Discover the rich diversity of Wandsworth’s creative scene here by exploring profiles of incredible local artists, cultural organisations, projects and groups. To search for specific art forms, areas, or profile types use the filters below.
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Louise Gillard is a figurative painter and art teacher, living and working in Battersea. Gillard finds inspiration everywhere, from the simplest dinghy moored in a west country harbour to the bustling streets and commons near…
Established in January 2017 as an initiative to bring together the Guyanese diaspora, Guyana SPEAKS runs a programme of events at the Classic in Tooting Bec (nearly always) on the last Sunday of each month.
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Nnena Kalu (b. 1966, Glasgow). Lives and works in London. Driven by an instinctive and determined urge to build repeated marks and forms she creates raw and intense two-dimensional works, sculptures and installations. Through binding,…
Louis is an autistic artist who also suffers from fibromyalgia, a chronic pain condition which means he is house bound. This personal history is central to his artistic identity, as over the years making art…
The Museum has been described as 'Niche of the Niche', nestled in the private home of the collector and her family. Open by appointment, the tour includes opportunities to style, photograph and handle the collection…
Lesley finds her crafts work very therapeutic; having suffered from COPD and breathing problems, and with everything currently going on with the pandemic, she finds making work in her dedicated garden shed brings her great…
Vera De-Gernier is a self-taught, mixed media artist who has an eye for found objects. Vancouver, Canada is Vera's sweet home where she has her lovely family but Putney is where she lives, works, and…
Ben has enjoyed many forms of observational drawing and painting since childhood, but has gradually specialised in studying the figure from life (and sometimes from photography). Ben has kept up life drawing as a practice…
Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith is a writer, Feminist activist and development consultant of English-Ghanaian heritage. Her prizewinning Memoir, 'The Space Between Black and White', about Mixed Race identity, was published by Jacaranda in March 2020.
She…
art-K Wandsworth is a dedicated art studio offering educational and inspirational art classes for both children and adults. We are committed to promoting the value of art for wellbeing and self- expression, through our tried…
Susan is a designer and maker working in glass, ceramic and print. Certain pieces of work combine the three media to create unique forms. Natural forms are the inspiration for her work, mainly being absent…
Jane Bain is a screen printer who specialises in variable mono screen prints: a number of prints that are similar - from the same series - but all slightly different. Each print is unique. Jane…
Bern is an artist and graphic designer from Ireland that has worked in film and TV for many years. They have exhibited around the world while working as a designer and creative in advertising and…
Steve Reeves is a documentary and portrait photographer based in London. His street photography aims to capture fleeting, spontaneous moments of everyday life that one may see on any street in Britain. These moments, whether…
Alma Tipon is an an Abstract Impressionist. Most of her works are inspired by land and seascapes and rather than producing a literal interpretation, she aim to convey the atmospheric vibes and mood of a…
Patrick Warren is a sculptor who works primarily in wood. His sculptures are based on the human figure but then completely abstracted. He also works in acrylic basing his subject loosely on the landscape.
Ian Barrington (b.1973, UK) multi-disciplinary practice includes paint, installation, sculpture, film and writing since the early 1990s. Ian is concerned with paradigms of identity of which he investigates through sculptural processes, writing and film…
Elizabeth Pybus Sutton is a contemporary figurative artist, born in Yorkshire and now practising in SW London. Trained in both conceptual and atelier methods, she loves exploring the balance between modern and traditional styles and…
Sarah House is a talented and qualified fabric and watercolour design artist. Sarah had a stroke in 2009, and during her rehabilitation (2010–2020) decided to ask her husband (carer/appointee) Richard to design, develop and run…
Catherine Marche is a designer inspired an array of global themes and trends, working with precious metals and gemstones. Having begun her career in IT, painting and fashion illustration, she turned her hand to jewellery…
Timelapse is a public art project formed by artists Tim Free and Brian Neish in 2012. Previous shows collaborating with other artists have been based in Lots Road, Chelsea and New Mills near Manchester. The…