Diagram with letters linked up by curved lines and arrows. The letters spell out unruly encounters. The letters and lines are in black on a bright green background.
19–20 March 2022   //   Lake Gallery  //  Dilston Gallery

Unruly Encounters
The Royal College of Art // SoAH PhD, MPhil and MRes

Preview:  Friday 18 March // 3–5:30pm Exhibition Open:  Saturday // Sunday // 11am–5pm

“Perception is not simply embedded within and constrained by the surrounding world; it also contributes to the enactment of this surrounding world.”¹ ‘Unruly Encounters’ takes its title from Francisco J. Varela’s 1995 essay ‘The Re-enchantment of the Concrete’. This text explores the

A blurred image, zoomed in, abstract, black and white.
12–13 March   //   Lake Gallery  //  Dilston Gallery

Impressions
Royal College of Art Print MA

Preview:  Friday 11 March // 3–5:30pm Exhibition Open:  Saturday // Sunday, 11am–5pm

Impressions at Southwark Park Galleries will showcase the work of final year students from the Royal College of Art MA Print programme. Alluding to the notion of impressions found in printmaking, this group investigates different ways of thinking about the medium. Within

A photograph of a heron, flying low over a moss covered lake.
18 February–27 February 2022   //   Lake Gallery

Southwark Park Association 1869 Photography Competition

Preview:  Rescheduled to Friday 25 February // 2–5pm Exhibition Open:  Friday // Saturday // Sunday // 11am–5pm

Southwark Park Association 1869 are pleased to present an exhibition that celebrates our beautiful park and wildlife within in it. The show presents a series of photographs selected from 150 submissions by local adults and children. The exhibition will also contain a

Black and white eyes collaged on a blue background
12–13 February 2022   //   Lake Gallery  //  Dilston Gallery

We’re Watching You pt.2
Camberwell School of Arts // Final year BA Fine Art: Painting

Exhibition Open:  Saturday // Sunday // 11am–4pm

The BA Fine Art: Painting finalists at Camberwell College of Arts are proud to present their new year exhibition ‘We’re Watching You’ at Southwark Park Galleries. The exhibition, spread across two sites in the Dilston Gallery and Lake Gallery, presents a diverse

Black and white eyes collaged together on a red background
5–6 February 2022   //   Lake Gallery  //  Dilston Gallery

We’re Watching You pt.1
Camberwell School of Arts // Final year BA Fine Art: Painting

Exhibition Open:  Saturday // Sunday // 11am–4pm

The BA Fine Art: Painting finalists at Camberwell College of Arts are proud to present their new year exhibition ‘We’re Watching You’ at Southwark Park Galleries. The exhibition, spread across two sites in the Dilston Gallery and Lake Gallery, presents a diverse

29–30 January 2022   //   Lake Gallery  //  Dilston Gallery

Out there pt.2
Camberwell College of Arts // Final year BA Fine Art: Sculpture | Photography | Drawing

Exhibition Open:  Saturday // Sunday // 11am–4pm

Camberwell College of Arts returns to Southwark Park Galleries with their final year Fine Art student exhibition ‘Out There’; a two-part exhibition featuring Camberwell’s Fine Art: Sculpture, Photography and Drawing over two weekends presented across both Dilston Gallery and Lake Gallery. Having

22–23 January 2022   //   Lake Gallery  //  Dilston Gallery

Out there pt.1
Camberwell College of Arts // Final year BA Fine Art: Sculpture | Photography | Drawing

Exhibition Open:  Saturday // Sunday // 11am–4pm

Camberwell College of Arts returns to Southwark Park Galleries with their final year Fine Art student exhibition ‘Out There’; a two-part exhibition featuring Camberwell’s Fine Art: Sculpture, Photography & Drawing over two weekends presented across both Dilston Gallery and Lake Gallery. Exhibiting

Two computer generated amorphous blobs on a black background
2 December–5 December 2021   //   Dilston Gallery

Festive Labour
LCC MA Sound Arts Postgraduate Show 2021

Exhibition Open:  Thursday // Friday // Saturday // Sunday // 11am–4pm

Eman Abdellatif // Samm Anga // Mathias Arrignon // Claudio De Benedictis // Louise Le Du // Mengyuan Fu // Lara Geary // Zixiao Gong // Hye Yun Jeong // Nima Khademlou // Yushu Ma // Avery Rogers // Junchang Zhang Now

17 November–11 December 2021   //   Lake Gallery

37th Annual Open Exhibition

Preview:  Sunday 14 November // 1pm–4pm Exhibition Open:  Wednesday // Thursday // Friday // Saturday // Sunday // 11am–4pm

We are delighted to present the 37th Annual Open Exhibition at Southwark Park Galleries, supported by Breckman & Company. The Annual Open Exhibition exists to encourage artists at all stages of their career to present work as part of a large scale

  //   Lake Gallery  //  Dilston Gallery  //  Garden & Bothy

Autumn Gathering // Sunday 31 October, 11am – 5pm

Join us in Southwark Park this Sunday, 31 October, for the last chance to see our Autumn exhibitions, live performances, an exhibition tour and the launch our new annual artists’ flag commission. All events are free and open to all, no booking required. Refreshments will

October 2021 - October 2022 // Outdoors outside both our galleries   //   Public Art

Artist Flags // Wampanoag Power and The British Dream
Habib Hajallie

As part of our Black History Month celebrations and in solidarity with Southwark Stands Together, we are pleased to launch the second in our annual series of flag commissions for Southwark Park by artist Habib Hajallie, supported by Omni Colour. Two flags

15–31 October 2021   //   Dilston Gallery

THE KNOT COMMONS
Rebecca Lennon

Preview:  Closing Event: Sunday 31 October, refreshments, live performances 11am–5pm (free, no booking required) Exhibition Open:  Friday // Saturday // Sunday, 11am–5pm

THE KNOT COMMONS is a new large-scale poly-vocal three channel video and surround sound composition with performance by Rebecca Lennon. It is the annual collaborative commission by Southwark Park Galleries and Matt’s Gallery created specially for Dilston Gallery. Originally planned for March

15 September – 31 October 2021   //   Lake Gallery

Trouble in Outer Heaven:
Portable Ops Plus

Preview:  Sunday 12 September // 2–5pm with a new covert performance by Sam Keogh at 4pm Exhibition Open:  Wednesday // Thursday // Friday // Saturday // Sunday // 11am–5pm

Larry Achiampong, Joseph Buckley, Kitty Clark, Sam Keogh, Hardeep Pandhal, Adam Sinclair and Jamie Sutcliffe. Featuring The Diamond Dogs Educational Unit: Uma Breakdown, Petra Szemán, Larry Achiampong & Zara Truss Giles. Curated by Jamie Sutcliffe.  ‘Trouble In Outer Heaven: Portable Ops Plus’

28 July–19 September 2021   //   Dilston Gallery

The City Rises
Anne Ryan

Preview:  Sunday 25 July // 2–5pm Exhibition Open:  Wednesday // Thursday // Friday // Saturday // Sunday // 11am–5pm

For her epic new installation created for Dilston Gallery’s vast concrete hall, London-based Irish artist Anne Ryan captures the sprawling dynamism of the city and its communities. Through her vibrant ceramic and cement sculptures, paintings and three-dimensional cutouts, Ryan’s observations, speculations and