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.

Highlight

From 27 Mar 2025

Grounding Practice

An artist-led series, designed as a resource to access and share methodologies, research and works-in-progress.→

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Digital Commission

From Tue 28 Jan 2025

Sidsel Meineche Hansen: Grumpy

The new commission for Somerset House’s online platform Channel, by Danish artist Sidsel Meineche Hansen.

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Installation

25 Apr – 31 Aug 2025

The Pits: Sophia Al-Maria and Lydia Ourahmane

The Pits is a new installation by resident artists, Sophia Al-Maria and Lydia Ourahmane in G31, which sits in dialogue with their outdoor commission on Lancaster Place, 2125.

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Sophia Al-Maria and Lydia Ourahmane 2125

Commission

From 25 Apr 2025

2125: Sophia Al-Maria and Lydia Ourahmane

Sophia Al-Maria and Lydia Ourahmane’s Lancaster Place commission continues their collaborative exploration of the ‘grey areas’ of England’s narratives, focusing on the notion of the ‘right to remain’.

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RESIDENCIES & OPPORTUNITIES

New Residency

American Artist, in Residence

Multidisciplinary artist working across sculpture, video, and digital media, American Artist joins the Somerset House Studios community for a one-month residency in May 2025.

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.

How to Apply

Click here to read our Residency FAQ’s and view our spaces.

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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).