Painting & Poetry 2025

This exhibition, by students from BA Hons Painting at Camberwell College of Arts, explores the relationship between painting and poetry, word and image. The paintings reveal their personal responses to poems and include subjects of identity; home; belonging; unbelonging; family; the body; community; history and personal history; cultural heritage and storytelling. These subjects reflect the vibrant and diverse nature of the painting course. The accompanying publication includes the poems and ideas that have inspired the art.

During the Festival, guest poets Lola Oh, Akhera Williams and Leo Boix will be hosting workshops for students and the public sharing their own ways of working with word and image.

Lola Oh is a Black British poet, photographer and facilitator based in London.

Akhera Williams is a poet, creative producer and facilitator from South London. 

Leo Boix is a bilingual Latinx poet born in Argentina who lives and works in the UK. 

This project has been kindly supported by the university’s CCW Public Engagement funding.

Exhibition available during library opening hours.