A projected film in a dark space displays a character dressed in white with a blue and red painted face, red hair and subtitles.
19 July – 21 September 2025   //   Lake Gallery  //  Dilston Gallery

Artists’ Film International 2025 // Dream States
Sin Wai Kin

Preview:  18 July, 6 – 8pm 2025 Exhibition Open:  Wednesday – Sunday, 12 – 5pm

Dream States — the 18th edition of Artists’ Film International — explores dreaming as both a transformative state and a radical act, challenging perceptions of reality and opening pathways to alternative futures. The programme foregrounds artists who disrupt linear time, blur fact and

A gallery wall displaying abstract artworks in soft colors, with larger pieces draping in vibrant drips and smaller framed pieces to the left.
19 July - 21 September 2025   //   Lake Gallery

Jess Blandford // Tender

Preview:  Friday 18 July, 6–8pm Exhibition Open:  Salter Space // Wednesday - Sunday, 12–5pm

Abstract painter and winner of Southwark Park Galleries’ 2024 Annual Open Jess Blandford presents a series of small, intimate works alongside a new site-specific installation, where unruly paintings spill onto the gallery wall. Using colour, erasure and layered marks, Blandford reflects on

A colourful flag with abstract leaf and floral patterns hangs on a white pole, set in a sunny park with green trees.
July 2025 - July 2026   //   Public Art

ARTIST FLAGS // The Forest of Wonder

In March, Year 3 pupils from Rotherhithe Primary School, with Artist Associate Kandace Siobhan Walker, together designed our 2025 annual Artist Flag commission while also working toward Art & Ecology School Residencies: The Exhibition in held in the Spring. Through the workshops,

Black and white public park sign directing onwards in every direction by Marcia Farquhar
Launched 13 September 2018   //   Public Art

Onwards
Marcia Farquhar

‘Onwards’ was commissioned as part of Marcia Farquhar’s 2018 first ‘non-survey’ show DIFFIKUΛT. Much of her work makes frequent and subversive use of familiar cultural forms, ‘Onwards’ is no stranger to this leading us in five different directions with a single recurring

Launched 18 March 2018   //   Public Art

Nest Box Sculpture Trail // Questions & Answers (after Paul Celan)
Alec Finlay

In spring 2018, Southwark Park Galleries launched a new permanent nest box sculpture trail across the gallery’s park surroundings, by the Scottish artist and poet Alec Finlay. Download the trail map for free Watch // Park Wanderings (After Alec Finlay After Paul Celan)