General Practice

Dwindling brings together eleven artists from Lincoln and London whose work is inspired by regional games and traditions from the places where they grew up. Through painting, sculpture, installation, film and participatory works, the exhibition explores how these games change, disappear or survive through memory, storytelling and reinvention. Rather than treating games as fixed traditions, Dwindling looks at how play evolves, reflecting on what is lost—and what can still be rediscovered—when shared local customs begin to fade.
Andia Coral Newton Joana Cifre Cerdà olly Nicholas Simpson Nathan Baxter Karolina Dw

Exhibition details:

* Public View: Friday 24 July, 6–9pm
* Exhibition: 25 July – 8 August
* Open: Fridays & Saturdays, 12–4pm (or by appointment)
* Venue: LAX, Fiik Studios, 28 Cross Stamford Street, Leeds LS7 1BA (entrance behind Billions Lounge)
* Contact: [email protected]

We had a fantastic private view last night — a really great turnout and a beautifully curated show with some excellent work and a lovely overall atmosphere. If you missed it, don’t worry — the exhibition is now open for the next two weekends.

It runs Fridays and Saturdays, 12–4pm, and is definitely worth a visit. It was also great to meet members of LAX in person.

Below are a few images and some further information about the show.

Wicked Money Await is a group exhibition of LAX members exploring the potential of artist-led activity to challenge traditional structures of art production.

At a time when our membership is split more or less equally between Leeds and London, it feels timely to examine problematic notions of ‘centre’ and ‘periphery’ within a visual arts context, and to celebrate collectives, studios, and artist-led spaces as de-centring sites of exchange. The artists in Wicked Money Await carry layered histories, experiences, interests, and expertise, which they excavate and map through their diverse practices. Where people and practices meet, they affect change in one another. To acknowledge ourselves as nodes in translocal networks is to return agency to the artist, outside of the systems and markets that can sometimes seem to contain them.

This exhibition marks the first time LAX has shown work collectively in a place located roughly halfway between Leeds and London. In combination with General Practice’s track record of supporting exchange with other artist-led initiatives, this feels like a fitting opportunity to acknowledge the mutually constitutive nature of our relationships and our work. In a very real sense, we make each other.

Open: Fridays and Saturdays, 12–4pm, and by appointment (DM general-practice.net)
Where: General Practice, 25 Clasketgate, Lincoln, LN2 1JJ

Please note: General Practice is on the top floor and is only accessible by stairs.

Very excited for this 😌

Wicked Money Await
LAX at General Practice
19 June – 11 July 2026

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Wicked Money Await is a group show of LAX members exploring the potential of artist-led activity to challenge traditional structures of art production.

At a time when our membership is split more or less equally between Leeds and London, it seems like an opportune time to examine problematic notions of ‘centre’ and ‘periphery’ in a visual arts context, and to celebrate collectives, studios and artist-led spaces as de-centring sites of exchange. The artists in Wicked Money Await carry with them their layered histories and experiences, their interests and expertise, and they excavate and map these through their rich and varied practices. Where people and practices meet, they affect change in one another. To acknowledge ourselves as nodes in translocal networks is to return agency to the artist, outside of the systems and markets that sometimes seem to contain them.

This exhibition marks the first time LAX has shown work as a collective, in a place not quite halfway between Leeds and London. In combination with General Practice’s track record of promoting exchange with other artist-led initiatives, this seems like a perfect opportunity to acknowledge the mutually constitutive nature of our relationships and our work. In a very real sense, we make each other.

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Opening night: Friday 19 June, 5–8pm
Open: Fridays and Saturdays, 12–4pm, and by appointment (DM general-practice.net)
Where: General Practice, 25 Clasketgate, Lincoln, LN2 1JJ

Please note General Practice is on the top floor and is only accessible by stairs.

We’re currently delighted to be hosting Emily in the space for a two-week residency. Supporting Lincolnshire-based artists is an important part of what we do, and it’s wonderful to have the opportunity to work with Emily. Here’s a little more about her and her practice.

