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Exhibition Services

Exhibition Services

John Akomfrah, 'Arcadia' (2023). Installation view at The Box, Plymouth. Image by Dom Moore. Image courtesy the artist and The Box, Plymouth

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Spike Island Exhibition Services is one of the contemporary arts sector’s leading providers of audio-visual services and products.  

With many years of AV experience in the arts and culture industry, we have enabled hundreds of clients to deliver large- and small-scale projects and installations at the highest industry standard.   

We specialise in:  

  • Complex audio-visual installations 
  • Audio-visual equipment hire
  • Exhibition design and build 
  • Technical advice and consultancy
  • Post-production for AV 

We hire professional AV equipment to artists, galleries and museums. For details please visit our web page.

If you’d like to speak with us about any other AV queries, please get in touch here.

Our expert team is available to discuss your ideas, offer advice, and realise your project—from initial development to final delivery. 

Our clients

Galleries and museums

  • Aberystwyth Arts Centre
  • The American Museum and Gardens
  • Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
  • Angel Row Gallery
  • Architecture Centre
  • Arciform
  • Arnolfini
  • Artes Mundi
  • Auto Italia
  • BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
  • Birmingham Museums Trust
  • The Box
  • Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
  • Bristol Music Trust
  • CAST
  • Cabinet Gallery
  • Camden Arts Centre
  • CAPC musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux
  • Centre for Contemporary Art Derry~Londonderry
  • Chapter Arts Centre
  • Chinese Arts Centre
  • Chisenhale Gallery
  • Coventry Artspace
  • Create Centre
  • Cubitt
  • DAATA Art
  • East Quay
  • Exeter Phoenix
  • Ffotogallery
  • Fitzwilliam Museum
  • FLAMIN
  • G39
  • Gasworks
  • Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
  • Golden Thread Gallery
  • Haus der Kunst
  • Hauser & Wirth
  • Hayward Gallery Touring
  • Holburne
  • Hollybush Gardens
  • John Hansard Gallery
  • IKON
  • Irish Museum of Modern Art
  • KARST
  • Kunsthall
  • The Levinsky Gallery
  • The Lowry
  • Limerick City Gallery of Art
  • MadeIn Gallery
  • Mead Gallery
  • Metro Pictures
  • Microscope Gallery
  • Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
  • MIRROR
  • Modern Art Oxford
  • The Mosaic Rooms
  • Museo Civico Castelbuono
  • Museum in Docklands
  • Museums Sheffield
  • Newlyn Art Gallery
  • Nottingham Contemporary
  • NOW Gallery
  • Okta Film
  • Oriel Davies Gallery
  • Pace Gallery
  • Pier Arts Centre
  • Plymouth Arts Centre
  • Project Native Informant
  • Royal Albert Memorial Museum
  • Royal West of England Academy
  • Science Museum
  • Sculpture Centre
  • Secession
  • Serpentine Gallery
  • Somerset Film
  • South London Gallery
  • Stanley Picker Gallery
  • Studio Voltaire
  • Tate Liverpool
  • Tate St Ives
  • Thelma Hulbert
  • Turner Contemporary
  • West Cork Arts Centre
  • Whitechapel Gallery
  • White Cube (Bermondsey)
  • White Space Gallery
  • The Whitworth
  • East Bristol Contemporary
  • Film London Artists' Moving Image Network
  • Haus der Kunst
  • Holburne Museum
  • Hollybush Gardens
  • IC Visual Lab
  • Watershed
  • Kunsthall Stavanger
  • New Brewery Arts
  • The Roberts Institute of Art
  • Rodeo
  • Thelma Hulbert Gallery
  • The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum

Venues and Events

  • Art Basel Hong Kong
  • Art Basel Miami
  • Artes Mundi
  • Art Rio
  • B-SIDE Festival
  • Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival
  • Bristol Beacon
  • Bristol City Council
  • Bristol Hippodrome
  • Bristol Photo Festival
  • Clifton Suspension Bridge Visitor Centre
  • Compton Verney House Trust
  • Curzon Community Cinema
  • Eden Project
  • Glastonbury Abbey
  • Hestercombe Gardens
  • Peace Festival
  • Royal Botanic Gardens
  • Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
  • Tyntesfield Estate National Trust
  • Watershed
  • Whitstable Biennale

Universities and schools

  • Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
  • BIMM Institute
  • University of Exeter
  • University of Plymouth
  • University of Sheffield
  • University Art Galleries, UC Irvine Department of Art
  • University of Bristol
  • University of Reading
  • University of South Wales
  • University of the West of England
A screen has been erected at Spike Island gallery using a lot of scaffolding. On the screen, a blonde person is wearing leather bondage gear and kneading their face.

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“From the initial consultation to the final execution, the SI team demonstrated a remarkable level of professionalism, attention to detail, and commitment to quality. ” – Nicoletta Lambertucci, Curator at The Box, Plymouth for 'Arcadia' by John Akomfrah (2023)

“Working with Spike Island has been an entirely positive experience from end to end. This was our first time experimenting with audio-visual content on this scale and we look forward to working with the team again.” – Harriet Wilson, American Museum for 'America in Crisis' (2023)

“We hired an 8000 lumen laser projector with short throw lens, Brightsign player and Art Pro audio converter. Spike Island Exhibition Services provided detailed and patient advice and a real eye for detail. It was the first time we had worked with Spike Island and we'd definitely use them again.” – Anna Heinrich & Leon Palmer for 'Entry' (2023) installation commission for B-side Festival, Portland.

““Spike Island Exhibition services came to our rescue on a project with a very tight turnaround time and with very bespoke requirements, as well as some complex logistical constraints. The team were very responsive and worked with us to find a workable, cost-effective solution to our AV challenge. Both our team and the artist involved were thrilled with the result and I would have no hesitation in recommending Andy and his team. An absolute pleasure to work with.” ” – Sarah O’Reilly, Programme Director, Science Museum, Open NCC

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United Kingdom
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