black and white diffused screen print of a painters pallet and mucky hands
Part one: 18-19 January 2025 | Part two: 25-26 January 2025   //   Lake Gallery  //  Dilston Gallery

WHAT NOW
BA Fine Art: Painting third year students at Camberwell College of Arts

BA Fine Art: Painting third year students at Camberwell College of Arts are proud to present WHAT NOW, a two-part exhibition at Southwark Park Galleries. WHAT NOW speaks not only to the uncertainty that faces all the students as they near the

2 November - 14 December 2024   //   Lake Gallery

ANNUAL OPEN 2024

Preview:  Preview: Saturday 2 November 1 - 4pm Exhibition Open:  Wednesday - Sunday, 11am - 4pm

Established the same year as the gallery in 1984, our Annual Open has been a rare opportunity for all artists at any stage of their career to submit work without a selection criteria, making it London’s longest-running open and democratic exhibition. Each

Art Raffle

In celebration of our galleries’ 40 years in Southwark Park, and to raise much needed funds to support our programmes in 2025, we are hosting an Art Raffle. Buy your ticket here Raffle prizes will comprise of unique, rare and short edition

Group of people laughing at a Stand-up Comedy day programmed by Anthony Caveney part of Peter Liversidge's exhibition 'As Sculpture' at Southwark Park Galleries in 2017
  //   Dilston Gallery

40th Birthday Performance Fundraiser Night & Raffle

To celebrate our Birthday with more of our friends and neighbours – we have cancelled our planned formal dinner, and are looking forward to being together at Dilston Gallery on Friday 18 October with a wonderful fundraiser evening of live performances, an

A figurative painting of a family of four in front of abstract green trees and grass landscape. On the left a woman looks and holds the arm of a small child in blue in the centre foreground. On the right man with a beard also in matching blue facing forward leans on his elbows on the ground with another child leaning over his shoulder and back with arms wrapped around his neck.
6 July - 29 September 2024   //   Lake Gallery

We Are Briefly Gorgeous
Joy Labinjo

Preview:  5 July // 6–8pm Exhibition Open:  Wednesday - Sunday // 12pm - 5pm

For Southwark Park Galleries’ 40th anniversary programme, British-Nigerian painter Joy Labinjo will present a new body of work that celebrates our local community in her largest London institutional exhibition to date. Taking scenes from Southwark Park and the Bermondsey area as a

28 September 2024   //   Garden & Bothy

To their fixed station, all in bright array
Kelly Large

Exhibition Open:  Performed intermittently between 2-4pm

To their fixed station, all in bright array is a public rehearsal of a performance for hands through the portals of the Bermondsey Bothy in Southwark Park Galleries’ garden. During her residency in the bothy throughout 2023, Kelly Large investigated the Anchorite

6 July - 15 September 2024   //   Dilston Gallery

In the Temple of the Earth
Paul Purgas

Preview:  Friday 5 July // 6 - 8pm Exhibition Open:  Wednesday - Sunday // 12pm - 5pm

Artist and musician Paul Purgas presents a new commission for Dilston Gallery, incorporating sound and materials gathered from the local park land to create an immersive installation, which builds on his ongoing research into the histories of design, music and spiritual philosophy

6 April - 23 June 2024   //   Lake Gallery  //  Dilston Gallery

Jerwood Survey III

Preview:  Preview 5 April // 6–8pm

Jerwood Survey is a major biennial touring exhibition that presents new commissions by 10 early-career artists from across the UK, providing a distinctive snapshot of current concerns and approaches in the visual arts. Established in 2018, it responds to a vital need

13 September 2024   //   Lake Gallery

Joy Labinjo: Monograph Book Launch

Exhibition Open:  6-8pm

You are cordially invited to the book launch with artist Joy Labinjo and contributors at Southwark Park Galleries, Lake Gallery, 13 September 2024, 6-8pm The event will include a drinks reception, and the publication will be available to purchase for the special

Close up image of a four small bright artworks mounted on a white wall. Each is a twisted fabric sculpture on a small white wall shelf in different colours, from left to right: Burnt orange; turquoise; red with gold sequins; and royal blue and mauve.
6 July - 25 August 2024   //   Lake Gallery

multiplying, flamboyantly
moa johansson

Preview:  Friday 5 July // 6 - 8pm Exhibition Open:  Lake Gallery, Salter Space | Wednesday - Friday // 11am - 5pm

Interdisciplinary artist, performer and winner of Southwark Park Galleries’ 2023 Annual Open moa johansson presents a sculptural conclusion of their project series the five flamboyant [     ] — in which five second hand dresses have been continually repurposed and reconfigured

24–25 February 2024   //   Lake Gallery

Out of Thin Air
The Royal College of Art MA Print

Preview:  Saturday 24 February // 2–5pm Exhibition Open:  Saturday // Sunday // 11am–5pm

The Royal College of Art MA Print students present Out of Thin Air, a group exhibition at Southwark Park Galleries, Lake Gallery. This showcase offers a glimpse into the print artists’ collective journey as they navigate new approaches to practice midway through

PT1: 27–28 January // PT2: 3–4 February 2024   //   Lake Gallery  //  Dilston Gallery

En Route
Final-year BA Fine Art: Painting at Camberwell College of Arts

Exhibition Open:  Saturday & Sunday // 11am–4pm

Final-year BA Fine Art: Painting at Camberwell College of Arts are proud to present En Route, a two-part exhibition at Southwark Park Galleries. En Route, commonly used to refer to a waypoint whilst travelling, denotes the exhibiting artists’ journey as they approach

31 August - 29 September, 2024   //   Lake Gallery

Seniors Art School: The Exhibition

Exhibition Open:  Wednesday - Sunday, 12–5pm

Running since 2012, Seniors Art School is a free annual programme of workshops that empowers people over the age of 55 to learn new artistic skills, share stories and develop their creative confidence. Working with contemporary artists, attendees participate in stimulating conversations

Show 1: 13–14 January // Show 2: 20–21 January 2024   //   Lake Gallery  //  Dilston Gallery

Gone to the dogs
Final-year BA Fine Art: Drawing, Photography, Sculpture and Computational Arts at Camberwell College of Arts

Exhibition Open:  Saturday // Sunday // 11am–4pm

We’ve gone to the dogs You are real? Dogs are real too. Take me on a walk! Students from across Camberwell College of Arts’ Undergraduate Fine Art Programme have put together, “GONE TO THE DOGS”. Understanding that all the works spur from