The MA Photography programme at Kingston School of Art supports the exploration of expanded photographic practices that engage with contemporary urgencies, personal narratives, and wider societal concerns. This exhibition presents a diverse body of work by Masters students whose projects challenge, question, and reimagine the role of the image in today's world.

The Handbag Factory is delighted to host STRANGERS: Emerging Bodies of Work, an upcoming group exhibition in Gallery 2. Curated by Aaron Horton, this dynamic showcase brings together nine emerging artists exploring the diverse, profound, and multifaceted theme of "Bodies."

Parade! is a celebration of the work created by students in their final year of Illustration Animation at Kingston School of Art.

From 25th June to 6th July, ASC Gallery will present The Impossible Places, a solo exhibition by Sara Sahores. Curated by Mora Pranteda, the exhibition marks the artist’s first solo presentation in the UK following her receipt of the ASC Award in 2025. Bringing together a new series of works, The Impossible Places explores uncertainty through different landscapes.

Fluid Architectures – Poetics of the Self is an exhibition of performative, site-specific installations and performances by Lihong Bai, Lujane Pagganwala, and Vincenzo Muratore that explores how identity is fluid, ever-changing, and shaped by space and experience.

Curated by Becca Pelly-Fry in Gallery 2, Somewhere Between Portals marks Naomi Avsec’s profound return to public practice, featuring over 200 works that document her five-year recovery from a severe spinal fracture. This immersive sanctuary blends dreamlike imagery with restorative installations, transforming themes of pain and resilience into an illuminating, life-affirming environment for healing.

Synthetic Realities presents a series of four visual works by artist Engin Demir, revolving around how contemporary subjectivity is reshaped in algorithmic systems. 

"Chromatic Terrains" explores nostalgia as a tactile, atmospheric condition, mapping the landscapes of Central Asia through the analog photography of Arlau. The exhibition utilises a receding layout of colour, black-and-white, and risograph prints to mirror the way memory becomes approximate and felt over time.

Secret reunites the multidisciplinary Six Artists group: Terry Barber, Caroline Ingham, Catherine James, Gill Lucas, Octavia Milner, and Tabitha Powles. Spanning painting, print, and sculpture, their latest works enter into a lively dialogue that explores the body, emotional loss, memory, and abstracted landscapes. Through precise, intentional materials and deeply personal, autobiographical storytelling, the artists translate their lived experiences into evocative works that connect individual perspectives with universal human sensations.

Occupying the vast Handbag Factory in Vauxhall, The London Group’s 2026 Annual utilizes two principal galleries for large-scale works and a third dedicated to experimental digital art. Beyond static displays, the venue’s scale supports a vibrant public programme of workshops, talks, and live performances.

Set against a global backdrop of "zero-sum" division and uncertainty, the exhibition highlights the collective’s century-long commitment to tolerance and openness. Featuring nearly one hundred members, the show proves that even in fragmented times, a plurality of voices creates a vital whole, affirming that the collective is truly greater than the sum of its parts.

A debut exhibition of new paintings by Camberwell BA Hons Year 2 painting students. 

The exhibition is the Interim show for the first and second year Fine Art BA students at CGLAS. We are providing our own alcoholic drinks for the PV, and have been sponsored by the local pub (The Old Red Lion) who are contributing to this.

Desire Unbound explores the evolution of longing, from the idealized mythologies of the Renaissance to the subversive, identity-driven perspectives of contemporary art. Discover how desire remains a powerful, evolving force in the human experience.

In Outsiders, Elsewhere, experimental filmmaker Xiaohan Luo redefines sound as a physical presence rather than just an audible one. Drawing from her own experience with hearing loss, Luo’s films capture the "vibrations, movement, and light" that signal sound’s existence in the world. Through direct observation of public spaces—from riversides to stations—this exhibition invites viewers to navigate environments where sound is felt and seen long before it is heard.

All Our Yesterdays presents a selection of new paintings by Katya Granova, accompanied by the artist's solo performance within the exhibition space. Granova's paintings begin with old photographs from anonymous family albums, state archives, and flea markets across different countries. Using energetic brushwork and vibrant colour, Granova responds to those moments from the unknown, unreachable past, disrupting and reanimating someone’s yesterdays, the fragile substance of someone else’s life.

Cool it Art presents a group exhibition showcasing artworks from the Young at ’Art programme. Designed to minimise isolation and loneliness through creativity, this annual showcase celebrates the power of artistic connection.

