Explore your creative neighbourhood.

london open studios

On the first weekend of October artists and crafts people across the borough of Lambeth will be opening their studio and work spaces to the public. Doors will be open from 10am to 6pm, 3rd and 4th October and admission will be free. Dots will be added to our map as artists and makers sign up to this year’s event. Lambeth Open showcases the fantastic range of creative talent tucked away in our borough and is a great way to discover the various art spaces too often hidden in your neighbourhoods.

Visitors will be able to see inside the artist’s studios and exhibition spaces for a unique personal insight into the individual technical processes. Private Views may be held at a number of exhibition spaces, see venues for details.

FEATURED ARTIST

london open studiosESTHER SEBASTIAN is an oil painter, originally from Hamburg, Germany, with a studio in Herne Hill. She studied at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and has maintained a dedicated studio practice for over thirty years.

Working from observation, memory, and direct experience, her paintings explore light, movement, and atmosphere through expressive brushwork, balancing representation with abstraction. Alongside painting, she creates artist zines that combine collage and poetry.

FEATURED ARTIST

london open studiosMORGANE PAIRAIN is a Carshalton-based contemporary painter. She paints abstract and semi-abstract landscapes, people and still-life in bold colours, exploring the effect of colours and materiality on moods and feelings. Her latest series of ‘Faceless People’ explores the theme of voyeurism. By withholding the face, the paintings strip away identity and expression, the usual anchor we use to read another person. Morgane mostly paints in oil or acrylic.

FEATURED ARTIST

london open studiosTOMOKO HORI. Raised in a beautiful neighbourhood between the vibrant cities of Osaka and Kobe, surrounded by both the sea and the mountains, Tomoko developed a lifelong curiosity and a desire to explore new places and ideas. One day, she left Japan for London with just one suitcase and an experience that profoundly shaped the way she sees the world.

Tomoko brings this unique perspective to her jewellery and object-making. Whether creating a piece to be worn or an object to be admired, she crafts work that evokes a sense of warmth and connection. Every piece is individually handcrafted, unique, and tells its own story. Through what is seen, touched and felt, she invites others to discover those stories and create their own interpretations.