Past Gallery Cafe Exhibitions
Here you can see the Gallery Cafe exhibitions that took place over the last year, to give you an idea of the breadth of work that we exhibit and celebrate the varied artists that have adorned our walls.
Behind Every Door
8 April to 11 May 2026
St Margaret's House is a work-home for more than 30 community organisations and wellbeing practices. In this exhibition, we take you behind the many doors to find the artists and participants creating here.
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THAT Network Practitioners Reconnected
3 March to 7 April 2026
This exhibition celebrates the individual practices of artists who also happen to be teachers — practitioners who nurture creativity in others every day while continuing to cultivate their own.
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Fruit Machine: Andrew Lumsden Art & Activism
18 November 2025 to 2 March 2026
Andrew Lumsden (1941-2023) was a pioneering gay journalist, activist and artist. This exhibition celebrates his still lifes, interiors, landscapes and portraits from over half a century of drawings.
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Human Metamorphosis
10 September to 6 October 2025
An exhibition of paintings by local artist, Aristedes Georgiou; his first solo show, inspired by the natural world – its beauty and inspiration through resilience, constant growth and search for the light.
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Made in Bethnal Green
17 June to 21 July 2025
Bethnal Green-based artist F. Zeeshan Choudhury unveils her new visual language to record local folklores, expressed through a sari printed with bespoke woodblock stamps
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Home Is?
7 October to 17 November 2025
Home is both anchor and question. This exhibition shares personal stories of migration, intimacy, and landscape and fantasy, asking what home means when it is always moving, remembered, and remade.
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Light and Dark
22 July to 9 September 2025
Our Summer Open Exhibition exploring the contrasts between illumination and shadow, not just in a physical sense but also in emotion, symbolism and storytelling.
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Hidden Talents
13 May to 16 June 2025
Hidden Talents offers an opportunity for our team to showcase their creative sides. A wide range of work is displayed from mixed media, sculpture, collage, photography to film and video.
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