Chisenhale Gallery

Chisenhale Gallery
Chisenhale Gallery, Chisenhale Arts Place Trust, London, United Kingdom
Chisenhale Gallery is located in London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Chisenhale Gallery
Location within London Borough of Tower Hamlets
EstablishedDecember 1986
LocationLondon
Coordinates51°31′59″N 0°02′22″W / 51.53315°N 0.03955°W / 51.53315; -0.03955
TypeNon profit art gallery
DirectorZoé Whitley[1]
Public transit accessNo. 277, 425, 339 or D6 bus; Mile End Bethnal Green
Websitewww.chisenhale.org.uk

Chisenhale Gallery is a non-profit contemporary art gallery based in London's East End. The gallery occupies the ground level of a former veneer factory on Chisenhale Road, situated in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, near Victoria Park and flanking the Hertford Union Canal. Housed in the same building are two other distinct initiatives: Chisenhale Studios and Chisenhale Dance Space, named also for the road on which they reside.

The gallery’s exhibitions are free admission. The typical structure of the annual exhibitions programme is to present up to four new solo artist commissions (e.g. one each in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter in a given year). The selected artists, whether based in the UK or internationally, are invited to participate as the result of curatorial research taking place in advance of an 18-month to 2-year concept development and production process.

Chisenhale Gallery also has a Social Practice programme, which prioritises working with young people who experience barriers to accessing art and culture in hospitals,[2] Child Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and alternative provision settings.

  1. ^ "Zoé Whitley Named Director of London's Chisenhale Gallery". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. ^ "the vacuum cleaner and Collaborators – Chisenhale Gallery". Retrieved 14 September 2023.