Ikon Eastside is an art gallery

Art gallery

An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.Museums can be public or private, but what distinguishes a museum is the ownership of a collection...

 in the Digbeth

Digbeth

Digbeth is an area of Birmingham, England. Following the destruction of the Inner Ring Road, Digbeth is now considered a district within Birmingham City Centre. As part of the Big City Plan, Digbeth is undergoing a large redevelopment scheme that will regenerate the old industrial buildings into...

 area of Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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The gallery opened in 2006 as a second venue for the long-established Ikon Gallery

Ikon Gallery

The Ikon Gallery is an English gallery of contemporary art, located in Brindleyplace, Birmingham. It is housed in the Grade II listed, neo-gothic former Oozells Street Board School, designed by John Henry Chamberlain in 1877. The gallery's current director is Jonathan Watkins.Ikon was set up to...

 in Brindleyplace

Brindleyplace

Brindleyplace is a large mixed-use canalside development, in the Westside district of Birmingham, England. It is often written erroneously as Brindley Place, the name of the street around which it is built...

. It was housed in a Victorian former chapel and Sunday school, recognisable by the enigmatic words "Stay away from Lonely Places" prominently displayed on the façade - an artwork by Canadian artist Ron Terada

Ron Terada

Ron Terada is a Vancouver-based artist working in various media, including painting, photography, video, sound, books, and graphic design.- Life and Work :Terada received his Fine Arts diploma in 1991 from in Vancouver, British Columbia...

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This venue closed on summer 2007, but the gallery re-opened in a different building a short distance away in May 2008. It is now closed during the winter months and will re-open in Spring 2009.