Come Together | Cubitt | London
15 March 2025
A hands-on workshop tracing Islington’s radical queer past. Working with clay we will explore how gay history is embedded within the local landscape.
Ian will open the session with a performative talk about Islington’s pioneering queer activism. Clothing and natural materials gathered from Highbury Fields will be used to impress into clay tiles and create your own set of ceramic buttons.
Supported by a-n Artist Bursaries
Free - Please sign up in advance
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a-n Bursaries 2024 -25 | Award
January 2025
Ian Giles is a recipient of a bursary from a-n The Artists Information Company - the funding will support his on going studio research, to develop new skills and networks.
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Van Gogh House & San Mei Gallery Fundraiser Exhibition | London
28th November - 15 December 2024
All artworks will be available for sale online and in person - Launch event Thursday, 28th November, 6–10pm at San Mei Gallery.
Alexi Marshall, Ali Hewson, Amba Sayal-Bennet, Anna Reading, Annie (PulpSculptor), Ben Gomes, Benjamin Brown, Bobby Dowler, Camilla Bliss, Carlotta Roma, Corey Bartle-Sanderson, Daisy Smith, Egle Jauncems, Eleanor Arnold, Eleanor Wang, Ella Merriman, Ellie MacGarry, Emily Jefferis, Farrokh Aman, Flora Bradwell, Frances Gibson, Francesca Anfossi, Hannah Lim, Harold Offeh, Hazel O'Sullivan, Hotdesque, Hsi-Nong Huang, Ian Giles, I. MILLS, Jake Fisk, Janet Currier, Jane Hayes Greenwood, Janne Meijer, James Jessiman, Jo Volley, Joe Gamble, Joe Moss, Jon Kipps, Josh C Wright, Josie Perry, Joy Stokes, Julia Villamonte, Kate Bright, Katie Childs, Korallia Stergides, Lara Smithson, Lauren Godfrey, Lilah Fowler, Louis Newby and Laila Majid, Laura Sutton, Lucy Page, Luke Burton, Madeleine Pledge, Maisie Ridpath, Maria Joranko, Melanie Jackson, Milan Tarascas, Milo Kester, Mimi Lanfranchi, Moe Redish, Mona Osman, Olivia Mundy, Oriele Steiner, Patrick Stratton, Pietra Mafalda Galli Costa, Polam Chan, Puer Deorum, Rafaella Leto Lazarou, Rana Begum, Raphael Barratt, Rebeca Romero, Rhian Harris-Mussi, Sam Williams, Tahmina Negmat, Tawfik Naas, Tiffany Wellington, Unu Sohn, Valerie Savchits, Verity Birt, Wei Yang, Will Vetch, Willa Hilditch, Zishi Han.
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Artist Voices: Ian Giles in conversation with Jes Fernie | Online
24 Oct 2024 | 6:30 - 8pm
Join artist Ian Giles and curator Jes Fernie to discuss Ian's exhibition Everyone Involved and how he works with LGBTQIA+ archives and narratives within his artistic practice. They will think about the roles that memorials and public events play within our collective memories.
Book your free ticket on Eventbrite
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UP Projects Constellations x Deveron Projects Residency | Scotland
September 2024
A week-long group residency taking place in Huntley, Aberdeenshire with Constellations ° Cohort 2023 members: Seyi Adelekun, Holly Graham, Faye Hamblett-Jones, Benjamin Malcolmson, James McColl, Laura Onions, Cherelle Sappleton, Giulia Shah and Becky Warnock.
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The Guardian | Article and profile
August 2024
Britain’s first gay anthem? Why the UK’s pioneering LGBTQ+ protest band reunited by Louis Staples
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Everyone Involved | God’s House Tower | Southampton
23 August – 27 October 2024
New commission and solo exhibition
Everyone Involved is an immersive installation and film featuring A Gay Song, which is heralded as the first LGBTQ+ protest song recorded onto vinyl in 1972.
Funded by Arts Council England - The work will be acquired with the support of Artfund and FoSMAG for Southampton City Art Gallery Collection.
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Middlesbrough Collection: Soft Structures | MIMA | Middlesbrough
19 September 2023 – 31 March 2024
An exhibition of art from the Middlesbrough Collection alongside newly commissioned work from artists Ian Giles and Fiona Larkin; looking at structures and support in society.
