Somerset House Studios

Somerset House Studios is a space for experimentation in the centre of London connecting artists, makers and thinkers with audiences. The Studios supports artists across disciplines to push bold ideas, engage with urgent issues and experiment with new technologies.

At the heart of Somerset House, the home of cultural innovators, up to 70 artists are resident at any one time for a period of between one and seven years, with a number of shorter term national and international residency programmes running alongside.

The Studios develops ambitious cross disciplinary projects and creative collaborations on a range of scales, and powers Channel, Somerset House’s online space for art, ideas and the artistic process.

Highlights

28, 30 Jan & 01 Feb 2025 | Book now

Hyper Functional, Ultra Healthy

Biannual series dedicated to examining the intersections of well-being and societal shifts, particularly in the face of technological and ecological change.→

06, 13 & 20 Feb 2025 | Book now

Home Movies

A critical film screening programme, curated by Somerset House Studios artists.→

What's On

Exhibition

07 Nov 2024 - 23 Feb 2025

Aut-OOO-Arcadia: Louis Morlæ

Aut-OOO-Arcadia is a solo exhibition by artist Louis Morlæ, and the culmination of Somerset House Studios and UAL Creative Computing Institute’s Creative Technologies Fellowship.

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RESIDENCIES & OPPORTUNITIES

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Somerset House Studios Assembly Residency

Somerset House Studios is inviting applications from artists working in music and sound for a 12-month residency (April 2025 - March 2026).

DeForrest Brown, Jr. in Residence

Writer, musician, theorist, and curator DeForrest Brown, Jr. joins the Somerset House Studios community for a one-month international residency in March 2024.

Goethe-Institut x Somerset House Studios Residency

This January, composer, sound artist, and musician Ellen Arkbro will join the community at Somerset House Studios for a three-month residency as the 2025 residency recipient.

Jerwood Somerset House Studios Residency

A new programme supporting early-career visual artists.

Creative Technologies Fellowship

Somerset House Studios in partnership with UAL Creative Computing Institute (CCI) open applications for our latest Creative Technologies Fellowship.

Donna Lynas Residency

Artist Appau Junior Boakye-Yiadom is announced as the inaugural resident of the Donna Lynas Residency.

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What is the legacy of the 2011 riots?

What one site in Croydon can tell us about the biggest moment of civil unrest in Britain in a generation.

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Assembly 2024

Watch a collection of new commissions, collaborations, talks and live performances.

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How to... LOVERBOY!

Charles Jeffrey presents a twist on an educational video aimed at guiding its viewers on the creative process.

Philomene Pirecki's stall at the Artists' Fair

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The Artists' Fair 2024

Writer, filmmaker and Somerset House Studios alumni Juliet Jacques reflects upon her visit to this year's Artists' Fair.

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Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen: May The Fox Take You

A film bringing together opposing notions – love and heartbreak, security and danger, pogo dance tutorials and military robot dogs.

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In Conversation: Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen

The artist duo sit down with Orit Gat to share the ideas and process behind their commission for Channel.

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Gestures of Possibility

Rashaad Newsome shares the futuristic and fantastical ways they celebrate the power of movement and gesture in their work.

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Flick Of The Wrist

Rianna Jade Parker unpacks the voguing history and AI context of Newsome's new commission.

Artist Phoebe Collings James working on some ceramics

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Grounding Practice: Phoebe Collings-James

In this Grounding Practice episode, the ceramicist and multi-disciplinary artist takes us on a meditative journey through their moulding, shaping, glazing and painting of clay.

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Edges of Sign Language

Multidisciplinary artist Christine Sun Kim shares insights into a new series of artworks that explore the physical space of American Sign Language (ASL).