GROUP EXHIBITION

Visitors will be invited to spend time making artwork of their own in the space, using free art materials provided in the gallery or participating through handheld digital devices and in print. The exhibition offers a chance for visitors to experience the various gatherings that are taking place in mental health hospitals across England and to contribute to the charity’s investigations and experimentations into new models and methods of humanising mental health spaces. Artworks created by visitors during the sessions will be installed on the walls throughout the exhibition.

The floor of the gallery space will be covered with an adaptation of Nengi Omuku’s artwork created for Hellesdon Hospital in Norfolk, UK, depicting a clear blue sky that people will be able to walk, sit and create on. Hot air balloons featured in the Hellesdon artwork will be transformed into bean bags for the public to sit on and draw, and will later be installed in Hellesdon Hospital.

The exhibition will culminate in an auction hosted in partnership with Bonhams on 11 September 2024, showcasing works donated by artists across the UK, which will be shown in the gallery throughout the duration of the exhibition. The auction will feature works by Do Ho Suh, Sutapa Biswas, Peter Liversidge and many more.

The ‘Digital Art School’ exhibition is a partnership between Hospital Rooms, Hauser & Wirth and Bonhams, supported by Gallagher Re and Gallery Circle members Edel Assanti, Ginny on Frederick, Hauser & Wirth and TJ Boulting.