2025

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

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

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

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
Current Exhibition
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

Seeing the Unseen
Past Participation / Students
May 2025

Isabella Tessier Seeing the Unseen

Wed 28 – Sat 31 May | Private View & Performance: Thur 29 May 5-7pm

Stanley Picker Print Tutor, Isabella Tessier presents her solo exhibition Seeing The Unseen at the Stanley Picker Gallery’s Project Studio. Isabella Tessier was awarded with the Stanley Picker Print Tutorship 2025 for her project, The Unsettled Body, that explored an unfixed representation of the performing body, fluidly captured in print, drawing and motion capture. In her most Seeing the Unseen

Refugee Week with Ariadne’s Thread
Past Event / Community / Participation
17 – 20 June 2025

Refugee Week with Ariadne’s Thread

Free Activity across Stanley Picker Gallery & Dorich House Museum

Stanley Picker Gallery and our partner venue Dorich House Museum are pleased to stage two creative and free events as part of Refugee Week 2025, with our long-term partner Ariadne’s Thread. Kantha’s of Friendship Tuesday 17 June 12-3pm, Stanley Picker Gallery Kantha’s of Friendship is a cross-cultural participatory textile project based on the ancient craft of Refugee Week with Ariadne’s Thread

Flowers III
Past Event / Participation
May 2025

Ariadne's Thread Flowers III

Sat 17 -Sat 24 May 2025 | Private View Wed 21 May 5-7pm & Needlework Session Fri 23 May 12-5pm

Stanley Picker Gallery will host a unique exhibition of embroideries by adults and children living in the UK and across Europe. More than 280 individuals contributed to the works in the exhibition Flowers III. The community of stitchers was brought together through an integration textile programme, ‘Flowers We Give To Ukraine developed by local curator and Flowers III

A Journey Through Kingston
Past Event / Community
June – July 2025

Ian Wornast A Journey Through Kingston

Thur 19 June – Sat 19 July 2025 | Launch Event Sat 21 June 11am-1pm All Welcome!

A Journey Through Kingston presents an original large-scale drawing by London-based ActionSpace artist Ian Wornast as part of the Kingston 2025 festival. Following a series of research trips to Kingston upon Thames, Ian has interwoven references to the local area and the town’s history, constructing a landscape that centres on the idea of journeying in A Journey Through Kingston