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Public art exhibitions

We have a programme of public art exhibitions and installations at UCL East. Book your place below for our upcoming events and look back on past exhibitions.

Current and upcoming exhibitions

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Words Matter

  • 20 November - 25 February
  • Open Monday to Sunday, 10am-6pm 
  • Location: First Floor Galleries, UCL East - Marshgate

Past exhibitions

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Words Matter: dialogues on eugenics, power and healing

10 June - 09 July 2025
A two-channel video projection by Roman Sheppard Dawson exploring the conditions of the rehearsal space, where performance is tested and risked behind closed doors.

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Trellis 5: A Place of Our Making

14 March - 13 April 2025
What happens when east Londoners, UCL researchers, and artists come together to explore how we could live easier, happier lives?

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Common Ground

3 March - 9 April 2026
An installation of James Berrington's Common Ground which invites visitors to contemplate a single woodland scene. Part of the UCL East Public Art Collection. First exhibited at UCL East in 2025.

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Babel, Babble

16 January - 21 February 2025
A new interactive installation, inviting visitors to explore the complexities, challenges and impacts of AI-generated language.

UCL East Great Get Together 2024 participants
A Pleasant Place

2 October - 17 January 2025
Venture through diverse urban climate environments and discover how photography can help us better understand what makes a pleasant place.

 

 

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Composing for the Climate 

11 November - 30 November 2024
BBC Young Composer and UCL presented a new audio-visual installation for 11-18 year olds focusing on science and creativity.

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H is for Hostile Environment 

27 June - 9 August 2024
An exhibition exploring the hostile environment through film, poetry, food, political writing, and a workshop with women with first-hand experience of migration and displacement

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Habitat: Degree 51N/-0E

13 June - 07 September 2024
A collaborative installation by artist Suzy Round and UCL lecturer Michael Hrebeniak. Taking its name from the coordinates of the lost Manor Gardens allotments, located half a mile from UCL East, the installation was co-designed with local children, who planted and tended its miniature allotment.