PhD Festival 2026: Exhibition

Exhibition Opening Celebration: Wednesday 28 October, 5 - 8pm. Reserve a spot for the opening event.

Exhibition runs: 11am to 5pm, Thursday 29 October - Thursday 5 November 2026. Closed Sunday 1 November.

What happens when research moves beyond the written thesis and into the gallery?

The PhD Festival Exhibition brings together work by doctoral researchers from Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges of Arts. Each researcher is at a different stage of their enquiry and is developing their work through art, design or performance.

With contributions from: Yikai Bai, Ce Chen,Valerie Antoinette George, Tom Henry Harper, Yan Kong, Sarah Page, Sarah Isolde Phelan, Annie Riga, Adrián Coto Rodríguez, Gabriela Vergara Toro, Mengtian Wang, Lucie Winterson, Charlotte Yao, Xiaoze Zhang, Jiayu Zhou, Shuwen Wang.

This is an opportunity to encounter research as it takes form. Ideas become material. Questions are tested through making. Works invite us to look again at subjects that matter to the researchers and the worlds they are exploring.

The exhibition reflects the depth and range of creative research within Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges of Arts. It offers a glimpse into research in motion and shows how our doctoral researchers are using creative practice to develop new ways of thinking and making.

Part of PhD Festival 2026, the second annual festival of doctoral research across Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges of Arts.