Ingrid Pollard: RESPONSE
“It is with great pleasure that Ingrid Pollard, photographer artist, returns to the Heseltine Gallery with a selection of photographs. Ingrid was Chenderit school’s artist in residence for the year 2007-8, providing outstanding inspiration for our photography students and leaving a lasting legacy with her large work from the “Landscape Trauma” series, currently displayed in the school lecture theatre. I am delighted that Ingrid accepted our invitation to exhibit again at the gallery, following her tremendously successful creative career. We look forward to welcoming her.”
John Childs, Visual Arts College Director 2002-2014
Opening times
GALLERY CLOSED Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 September due to school use. We apologise for any inconvenience. Gallery reopens Friday 18 September at 10am.
Sunday 6 September – Sunday 18 October 2026
Open Weekdays 10am – 4pm and Sundays 11am – 3pm
FREE admission
Ingrid gave a talk about her work in the gallery on Sunday 6 September at 2pm.
Ingrid Pollard MBE, HonFRPS, is one of the leading figures in contemporary British art, with work in public collections including Tate Britain, Arts Council and the Victoria and Albert Museum, as well as exhibitions worldwide. Ingrid Pollard has played an important role in photography nationally and internationally since the 1980s, recognised by many international awards including Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 2016, the RPS Centenary Medal and Hasselblad Award (both in 2024).
Born in Guyana in 1953, she grew up in London and now lives and works in Northumberland. She is Visiting Professor at the Northern Centre of Photography, Sunderland University. Trained in print-making, film and photography. Pollard is a multi-media artist, photographer, researcher and lecturer. She has developed a social practice concerned with representation, history and landscape with reference to race and difference. Through her practice Pollard uncovers layered histories of representation, making the invisible visible, revealing ‘what we always knew was there’.
Pollard was awarded and appointed MBE in 2023 for services to art.
Ingrid’s website: www.ingridpollard.com