S1 Artspace is a charitable, non-profit gallery and artist studio organisation, committed to nurturing artistic talent and providing a platform for new work and ideas.
Established in 1995 by artists living and working in Sheffield who wanted to create a different type of studio organisation; one where artists would collaborate, share ideas and create opportunities for themselves.
Widely acknowledged for the quality of its work and the value of support it provides to both artists and the wider arts community, S1 has nurtured an ambitious community of artists and creatives ranging from recent graduates to those working at a national and international level. It has grown from a modest, voluntary-run studio complex to an organisation where work of an international standard is produced, commissioned and exhibited. Artists based at S1 have been selected for the Venice Biennale, New Contemporaries, British Art Show, Yorkshire Sculpture International and regularly exhibit their work worldwide.
Over its 29-year history, S1 has provided 250 artists with studios, presented work by over 650 artists and commissioned over 85 new works - of these six were Turner Prize winners a further five nominees, and over the past ten years, 12 artists included in the programme were selected for the British Art Show.