Birmingham’s Stryx Gallery will hold their first ever commercial exhibition aimed at children and their families this month.

The gallery will be transformed into a colourful playroom where a selection of affordable, child-friendly illustrations, paintings, collages and soft sculptures will be for sale.

Redefining what a commercial gallery looks and feels like, this imaginative group show will feature more than 30 works by 12 local artists, who are represented by Stryx in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. Among the artworks will be depictions of animals, birds and circus scenes, as well as more abstract, decorative patterns and fun still life scenes featuring LEGO, dummies and family-friendly belongings.

The gallery will be curated like a child’s playroom, with many of the artworks framed and ready to hang in domestic spaces. This will give families an idea of what the artworks would look like back at home – in a nursery, bedroom or other shared spaces.

With prices starting at just £20, families of all income brackets will be able to buy at this exhibition. The works for sale have been made by professional artists, meaning this is also a potential investment opportunity for emerging collectors. For the price of a shop-bought poster, families can take home an original piece of art.

Catering for families, this exhibition has been devised in synergy with Stryx Gallery’s wider programme, including the Mothership residency, which saw 12 artist-mothers and their children create new work side by-side in the gallery’s purpose-built studio space.

The gallery also works with artists to deliver creative ‘Stay and Play’ workshops for children. Now, the gallery is inviting its youngest audience members to better understand the value of art, as part of their creative development.

For more information, visit: stryx.co.uk