The Berni Gallery is an integral part of the Jersey Arts Centre, an arts complex in the centre of St. Helier comprising a 250-seat theatre, a number of craft and meeting rooms, a photographic darkroom, and a bar/ restaurant. The gallery, doubling as a foyer to the theatre, is located on the first floor and is reached by the main staircase or lift for wheelchair access.
During the day the gallery receives visits from a broad section of the community, including school parties during term time, and in the evening when the theatre is in use as many as 250 people may pass through, viewing work before the performance and in the interval.
Phillips Street is situated east of Bath Street and the Jersey Arts Centre is some 75 yards from Minden Place multi-storey car park. The Arts Centre is open Monday to Saturday from 7.30am until 10.30pm, and on Sundays for performances only.
For further information about the gallery as well as application guidelines, please download the information pack below.
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In the summer of 2009, Jersey artist Virginia Colback found herself stranded by bad weather on the Ecrehous reef, where she spent the enforced exile sketching and painting. The experience intensified her fascination with the Island's marine and coastal environment...
Jersey’s Temps Passé is rapidly fading from our shared public experience. Narratives based around local traditions, agriculture and family life
are depicted in the exhibition Collected Memories, Collecting Dust by local artist Rychèl Thérin. Her photographs of objects from around her...
Known for his contemporary drama and published poetry, Tiziano Fratus has, in recent years, dedicated his passion to the appreciation and enhancement of the heritage and secular trees in his region, the Piedmont in Italy, and in the world. This exhibition is a collection of his findings, based...
The spirit of art is alive and well in this exhibition of work by ten of Jersey’s finest octogenarian artists. The exhibition, curated by Gabrielle Radiguet, aims to draw attention to the value...
Six Jersey artists come together to explore their identities. With a time constraint of less than 36 hours they will be exploring self, the use of various media and materials, space. All the work must be created within this time constraint and on site at the gallery in time for the preview...
A selection of photographs from the collection, this exhibition takes us from 19th century prints – Fox Talbot, Lady Hawarden, Mrs Cameron and Frank Meadow Sutcliffe – through to images from the early part of the last...
Ralph Elliott was an extremely popular figure and a well-respected artist in Jersey. Drawing was the mainstay of his practice, providing the foundation for his series of work on urban landscapes and his more recent ‘Angry Man’ paintings. In December 2009, Ralph passed away after a long fight...
PERCEPTION is defined as: 'The intuitive recognition of a truth' But often truth is many-sided
Clare Ormsby said how her work had developed on from her previous exhibitions of paintings. "I have taken everyday objects and enhanced them in my own inimitable style, a step into the...
In its 28th year, the Fox Open Art Competition is an established art competition run annually and open to all Channel Islanders, whether professional or amateur artists. This year’s prizes total £1,750 and are awarded to artists who, in the opinion of the judge, have produced the most original...
Artist Sara Job was invited by the The Arts in Health Care Trust to be Artist in Residence for six months. Based at The Hollies Day Care Centre Sara interacted with the clients which formed the inspiration for her exhibition.
Sara describes her experience as having 3 phases. Firstly...
Jersey born Katy Brown, exhibits her beautiful and ethereal landscapes of the elements and earth that surround her daily life as a painter living in Cornwall. Her studies of nature and light are thoughtfully and expressively applied in oils and glaze, creating anemotional ambiance that is both...
In the ‘60s and ‘70s, Jersey basked in the sunshine as a popular holiday destination. This exhibition of paintings celebrates Tourism’s ‘golden days’ as well as looking at island life itself. Focusing on people and activities, the paintings are about nostalgia and recollection - a snapshot of...
The Jersey Photographic Club are exhibitiing a collection of work from their members in their annual exhibition. Find out more about the Club at www.jerseyphotoclub.com
Private View: 6.30pm Monday 29th March.
Even today, when everything in art is supposedly permitted, the work of brothers Jake and Dinos Chapman still has the whiff of scandal and transgression. Their obsession with the ‘dark’, chaotic...
Come and see the ‘Flying Branchage’, ‘Big Puffin’, ‘Côti Undercarriage’ and ‘Air Vraicing’ at St. Ouen’s Bay, in a slightly inaccurate but amusing view of aviation history in Jersey, illustrated by Mark Brown.
A reflection on one of the greatest twentieth century artists, Francis Bacon. 2009 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Francis Bacon and this exhibition will pay tribute to the artist and his work with an exhibition of work by GCSE, A-Level and Highlands students. The work on show will aim...
From 20th November to 3rd December 2008, a professional artist, Jason Butler and the MAT Fundraising Coordinator, Sam Evans traveled to Rwanda to see the Mines Awareness Trust (MAT) de-mining projects in action.
After the Genocide in 1994, Rwanda was left with 16 minefields...
In its 27th year, the Fox Open Art Competition is an established art competition run annually and open to all Channel Islanders, whether professional or amateur artists. This year’s prizes total £1,750 and are awarded to artists who, in the opinion of the judge, have produced the most original...
Japanese Ceramics and Prints touring exhibition
Art in Life brings together 19th Century ukiyo-e prints and 20th Century studio ceramics from York Museums Trust's collections linked through the theme of everyday life.
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Sponsored by Gallery Magazine, this exhibition features artwork from Jersey’s art students who are studying on Visual Arts courses in Jersey and the UK.
(Image of a glass sculpture by last year's winner Helen Barnes)
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Open Installation: Monday 29th June - Friday 3rd July
Rostone, Dred and Vinyl Matt from the Guernsey based Readerswives Collective; bring their own brand of eclectic monster madness to the Berni Gallery whilst a similar exhibition runs concurrently in the Centre Fold Gallery in Guernsey...
Jersey Amnesty International Human Rights Festival 2009
The images of Iraq & Afghanistan the media wouldnt publish and Governments dont want you to see. Battlespace reveals the unseen cost to civilians and soldiers. They reflect the personal experiences of a group of photographers,...
Come if you dare to see the strange and wonderful creatures washed up on Jersey’s shores, found by local children whilst working with Junk Artist Shiam Wilcox.
Preview Night: Monday 1 June, 5.30pm to 7pm.
Always described as the 'basis' of great art, good drawing has been considered the most fundamental discipline of the artist’s skill.
Consisting of nearly 30 mixed media drawings from private collections in the Island, this...
Clare Ormsby returns to the Berni Gallery with her solo exhibition ‘PROPHECIES’ a brand new collection of paintings. Described as ‘allegorical abstracts’ each picture features a biblical narrative portrayed in Clare’s distinctively colourful and beautifully detailed style.
Clare also has...
Karen's work focuses on ways in which to represent the body in a non-traditional manner and addresses themes and issues related predominantly to the female body. Through drawing, photography and sculpture she investigates three dimensional forms. Often the work evokes paradoxical feelings,...
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