ART AND ARTISTS OF THE TRANSVANGARDE.
           10th January – 1st April, 2000

This show represents the culmination of twenty-one years of work by the October Gallery in seeking out and promoting those artists from around the world who, as well as representing the forefront of their own particular cultures, are, at the same time, alive to the shifting currents of other cultures and to the development of a  trans-national and truly global culture.

MICHELLE MOLYNEUX: FIELD OF VISIONS. 
25th May ~ June 24th

A graduate of the Royal College of Art, Michelle Molyneux is the pioneer of an inventive collage technique that uses 'out-takes' of photographic prints carefully layered to create swirling visions of phantasmagoric power.

CHIEF Z. O. OLORUNTOBA: THE WORLD IS MY VILLAGE
29th June ~ July 29th

Using Silk threads upon canvas and vegetable dyes upon hand-made paper, one of  Nigeria's most respected contemporary artists retells and comments upon the colourful world of Yoruba mythology in his own vibrantly coloured and ever-humorous style.
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CONTEMPORARY ART FROM NIGERIA
4th October ~ 7th October

A special exhibition to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Nigerian Independence exhibiting the wide range of the work by Nigerian artists. These include artists such as Twins Seven Seven, Chief Z. O. Oloruntoba, Bruce Onobrakpeya, Osi Audu, Jimoh Buraimoh, Emmanuel Taiwo Jegede, Tunde Odunlade and Abiodun Anako..

CONTEMPORARY ART FROM HAITI
16th November ~ January 27th, 2001

Known as the 'cradle of voodoo' this exhibition, following that of contemporary art from Haiti, will highlight both the traditional art of Benin still surviving into the present, and the many exciting young artists who are starting to forge impressive reputations abroad with work that includes everything from masks made from recycled jerry-cans to disturbing but highly emotive installations utilising discarded dolls to give telling commentary upon the human condition of the present.

RENDERING VISIBLE:CONTEMPORARY ART FROM BENIN
16th November ~ January 27th, 2001

Known as the 'cradle of voodoo' this exhibition, following that of contemporary art from Haiti, will highlight both the traditional art of Benin still surviving into the present, and the many exciting young artists who are starting to forge impressive reputations abroad with work that includes everything from masks made from recycled jerry-cans to disturbing but highly emotive installations utilising discarded dolls to give telling commentary upon the human condition of the present.