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With the excitement surrounding Turner Prize winning ActionSpace artist Nnena Kalu, we’ve got lots of new followers to welcome, and we‘d like to share a bit more about what we do.

We’re ActionSpace: a creative hub, a supported studio network, and an artist development agency championing learning disabled artists.

In this post, we’re sharing a quick introduction to who we are, what we do, and how you can get involved.

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With the excitement surrounding Turner Prize winning ActionSpace artist Nnena Kalu, we’ve got lots of new followers to welcome, and we‘d like to share a bit more about what we do.

We’re ActionSpace: a creative hub, a supported studio network, and an artist development agency championing learning disabled artists.

In this post, we’re sharing a quick introduction to who we are, what we do, and how you can get involved.

Swipe through to learn more. ➡️➡️➡️
🔗 Head to the link in our bio to sign up for our monthly newsletter.

With the excitement surrounding Turner Prize winning ActionSpace artist Nnena Kalu, we’ve got lots of new followers to welcome, and we‘d like to share a bit more about what we do.

We’re ActionSpace: a creative hub, a supported studio network, and an artist development agency championing learning disabled artists.

In this post, we’re sharing a quick introduction to who we are, what we do, and how you can get involved.

Swipe through to learn more. ➡️➡️➡️
🔗 Head to the link in our bio to sign up for our monthly newsletter.

With the excitement surrounding Turner Prize winning ActionSpace artist Nnena Kalu, we’ve got lots of new followers to welcome, and we‘d like to share a bit more about what we do.

We’re ActionSpace: a creative hub, a supported studio network, and an artist development agency championing learning disabled artists.

In this post, we’re sharing a quick introduction to who we are, what we do, and how you can get involved.

Swipe through to learn more. ➡️➡️➡️
🔗 Head to the link in our bio to sign up for our monthly newsletter.

With the excitement surrounding Turner Prize winning ActionSpace artist Nnena Kalu, we’ve got lots of new followers to welcome, and we‘d like to share a bit more about what we do.

We’re ActionSpace: a creative hub, a supported studio network, and an artist development agency championing learning disabled artists.

In this post, we’re sharing a quick introduction to who we are, what we do, and how you can get involved.

Swipe through to learn more. ➡️➡️➡️
🔗 Head to the link in our bio to sign up for our monthly newsletter.

With the excitement surrounding Turner Prize winning ActionSpace artist Nnena Kalu, we’ve got lots of new followers to welcome, and we‘d like to share a bit more about what we do.

We’re ActionSpace: a creative hub, a supported studio network, and an artist development agency championing learning disabled artists.

In this post, we’re sharing a quick introduction to who we are, what we do, and how you can get involved.

Swipe through to learn more. ➡️➡️➡️
🔗 Head to the link in our bio to sign up for our monthly newsletter.

ActionSpace Spring Series 🌿

This Spring bank holiday, we’re revisiting a few favourite works by ActionSpace artists that capture the feeling of season.

Ali Kamalati's 'Space' combines washed acrylic, watercolour, and pencil, to create a patchwork-like pastel backdrop that blends colour harmoniously across the surface. Layered pencil emerges over the composition, introducing form and depth.

Ali’s work is intuitive, intimate and quirky. It suggests animated events, objects, words and landscapes that capture his extraverted nature.

Image: Ali Kamalati, Space, 2026

Read more about Ali's work at the Artist's link in our bio. 🌻

#ContemporaryArts #VisualArts #ArtExhibition

ActionSpace Spring Series 🌿

With the late May bank holiday approaching (and some sunshine on the way!), we’re revisiting a few favourite works by ActionSpace artists that capture the feeling of Spring.

Cecilia Caulder’s (@c.c.caulder) 'Isabella Plantation Still Pond Richmond Park 1' beautifully reflects the colours of the season.

From the artist: "It was a bright spring day when myself and my family decided to go out early at 6pm to sketch this scene at the still pond in Isabella Plantation Richmond Park. It happens once a year when rhododendrons and camellias burst into flower creating this shimmering vibrant spectacular show across the pond’s waters."

"I felt the combination of vibrant popping colours; flowing movement of the shapes and forms really captured the vibrant energy I experienced. The medium used to create both pieces was acrylic gouache with posca pens."

