Chelsea College of Arts

Chelsea College of Arts University of the Arts London (UAL) Chelsea College of Arts has a reputation for producing some of today’s leading artists and designers.

Our teaching focuses on material-based investigation and creative process. We offer fine art, design and curating courses. At Chelsea College of Arts, we look at art and design in a social, cultural and political context. We are particularly interested in the effects of globalisation. This could either be on creative practice itself or its response to it. Chelsea College of Arts has 2 university r

esearch centres that specialise in these areas. They are Transnational Art, Identity and Nation (TrAIN) and the Centre for Circular Design (CCD). We are home to Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) and the Stuart Hall Library. Our Chelsea Space gallery programme is international and interdisciplinary. Exhibitions cover art, design and popular culture with an emphasis is on curatorial experimentation. As a city London offers a platform for building new networks. Our staff will encourage you to test your ideas out both on and off site. This might be in an exhibition, studio or whilst using our professional facilities. We want you to embrace a spirit of investigation and inventiveness. These are characteristics that drive and inform the work of many of our graduates. Our alumni include Mariko Mori, Rose Finn-Kelcey, Haroon Mirza, Steve McQueen, Rana Begum, Chris Ofili, Margaret Calvert, Mark Wallinger, Thomas J Price, James Richards and Helen Chadwick. We want you to realise your potential as an artist, designer or creative practitioner. Chelsea College of Arts aims to provide you with a stimulating space to do that.

28/05/2026

Shows 2026: Our Undergraduate and Graduate Diploma Show is officially TWO WEEKS away 📣

📆 Exhibition dates:
11 June – 19 June 2026

Private view (open to all):
Thursday 11 June, 6–9pm

Featuring work by students from:
BA (Hons) Fine Art
BA (Hons) Graphic Design Communication
BA (Hons) Interior Design
BA (Hons) Product and Furniture Design
BA (Hons) Textile Design
Graduate Diploma Fine Art
Graduate Diploma Graphic Design
Graduate Diploma Interior Design
Graduate Diploma Textile Design

📍 Chelsea College of Arts, 16 John Islip Street, London SW1P 4JU

🎟️ Book via the link to explore the work of our graduating students and join us for the private view: https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/chelsea-college-of-arts/whats-on/chelsea-shows

Scenes from 's participatory performance 🤩Last week we gathered for evening of collective imagining, movement and action...
20/05/2026

Scenes from 's participatory performance 🤩

Last week we gathered for evening of collective imagining, movement and action at , as audiences joined Eva Sajovic for a participatory performance expanding on her recent work 'Rise and Fall of a Temple'.

Through shared costume, sound and procession, participants came together to imagine the future together. Costumes and props, developed by Eva in collaboration with Rowan Kelly, became part of a collective action that moved from ritual to assembly.

Led through the space by Almiro Andrade as an augur, the procession gathered into a people’s assembly facilitated by Yaz Ashmawi, inviting conversation around what a temple for the future might hold: what it protects, what it values and what it leaves out.

With live music from Joe Bates, the evening culminated in a collective decision on whether the temple would stand or fall followed by an embodied response shaped by everyone present.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this shared act of creative expression.

Photography by Adelina-Nicoleta Apetrei 📸

Congratulations to the artists who made The Turner Prize 2026 shortlist 🎉We're proud to announce that Simeon Barclay who...
27/04/2026

Congratulations to the artists who made The Turner Prize 2026 shortlist 🎉

We're proud to announce that Simeon Barclay who completed a Graduate Diploma at Chelsea College of Arts and Kira Freiji, an Associate Lecturer on MA Fine Art at our college.

Barclay is nominated for The Ruin - a powerful spoken-word performance exploring Britishness, class, race and masculinity through an immersive soundscape shaped by personal and industrial histories.

Freiji is recognised for her solo exhibition Unspeak the Chorus at The Hepworth Wakefield. Her sculptural installations use raw materials and expressive forms to evoke complex emotional states, creating spaces that are both haunting and deeply human.

Learn more 🔗 https://www.tate.org.uk/press/press-releases/turner-prize-2026-shortlist-announced

Image credits:
1. Portrait of Kira Freije. Photo © Robin Bernstein.
2. Roberts Institute of Arts presents Simeon Barclay, The Ruin, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, January 2025. Photo © Anne Tetzlaff. Courtesy of the Artist & Workplace.
3. Portrait of Simeon Barclay. Courtesy the Artist & Workplace.
4. Roberts Institute of Arts presents Simeon Barclay, The Ruin, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, January 2025. Photo © Anne Tetzlaff. Courtesy of the Artist & Workplace.

