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Public art and art on campus

Public art at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø East helps us to communicate our research, identity and relationship to the world, to east London and its communities.

We run a number of projects at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø East to stimulate critical debate and inspire novel lines of cross-disciplinary creative practice in this unique part of London.

Through commissioned art installations from established practitioners, to student residencies and interdisciplinary matchmaking opportunities, we seek to transform how the world is understood and add value to the experiences of everyone who uses or visits the campus.

Find out more about our projects below and about the artwork on display on our campus. Everyone is welcome to visit andÌýexperience the artwork and collection in person.

If you have any questions or would like to get involved, please contact public.art@ucl.ac.uk


Public art commissionsÌý

giant blow up globe handing from marshgate atrium cieling

Gaia, 2023

This permanent artwork byÌýArtist Luke Jerram, located in Marshgate atrium, was designed for people toÌý‘see the Earth as if from space; an incredibly beautiful and precious place. An ecosystem we urgently need to look after – our only home’.

Trēow of Time art installation

Trēow of Time, 2023

For their first permanent artwork, located in Marshgate atrium, Larry Achiampong and David Blandy created a hyper-real installation inspired by 3D video gaming and their time spent between the natural and virtual realms.Ìý

multicoloured ceramic pieces attached to the concrete of One Pool Street reception

Hear Now, 2023

Located in One Pool Street atrium, this artwork by Emma Hart, featuring megaphones and frying pans,Ìýgives a visual shout-out to the working class women of the East London Federation of Suffragettes (ELFS).Ìý

Abi Ola stood in front of her wallpaper print work in a black cardigan.

Cray and Indigo, 2022
Marigold and Indigo, 2023

These 2 art pieces, which can be viewed at One Pool Street, reflectÌýartist Abi Ola’s Nigerian and British heritage, inspired byÌýtie-dyed cloth design from South West Nigeria and patterns created by British designer, poet and activist, William Morris.Ìý


Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø studentÌýartists and acquired art

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø East art collection

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø East's acquired collection of pieces created by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø students is on display on campus, at Marshgate and One Pool Street. Find out more and visit the campus to discover them in person.

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Creative collaborations

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Trellis

Since 2018, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø's Trellis programme has provided opportunitiesÌýfor knowledge exchange between researchers, artists and community groups. The resulting work is the product of finding shared meaning across broad-ranging specialisms, and has created new ways of thinking of and expressing ideas.
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City Mill Skate team working outside.

City Mill SkateÌý

Led by Dr Esther Sayers and Sam Griffin – both researchers, artists and themselves skateboarders, this project sought to develop, test and create a range of skateable architectural elements to be embedded into Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø East’s social spaces, resulting in the creation of the City Mill Skateboard park.

Habitat: Degree 51N/-0E installation

Habitat: Degree 51N/-0EÌý

Taking its name from the coordinates of the lost Manor Gardens allotments, located half a mile from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø East, the installation (which took place in summer 2024) was co-designed,Ìýby artist Suzy Round and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø lecturer Michael Hrebeniak,Ìýwith local children, who also planted and tended its miniature allotment.


What's on at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø East

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Other public art projects at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø

mock up of large golden sculpture around corner of building

IoN-DRI art programme

The ION-DRI is Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø's newÌýworld-class centre of excellence in neuroscience. 'Harmony, Creativity, Welcome, Hope' is a wide-ranging programme of arts activities across both Grays Inn Road and Queen Square. The programme includes a number of new public artworks for the new building, that will stimulate debate and provide a lasting legacy.Ìý

More onÌýIoN-DRI art programme

Synthesis installation - Heavy Chain by David Rickard

Synthesis (Heavy Chain)

Commissioned by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Public Art for the Institute of Immunity & Transplantation, Royal Free Hospital London and suspended within the atrium of the Pears Building entrance.ÌýThe sculpture ‘Synthesis (heavy chain)’ is formed from the underlying code that guides the creation of our immune systems.

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