Gee Collins.
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About
Gee Collins is an artist based in St Helens (NW England).
Making and exhibiting
They create drawings and sculptures about their hometown’s history of industry and labour.
Support for the art sector and its artists
Gee has worked in art galleries and museums (Tate Modern, Horniman Museum, Goldsmiths CCA) for over 10 years, delivering workshops, events and exhibitions. They build structures for arts organisations and grassroots groups to support sustainable and fair working.
They are a Co-director of Artist-led St Helens, where they have studio space.
Research
Gee supports organisations and researchers to communicate complex ideas, through drawing and animation. You can find out more about their illustration practice here.
CV
Selected Employment
Associate, With-You, 08/2019 - Present (Freelance)
Co-lead, Artist-led St Helens, 02/2022 - Present (Freelance)
Coordinator, Short Supply, 10/2020 - 03/2025
Writer in Residence, Heart of Glass / Weston Jerwood, 05/2021 - 05/2022
Object Handling Tutor, Horniman Museum, 07/2017 - 08/2020
Gallery Assistant, Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, 09/2018 - 07/2020
Creative Facilitator, Stages of Making, Horniman Museum, 10/2019 - 04/2020
Education & Artist development
2023 - 2024, LSBU and AFT, PGCert Peer Supported Open Dialogue
2021 - 2022, Jerwood Fellowship
2019 - 2022, School of the Damned, Alternative MA
2020 - 2021, The Faculty North, Heart of Glass & In Situ
2020 - 2021, The Collective Studio, The Newbridge Project
2015 - 2018, Goldsmiths University of London, BA (Hons) Fine Art
2014 - 2015, Manchester School of Art, Foundation Diploma, Art and Design
Artworks and exhibitions
2026
CRACKED, art exhibition with John Carney, Gee Collins, Liam Cosford, Lucy Evans, Amber Hahn and Mali Non (International Festival of Glass 2026).
Dwelling Together, Residency in Stuttgart, Germany (with Artist-led St Helens and Gedok).
Bridges and Keys, art exhibition with William Lang, Lucinda Purkis and Nick Davies (Birch Gallery)
Kestrel, performance (Body Clock by Billie Winters)
Glass Residency in St Helens (DYCP funded research period)
2025
Somehow, art exhibition with William Lang (Birch Gallery x Independents Biennial)
Studio feasibility research (St Helens Council, Kindred LCR)
RESORT, weekend residency (Heart of Glass, Short Supply)
10 Cheers for 10 Years, with George Gibson, facilitating workshops with HOME Mcr volunteers
Young people’s workshops at HOME Mcr, with George Gibson (Kings Fund)
Live illustration: Coastal Community and Creative Health (Live), Landsec (Live), LSE, Stockport Council (Live)
2024
The Fourth Wall, art exhibition with George Gibson (HOME Mcr)
STASHED, co-curated exhibition (Short Supply, Whitaker Art Gallery)
With-you Allyship network, facilitated working group and research project (With-you)
Reading for the Restless, reading group (Heart of Glass)
Workshop facilitation: Activism and Wellbeing, Peer Support Allyship CPD
Live illustration: Liverpool Biennial, MHSC Incubator, Hybrid Futures Symposium, St Helens Arts in Libraries
Ipof - Co-facilitator of Co-design research strand (Lancaster University)
2023
Workshop facilitation: Short Supply, Castlefield, Artist-led St Helens
Live illustration: Heart of Glass, Cvan NW
I hope all is well and life seems a little calmer for you now, Collaborative installation (Archives at Play 2, Castlefield Gallery)
Library of Lived Experience - Co-facilitator of Co-design research strand (Lancaster University)
2022
Let’s Talk About It, - Event series (The Newbridge Project, With-you)
Tracing the path to new horizons, - Collaborative installation (Dez Rez Projects)
Our Susan’s an Artist, - Illustration series (Artist-led St Helens)
Look Across - illustration for MMU UCU Calendar
2021
There are bits of kipple everywhere, - Collaborative installation (Gloam Gallery)
Look at them all, - Limited edition print (11:11)
Chaos is a room in your house, - Collaborative installation (Turf Projects)
The Infinite Book - Collaborative book (St Helens Art in Libraries)
From St Helens, In St Helens, By St Helens - Community film screening (Lucem House Cinema)
Find your feet - Collaborative print series (Abingdon Studios, Short Supply)
Past the tree line - Collaborative short film (Liverpool Biennial x a-n)
Fake it til you make it - Co-delivered workshops/presentations (Short Supply)
Am I hungry or…? - Creative research publication (Residency 11:11)
Make your own portal - Public workshops (St Helens Art in Libraries, Liverpool Independents Biennial)
A world we want to build - Digital environment and workshop (Metal Liverpool)
A Day in the Life - Co-produced animation (With-You Ltd)
2020
A Map - Collaborative artwork (Studio Collective, Newbridge)
Host of Nothing - Collaborative performance/installation (New Art Spaces)
How To Make the Ground Rumble - Collaborative film (Heart of Glass)
Any Bird Aloud - Family workshop, public artwork and trail (Goldsmiths CCA)