Image: Isabella Plantation Still Pond Richmond Park 1, Cecilia Caulder.

Read more about Cecilia's work at the Artist's link in our bio. 🌺

#ContemporaryArts #VisualArts #ArtExhibition

WATCH NOW | Curating and Coalition: Challenging and Expanding the Art World in the Wake of Nnena Kalu’s Turner Prize Win

Presented by @ActionSpace in partnership with @stanleypicker Gallery and Kingston School of Art PhD candidate Lisa Slominski (@slominski_projects) the symposium explored how practices such as Nnena Kalu’s are interpreted, supported, and sustained within contemporary art.

We’re pleased to share that the symposium webpage and recordings are now live. ⭐

We hope these recordings offer useful reflections and practical insights for curators, researchers, educators and organisations working to engage more thoughtfully and ambitiously with learning disabled artists.

Click the link in our bio to access the Symposium webpage and recordings. 🔗

#ContemporaryArt#Curating#InclusiveArts#TurnerPrize

TOMORROW: Co-developing Art Technologies for more Inclusive Visual Art Spaces | 1–2pm | Online (Zoom)

You are warmly invited to join this sharing event hosted by @cvanlondon. The session will bring together:

Sheryll Catto, CEO and Artistic Director, @ActionSpace
Dr Sara Adhitya, Senior Research Fellow, @UCL PEARL
Jo Townshend, Director, @cvanlondon

Sheryll will share insights from the collaborative work and reflect on how inclusive approaches to art technologies can better support access and participation across visual arts practice.

Together, the speakers will present key findings from the CVAN London x UCL project and open up a conversation around early recommendations for the sector.

Register via the link in our bio 🎟️

#VisualArts #ContemporaryArts

Linda Bell Live Performance | Thursday 21 May | 7 - 8pm | Lovay Fine Arts | Nuit des Bains ⭐

@lovayfinearts in partnership with @ActionSpace are pleased to invite you to a participatory performance by Linda Bell during the upcoming Nuit des Bains.

The performance takes place within the ongoing exhibition Methodical Process, featuring works by @ActionSpace artists Linda Bell and Nnena Kalu, alongside Marie Gyger.

For more information, visit the @lovayfinearts website.

#VisualArts #Performance #ContemporaryArt

Linda Bell Live Performance | Thursday 21 May | 7 - 8pm | Lovay Fine Arts | Nuit des Bains ⭐

@lovayfinearts in partnership with @ActionSpace are pleased to invite you to a participatory performance by Linda Bell during the upcoming Nuit des Bains.

The performance takes place within the ongoing exhibition Methodical Process, featuring works by @ActionSpace artists Linda Bell and Nnena Kalu, alongside Marie Gyger.

For more information, visit the @lovayfinearts website.

#VisualArts #Performance #ContemporaryArt

Kwaga Sillingi | Colour Without End

ONE YEAR ON 🌟

This week, we’re reflecting on @ActionSpace resident artist Kwaga Sillingi’s inaugural solo presentation that took place at London’s @sadieshermangallery.

The exhibition displayed Kwaga’s dynamic large-scale works on paper, a product of her steadily developed unique visual language centred around repetition, layering, and bold colour. Kwaga’s works invite close observation, encouraging the viewer to first absorb their visceral energy and then engage with their deeper complexities.

Images: Kwaga Sillingi, Colour Without End, Sadie Sherman Gallery, 2025.

Find out more about Kwaga via the Artists link in our bio🔹

#ContemporaryArts #VisualArts #ArtExhibition

Kwaga Sillingi | Colour Without End

ONE YEAR ON 🌟

This week, we’re reflecting on @ActionSpace resident artist Kwaga Sillingi’s inaugural solo presentation that took place at London’s @sadieshermangallery.

The exhibition displayed Kwaga’s dynamic large-scale works on paper, a product of her steadily developed unique visual language centred around repetition, layering, and bold colour. Kwaga’s works invite close observation, encouraging the viewer to first absorb their visceral energy and then engage with their deeper complexities.

Images: Kwaga Sillingi, Colour Without End, Sadie Sherman Gallery, 2025.

