About Us
Established in 2002, Bloc Projects is a contemporary arts organisation in the centre of Sheffield. We are committed to the continued learning of early to mid-career artists, which is evidenced in our unique artist development commissioning process. Our aim is to present extraordinary worlds that are rooted in the broader socio-political landscape.
Our organisation provides a gallery and two meanwhile spaces for the exploration of art practices, free and open to publics. We work closely with peers at local art organisations, universities and charities to ensure that our activities are welcoming to diverse groups across generations.
With different opportunities and ways to engage with artistic experimentation, our programme carefully attends to accessibility, participation and cross-disciplinarity.
Sunshine Wong on left and Zoë Sawyer on right, 2023
Co-Director (Programme)
Sunshine Wong
Sunshine is an artworker and researcher. She completed her doctoral thesis on social practice in 2019 and her current practice is situated in infrastructures, critical care approaches, and co-vulnerabilities in urgent times. She irregularly convenes TL;DR, a slow reading group that questions how contemporary art makes a place for itself in public life. At Bloc Projects, she developed the online platform Harsh Light as well as programmes with artists including JJ Chan, Eelyn Lee, Kedisha Coakley, Una Hamilton Helle & Verity Birt.
They are on the Board of Rotherham Open Arts Renaissance (ROAR).
Work placement & Volunteers
Isabella Langhamer
Sarah Wasley
Rose Grover
Ethan Caris
Tamara Donaldson
Mahnaz Mahmud
Marina Yoshinari
Board of trustees
Uthra Rajgopal (Chair)
Rose Butler
Matthew Cheeseman
Adrian Friedli
Jeanine Griffin
Ashley Holmes
Frank Lamb
Co-Director (Organisational)
Zoë Sawyer
Zoë is a curator and creative practitioner working between the West Midlands and Yorkshire. She has over 15 years curatorial experience working within, and helping to collectively build small and larger-scale organisations such as Project Space Leeds and The Tetley (2007-2017), alongside independent projects. She most recently worked as Offsite Curator at Eastside Projects, Birmingham (2018-2023), where she developed and curated programmes and projects beyond the gallery, with communities and artists including Amy Ching-Yan Lam, Rajni Perera, Sarah Taylor Silverwood and Susan Philipsz.
They are on the advisory group of East Leeds Project and on the Board of Directors of Corridor 8 critical writing platform.