Visit Un/Common Ground Exhibition at The Handbag Factory.

Un/Common Ground showcases photographic work that celebrates community and the shared humanity that connect us—while honouring the cultural diversity and traditions that make us unique.

This vibrant exhibition features work by our trainees, alumni, and youth group. It’s a great chance to connect with fellow creatives, discover new talent, and learn more about the opportunities we offer at The Photography Foundation.

6D brings together six artists exploring dimensionality, perception, and the shifting boundaries between personal and collective space. Through diverse practices—ranging from conceptual image-making to material experimentation—the exhibition maps points of connection between gesture, place, and the unseen structures that shape how we navigate the world. Hosted at ASC Gallery in The Handbag Factory, the show runs 7–17 January 2026, with a preview on 7 January and an artist talk on 10 January.

Opening 4 December at the Handbag Factory, Vauxhall, SEED_2065 imagines a world in which humans are no longer at the centre. Through installation, sculpture, moving image, sound, and performance, artists explore a future where rivers, forests, fungi, and other forms of life are respected and protected — and ask how such a world might look back on the present.

Truth and Lies brings together eight artists whose individual practices explore how the concepts of truth and deception intersect with the making of visual art. In an era where our understanding of what is true feels increasingly unstable, the exhibition asks: has art always played with the boundaries between truth and illusion?

Future Fragments reimagines museum artifacts through digital reconstruction. Using 3D scans from major institutions, the series transforms fragments of the past into futuristic forms — questioning what endures, what is lost, and how authenticity evolves.

FLAVA is a Group Exhibition by 14 Contemporary Artists whose works explore personal vision, emotion, and contemporary life through diverse media. From surrealism to minimalism, FLAVA blends styles and stories, offering an immersive glimpse into the creativity that reflects today’s world and human consciousness.

HAPPENS links Vauxhall art-neighbours ASC and Beaconsfield as both organisations celebrate 30 years in South London. The exhibition highlights Beaconsfield’s commitment to co-creation and artistic experimentation across generations, featuring founding directors A. David Crawforth and Naomi Siderfin alongside ASC studio-mate Minna Haukka, younger artists Emily Mulenga and Ellis Parkinson, and New York eco-feminist A.L. Steiner.

During Frieze Week 2025, a collective of sixteen artists presents The Doorway Effect, a group exhibition on view in Gallery 1 & 2.. Positioned as an independent satellite to the Frieze Art Fair, the exhibition offers complementary perspectives on contemporary art and interrogates how cultural and personal memory is shaped and eroded by the proliferation, manipulation, and absence of images.

A Goodly Company unites 18 artists in a vibrant, celebratory exhibition of materially and conceptually diverse works. Taking its title from the jewel-hued visions of Ethel de Rossignol, the show is a para-pastoral collection that embraces the earth-bound and the celestial, mingling zoomorphic forms with darker notes of alchemy and transformation. At its heart is a resilient, defiant joy—a proposal for a party in the face of despair. Curated by Marianne Walker, this is the fifth exhibition marking ASC Studios’ 30th anniversary.

Materiality is the inaugural exhibition from No Place Art, showcasing the work of 80 artists whose practices explore the physical and conceptual qualities of materials in contemporary art.

No Place Art is an artist-led exhibition platform dedicated to connecting artists at any stage of their careers with supporters, institutions, and new opportunities. Through curated exhibitions, awards, and partnerships, the platform provides pathways for artists to grow their practice, expand their networks, and gain recognition in the contemporary art world.

Experience Ground 1 in London, showcasing contemporary works by emerging and established artists. Explore paintings, sculptures, and installations that celebrate creativity and push artistic boundaries.

Ritual in Progress — London Design Festival

Ritual in Progress by Every Archive explores how repeated gestures—whether in eating, cleansing, socialising, or mourning—solidify into enduring rituals, and how objects carry and renew these practices. Featuring over thirty ceremonial objects by Chinese artists and brands, the exhibition transforms the gallery into a dynamic ritual space where personal spirituality, collective ceremony, and daily rhythms intersect. Each object, from ritual vessels to incense holders, serves as both a functional design and a vessel of memory and transformation, accompanied by detailed cultural documentation. Through the exhibition, live performances, workshops, and discussions, Every Archive invites audiences to engage actively with contemporary expressions of ritual, reconnecting with the deeper meanings embedded in the material world.