Private View – The Inside and Outside of Belonging

Join us for a private view of The Inside and Outside of Belonging, this year's MA Fine Art Degree Show at the University of Leeds.

Artists Annie Greenwood, Hsin Tien, Huayu Zhang, Kirstin Harvie and Isobel Richards present an exploration of what it is to belong.

This exhibition – a culmination of our time studying at Leeds – delves into the complexities of belonging, not belonging, and simultaneously belonging inside and outside of place, class, institution, memory, seasons and society.

A sense of belonging is a vital part of life for everyone. It is a process comprised of multiple layers; it is to feel familiar, have shared experiences, and know we are among people and places who know us.

From landscape painting and portraiture, to abstraction, moving image, sculpture and site-specific installation, our work weaves its way through these complexities as we all travel a journey of questioning what it means to belong.

The five of us – working and residing in Leeds – will showcase our final manifestation of our time on the MA Fine Art course at our degree show this September.

Book your place

Please RSVP to fincomms@leeds.ac.uk if you would like to join us in celebrating the opening of The Inside and Outside of Belonging.

Find out more

The exhibition is open to the public daily from 2 to 6 September. Opening times: weekdays 1.30pm to 5pm; Saturday 10am to 5pm.

Find out more about the artists and exhibition on the Degree Show website: insideandoutside.leeds.ac.uk

Follow the artists on Instagram @_inside.and.outide_

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Annie Greenwood, Still from Returning to Sundays, digital video with sound, 2025.