artists at D6
We work with extraordinary artists, supporting them to create exceptional work and drive social change through creativity and solidarity.
The journeys we embark on with artists are collaborative, fostering new connections and creating opportunities for growth and development. This includes residencies based in our studios in Newcastle, as well as international residencies with partners.
We encourage artists to develop their ideas through research, experimentation and dialogue, with the freedom to embrace the unexpected, adapt to new discoveries and work at their own pace. We describe this approach as research as practice. By prioritising the development of ideas and artistic practice over short-term engagement, we create the conditions for deeper exploration and lasting impact. You can read more about our artist-centred approach to residencies here.
Our work with artists spans more than 30 years. You can explore this history in our Artists Archive.
The journeys we embark on with artists are collaborative, fostering new connections and creating opportunities for growth and development. This includes residencies based in our studios in Newcastle, as well as international residencies with partners.
We encourage artists to develop their ideas through research, experimentation and dialogue, with the freedom to embrace the unexpected, adapt to new discoveries and work at their own pace. We describe this approach as research as practice. By prioritising the development of ideas and artistic practice over short-term engagement, we create the conditions for deeper exploration and lasting impact. You can read more about our artist-centred approach to residencies here.
Our work with artists spans more than 30 years. You can explore this history in our Artists Archive.
Artists in residence at d6 |
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Based in the North of England, Paul works with sound, text and recorded archive materials to explore the relationships between memory and sound, with a focus on stories of migration, diaspora and postcolonial identity. Paul is one of the UK artists participating in the international programme Contested Desires: Constructive Dialogues, taking part in residencies in Cyprus, Hungary, Portugal and the UK.
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Ziza is a multidisciplinary artist of Rwandan heritage based in the North East, engaging with performance and installation to challenge preconceived ideologies about identity, power and blackness. One of the UK artists selected for Contested Desires: Constructive Dialogues, they have taken part in residencies at the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Chile, Museo Egzio in Italy and D6. Ziza is a D6 Associate Artist.
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Roya GhassemiBased in the UK, and originally from Iran, Roya is an interdisciplinary artist, exploring human experience, memory, the environment and connection through material and conversational forms. In June 2026, she was selected as the UK Fellow for ASSEMBLE, a transnational programme responding to climate emergencies and linking artists and curators across Cyprus, Spain, Ukraine and the UK.
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international visiting artists
Andreas mallourisContested Desires artist Andreas explores ideas of vulnerability and care in the context of the impact of British imperialism on the lives of queer people around the world. In October 2024, he took part in a residency at D6 gaining inspiration from queer gardening collective, TopSoil, and exhibited the ensuing artwork in the Contested Desires group exhibition at the Great North Museum: Hancock. Andreas has also presented new work at The Late Shows 2025 and Xarkis 2026.
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Elisabeth efua sutherlandArtist and theatre practitioner Elisabeth's practice is driven by a desire to map stories, bodies and mythologies, and to examine the visibility (or lack of) and curation of Black and African histories. During three Contested Desires residencies at D6 in Newcastle, she developed a body of work that mapped interconnecting stories of Black and African people who visited the city or made it their home during an era of empire and abolition, presenting this at the Great North Museum: Hancock and the Tyne Theatre & Opera House's 1867 Café Bar.
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Fabio is a Cuban journalist, archivist, and curator based in San Sebastián, in the Basque Country, Spain. He joins ASSEMBLE as the Spain Fellow, alongside fellows from Cyprus, Ukraine and the UK, to explore the climate emergency at the intersection of displacement, conflict and ecological decline. Over 12 months, the four fellows will develop projects and build communities around themes of mobility, belonging, care and collective action.
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Lucy is a multimedia artist and curator whose practice spans film, painting and installation. D6 and Lucy have a long established relationship going back to 2019 when she took part in a research residency, returning in 2022 following the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Currently, she is an Associate Artist and a partner with Congress of Cultural Activists in ASSEMBLE.
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isaac nana opoku - AFROSCOPE |
Maria Luigia Gioffre |
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AFROSCOPE is a multidisciplinary artist and designer from Tema, Ghana. They are taking part in Contested Desires, with residencies in Cyprus, Italy and the UK. In response to the erasure of indigenous textile practices through colonisation, they created a multidimensional textile piece that serves as both artefact and archive - exhibited in the Contested Desires group exhibition at the Great North Museum: Hancock. In dialogue with the textile, Nana compiled a digital archive of the many objects they encountered during their residency at the Museo delle Civiltà in Rome.
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For Contested Desires Maria developed a new body of work entitled Waiting Wars, a series of performative interventions that reflect on liturgies of waiting for wars. The work started as a site-specific response to the Unesco Heritage site of Fort bij Vijfhuizen in the Netherlands. Developed in its first two chapters through traditional chants, spoken poems and dance movements, the third chapter was presented at Contested Desires group exhibition at the Great North Museum: Hancock and the final chapter at the Xarkis Festival in Cyprus.
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Maria ProshkovskaMaria is a conceptual artist and curator from Kyiv, Ukraine. She joins ASSEMBLE as the Ukraine Fellow, alongside fellows from Cyprus, Spain and the UK, to explore the climate emergency at the intersection of displacement, conflict and ecological decline. Over 12 months, the four fellows will develop projects and build communities around themes of mobility, belonging, care and collective action.
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Mokia Dinnyuy ManjohBased in Nicosia, Cyprus, Mokia curates, organises and publishes with SAVVY Contemporary in Berlin, and with SAVVY Kwata in Cameroon - a library and community space for preserving knowledge that exists beyond the written word. He is the Cyprus Fellow for ASSEMBLE. Over 12 months, the four fellows will develop projects and build communities around themes of mobility, belonging, care and collective action.
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Rafael is a visual artist and documentary filmmaker from Chile, exploring the relationship between human beings and their environment. During his Contested Desires residencies, Rafael worked with young people in Rome, Santiago and Newcastle to explore the contradictory nature of explorers. Rafael exhibited the ensuing artwork in the Contested Desires group exhibition at the Great North Museum: Hancock, The Late Shows 2025 and the Xarkis Festival in Cyprus.
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