Find out more about Kwaga via the Artists link in our bio🔹

#ContemporaryArts #VisualArts #ArtExhibition

Open Now ⭐
Exhibition: The Kingfisher⁠
Friday 8 May – Thursday 21 May⁠
Create Centre, Bristol⁠
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We’re excited to see @ActionSpace's Mohammed Imran Khan featured in The Kingfisher exhibition, alongside 12 other brilliant artists commissioned for the new NHS Kingfisher inpatient service. The service supports autistic adults and adults with learning disabilities with complex mental health needs.⁠
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This exhibition offers a rare insight into how meaningful art is created within mental health settings.⁠
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Presented by @_hospitalrooms. Free to visit, all welcome 🌟

Image 2: Mohammed Imran Khan, 2026

#ArtExhibition #VisualArts

Open Now ⭐
Exhibition: The Kingfisher⁠
Friday 8 May – Thursday 21 May⁠
Create Centre, Bristol⁠
⁠
We’re excited to see @ActionSpace's Mohammed Imran Khan featured in The Kingfisher exhibition, alongside 12 other brilliant artists commissioned for the new NHS Kingfisher inpatient service. The service supports autistic adults and adults with learning disabilities with complex mental health needs.⁠
⁠
This exhibition offers a rare insight into how meaningful art is created within mental health settings.⁠
⁠
Presented by @_hospitalrooms. Free to visit, all welcome 🌟

Image 2: Mohammed Imran Khan, 2026

#ArtExhibition #VisualArts

✨️ Open Now!⁠ ✨️⁠
Exhibition: The Kingfisher⁠
Open now – Thursday 21 May⁠
Create Centre, Bristol⁠
⁠
Discover the 13 major artworks commissioned for the new NHS Kingfisher inpatient service, supporting autistic adults and adults with learning disabilities who have complex mental health needs.⁠
⁠
Gain a rare insight into how meaningful art is created within mental health settings.⁠
⁠
Featuring artists Peter Adjaye (@music4architecture), Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq (@rubbena_art), Hannah Brown (@hannahbrownartist), Victoria Cantons (@victoriacantons), Dhaqan Collective (@dhaqancollective), Angela Harding (@angelaharding11), Christopher Hartmann (@hartmann.christopher), Mohammed Imran Khan (@actionspace), Chris Rose & Louise Morgan (@aim.artinmotion), Phil Root (@philroot) with Bristol Autism Spectrum Service, Veronica Ryan, and Boo Saville (@boosaville).⁠
⁠
Free to visit. All welcome.⁠
⁠
#HospitalRooms #BristolExhibition #ArtAndMentalHealth

✨️ Open Now!⁠ ✨️⁠
Exhibition: The Kingfisher⁠
Open now – Thursday 21 May⁠
Create Centre, Bristol⁠
⁠
Discover the 13 major artworks commissioned for the new NHS Kingfisher inpatient service, supporting autistic adults and adults with learning disabilities who have complex mental health needs.⁠
⁠
Gain a rare insight into how meaningful art is created within mental health settings.⁠
⁠
Featuring artists Peter Adjaye (@music4architecture), Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq (@rubbena_art), Hannah Brown (@hannahbrownartist), Victoria Cantons (@victoriacantons), Dhaqan Collective (@dhaqancollective), Angela Harding (@angelaharding11), Christopher Hartmann (@hartmann.christopher), Mohammed Imran Khan (@actionspace), Chris Rose & Louise Morgan (@aim.artinmotion), Phil Root (@philroot) with Bristol Autism Spectrum Service, Veronica Ryan, and Boo Saville (@boosaville).⁠
⁠
Free to visit. All welcome.⁠
⁠
#HospitalRooms #BristolExhibition #ArtAndMentalHealth

✨️ Open Now!⁠ ✨️⁠
Exhibition: The Kingfisher⁠
Open now – Thursday 21 May⁠
Create Centre, Bristol⁠
⁠
Discover the 13 major artworks commissioned for the new NHS Kingfisher inpatient service, supporting autistic adults and adults with learning disabilities who have complex mental health needs.⁠
⁠
Gain a rare insight into how meaningful art is created within mental health settings.⁠
⁠
Featuring artists Peter Adjaye (@music4architecture), Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq (@rubbena_art), Hannah Brown (@hannahbrownartist), Victoria Cantons (@victoriacantons), Dhaqan Collective (@dhaqancollective), Angela Harding (@angelaharding11), Christopher Hartmann (@hartmann.christopher), Mohammed Imran Khan (@actionspace), Chris Rose & Louise Morgan (@aim.artinmotion), Phil Root (@philroot) with Bristol Autism Spectrum Service, Veronica Ryan, and Boo Saville (@boosaville).⁠
⁠
Free to visit. All welcome.⁠
⁠
#HospitalRooms #BristolExhibition #ArtAndMentalHealth