More from NAFA x UAL 🤩We just can't get enough of the amazing work showcased at the recent x UAL exhibition held at Che...
17/04/2026

More from NAFA x UAL 🤩

We just can't get enough of the amazing work showcased at the recent x UAL exhibition held at Chelsea College of Arts. Swipe ➡️ for an interesting visual journey captured by 📸





This wasn’t your typical dinner 🍽️As part of the UAL x The Chancery Rosewood Programme, Disorderly Dinners took place la...
10/04/2026

This wasn’t your typical dinner 🍽️

As part of the UAL x The Chancery Rosewood Programme, Disorderly Dinners took place last month. This unique dinner reimagined the dining experience through design, inviting guests to actively participate and rethink how objects shape everyday rituals. Each course was paired with bespoke cutlery, created by Chelsea alumni, turning the table into a space for experimentation.

Hosted in the Penthouse Loft Suite at The Chancery Rosewood, the project brought together BA (Hons) Product and Furniture Design graduates from Chelsea College of Arts.

Delivered as a UAL Graduate Consultancy Project and devised by Jason Cleverly, it connected emerging creatives with industry, transforming ideas into real world experiences.

The graduates involved were:

Ekatorina Azovskaya
Luca Concilla
Kengo Horikoshi
Cameron Griffin
Josephine Bourdariat
Luana Meneux
Han Xie
Giovanni Agostini
Klinta Locmele
Neve Beill
Nao Iyama
Yumeng Wang
Anna Digby
Hannah Rot
Sanad Khoury

Photos by: Mitsi Moulson 📸

Learn more about our BA (Hons) Product and Furniture Design course: https://bit.ly/4sYrSWt

The private view of the NAFA x UAL exhibition private view was all smiles...and even glorious food 🤩This exhibition is a...
01/04/2026

The private view of the NAFA x UAL exhibition private view was all smiles...and even glorious food 🤩

This exhibition is a collaboration between the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Singapore) x University of The Arts (London) . It showcases a collection of works made at three UAL colleges by 2nd year BA Fine Art & BA Design Practice NAFA students.

Photos by

The exhibition is still open to visitors today from 11am-4pm.

Location: Chelsea College of Arts
16 John Islip Street
London SW1P 4JU

Exhibition Spaces
Banqueting Hall
Cook House
Morgue
Triangle Space





Join our UAL x Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) collaborative summer schools 👏- Build international experience while...
01/04/2026

Join our UAL x Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) collaborative summer schools 👏

- Build international experience while exploring cutting-edge topics in Arts & Tech and Arts & Society.

- Funding available for eligible undergraduate students across all colleges/institutes at UAL.

Applications close on 10 April 2026 ⏳

Full description of the programmes and how to apply here: https://www.arts.ac.uk/students/stories/apply-now-summer-school-opportunities-ual-and-zurich-university-of-the-arts

Image credit: Message to Myself by Anita-Praise Nweke

25/03/2026

For the eighth consecutive year, University of the Arts London is ranked #2 globally for art and design in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026 - making it the highest-ranked undergraduate arts and design educator in the world. 🌍🎉

Across six Colleges, UAL supports 22,000 students and a global alumni community of over 270,000 - shaping the future of the creative industries in London and beyond. As one of the fastest-growing parts of the UK economy, continued investment in arts education is vital to sustaining innovation, opportunity and global impact.

“Behind every ranking are the students who chose to trust us with their creative education and the staff who come to work every day to make that education extraordinary.

Eight years at the top of the world rankings tells you something important, not just about UAL, but about what happens when a society invests seriously and consistently in creativity. Individual institutions cannot do this alone – we need to rely on a pipeline that makes creative education available to all. To maintain the UK’s world class creative industries, supporting arts education in this country has never been more important. Our graduates go on to power the economy through entrepreneurial start-ups that create more jobs and through using their creative skills to solve problems of the future.

Our 2032 strategy is our commitment to go further, widening access so that more people at every stage of life can experience a UAL education and become part of our community, deepening our global partnerships and ensuring our students are equipped to navigate and shape a world being transformed by technology. The creative industries are one of the fastest-growing parts of our economy. The world needs what our graduates create and UAL's job is to make sure they are ready."

— Professor Karen Stanton, Vice-Chancellor

From your first ideas to your final projects, it’s been a privilege to be part of your journey 🎓Congratulations to our P...
17/03/2026

From your first ideas to your final projects, it’s been a privilege to be part of your journey 🎓

Congratulations to our Postgraduate Class of 2026 from , and 👏

We are so proud of everything you have achieved. Bold ideas. Brilliant minds. The future is yours!

Swipe through to see highlights from today’s ceremony and onstage moments at the Royal Festival Hall 📸

Image credits: UAL Postgraduate Graduation for the Class of 2026, at Royal Festival Hall, 2026, UAL | Photograph: In-press Photography Ltd

Art comes from vulnerability and lived experience. Beth Smith told her story through this project ✍️Our BA (Hons) Textil...
16/02/2026

Art comes from vulnerability and lived experience. Beth Smith told her story through this project ✍️

Our BA (Hons) Textile Design graduate Beth Smith created a collection of embellished textiles for her project Latter Days, which confronts her experience growing up in the Mormon church, leaving the church and her father revealing his homosexuality.

See more about Beth's project on UAL Showcase: https://bit.ly/457PZIw

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