Celebrate International Women's Day with 'Figures of Change' art trail

Wembley Park today announces the unveiling of eight major public realm artworks by leading female artists from around the world, curated by Zoë Allen of Artistic Statements and assembled by an all-woman team of 16. The ambitious project will further establish Wembley Park’s credentials as a major cultural hub for Northwest London. Launching on Tuesday 8th March to celebrate International Women’s Day, the free art trail includes digital artworks, lighting installations, typography, graphic design, photography and illustration and centres around the theme ‘How Beautiful Change Can Truly Be’, underpinning the transformation that Wembley Park has undergone in recent years, from an event-day only destination to one of London’s most exciting new neighbourhoods, with culture and creativity at its heart. The 85-acre Wembley Park area includes affordable artist studios and a growing collection of outdoor public art developed with local, national, and international artists, which has transformed its public spaces.

As a result of Covid-19, Wembley Park found new ways to boost the spirits of its residents, attract visitors, and support artists, including such initiatives as its outdoor public art trail launched in September 2020. Since this time, the neighbourhood has played host to public art installations and murals created by internationally renowned artists from around the globe, including colour superstar Remi Rough, and world-famous French street photographer JR.

Adding to the existing trail, ‘Figures of Change’ takes shape across a myriad of unconventional outdoor canvases in site specific locations around the neighbourhood. Upon exiting Wembley Park tube station, visitors are faced with high impact positive messaging of digital artworks that illuminate several digital totems as well as the dramatically transformed Bobby Moore Bridge. Further along Wembley Park’s recently revamped Olympic Way, a brightly coloured, large-scale 23 x 23m floor mural is on display opposite the new Olympic Steps, unveiled by Wembley Park in June 2021 ahead of the postponed EURO 2020 Games at Wembley Stadium.

The works also reflect the theme of IWD2022, #breakthebias, a global call to tackle discrimination, celebrate our differences and forge an equal future, exploring the positive shifts in attitudes towards women and a collective desire for change following a hugely destabilising global pandemic.

The roster of artists and curators includes Sofia Cianculli, Laxmi Hussein, Lois O’Hara, Sarah Blackwell, Charley Peters, Zoe Slatter, Stephanie Rausser, Jennifer Latour, Henriette Sabroe Ebbesen, Christelle Boule, Esperanza Moya, Maria Luneva, Thirza Shaap, Karina Twiss, Wami Aluko, Liz Von Hoene, Zoë Allen and Averil Curci.

Market Square will feature an outdoor photography exhibition gallery by women from round the world, curated by Averil Curci; leading onto a trio of eye-catching phone boxes and a succession of shooting stars over the iconic Spanish Steps which link the newly named OVO Arena and Wembley Stadium.