Emily Collyer is an artist and designer living and working in Lincoln, known for her illustrative and positive depictions of the female, q***r body.

As she reflects on current social and political conversations around female, q***r and trans bodies, Emily uses the space at General Practice Studios to adapt her practice. She explores how women can embrace their pleasure and joy through the sickening, in a world obsessed with trad-wifery, clean girl aesthetics and puritanism. Engaging with body horror and camp in a close capacity, she examines how the two unexpectedly overlap and takes visual inspiration from titles such as John Carpenter’s The Thing and Ridley Scott’s Alien, as well as the drag queen Divine and camp icons Grace Jones and Liza Minelli.

Emily uses their residency at gP to develop their painting practice, working for the first time straight onto raw canvas fabric.

HAPPENING THURSDAY!!!!!! 5-9pm Apolune — Returning to Home Base

Join us on Thursday 21 May for an evening of contemporary art, drinks and conversation as we celebrate the warmer days together.

Following our recent exhibition in London with MEZZANINE, General Practice brings the show home to Lincoln for a special presentation at our studio space.

Apolune — the point in an orbit farthest from the moon — becomes both title and starting point for a group exhibition exploring distance, return and experimentation through animation, projection, painting, sculpture and mixed media.

Featuring work by Lauren Winter, Nicholas Simpson, Nathan Baxter, Madara Vimba, Andrew Bracey, Rob Britt, Joana Cifre Cerdà and Oliver Ventress.

General Practice Studios
25 Clasketgate
Lincoln
LN2 1JJ

Apolune — Returning to home base, join us on Thursday 21 May for an evening of contemporary art, drinks, conversation and the chance to celebrate the warmer days together.

Apolune — the point in an orbit farthest from the moon becomes both title and provocation for this group exhibition by members of General Practice. Rooted in ideas of distance, trajectory and return, the exhibition offers a poetic starting point for reflection, experimentation and reorientation.

Following our recent exhibition in London with MEZZANINE , General Practice now brings the show home to Lincoln for a special presentation at our studio space.

The exhibition brings together a range of contemporary and experimental practices including animation, projection, painting, sculpture and mixed media.

Featuring work by Lauren Winter, Nicholas Simpson, Nathan Baxter, Madara Vimba, Andrew Bracey, Rob Britt, Joana Cifre Cerdà and Oliver Ventress, the exhibition reflects a year of shared experimentation, dialogue and exchange within the group.

General Practice Studios
25 Clasketgate
Lincoln
LN2 1JJ

Some images capturing the creative play in the space from our latest artists in residence.

Come and see what they’ve been up to tomorrow evening.

As the world divides, the matriarchy connects. Join Laura Garner and Rachel Olin for Coven of Community — an exhibition that brings together artistic practice with a celebration of matriarchal community.

Rachel Olin () is a visual artist based in Lincoln. Her practice explores spirituality, femininity, and heritage.

Laura Garner / Dexter () is a curator and multidisciplinary artist whose ongoing practice favours analogue techniques and processes.

Residency period: Monday 13 April – Friday 24 April
Opening night: Friday 24 April, 6–8pm
Family-friendly preview: 5–6pm

gP Studios
25 Clasketgate
Lincoln, LN2 1JJ

We are very happy to have in the space 😁😁

As the world divides the matriarchy connects, join Laura Garner and Rachel Olin at the Coven of Community; an exhibition blending artistic practice and the celebration of matriarchal community.


Rachel Olin Is a visual artist working in Lincoln. Her practice explores spirituality, femininity and heritage.

Laura Garner/ Dexter Is a curator and multidisciplinary artist. Her ongoing practice favours analogue techniques and processes.


Residency period: Monday 13 April to Friday 24 April
Opening night Friday 24 April 6-8pm
Family friendly pv: 5-6pm

gP Studios, 25 Clasketgate, Lincoln, LN2 1JJ