Cell Project Space is a

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gallery space and workspace provider based in

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. Cell Project Space presents up to 5 exhibitions and 3-4 events per year and supports the dissemination of artists’ knowledge to the local community through workshops.

History

Cell Project Space is an independent gallery founded in 1999 by directors Milika Muritu and Richard Priestley that was originally set up as an artist-run exhibition space and is now a registered charity, Cell Foundation. The organisation provides affordable workspace, which in turn supports an on-going programme of exhibitions, projects, talks, screenings, and events. The programme facilitates local and global critical debates while supporting underrepresented artists, collaborating with established and emerging practitioners to present varied formats for exhibition making. Cell extends the gallery's visibility with collective participation through tours and workshops for local secondary schools and the wider community. Cell Project Space and Studios, established in 1999, and charity arm Cell Foundation, founded in 2014, are an affordable artists work space providing leasehold work space to 1097 artists and designer-makers at 7 sites / 147,000 sq ft of B1 work space in east and South East London. As an independent not for profit gallery all funds raised are used solely for the development of artists’ projects and the gallery's public programme.

Programme

Cell Project Space runs a regular programme of exhibitions, talks & events
Past solo exhibitions include, X6 Dance Space (1976-80): Liberation NotesTHE FARMYARD IS NOT A VIOLENT PLACE AND I LOOK EXACTLY LIKE JUDY GARLAND, Alex Margo Arden & Caspar HeinemannEglė Kulbokaitė & Dorota Gawęda YGRG14X: reading with the single hand V
Anna-Sophie Berger, Rosa Aiello & Patricia L. Boyd, Emanuel Almborg, Alan Michael, Dorota Gawęda & Eglė Kulbokaitė, Angharad Williams & Mathis Gasser, Julia Crabtree & William Evans, Mimosa Echard, Jenna Bliss & Gili Tal, Ghislaine Leung, Josh Bitelli,

Barbara T. Smith Barbara Turner Smith (born 1931 in Pasadena, California) is an American artist known for her performance art in the late 1960s, exploring themes of food, nurturing, the body, spirituality, and sexuality. Smith was part of the Feminist Movement in ...

, Yuri Pattison, Rachel Reupke, Peles Empire,

Laura Buckley Laura Buckley (1977–2022) was an Irish video and installation artist, and sculptor. Born in Galway, Ireland, she lived and worked in London. She exhibited throughout the UK and internationally. Early life and education Buckley was born in C ...

, Anne de Vries, Mark Aerial Waller, Iain Ball, Angelo Plessas, Benedict Drew, Eddie Peake, Jessica Warboys,

Celia Hempton Celia Hempton (born Stroud, England) is a British artist based in London and has exhibited internationally across Europe, Asia and North and South America. Hempton is primarily a painter but works across different medias including sound and perfo ...

, Natalie Dray and Celine Condorelli. The programme has received numerous reviews and press coverage in

Art Forum ''Artforum'' is an international monthly magazine specializing in contemporary art. The magazine is distinguished from other magazines by its unique 10½ x 10½ inch square format, with each cover often devoted to the work of an artist. Notably ...

, AQNB, Frieze,

Art Monthly ''Art Monthly'' is a magazine of contemporary art founded in 1976 by Jack Wendler and Peter Townsend. It is based in London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingd ...

, Mousse,

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide ...

Dazed ''Dazed'' (''Dazed & Confused'' until February 2014) is a bi-monthly British style magazine founded in 1991. It covers music, fashion, film, art, and literature. Dazed is published by Dazed Media, an independent media group known for producing ...

, Studio International and

Art Review ''ArtReview'' is an international contemporary art magazine based in London, founded in 1948. Its sister publication, ''ArtReview Asia'', was established in 2013. History Launched as a fortnightly broadsheet in February 1949 by a retired country ...

Studios

Cell Project Space leases 7 commercial buildings across London, which have been converted into affordable artists’ studios. This generates funds that are used to run the programme in the exhibition space located on Cambridge Heath Road. This also allows support for the internship and educational programmes at the gallery.

References

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External links

Official website
Cambridge Heath Contemporary art galleries in London Art museums and galleries established in 2000