Threshold Gallery presents Jennifer Alexander ‘Glimpses’.
‘Glimpses’ is inspired by Aristotle’s ‘On the Heavens’, which imagined the cosmos as 56 celestial spheres. Here, that ancient number becomes a constellation of acrylic sketches on linen – each piece a small portal into shifting ways of seeing. Layers, fragments, and open spaces invite the eye to move, pause, and look again.
The works explore those in-between moments when the familiar tips into the unknown, and when change becomes a doorway to something new.
In concept, Glimpses looks at the self beyond the body – our place in the universe, how perspective can change our interpreted reality, and how meaning can be found in fragments. Together, these pieces form a constellation of questions about who we are and where we belong.
Jennifer Alexander is a visual artist and curator from Scotland, currently based in Northern Ireland. Her practice investigates the interplay between perception and stratification, employing a process-led approach that often originates in painting before evolving into other media. She is a member of Flax Art Studios and graduated from Ulster University’s MFA Fine Art programme in 2020.
Opening - Late Night Art Belfast, 4 September, 6pm–8pm
4 September - 31 October
5 North Street
BT1 1NA
Threshold is a street-view gallery space in the two window boxes of Flax Art Studios at 5 North Street. Regular exhibitions have been programmed since April 2023.
Threshold is an opportunity to respond to the uniqueness of this space, with its large window displays in the oldest part of the city.