leaf abscission, or “false autumn”, an untimely, stress response rather than a seasonal inevitability; the work draws a parallel with institutions once thought stable, now caught in repeated cycles of restructure. As economic conditions tighten, roles and resources are shed; human labour, like the leaf, becomes expendable, cast off to sustain the system despite being one of its most vital parts.

Currently on view at Platform A in RELAY [02].

Open Tuesdays- Fridays.
10am - 4pm

Images:
1- Sleeper, 2026, James Clarkson
2-False Autumn, 2026, James Clarkson
3- (Detail) False Autumn, 2026, James Clarkson
4- (Detail) False Autumn, 2026, James Clarkson

(Photography by James Clarkson)

07/04/2026

Details from RELAY [02]

Currently on display at Platform A.
Open Tuesday - Friday
10am - 4pm

Images:
1-Holds, 2026, Thomas Griffiths (Detail)
2- Designing Against Vandalism, 2026, Simona Brinkmann (Detail)
3- Field (Series), 2026, Thomas Griffiths (Detail)
4- Just Passing (2022), 2022, Charlotte Dawson (Detail)
5- Just Passing II (2026), 2026, Charlotte Dawson (Detail)
6- False Autumn, 2026, James Clarkson (Detail)

(Photography by James Clarkson)

03/04/2026

RELAY [02] ft
Co-curated by and

Currently on view at Platform A.

Gallery Opening Times: Tuesday - Friday
10am - 4pm

(Photography by )

31/03/2026

Artist Spotlight: Charlotte Dawson
Dawsons practice is influenced by the materials and objects found in public and shared spaces alongside objects that reference collective experiences. Currently showing in RELAY [02], her new works Just Passing (2022) and Just Passing II (2026), respond to a chance encounter with, and subsequent return to, the site of a roadside memorial. The hand embroidered works depict a scene of artificial flowers that are bound to a lamppost with cable ties, replaced, bleached, and renewed. The work references the traditional craft technique and aesthetics of church kneelers, present in more formal sites of devotion. The work captures the careful maintenance and layered history the found memorial holds, responding with a reciprocal act of care and devotion.

Just Passing (2022) (left) and Just Passing II (2026) (right) are currently on view at Platform A in RELAY [02].

Open Tuesday - Friday
10am - 4pm

Images:
1- Just Passing (2022) and Just Passing II (2026)
2- (Detail) Just Passing (2022)
3- (Detail) Just Passing II (2026)
4- Installation shot, Just Passing (2022) and Just Passing II (2026)

(Photography by James Clarkson)

27/03/2026

RELAY [02]

Now open at Platform A. Featuring works from Simona Brinkmann, James Clarkson, Charlotte Dawson, and Thomas Griffiths.

RELAY [02] has been co-curated by hardcopy* and Thomas Griffiths. The exhibition is the second stage of a group exhibition in two parts. Staged across two cities that share a common industrial heritage- Sheffield and Middlesbrough- the exhibition brings together a diverse range of concerns, considering how objects and surfaces carry layered histories and reveal the residues of industrial processes, environmental change, and human activity.

Platform A is open Tuesday - Friday
10am - 4pm

Photography by James Clarkson

18/03/2026

OPENING TOMORROW:

RELAY [02] ft Simona Brinkmann, Thomas Griffiths, Charlotte Dawson, James Clarkson, co-curated by hardcopy* and Thomas Griffiths.

Join us tomorrow for the first exhibition preview of our 2026 programme. From 6pm - 8pm at Platform A, refreshments provided.

Platform A can be found on Platform 1 of Middlesbrough Railway Station.

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Middlesbrough Railway Station, 10 Zetland Road
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Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm

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