BRUTAL Bristol Exhibition
At Sparks (the old M&S) in Broadmead, Bristol
Wednesday 8th - Sunday 12th October 2025
BRUTAL Bristol is a collaborative exhibition celebrating the city’s oft-forgotten brutalist architecture through photography, illustrations, publications, and more. Forming off the back of Tom Benjamin’s successful BRUTAL Bristol II zine, the exhibition aims to shine a light on this overlooked period of architecture.
An event on Saturday 11th October will see the launch of the Bristol Modernist Society, a chapter of The Modernist Society, with other events planned across this weekend. More details coming soon.
I will be exhibiting prints, cards and my Brutiful Bristol publication. I hope to see you there.
Events
Broadmead Baptist Church Visit (SOLD OUT)
On Thursday 9th October 2025, led by Elliott Sargent and Andrew Eberlin.
Take a look inside one of Bristol’s newly listed post-war religious spaces: Broadmead Baptist Church in Broadmead. In support of the BRUTAL Bristol exhibition, this visit allows us special access to the ‘church above the shops’ and is certainly not one to be missed!
Bristol Amble (SOLD OUT)
Saturday 11th October, starting at Sparks Bristol, Broadmead, BS1 3DS, led by Elliott Sargent.
Take a tour of Bristol’s modern architectural delights, supported by the city’s new guided tours on the Modernist app.
This tour will take in some of the city’s diverse offerings of modern architecture, from car parks to churches, in support of the collaborative BRUTAL Bristol exhibition. We will also take in buildings soon to be consigned to history.
BRUTAL Bristol: The Photography Walk (SOLD OUT)
Sunday 12th October, starting at Sparks Bristol, Broadmead, BS1 3DS, led by Andrew Eberlin.
Take a guided photography tour of some of Bristol’s brutalist highlights and view the city through a different lens. In support of the collaborative BRUTAL Bristol exhibition the walk, led by Andrew Eberlin, will provide tips for photographing and capturing the city’s brutalist heritage.
Exhibitors
Artists include: Adam Carthy, Andrew Eberlin, Christopher Hope-Fitch, Dave Lowe, David Griffiths, Elliott Sargent, Gillian Livingstone, Lisa Malyon, Mel Gale, Michael Revill, Ryan Trower, Stefano Samà, Susan Taylor, Tom Benjamin.
Brutiful Bristol
If you can’t make the exhibition this 24 page tabloid, with a selection of photos and accompanying text of my favourite brutalist buildings in Bristol, may soothe your disappointment.