The QSS Gallery’s programme of exhibitions aims to promote contemporary art by providing an accessible platform for the public to view work and meet those who create it.

It also creates an opportunity for visitors to participate and learn about the visual arts long before it enters the mainstream. QSS Studios & Gallery provides a unique resource and venue for visual artists, which showcases innovative and contemporary visual art in Belfast. Through its ongoing programme of exhibitions, QSS aims to promote contemporary art by providing an accessible platform for the public to view artwork and meet those who create it. The development and sustaining of community engaging projects is the primary aim of QSS Studios & Gallery. Through exhibitions, proper provisions for artist studios, artist talks, and open studio days, QSS gives both artists and the public an opportunity to engage with the local, national, and international community.

QSS Gallery was launched in 2000 to fill an ever expanding need for Gallery provision in Belfast. Initailly it serviced the exhibition requiremnets of it members but in 2002 the programme was developed and broadened in order to provide an open submission policy. We programme 8 to 10 exhibition’s annually and select from a pool of developing and established artists. These exhibitions are selected from an annual open submission that is advertised internationally to both established and emerging artists. The exhibition space is located on the ground floor of the QSS at Bedford Street premises.