Florence Peake
Southwark Park Galleries’ 2023 exhibition programme will launch this spring with a new immersive and performative installation by internationally renowned choreographer and visual artist Florence Peake. Enveloping both our galleries, Peake’s major solo commission will present a body of monumental paintings using
Tim Spooner
In summer, Southwark Park Galleries will present an extensive installation by multidisciplinary artist Tim Spooner for his largest UK solo exhibition in a visual arts organisation. Spooner has been creating immersive sculptural interventions and performances since 2010, which have been predominantly experienced
Alter/Altar
Camberwell College of Arts Third Year BA Fine Art: Painting
Alter/Altar presents works by the graduating students of Camberwell College BA Painting degree at Southwark Park Galleries in January and February of 2023. Over one hundred emerging artists will participate in this two-week exhibition, which takes place simultaneously at the Lake Gallery
PIT
Camberwell College of Arts Third Year BA Fine Art: Drawing | Photography | Sculpture
The PIT is a little hard, a little bitter, a little sweet. It is a hole where you can find things. You can spit it out, or you can eat it whole. It can be deep or shallow. Empty and full. Presenting
Annual Open Exhibition 2022
Now in its 38th year, we are delighted to announce 2022’s Annual Open at Southwark Park Galleries taking place both online and in our Lake Gallery. Each year a ‘Best in Show’ prize is awarded, generously donated by Breckman & Company. We are
Second Nature
Miko Veldkamp
‘Second Nature’ is the first UK institutional solo show of Suriname born Dutch-Indonesian painter Miko Veldkamp. Continuing his exploration on race, privilege and cross-cultural identity, Veldkamp has created a new body of large scale paintings where literal and symbolic references to disperse
The Spirit of the Salters Lives On
Featured artists and contributors include: Eugene Ankomah // E.F. Ball // Paul Butler // Jane Deakin // Diane Gorvin // Nigel Moyce // Peter and Sue Rogers // Sarah Vaughan // Karin Wach and Leanne Werner This exhibition celebrates Ada (1866–1942) and
The High Life
Lydia Blakeley
The High Life will be Lydia Blakeley’s largest solo exhibition in the UK presenting a series of paintings, painted sculptural sun loungers and cool box planters containing cacti and crystals. Taking the 1995 Microsoft advertising campaign ‘Where do you want to go today?’
Tilt Shift: Shadows of the Seasoned Sun
Candida Powell-Williams
Tilt Shift: Shadows of the Seasoned Sun is Candida Powell-Williams’ most ambitious exhibition to date. Inspired by gardens that drip with myths, mysticism and metaphorical associations to female bodies, Tilt Shift responds to Southwark Park. With a nod to local social reformer
Unruly Encounters
The Royal College of Art // SoAH PhD, MPhil and MRes
“Perception is not simply embedded within and constrained by the surrounding world; it also contributes to the enactment of this surrounding world.”¹ ‘Unruly Encounters’ takes its title from Francisco J. Varela’s 1995 essay ‘The Re-enchantment of the Concrete’. This text explores the
Impressions
Royal College of Art Print MA
Impressions at Southwark Park Galleries will showcase the work of final year students from the Royal College of Art MA Print programme. Alluding to the notion of impressions found in printmaking, this group investigates different ways of thinking about the medium. Within
Southwark Park Association 1869 Photography Competition
Southwark Park Association 1869 are pleased to present an exhibition that celebrates our beautiful park and wildlife within in it. The show presents a series of photographs selected from 150 submissions by local adults and children. The exhibition will also contain a
We’re Watching You pt.2
Camberwell School of Arts // Final year BA Fine Art: Painting
The BA Fine Art: Painting finalists at Camberwell College of Arts are proud to present their new year exhibition ‘We’re Watching You’ at Southwark Park Galleries. The exhibition, spread across two sites in the Dilston Gallery and Lake Gallery, presents a diverse
We’re Watching You pt.1
Camberwell School of Arts // Final year BA Fine Art: Painting
The BA Fine Art: Painting finalists at Camberwell College of Arts are proud to present their new year exhibition ‘We’re Watching You’ at Southwark Park Galleries. The exhibition, spread across two sites in the Dilston Gallery and Lake Gallery, presents a diverse