Artist call out: Paint Lab 2025

Take part in Paint Lab – a weekend of live painting exploring the science behind our senses.

We’re inviting 10 London based artists to each collaborate with a researcher from Imperial College London to create an artwork inspired by science - live over the weekend of the annual Great Exhibition Road Festival (7-8 June 2025) on Exhibition Road, South Kensington.

This year's theme is Senses. Join us to explore all the ways humans experience the world around us, including the unique perspectives of those affected by sensory loss, to the super-senses we find in the animal world, and the possibilities that science and technology provide for how we consume and enjoy art.

We are looking to support locally based artists and creatives to deliver a weekend of live painting. We're especially interested in working with artists who incorporate themes of the senses, and how different people experience the world into their practice, whether that's through unique artistic methods or expressions of sensory sensitivity or difference.

The Process

If successful in your application - you will be introduced to a scientific researcher in late February and will then have until May to complete your proposed design. This process will involve whatever support you require in the way of brainstorms and research material. 

The Canvas

We will provide you with an approximately 8’ x 8’ wood surface, which will be mounted on a large easel for you to get creative with. 

Your Payment

We will offer a fixed fee of £800 (incl VAT) including materials, research meetings and two days of live painting on 7 and 8 June 2025 at The Great Exhibition Road Festival.

Click here to fill out our application form

Closing date for applications is 9.00am on Monday 10 February 2025.

Successful and unsuccessful applicants will be contacted by the end of February 2025.

If you have any further queries, please contact [email protected]