The Stanley Picker Gallery, which is part of Kingston University's School of Art, is showcasing various exhibitions throughout March and April.

From 26 - 28 March, the gallery will conclude its current Attack Decay Sustain Release sound programme, including a free Friday Late called 'Release' on 27 March from 5pm - 8pm.

Attack Decay Sustain Release presents an exciting series of experimental artist residencies with Turner Prize 2025 winner Nnena Kalu together with Rebecca Kressley (Super Trouper), alongside Stanley Picker Fellows Sophie Huckfield and Abbas Zahedi to explore the ways that sound can play distinct roles within artistic production. 

Super Trouper is an evolving project organised by curator-researcher and Kingston School of Art PhD candidate Lisa Slominski and is supported by ActionSpace. 

As part of the residency, the artists are working in the space on selected days.

Local residents are welcome to attend and see some of the work developed during the various residencies and meet some of the artists.

On Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 March, Sophie Huckfield will work on the space and on Thursday, 26 March, there will be a symposium, Curating and Coalition . 

The symposium, which is curated by ActionSpace, Stanley Picker Gallery and Kingston School of Art PhD candidate Lisa Slominski, critically explores the potential of expanding roles and responsibilities of cultural intermediaries within contemporary art in the wake of Nnena Kalu's Turner Prize Win. 

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Bringing together curators, researchers, supported-studio practitioners, and arts organisations, the symposium will examine agency, representation, facilitation, and coalition in relation to artists working from supported studio contexts.

It responds to the growing visibility of learning-disabled and neurodivergent artists, in particular those with complex needs and whose communication is considered non-normative, within the contemporary art world, and asks how this visibility can be accompanied by more equitable, accountable, and sustainable curatorial and institutional practices.

 Running until 28 April, the gallery is showcasing its next major exhibition, FRAUD Standing for the River with Stanley Picker fellows who are looking at the water health of the Hosgmill River.

Part of the project will involve making a formal application requesting a 'wild swimming spot' right outside the gallery, with the aim of highlighting how our local chalk stream is so heavily polluted.

As part of the exhibition, the gallery is hosting a community gathering about the project tomorrow (Tuesday, 10 March) from 4pm - 6pm.