Port to Port is an ambitious, travelling installation project by artist Sophie Giller.
Travelling to Felixstowe September 2026
More details coming soon!
Local Yokel: our big summer show brings together the Suffolk diaspora – from small and sublime, to far reaching and universal.
The Mother Lode is a series of solo exhibitions by artists who are also mothers, exploring motherhood as a profound creative force rather than a detour from artistic practice.
19th Feb – 9th May 2026
Exhibitions are open 10am – 4pm Monday – Friday and by appointment on Saturdays.
Want to browse before you bid?
View artworks up for bidding in our Silent Auction at Old Bank, 24 High Street, Saxmundham.
info@theartstation.uk / 0792770421 to arrange a viewing.
Our Silent Auction is open from Monday 17th November until Wednesday 17th December.
In our Silent Auction, the minimum bid on each artwork goes directly to the artist, ensuring they are fairly supported for their creativity.
Anything beyond that minimum bid goes to The Art Station, helping fund our free Arts and Learning Programme and keeping creative opportunities accessible to all in our community.
Another chance to see the inspiring project by Helen Gilbart, consisting of two artists’ books of nearly 800 small, mixed media paintings on playing cards made from the first lockdown in March 2020 to September 2021 at the Poetry in Aldeburgh Festival 2025!
Port to Port returns!
Monday 20th October – Thursday 30th October
The Hold, 131 Fore Street, Ipswich, IP4 1LN
10am – 5pm
Port to Port Art Workshops!
The Hold, Ipswich.
Join artists Sophie Giller and Holly Schofield in creative workshops for adults and families
Click here to see all the workshops!
LAND TOO
The second part of our major contemporary art exhibition, exploring our shifting relationship with nature
The Old Theatre, Framlingham
PRIVATE VIEW: Saturday 23rd August
Exhibition open 23rd August – 20th September
A Major Contemporary Art Exhibition Exploring Our Shifting Relationship with Nature
PRIVATE VIEW: Saturday 12th July
Exhibition open 12th July – 27th September
The Art Station is proud to present Poor Form, a solo exhibition by acclaimed sculptor Karen Densham. A new body of work bringing an innovative and provocative approach to ceramic sculpture, redefining traditional boundaries with wit and satire.
Scenes From A Place Called World, an exhibition of new paintings by Rebecca Riess. 8th Feb – 5th April 2025.
Hedging Around Our Heritage, a compelling new installation by artist William Wallace. Open event: Sat 5th October, 12 – 5 pm, The Old Theatre, Framlingham.
An exhibition of contemporary textile practice in two parts, co-curated by Professor Freddie Robins and The Art Station. Launching Sat 6th July 2024 at The Old Theatre, Framlingham.
An exhibition of contemporary textile practice in two parts, co-curated by Professor Freddie Robins and The Art Station.
Launching Sat 8th June, 2024.
An exhibition of contemporary textile practice in two parts, co-curated by Professor Freddie Robins and The Art Station.
8th June – 31st August 2024.
Scenaria, an exhibition of work by three Fine Art graduates from University of Suffolk. Open event Sat 27th April 2024, 12 – 4 pm.
Plaything, a solo exhibition of new work by Rebecca Riess, in the vault space at The Old Bank, 24 High St, Saxmundham. Open event Sat 27th April 2024, 12 – 4 pm.
A first look at exciting new game Silhouette by Henry Driver, made in collaboration with students and alumni from West Suffolk College and University.
We are thrilled to present I Never Promised You A Rose Garden, an exhibition stand featuring the works of artists supported by Art Station, at the London Art Fair 2025
Tilt, is a large-scale textile installation by Emily Cannell, which repurposes an ex-military parachute into a monumental shelter.
14th – 29th October 2023, Weds – Sun, 12 – 4 pm, at The Old Theatre in Framlingham, Suffolk.
A brilliant new body of work by Abigail Lane using thread, embroidery, the surface of textiles, cast forms, and constructed boxes. Art Station acknowledges the generous support of Henry Moore Foundation and East Suffolk Council, Shared Prosperity Fund who have funded this exhibition.
Player Piano is a group exhibition showcasing six UK based artists who explore different forms of technology in their work, curated by Bob Bicknell-Knight. Art Station would like to express our appreciation for funding from East Suffolk Council Events, Arts and Culture Grant (UK Shared Prosperity Fund).
A fascinating exhibition exploring viewpoint, vision, ways of seeing – by two recent graduates Patrisiya Banova, Melisa Novotna – selected to exhibit through Art Station University of Suffolk Graduate Award. Art Station would like to express our appreciation for funding from East Suffolk Council Events, Arts and Culture Grant (UK Shared Prosperity Fund), and Arts Council England.
