20/20 Futures

The 20/20: Futures exhibition at LCF East Bank celebrates the work of 20 artists who undertook residencies with UK public collections as part of 20/20, an ambitious 3-year programme aimed at catalysing artists’ careers and change in collections, that took place between 2021 and 2024.

Developed in response to urgent calls for action across the arts to address social inequalities and racial injustices, 20/20 combined artist residencies with artistic commissioning at scale, seeking to catalyse artists’ careers and change in collections. Between 2022 and 2024, 20 emerging and mid-career artists (identifying as black, brown, Asian, global majority and/or people of colour), took up residencies with 20 public art collections, leading to 20 new permanent acquisitions and a 20/20 print portfolio gifted to each collection partner.

One year on, 20/20: Futures showcases the artists through multiple and non-linear narratives, with an emphasis on conceptual, thematic, formal and material connections. Taking place at London College of Fashion, UAL East Bank, across the ground floor gallery, mezzanine and lower ground spaces, the exhibition will feature textiles, film, moving image, drawings, photography, sculpture, sound, as well as documentation of work developed during the residencies.

Dates: 6 November 2025 - 18 January 2026
Where: Front Gallery, Gallery Foyer and Vitrines 
Opening times: Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm
Admission: Free | Open to the public
Address: London College of Fashion, UAL, 105 Carpenters Road, Stratford, E20 2AR

Participating artists are:

Adham Faramawy | Aqsa Arif | Billy Dosanjh | Bindi Vora | Christopher Samuel | Cora Sehgal Cuthbert | Curtis Holder | Gayle Chong Kwan | Habib Hajallie | Hannah Sabapathy | Holly Graham | Jamila Prowse | Jessica Ashman | Karen McLean | Madi Acharya-Baskerville | Sarah Maple | Shenece Oretha | Sonya Dyer | Yuen Fong Ling | Zoë Tumika