✨️ Open Now!⁠ ✨️⁠
Exhibition: The Kingfisher⁠
Open now – Thursday 21 May⁠
Create Centre, Bristol⁠
⁠
Discover the 13 major artworks commissioned for the new NHS Kingfisher inpatient service, supporting autistic adults and adults with learning disabilities who have complex mental health needs.⁠
⁠
Gain a rare insight into how meaningful art is created within mental health settings.⁠
⁠
Featuring artists Peter Adjaye (@music4architecture), Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq (@rubbena_art), Hannah Brown (@hannahbrownartist), Victoria Cantons (@victoriacantons), Dhaqan Collective (@dhaqancollective), Angela Harding (@angelaharding11), Christopher Hartmann (@hartmann.christopher), Mohammed Imran Khan (@actionspace), Chris Rose & Louise Morgan (@aim.artinmotion), Phil Root (@philroot) with Bristol Autism Spectrum Service, Veronica Ryan, and Boo Saville (@boosaville).⁠
⁠
Free to visit. All welcome.⁠
⁠
#HospitalRooms #BristolExhibition #ArtAndMentalHealth

An extended chance to see ✨

ActionSpace artists’ international exhibition with @lovayfinearts in Geneva now on until 14 June!

‘Methodical Process’ brings together Nnena Kalu, Linda Bell, and Marie Gyger, exploring repetition of gesture as a daily practice and how it shapes image and meaning.

Images
1: Linda Bell
2: Nnena Kalu

Read more through the 'What's On' link in our bio. 🔹

#ContemporaryArts #VisualArts #ArtExhibition

An extended chance to see ✨

ActionSpace artists’ international exhibition with @lovayfinearts in Geneva now on until 14 June!

‘Methodical Process’ brings together Nnena Kalu, Linda Bell, and Marie Gyger, exploring repetition of gesture as a daily practice and how it shapes image and meaning.

Images
1: Linda Bell
2: Nnena Kalu

Read more through the 'What's On' link in our bio. 🔹

#ContemporaryArts #VisualArts #ArtExhibition

Sharing event | Co-developing Art Technologies for more Inclusive Visual Art Spaces
Wednesday May 20th 1-2pm I Online (zoom)

You are warmly invited to a sharing event on the knowledge exchange project Co-developing Art Technologies for more inclusive Visual Art Spaces, hosted by CVAN London on Wednesday May 20th 1-2pm.

Dr Sara Adhitya, Senior Research Fellow, UCL PEARL,Sheryll Catto, CEO and Artistic Director, ActionSpace and Jo Townshend, CVAN London Director, will be discussing the CVAN London X UCL collaborative project Co-developing Art Technologies for more inclusive Visual Art Spaces.Sara, Jo and Sheryll will share the project finding and invite you to join a conversation on the early recommendations.

Register to attend via link in bio

@ucl @actionspace

What does meaningful representation in the art world look like? 🤔

As Artistic Director and CEO of @actionspace Sheryll Catto has spent years dismantling the margins around learning-disabled artists. Her work is not about inclusion rhetoric but infrastructure - building studios, support systems, and professional pathways that treat artistic practice as serious, sustained labour. Nnena Kalu, who is represented by ActionSpace, won the Turner Prize in 2025.

We are thrilled to have Sheryll on the selection panel for this year’s Annual Open Exhibition:

💬 I am excited to see the work submitted [for the 173 Annual Open Exhibition] this year and keen to encourage more neurodivergent and learning disabled artists to submit, as this is a fantastic opportunity to have their work seen and raise their profile.

Read Sheryll’s full interview on our blog 🔗 rwa.org.uk/blogs

👉 rwaopen.co.uk
🗓️ Submit by 22 June 2026

@actionspace

#RWAAOE173 #OpenCall #CallforEntries #ArtistsOpportunities #ArtPrize