Chisenhale Gallery (London, 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, Child Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and alternative provision settings.