Provocative Pots

New Ceramics by Chris Turrell and Simon Dredge

Presented by Studio Eleven Gallery

  • 10th June – 2nd August 2026

To celebrate 25 Years of Gay Pride in Hull 2026, at a time when identity, memory, and cultural history remain fiercely contested, Studio Eleven Gallery presents Provocative Pots — a bold new exhibition of ceramic works by Liverpool-based artists Chris Turrell and Simon Dredge. Through clay, porcelain, glaze, image, and narrative, the exhibition confronts the enduring overlap of queerness, visibility, politics, and survival.

Far from decorative objects, these works insist on ceramics as a radical storytelling medium — one capable of carrying histories often omitted from public memory. Both artists draw deeply from personal and collective LGBQT experience, asking what it means to preserve identity in fragile times, and how beauty itself can become an act of resistance.

Provocative Pots New Ceramics by Chris Turrell and Simon Dredge Presented by Studio Eleven Gallery • 10th June – 2nd August 2026 To celebrate 25 Years of Gay Pride in Hull 2026, at a time when identity, memory, and cultural history remain fiercely contested, Studio Eleven Gallery presents Provocative Pots — a bold new exhibition of ceramic works by Liverpool-based artists Chris Turrell and Simon Dredge. Through clay, porcelain, glaze, image, and narrative, the exhibition confronts the enduring overlap of queerness, visibility, politics, and survival. Far from decorative objects, these works insist on ceramics as a radical storytelling medium — one capable of carrying histories often omitted from public memory. Both artists draw deeply from personal and collective LGBQT experience, asking what it means to preserve identity in fragile times, and how beauty itself can become an act of resistance.

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