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After BUTT Screening | City University | London
14 March 2024
A screening of 'After BUTT' (2018) followed by a Q&A.
Part of the SCC Fashion Stories series curated by Dr Rosie Findlay and Johanna Payton
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Constellations | UP Projects
July 2023 - February 2024
Constellations 2023 supports ten early to mid-career practitioners from across the UK, to develop their practice, collaborate with others, access new networks and contribute to critical debate surrounding the future of public practice.
Curated by UP Projects in partnership with Flat Time House and in association with Liverpool Biennial. It included a conference in partnership with John Hansard Gallery as part of Co-Creating Public Space. Constellations 2023 is generously supported by Arts Council England, the Barrington Hibbert Associates Access Fund and the Constellations Patrons.
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Ian Giles: Artist's Talk & Screening | Originalprojects; | Great Yarmouth
Saturday 16th December
Ian Giles will present a screening of his new film 'Edward / Maurice' and discuss his artistic practice, which fosters new networks to record and celebrate queer histories and experiences.
PrimeYarc, Market Gates, Great Yarmouth
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On Railton Road | Museum of the Home | London
31 October - 18 November 2023
A Play
Funded by Arts Council England
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Living Monuments: In conversation with Jeremy Deller and Ian Giles | Museum of the Home | London
11 November 2023
Join Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller and artist Ian Giles as they engage in a post-show conversation about the significance and role of reenactments, street theatre and everyday magic within their practices. Chaired by Sonia Solicari this discussion will delve into the idea of ‘living monuments’.
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BBC Radio London
3 November 2023
Interview about On Railton Road by Robert Elms
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Live Performance: A Reflection In Time | MIMA | Middlesbrough
7 October 2023
Join the cast of A Reflection In Time as they perform a live reading of Ian Giles’ radio drama
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Edward / Maurice | Heong Gallery | Cambridge
8 - 24 September 2023
Solo exhibition
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A Clear Comfort | Charleston | Firle
Ian Giles & Diarmuid Hester Screening and Talk | Kettle’s Yard | Cambridge
20 September 2023
A special screening of Edward / Maurice followed by a conversation with author Diarmuid Hester about E.M. Forster and queering history.
Organised by Cambridge Visual Culture
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After BUTT & Trojan Horse / Rainbow Flag Screening | The Howard Theatre | Cambridge
10 September 2023
For Open Cambridge, 'After BUTT' and 'Trojan Horse/ Rainbow Flag’ will be screened at The Howard Theatre at Downing College.
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A Clear Comfort | Van Gogh House
29th June – 2nd July 2023
A commissioned performance engaging with the legacy of queer homemaking
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Artist in Residence at Cambridge School of Art | Artists Access to Art Colleges Scheme
Sept 2022 - May 2023
The AA2A project is a national scheme, providing visual artists access to workshops and facilities in fine art and design departments of Higher and Further Education institutions.
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Remembering Ron Peck | BFI Flare Film Festival
19 March 2023
An event in the BFI Reuben Library to remember and share stories about filmmaker Ron Peck
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A Reflection in Time | BBC Radio Tees
Audio drama available on BBC Sounds
Curated by MIMA and commissioned as part of Celebrating Hidden Middlesbrough.
Led by Navigator North as part of Middlesbrough Cultural Partnership and funded by Historic England, Middlesbrough Council, National Lottery Heritage Fund and Arts Council England.
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A to Zine | Queercircle | London
12 January - 1 February 2023
Exhibition
Featuring the After BUTT publication
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Love, Leda Edition | Pensinula Press and Foyles | London
January 2023
An exclusive risograph edition commissioned to coincide with the launch of Love, Leda a novel by Mark Hyatt. Ian Giles has created an original artwork poster of Mark Hyatt's Soho, inspired by 1960s coffee house menus.
Commissioned by Peninsula Press and Foyles
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Queer Flower Arranging Workshop | The Masham | Middlesbrough
9 September 2022
A free workshop using flowers that have LGBTQ+ significance
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Smells Like Gay Pride Candle | House of Voltaire
Limited edition candle made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first London Pride march, 1972
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The London Open | The Whitechapel Gallery
30 June - 4 September 2022
Exhibition
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The London Open: Artists Takeover | The Whitechapel Gallery
7 July 2022
Performance
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Smells Like Gay Pride | Tenderbooks
23 June 2022 | 6 - 8pm
Candle launch and performance
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Open Ramble: conversation with Ian Giles | Gaada
7 May 2022
Online talk for Gaada an artist-led organisation based in Burra Isle, Shetland.
