Bay Art Gallery

Bay Art is a spacious contemporary ground floor art space in Cardiff Bay exhibiting a programme of Welsh and international artists. The white-​wall gallery measures a sizeable 1,926 square feet with 228 hanging wall space allowing for large pieces whether solo shows of group exhibitons like the touring exhibition for the excellent annual Jerwood Drawing Prize.
The building that hosts Bay Art Gallery has been an arty place since the late seventies. From 1979 the space housed artist’s studios, and as such it is one of the longest running studio buildings in Wales. By the mid nineties the premises had deteriorated to quite a sorry state. All was feared lost, until in 1997 Butetown Artists came to the rescue, initating a capital project of £1,052,660 to repair and refurbish the building as a public art gallery and 16 artist studios.
The project was completed in 2002 thanks to funding from the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Fund, with other substantial contributions from Cardiff City Council, CADW, Foundation for the Sports and Arts and the now disbanded Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.

BayArt Gallery, situated as its name suggests in the heart of the Bay area of the city, aims to showcase the best of Welsh and international contemporary art.
It’s a relative newcomer to Cardiff’s thriving arts scene, but for Cardiffians interested in art it’s one to watch. There are a couple of upcoming exhibitions advertised on its website, alongside exciting educational workshops for both children and adults.
The gallery is aiming to put on around six exhibitions a year, with the next, ‘Vario’ taking place from 25 September until 22 October (including work by 48 artists from Australia, Hawaii in the USA, and V-​6 artists, printmakers and publishers from Cardiff), followed by ‘Urban Delight’, an exhibition of work by painter Robert Soden, who is interested in contemporary city scapes and urban regeneration.