Exhibiting Faith

In this episode David Trigg explores the work of Morphē Arts, a national network that encourages critical engagement between Christian faith and contemporary art. Since 2011, Morphē has provided support and resources for arts graduates and early to mid-career artists around the UK, helping them to think through issues of art and faith and to work with integrity in their creative practices. The network’s co-founders David McCulloch (aka Cully) and Ally Gordon are joined by Sarah White to dis...

In the second of two episodes exploring the vibrant artworks of Liverpool’s cathedrals, David Trigg is joined by Laura Moffatt for a tour of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, the largest Catholic cathedral in England. They are joined by Terry Duffy, former organist and Director of Music at the cathedral, and Dominic Wilkinson, architect and principal lecturer in architecture at Liverpool John Moores University. Designed by Frederick Gibberd and built between 1962 and 1967, the st...

In this episode, David Trigg is joined by curator Jacquiline Creswell and poet Alex Vellis to discuss the exhibition "Hear Us" at Canterbury Cathedral, which centres on the idea of asking God a question. Controversially, parts of the cathedral's majestic architecture have been covered with eye-catching graffiti. But the building hasn't been vandalised; the colourful graphics, which will leave no trace, present thought-provoking questions for God developed in collaboration with marginalised gr...

In this episode David Trigg speaks to Jonathan A. Anderson to discuss his new book The Invisibility of Religion in Contemporary Art (University of Notre Dame Press, 2025), which challenges the notion that religion is irrelevant to modern and contemporary art. Jonathan is the Eugene and Jan Peterson associate professor of Theology and the Arts at Regents College in Vancouver and his scholarship explores the interrelations of art history, theology and religious studies, with a particular ...

David Trigg speaks to Mahtab Hussain, an artist who uses photography, film and sculpture to investigate the Muslim experience through themes of identity, displacement, and belonging. Mahtab was raised in Birmingham, where he fell in love with photography at Joseph Chamberlain College before studying the subject at Nottingham Trent University and Goldsmith’s College, London. While working in the museums sector, he became frustrated about not seeing his own community represented in art,...

David Trigg speaks to the London-based painter Matthew Krishanu, whose figurative paintings explore themes of childhood, religion and the legacies of colonialism. Matthew was raised in Bangladesh in the 1980s, a formative period which has inspired several bodies of work, from paintings based on his childhood adventures with his brother, to his Mission series addressing his father’s role as a priest in the church of Bangladesh, and his House of God paintings, which depict church building...

David Trigg speaks to Birmingham-based textile artist Farwa Moledina about her exhibition Women of Paradise at Ikon Gallery. Raised in Dubai in a Muslim family, Farwa moved to the UK in 2010, where she studied at Birmingham School of Art. Since graduating in 2018, she has been making textile-based works, which, through the use of pattern and Islamic design principles, address themes of feminism and faith, and scrutinise the portrayal of Muslim women in the canon of western art. Her work aims...

Exhibiting Faith is a podcast about the intersection of art and faith, from art in sacred spaces to artists and curators engaged with issues of faith. In each episode, critic and art historian David Trigg welcomes a different guest for whom faith has played a significant role in their life and work. Exhibiting Faith is supported using public funding by Arts Council England. Support the show If you've enjoyed this episode, please consider buying me a coffee