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GLOAM is a contemporary art gallery, and artists' studios in Sheffield, UK.

29/05/2026

GLOAM Exchange presents: Apotropaics
with The Birley Studios

🥂 Opening Night: 5th June 6-9pm
Exhibition continues: 6th - 20th June 2026
Open Saturdays 12-4pm or by appointment
GLOAM Gallery, Arundel St, Sheffield, S1 4RE

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For our annual exchange programme, we are very happy to be working with The Birley, an artist-led studios & project space in Preston city centre, Lancashire, UK. GLOAM is delighted to share the work of 11 studio holders from The Birley in the first half of this year’s exchange.

Established in 2014, their project spaces exist to support critically and socially engaged contemporary art practice, as well as associated community or activist projects. Hosting workshops, residencies, exhibitions and live events, as well as outside/off-site projects, we support artists who are testing out new ideas, developing collaborations, and taking an experimental approach to practice. As well as the project spaces they also house studios that offer dedicated space for up to 30 artists, working in a range of media.

Later in the programme GLOAM will be travelling to Preston for the second part of the exchange (dates TBC).

GLOAM’s exchange programme is a chance to grow a network of artist-led spaces regionally and nationally to nurture a supportive and enthusiastic community. Past exchanges have included free house (Birmingham), Two Queens (Leicester) and General Practice (Lincoln).

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05/05/2026

Bijan Amini-Alavijeh’s ‘something soft suspends’ has now come to a close. Many thanks to those that came along to encounter their incredible work 👀

A huge thank you to Bijan for their work, care and commitment; it’s been a pleasure to realise this exhibition with them 🤍

Many thanks to James Clarkson & Victoria Sharples for documentation of the exhibition

Coming up next GLOAM’s annual exchange programme 👀 (more information soon!)

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02/05/2026

Today is the last day to see our current exhibition ‘something soft suspends’ by Bijan Amini-Alavijeh. A perfect day to witness the light softly bathe the work.

Open today 12-4pm 👀

Bijan’s work often builds into larger-scale installations where light plays a key part as it casts shadows, reflects, refracts, and alters the atmospheric setting of the work. This is guided by a quiet attention to how space holds thought and how forms, when pared back, can invite reflection and transform the physical into the contemplative.

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01/05/2026

It’s the final weekend to visit our current exhibition ‘something soft suspends’ by

Open Saturday, 12-4pm 👀

The exhibition mimics elements of nature and architecture, with focus on gentle gestures and form through destructive processes. Drawing from fundamentals of sculpture and architecture, alterations to the gallery setting shift the dance of shadow and light. Something soft suspends encourages slow observation and stillness.

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25/04/2026

We are open today, 12-4pm! 👀

Come visit our current exhibition ‘something soft suspends’ by

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23/04/2026

Some surface details of ’s stunning sculptures ☄️☄️☄️

Our current exhibition ‘something soft suspends’ continues this Saturday 12–4

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11/04/2026

Thank you to all who came to the opening of ’s ‘something soft suspends’ last night at GLOAM.

We are open today 12–4

Come inside a warm up under amber glow ✨👀

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09/04/2026

OPENING TOMORROW 🌑🌒🌓

Exhibition opening night: 10 April, 6-9pm
Open Saturdays 12-4pm and by appointment until 3 May

Opens this Friday, ‘something soft suspends’ a solo presentation by artist Bijan Amini-Alavijeh. The exhibition mimics elements of nature and architecture, with focus on gentle gestures and form through destructive processes. Drawing from fundamentals of sculpture and architecture, alterations to the gallery setting shift the dance of shadow and light. Something soft suspends encourages slow observation and stillness.

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31/03/2026

Opening 10 April, 6-9pm 🌑

something soft suspends with

Bijan Amini-Alavijeh’s practice investigates how we perceive and interpret form and space, engaging with abstraction, ornamentation, nature, and architecture. Through sculpture, he works with materials that foreground haptic perception, allowing for tactile immediacy that invites close engagement 🌑

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Images: Exhibition install ‘A Glimmer’ from The ArtHouse, Wakefield.
Photography by Emily Ryalls

25/03/2026

GLOAM is delighted to present ‘something soft suspends’ a solo presentation by artist Bijan Amini-Alavijeh 🌑

The exhibition mimics elements of nature and architecture, with focus on gentle gestures and form through destructive processes. Drawing from fundamentals of sculpture and architecture, alterations to the gallery setting shift the dance of shadow and light. Something soft suspends encourages slow observation and stillness.

Exhibition opening night: 10 April, 6-9pm Open Saturdays 12-4pm and by appointment until 3 May    Curated by Thomas Griffiths
 Bijan Amini-Alavijeh’s practice investigates how we perceive and interpret form and space, engaging with abstraction, ornamentation, nature, and architecture. Through sculpture, he works with materials that foreground haptic perception, allowing for tactile immediacy that invites close engagement.

By abstracting fragments of his observations, he understands and investigates how form can transcend and capture attention through slow looking. A singular shape is often used, avoiding complexities of line and form, keeping close to the source of sacred geometry. His choice of processes follows a similar rhythm, letting spontaneity and intuition play a key role.

Initiated through drawing and developed using intuitive, repetitive processes, he favours accessible and less formal materials such as plaster, paper, wire, aluminium and wood. Where aluminium is present, his chosen method causes harsh and destructive reactions. As the surface bronzes, blackens, and tarnishes, it creates a base to respond to with additions of hard geometry. The interplay between material and process creates an imagined landscape that reflects the interactions between the elements and nature.

His work often builds into larger-scale installations where light plays a key part as it casts shadows, reflects, refracts, and alters the atmospheric setting of the work. This is guided by a quiet attention to how space holds thought and how forms, when pared back, can invite reflection and transform the physical into the contemplative 🌑

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