Day: 21 January 2026

Gesture and Being brings together new work from six recent graduates of Royal College of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art: Anna Curzon Price, Gala Hills, Katja Farin, Mia Wilkinson, Poppy Critchlow and Qian Zhong. All working within the realms of figurative painting, these artists use their practice to challenge inherited narratives and expectations ascribed to gender, the body and the self. Together, they champion a self-expression that is free and fluid, presenting figures that are unstable, performative, dreamlike, or defiantly unruly. 

These artists reflect on how our personal narratives are often in flux with our internal dialogues, external interactions and our environment. Exploring interior worlds – psychological, emotional or symbolic – as much as physical ones, they consider how we are seen, staged and felt within both private and public realms. Domestic interiors, mythical spaces, imagined utopias and everyday moments become sites where tension and connection coexist, and where the body becomes an active, renewed force.  

Despite the playful and vivid use of colour, undertones are often unsettling. These paintings are layered with complex feeling, exploring themes of anxiety, vulnerability and discomfort. The environments presented here are both tender and confrontational, humorous and uneasy, where representation is not fixed but continually negotiated, and where the figure emerges as something porous, potent, and profoundly alive. 

Featured artists and their Instagram handles:

Anna Curzon Price @annacurzonprice

Gala Hills @galamadesomething

Katja Farin @katjafarinatja

Mia Wilkinson @mia__wilkinson

Poppy Critchlow @poppycritchlowstudio

Qian Zhong @q_nzhong

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Dates and Opening Hours

Open to the public: 18 February – 30 March 2026

Hours: 10 AM – 6 PM (last admission 5.30 PM)

Admission to this exhibition is free, with a suggested donation of £3.

ABOUT SAATCHI GALLERY

Since 1985, Saatchi Gallery has provided an innovative platform for contemporary art. Exhibitions have presented works by largely unseen young artists, or by international artists whose work has been rarely or never exhibited in the UK. This approach has made the Gallery one of the most recognised names in contemporary art. Since moving to its current 70,000 square feet space in the Duke of York’s Headquarters in Chelsea, London, the Gallery has welcomed over 10 million visitors. The Gallery hosts thousands of school visits annually and has over 6 million followers on social media. In 2019, Saatchi Gallery became a registered charity, beginning a new chapter in its history. 

Registered Charity Number: 1182328

Address: Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Rd, Chelsea, London SW3 4RY

[email protected] | +44 (0) 20 7811 3091 | www.saatchigallery.com

Good Eye Projects returns to Saatchi Gallery with a group exhibition of artists from their Autumn 2024, Spring 2025, and Summer 2025 residency iterations. 

Artists for GEP’s Summer and Autumn residencies are selected via a free-to-enter Open Call process, moderated by a panel of art-world insiders. The Spring iteration features selected artists as part of GEP’s gallery collaboration initiative, with artists previously invited on behalf of Pipeline, Soup, Sherbet Green, Night Café, Neven Gallery, San Mei and Iris Projects.

Good Eye Projects 2026 at Saatchi Gallery will feature works by participating residency artists: 

Autumn 2024: DaddyBears, Lily Bunney, Harriet Gillett, Freya Fang Wang, Derrelle Elijah, Amelie Peace

Spring 2025: Mark Burch, Sofia Clausse, Roudhah Al Mazrouei, Sonya Derviz, Parham Ghalamdar, Amelie Mckee

Summer 2025: Rachel Mortlock, Leon Scott-Engel, Xinyu Han, Elleanna Chapman, Lulu Wang, Lau Yee Vanessa Fong

Since launching, GEP has supported 60 artists, and has presented off-site collaborations with Christie’s, Collective Ending HQ and Saatchi Gallery. In 2025, GEP introduced its Project Partners Program that welcomed patrons Tom Leahy and Gigi Surel to the GEP team, alongside Reece Jones joining the Selection Panel.

Good Eye Projects Artistic Director: Anna Woodward (Artist & Organiser)

Good Eye Projects Business Development Director: Scott Franklin (Art Collector & Founder of Property Guardian Protection LTD)

Good Eye Projects Selection Panel: Hector Campbell (Co-Founder & Director, Soup Gallery); Marie-Claire Thijsen (Head of Sale & Specialist, Post-War & Contemporary Art, Christie’s); Reece Jones (Artist and Mentor)

“The residency at Good Eye Projects enabled me to develop large scale ambitious work supporting me with a dedicated studio space accessible 24/7 for a total of four months. I really enjoyed the studio visits they organised with gallerists, curators and collectors: this pushed me to further professionalize my practice and reflect on my process. I now feel part of a wider network as they actively expand and collaborate with different institutions and would highly recommend applying for the programme.”

– Amelie Mckee, Spring 2025 Resident placed on GEP partnership with Sherbet Green Gallery

“Alongside the generous studio spaces and regular studio visits, the studio community at Good Eye Projects was a real highlight for me during the residency. It felt like stepping back into a similar studio environment to that of art school, where you’re surrounded by other artists all supporting one another and helping push each other’s ideas forward. As artists we spend a lot of time working on our own, so stepping back into a more communal environment felt like an injection of new energy, giving each other regular feedback and learning from the varied practices. I felt this helped push the work I wanted to make when entering the residency forward in new directions, and has given me lots to think about moving forward. Having now left the residency, I still feel this community is very present, with all the artists remaining in touch across different residency cohorts, and being invited to engage within various events/trips on the current residency too.”

– Leon Engel-Scott, Summer 2025 Resident

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Dates and Opening Hours

Open to the public: 29 January – 1 March 2026

Hours: 10 AM – 6 PM (last admission 5.30 PM)

Admission to this exhibition is free, with a suggested donation of £3.

ABOUT GOOD EYE PROJECTS

Good Eye Projects is an artist residency programme founded in 2022. Embodying the artist-led ethos and community orientation of London’s vibrant emerging and early-career art scene, GEP hosts three residency iterations per year at their West London location, providing six artists per edition with free studio space in which to create. Alongside, GEP organises regular studio visits with insightful industry professionals; gallery visit days to some of London’s most exciting spaces; and end-of-residency exhibitions to spotlight each artist’s output.

[email protected] | Instagram: @goodeyeprojects | www.goodeyeprojects.com

ABOUT SAATCHI GALLERY

Since 1985, Saatchi Gallery has provided an innovative platform for contemporary art. Exhibitions have presented works by largely unseen young artists, or by international artists whose work has been rarely or never exhibited in the UK. This approach has made the Gallery one of the most recognised names in contemporary art. Since moving to its current 70,000 square feet space in the Duke of York’s Headquarters in Chelsea, London, the Gallery has welcomed over 10 million visitors. The Gallery hosts thousands of school visits annually and has over 6 million followers on social media. In 2019, Saatchi Gallery became a registered charity, beginning a new chapter in its history. 

Registered Charity Number: 1182328

Address: Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Rd, Chelsea, London SW3 4RY

[email protected] | +44 (0) 20 7811 3091 | www.saatchigallery.com