2025

Experiments in Sound with Sophie Huckfield, Nnena Kalu & Rebecca Kressley, Abbas Zahedi and more
Upcoming Exhibition
20 January – 28 March 2026

Attack Decay Sustain Release Experiments in Sound with Sophie Huckfield, Nnena Kalu & Rebecca Kressley, Abbas Zahedi and more

Attack Decay Sustain Release presents a series of experimental artist residencies that explore the ways that sound can play distinct roles within artistic production. The phrase Attack Decay Sustain Release (ADSR) is used in sound production to denote the four phases of a sound envelope, in terms of its volume and strength over time. Over Experiments in Sound with Sophie Huckfield, Nnena Kalu & Rebecca Kressley, Abbas Zahedi and more

Dancers in Residence
Past Exhibition / Online / Students
16 September – 20 December 2025

Dancers in Residence

In response to Davinia-Ann Robinson’s Through an Embodied Practice of Stillness

Dance Artist

During Autumn 2025, Dance students from Kingston School of Art undertook a Dance Artists-in-Residence opportunity with Stanley Picker Fellow Davinia-Ann Robinson, contributing screen-dance works in dialogue with her exhibition Through an Embodied Practice of Stillness. Their filmed responses, developed through sustained engagement with Robinson’s somatic, ecological, and material research processes, will be shared online as part of the Dancers in Residence

Engaging with Visual Methods of Representation
Past Event / Students
26 November 2025

DIG (Digital Imaging Group) Engaging with Visual Methods of Representation

Launch event: Wed 26 November 4:30-6pm | Book free tickets via Eventbrite

Formed by longtime collaborators Mireille Fauchon, Leah Fusco, and Gareth Proskourine Barnett, DIG (Documentary Imaging Group) is a space to collectively and critically engage with visual methods of the representation of people and places through practice-research. To launch this new initiative, DIG will re-present their inaugural project and exhibition at the Daphne Oram Gallery, Canterbury Engaging with Visual Methods of Representation

Out of Hours – V
Past Event / Community / Students
13 – 22 November 2025

Kingston School of Art's Workshop Technicians Out of Hours – V

Launch Event: Thur 13 November 4:30-6pm, all welcome!

Tuesday – Saturday 11am-5pm in the Project Studio

The ‘Out of Hours’ exhibition series started in 2017 originally organised by Sean Wyatt, and we are bringing them back to life with our 5th edition in 2025! Out of Hours – V showcases the creative work of Kingston School of Art’s Workshop Technicians, featuring a broad range of media including printmaking, book arts, sculpture, Out of Hours – V

Dug-up in Kingston! Archeological workshop for children & families
Past Exhibition / Offsite / Community / Students
24 May – 1 November 2025

Dug-up in Kingston! Archeological workshop for children & families

Led by Kingston School of Art Museum & Gallery Studies

During October half-term, Stanley Picker Gallery hosted a a free archeological object handling session for children and families led by MA Museum & Gallery students from Kingston School of Art in collaboration with artist Diana Puntar, who in the weeks previous guided them on an exploration of her offsite project, Chimera: An Alternative Kingston Heritage Dug-up in Kingston! Archeological workshop for children & families

Chimera Walking Tours with Diana Puntar
Past Event / Offsite
1 November 2025

Diana Puntar Chimera Walking Tours with Diana Puntar

Join us for a special closing event to Chimera (H±R-A) by artist Diana Puntar on Saturday 1 November 2025 for guided walking tours at 11am and 2pm. Book FREE tickets via Eventbrite. Walking tours will begin and finish at Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University. Chimera (H±R-A) Historical Re-Anachronism is an alternative heritage and sculpture trail around Kingston town centre by Chimera Walking Tours with Diana Puntar

Re:Rooted
Past Event / Students
22 October – 1 November 2025

Niya B Re:Rooted

Launch Event Wed 22 October, 5-8pm

Kingston School of Art PhD candidate Niya B presents Re:Rooted, an immersive exhibition exploring trans ecologies through multispecies kinship, ancestral plant relationships, and multi-gender futurities. Hosted in Stanley Picker Gallery’s Project Studio, the exhibition runs from 22 October to 1 November 2025, featuring a 360º VR video and a site-specific installation. Re:Rooted welcomes friends, strangers, Re:Rooted

Launch Event: Through an Embodied Practice of Stillness
Past Event
20 September 2025

Davinia-Ann Robinson Launch Event: Through an Embodied Practice of Stillness

Join us on Saturday 20 September 11am-1pm for the launch of Through an Embodied Practice of Stillness a new series of sculptural installations, soundscapes and film work by Stanley Picker Fellow Davinia-Ann Robinson, which explores encounters with stillness through the body’s engagement with somatic practices and raw and reclaimed clay. Through an Embodied Practice of Launch Event: Through an Embodied Practice of Stillness

Through an Embodied Practice of Stillness
Past Exhibition / Online
16 September – 20 December 2025

Davinia-Ann Robinson Through an Embodied Practice of Stillness

The exhibition Through an Embodied Practice of Stillness is a new series of sculptural installations, soundscapes and film work by Stanley Picker Fellow Davinia-Ann Robinson, which explores encounters with stillness (Sharpe, 2023:241) through the body’s engagement with somatic practices and raw and reclaimed clay. Through an Embodied Practice of Stillness explores how racial trauma is Through an Embodied Practice of Stillness