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From Here A Home Was Imagined: Part 3 | CCA Annex
28 January - 3 February 2022
Cameron Howard / Conner Milliken / Ian Giles
Associate film programmer Donald Butler brings together Ian Giles' 2018 film After BUTT, with a commissioned audio response, I’m No Longer Listening, written and performed by Conner Milliken with sound design by Cameron Howard.
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On Railton Road | Jerwood New Work Fund
11 - 13 November 2021
Brixton Community Base
A play
Supported by Jerwood Arts and Arts Council England
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Developing your Creative Practice
December 2020 - July 2021
Funding from Arts Council England for research and development
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Screening Room
Trojan Horse / Rainbow Flag
18 November - 18 December 2020
A month-long online screening of Trojan Horse / Rainbow Flag
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Gay Bar Galaxy | Online via Zoom
18 November 2020
Amelia Abraham / Jeremy Atherton Lin / Ian Giles / Richard John Jones
Guided by the artist Ian Giles, we will dip in and out of Jeremy Atherton Lin’s forthcoming book Gay Bar and screen Giles’ film Trojan Horse / Rainbow Flag. With special contributions from Queer Intentions author Amelia Abraham and artist Richard John Jones.
“Perhaps you could call a gay bar a galaxy: we are held together but kept from colliding by a fine balance of momentum and gravity.”
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After BUTT | Kunstnerforbundet Oslo
Solo Exhibition & Online Screening
13 August - 13 September 2020
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GLF at 50 : The Art of Protest
August 2020
Published review on thisistomorrow
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New Geographies Podcast
Episode 4: Ian Giles
Talking about Open Ramble East and Outhouse
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Tracing the East / New Geographies | Online symposium
4 May 2020
Maria Anastassiou and Ian Giles, moderated by Curator of exhibitions at Kettle’s Yard, Amy Tobin
A panel discussion exploring the changing communities of the East of England, in relation to the LGBTQ+ community, immigration and population change, how do communities adapt and respond to change?
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Nighthawks | LUX | London
Screening of Nighthawks (film, 1978) followed by a conversation between Director Ron Peck and Ian Giles
1 March 2020
Listen to a recording here
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Let’s Gather To Remember Everything We Forget | LU Arts | Loughborough University
Collaborative project with the Loughborough LGBT+ Association
28 February 2020
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Bonington Film Night #10 | Bonington Gallery | Nottingham
Ian Giles / Annette Kennerley / Charlotte Prodger / Stephen Issac Wilson
26 February 2020
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After BUTT | Soho House | Toronto, Canada
Solo screening
Organised by Elie Chivi
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Please Divide In Groups of Two or Three | KV Leipzig | Germany
Group Exhibition
8 November 2019 - January 2020
Curated by Anna Jehle and Juliane Schickedanz
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Dick Van Dykes | Kings Wine Bar | Great Yarmouth
Club night
14 December 2019 | 8pm
With music by DJ Blouse
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Dick Van Dykes | Great Yarmouth Library | Great Yarmouth
Exhibition
22 October - 9 November 2019
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Outhouse | Kettle’s Yard | Cambridge
Exhibition
8 - 20 October 2019
Press
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Studio Four | OUTPOST | Norwich
Exhibition
3 - 6 October 2019
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Scottish Queer International Film Festival | CCA | Glasgow
Screening
4 October 2019
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Outhouse | Firstsite | Colchester
Exhibition
5 - 27 September 2019
Press
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The Rural Assembly | Wysing Arts Centre
An Open Ramble East led walk
22 June
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Strange Perfume| South London Gallery
Screening of After BUTT
15 June | 3pm
Followed by a Q&A with Ian Giles and Beth Bramich
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Open Ramble East | New Geographies | East Contemporary Visual Arts Network | UK
Walks
Open Ramble East is a free, inclusive and versatile group of people working to organise walks as part of the New Geographies commissions.