A community exhibition, including pieces produced during workshops with local groups, as well as artists’ work – inspired by the 1950’s game show Animal, Vegetable, Mineral where a panel of experts were asked to describe and classify an artefact of unknown origin.
Curated by Annabel Dover & Karen Densham and opening at The Art Station on Friday 2nd December from 6-9pm.
In DIRTY WORK Part TWO artists draw the audience into various forms of intimacy either through direct interaction or unspoken dialogue. Featuring a new participatory work by Clare Twomey and ceramic works by Karen Densham, Ali Hewson and Richard Oliver.
Launching at The Old Theatre, Framlingham on Sat 3rd Sept with live performances by William Cobbing, and running until Sun 18th Sept.
DIRTY WORK Part ONE presents a diverse range of ceramic works, from sculpture to video, which push the boundaries of the medium in a subversive way.
Curated by William Cobbing and featuring works by Salvatore Arancio, Caroline Achaintre, Anne Wenzel, Ryan Gander and Nicholas Pope.
Launching at The Art Station on Thu 25th Aug with live performances by William Cobbing.
An exhibition of contemporary ceramic practice co-curated by William Cobbing and The Art Station.
Taking place across two venues and featuring artists including Clare Twomey, Nicholas Pope, Anne Wenzel and Ryan Gander – plus live performances, workshops and events happening throughout the summer.
An exhibition of new and existing artist flags including work by Rose Finn-Kelcey, Don Brown, Abigail Lane, Graham Crowley, John Christie, Yoko Brown, Russell Marsh, Emily Cannell and Callum John.
Launching on Thursday July 7th and running until 14th August at The Art Station.
An awe inspiring digital experience, inviting the viewer to explore vivid and complex visual environments and learn more about the nature of connectivity – on show in The Art Station lobby space until 1st April
Connection Points is a large scale public facing installation of coloured vinyl across the windows of the Art Station building, a former 1950s post office in a prominent position on Saxmundham High Street
Hayfever Dream was an exhibition of work by young creatives aged 16-24, curated and organised by our young work placement team to explore the joy and challenge of growing up in Suffolk.
A group exhibition of contemporary Suffolk-based artists who connected through our peer network crits led by artists Rebecca Riess and Alex Costello.
Experience the past and future of communication technology in Saxmundham’s Telephone Exchange.
A whistle-stop tour of contemporary art, heading up the beautiful East Suffolk coast by rail from Melton to Lowestoft.
A new dance performance work by Edgefield Dance Company, as part of HERE exhibition.
OVER THE WALL is a short dance piece inspired by a photo by Don McCullin taken in 1971 “Gangs of Boys Escaping C.S. Gas Fired by British Soldiers, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.”
Our launch exhibition HERE celebrates new and recent work by emerging and established contemporary artists with a strong connection to Suffolk and East Anglia. HERE runs June 26th to Aug 15th.
The Waiting Place is a collaborative project and group exhibition curated by Ann-Marie James and Emily Godden. It combines mail art, a physical exhibition at The Art Station, an Instagram account and an online exhibition in a unique online environment.
An online exhibition by Suffolk New College art students showcasing work in a variety of media including: printmaking, fine art, painting, fashion and textiles and photography.
A group exhibition by five final year BA (Hons) Fine Art students from University of Suffolk, showcasing new work by Shauna King, Ella Lockwood, Michaela Shorb, Elgin Thwaites, and Kieran Wilson through a virtual exhibition.
Beyond is a large suspended sculpture by Suffolk-based artist Fred Lankester. Installed in our ground floor entrance foyer, it is visible from outside, illuminated as night falls it creates reflections of light from Saxmundham High Street..
Whispered Sculptures by artist and writer Maddie Exton follows the journey of a fictional sculpture through a game of digital ‘Chinese whispers’.
The old bank house flat, a former 1865 merchant’s house, became the location for UNBOXED. Artists were asked to work with, within and/or deliver works that could both be boxed and unboxed.
Mal Watson turned the station waiting room into a camera obscura viewed from the platform enabling station users to witness 24hours in the life of a rural station.
Clare Palmier and Jane Watt worked with Saxmundham Museum to use images from their archive of the market town in the nineteenth century. They created backlit silhouette and pinprick festive images on the station waiting room door.
Using 360 filming, 3 Suffolk landscapes were created within the waiting room and experienced by the audience using VR headsets and projected as a live stream on the walls.