Six artists announced for Fitzrovia Quarter’s new creative hub

From June to November 2026, six artists will take up residency at 53 Great Portland Street, transforming the space into a creative hub in the heart of Fitzrovia Quarter.

The residency provides six rent-free studio spaces within a 1,000 sq ft creative hub, giving artists dedicated space to develop and experiment with new work while drawing inspiration from Fitzrovia Quarter’s cultural history and contemporary creative scene.

 

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Meet the six artists selected for Fitzrovia Quarter Studio Residencies 2026. Each brings a unique creative perspective, contributing to a shared studio environment where new ideas, collaboration and meaningful connections will shape the next chapter of Fitzrovia Quarter.

1. Jingshan Ding

A visionary creator blending a background in biology from Imperial College London with fine art from UAL. Shortlisted for the Paul Smith Foundation Art Prize 2025, Ding treats the city like a living organism, mapping physical traces such as animal footprints, watermarks and tree bark through beautifully layered, regenerating painted surfaces that evolve over time.

2. Purdey Fitzherbert

A London-born process painter who treats the city pavement as an active artistic partner. Working on handmade Japanese paper, Fitzherbert creates heavily textured surfaces using natural inks and raw materials gathered directly from London’s streets, including ash, pulverised brick, chalk, rusted metal and urban dust.

Purdey Fitzherbert has shared about her feelings about the program:

“This residency gives me the space to think about how a city remembers as it changes. I am excited to spend time moving through Fitzrovia, gathering details that can become part of the work. Through my research, what interests me most is its constant transformation, and it is this sense of change that I want to connect to my practice, which explores fading, erosion and the shifting life of surfaces.”

3. Esmeralda Conde Ruiz

A Spanish sculptor holding an MA from the Royal College of Art whose hypnotic installations use light, sound, glass and bioplastics to alter sensory perception. Currently collaborating with the Federico García Lorca Foundation on a landmark memorial exhibition in Spain, her work invites viewers to move from passive spectators to active participants.

4. Holly Keogh

A Goldsmiths MA graduate whose intensely physical painting process bypasses traditional studio tools. Keogh paints vibrant, intimate imagery onto massive sheets of upholstery foam before using her own body weight to soak and press the fragile figurative impressions onto canvas, creating haunting works that explore glamour, public life and the anxieties of digital visibility.

5. Monya Riachi

An interdisciplinary artist and winner of the Boghossian Foundation Visual Arts Prize whose research-led sculptures interlace poetry, raw matter and political geographies. Riachi collaborates closely with musicians, scientists and craftspeople to transform heavy geological elements into deeply accessible, personal stories of land and memory.

6. Tabitha Wilson

An RCA Painting MA graduate whose expansive, luminous canvases capture the rhythm of sound, motion and states of flux. Attuned to the shifting qualities of light and refraction, Wilson’s experimental surfaces blur the line between pure abstraction and raw, lived experience.

Tabitha Wilson has shared that:

“I am excited to begin my residency in Fitzrovia Quarter, especially with its long connection to artists and writers. I am interested in connecting the fluidity of language to the rhythm of painting as a tool for un-anchoring the habits of common sense, allowing space to reevaluate our understanding of experience.”

For the six selected artists, Fitzrovia Quarter Studio Residencies 2026 offers more than a place to work. It gives the chance to share their work with audiences in one of central London’s most culturally active neighbourhoods.

By combining free studio space, exhibition support, artwork sales opportunities and a place in The Langham Estate’s corporate art collection, the programme helps artists grow their practice while building lasting visibility beyond the residency itself. Here are the details:

•  ☆ A rent-free studio space – A dedicated studio within a 1,000 sq ft creative hub at 53 Great Portland Street, available from June to November 2026.
•  ☆ A public exhibition – A group exhibition in late October 2026, allowing artists to share their work with the local community and visitors.
•  ☆ Exhibition production support – Fitzrovia Quarter covers the agreed production and installation costs for the exhibition.
•  ☆ 100% of artwork sales – Artists keep all proceeds from any works sold during the exhibition, with no commission deducted.
•  ☆ A permanent legacy – One artwork from each resident artist will become part of The Langham Estate corporate art collection, recognising their contribution to Fitzrovia Quarter Studio Residencies 2026.