27 April 2019 | Cambridge
4 May 2019 | Colchester
18 May 2019 | Great Yarmouth
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Trojan Horse / Rainbow Flag | videoclub | UK Tour
A programme of artists’ film and video works about LGBTQI+ spaces, presented by videoclub in LGBTQI+ clubs and community run spaces.
Ian Giles / Prem Sahib / Charlotte Prodger / Patrick Staff / Sam Ashby / Rob Crosse / Hannah Quinlan & Rosie Hastings / Mathew Parkin | With an Essay by Paul Clinton
26 April 2019 | Brighton | The Marlborough | Presented by Fabrica and videoclub
14 May 2019 | London | Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club | Presented by Gasworks and videoclub
15 May 2019 | Manchester | Tribeca | Presented by videoclub
16 May 2019 | Newcastle | Star and Shadow | Presented by BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art and videoclub
Supported by Arts Council England
Press
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Toby's Diary | 15 Orient | Brooklyn
Film screening organised by Alex Zandi
1 March 2019 | 7:30pm
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Call Me Mr Benson | OCD Chinatown | New York
Solo exhibition including works by Christopher Aque, Andrej Dubravsky and Stephanie Hier
25 October - 11 November 2018
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After BUTT | The NY Art Book Fair | MoMA PS1 | New York
Screening
Basement Theatre MoMA PS1
Followed by a panel moderated by Joshua Lubin-Levy with contributions from Abi Benitez / Tom Jackson / Sean Santiago / Michael Bullock
21 - 23 September 2018
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Video Club: Sex Talks | Stedelijk Museum | Amsterdam
Screening
Tracey Emin, Julika Rudelius, Cheryl Dunye, Ian Giles
Dutch Premiere of After BUTT
3 August 2018
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Clay Meditation | Eastside Projects | Birmingham
Performance Workshop
in collaboration with Diana Policarpo
5 July 2018
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Three Models for Change | Birmingham
Exhibition
Chris Alton, Ian Giles, Greta Hauer
curated by Grand Union and the University of Birmingham
9 June - 16 June 2018
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Rainbow Flag / Trojan Horse | Recent Activity | Birmingham
Workshop & Performance
curated by Grand Union and the University of Birmingham
9 June 2018
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Strange Perfume | South London Gallery | London
Book Fair
25 May - 26 May 2018
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Failed States | Magazine | London
The Suburb issue
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After BUTT | Entrée | Bergen, Norway
Exhibition
29 March - 8 April 2018
Press
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After BUTT | Chelsea Space | London
Solo Exhibition | Supported by Arts Council England
24 January - 2 March 2018
BUTT was a pink, pocket-size magazine by, for and about homosexuals
Press
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Different Ways | LUX | London
Screening
25 February 2018
An afternoon screening exploring gay male histories
Sam Ashby / Ian Giles / Rob Crosse
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Autumn Residency | Hospitalfield | Scotland
Selectors: Hew Locke and Katie Schwab
4 September - 2 October 2017
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The Lives of Artists | Global Committee | Online
Online screening with Jaako Pallasvuo / Ian Giles / Holly Antrum / Mark Barker
1 September - 17 September 2017
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Singles | Global Committee | New York
Laura Cooper and Ian Giles
11 April 2017
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Multiplexing II | Cineworld Cinema | Glasgow
Group screening presented by LUX Scotland and supported by the Elephant Trust
21 March 2017
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Recent Activity | University of Birmingham | Birmingham
On The Way To Language
A screening and discussion group
1 December 2016
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Harvard University | Cambridge
Ian Giles | Connected Works
A screening of selected recent films presented by GSD Arts Committee, curated by Kiyoto Koseki
21 October 2016
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The Java Project | New York
Common Room
September 16 - October 14 2016
Press
this is tomorrow | Kill Your Darlings | Gemma Sharpe
Temporary Art Review | Review | Helena Haimes
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The Whitechapel Gallery | London
Is To As Is To
A collaborative performance with The Whitechapel Gallery's Youth Forum: Duchamp and Sons
Saturday 30 July 2016
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Spike Island | Bristol
Clay Meditation
Tuesday 19 July 2016
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Spike Island | Bristol
Production Bursary awarded by Spike Island and The Centre For Moving Image Research
2016 / 17
