Exhibitions

We run a changing program of exhibitions throughout the year. We try to showcase a wide variety of work from conceptual to craft and design work, and we work with artists from all over the world. We exhibit works on all kinds of themes, but we are particularly interested in work that responds specifically to the location and its history and to the ideas of Clough and Amabel Williams-Ellis and their children about art, design, architecture, society, politics, planning, science, literature or any other matter they explored in their long and varied careers.

The 'Agored' and 'Agored Ifanc' exhibitions welcome applications from anyone, whether an experienced artist or a first-timer. We will set a theme for these shows which will vary from one year to the next, but based on pieces from the archive, which will be displayed opposite the contemporary works. Within the Open programme, we offer an emerging artist award and a people's award.

For more information about the awards, and how to submit work for the open exhibitions, follow the link to the 'applications' page, below.

Opportunities / Applications

Themesread more

We have decided to set a theme each year, going forwards. Items from the Susan Williams-Ellis archive will be curated according to the theme for the year, and this will also be the theme for the open and young open exhibitions. We invite artists who wish to have solo or group shows to consider responding to the theme, if they feel inspired to do so, although this is not a requirement. Events will also be curated to respond to the theme, where appropriate. The themes are deliberately broad and may be interpreted in any way that the artist feels is appropriate. The themes for the next five years are outlined below:

2025: Space
2026: Animal / Vegetable / Mineral
2027: Disturbance
2028: The Sea

Upcoming Exhibitions

Artwork from Haiti

Pop up Exhibition
Artwork from Haiti

8 November 2025 – 15 February 2026
A small exhibiton of works from the personal collection of Robin Aherne, who worked in Haiti over a period of many years. The exhibition has been guest curated by Emily Zobel Marshall - Professor in Postcolonial Literature at Leeds Beckett University, who will be givig a talk at Plas Brondanw on the evening of the exhibtion launch. The work includes paintings and metalwork by contemporary Haitian artists purchased by Aherne on the streets of Port Au-Prince during the 2010s, during his time working with the Red Cross and later with MSF, in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and subsequent cholera outbreak. The quality of these artworks testify to a rich and vibrant culture which is under appreciated and little known internationally.

Anghenfil

Plas Brondanw Young Open Exhibition 2025/6
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral

29 November 2025 - 15 February 2026

The Young Open exhibition is a unique opportunity for people under 18 to display their work in a professional art gallery. It is held during the winter each year.

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral

Open 2026
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral

7 March - 10 May 2026

The theme for this year’s Open Exhibition is ‘Animal, Vegetable, Mineral’ which will coincide with the display of Susan Williams Ellis’s work in the drawing room. You are free to interpret the theme in whatever way you like