London Art Fair Open Studio Weekend

The Summer Open Studios Art Show provides a unique opportunity to interact directly with over 200 artists within their individual creative spaces

On Thursday 10th May the artists of Wimbledon Art Studios will open their studio doors to the public for the first of their twice-yearly Open Studio art shows.

Wimbledon Art Studios is a unique creative community based in South West London. With 220 individual studios providing a professionally managed creative environment for over 230 artists, it is the largest single site art studio complex in Europe.

The 2012 Summer Open Studios Art Show (10th – 13th May) will provide a rare and exciting opportunity to interact with the artists within their own individual creative spaces and buy art directly from the artist.

A long term participant of Wandsworth Art Festival, the Art Show will host its annual Family Fun Day on the Sunday 13th May where there will be interactive storytelling for young children and an art treasure hunt for the older and more adventurous visitors!


• With artists working across a range of disciplines, from painting and sculpture to textiles and furniture design, WAS represents one of the UK’s most important creative hubs

• With 220 individual artist studios WAS is the largest single site art studio complex in Europe

• WAS is a unique independently funded arts enterprise, whose community outreach and artist development programmes have reinvigorated a long neglected part of Wandsworth

• The show will be officially opened by artist Hazel Soan, Figurative Painter, Author & regular TV expert on well loved programmes ‘Watercolour Challenge’, ‘Wish you were here’ & ‘Great British Picture Chase’.

• Wimbledon Art Studio artist Patrick Simkins is one of the BT storytellers for London 2012 and recently completed a photo shoot and interview with Beth Rudford, one of GB’ Sculling squad for 2012 and South African runner Oscar ‘the Bladerunner’ Pistonius