Past exhibitions 2026

Mikk Murray is an artist and curator based in Sheffield who runs a studio and project space called Hedge. In the ‘No Place Art – Edition One | Materiality’ exhibition in 2025, Mikk won the first Hive Artists’ Solo Show Award. His vibrant  exhibition, ‘In the company of trees’ focuses on a deep connection to  nature and observations made when out walking, running or working outdoors.

Mikk regularly records his experiences through drawings which he then works from in his studio. Here, the drawings are repeated, patterns are found, studies made and paintings formed. Inspiration from ancient woodland, wildlife, allotment gardening and local travel usually appear at some stage of this process.

Mikk says,
‘A sketch whilst walking through woodland will spawn a series of drawings which then multiply, creating their own images. Eventually these evolve into the shapes, marks and patterns that make a painting’.

Mikk’s current practice is a journey to create new patterns and images, mainly through processes, reflection and adventure. As a keen birdwatcher, these latest studies are focused on the colour and changing of the seasons that are reflected in some birds’ breeding plumage.

His work is a meditation on belonging being both an exploration of how we find ourselves reflected in the land and how the land, in turn, holds us.

A new exhibition by Maggie Hargreaves. 

A collection of large-scale charcoal drawings, with photographs and recent plein air painted sketches. These 2D art objects relate a continuing interest in our relationship with the natural world, through a process driven practice.

A collection of artworks by Hive Artists and their friends.

We hope you enjoyed this first Winter Salon presented by the artists who run and support this group and a few of their many friends whose work, combined, has produced this eclectic show.

Including digital prints, sculptures, textile works, delicate etchings, pencil drawings and magnificent paintings, this exhibition truly represents the wonderful diversity and richness of the artists working in and around Bolton.

Featured in this first Winter Salon is artwork by:

Liam Ainscough

John Chaisty

Laurence Davey

Melissa Day

Steph Dermott

Neil Greenhalgh

Richard Hall

Monica Hamakami

Julie Levy

Ben Midlane

Dave Morgan

Bryn Richards

Kev Salisbury

Andy Smith

Tom Sutton

Alison Timmins

Esther Womack