Ten years after a study by the Mayor of London revealed a crisis in artist studio provision, we spoke to artists and studios to find out if anything’s changed since. What they told us doesn’t paint a pretty picture
Take Georg Wilson. The 25-year-old painter graduated from the RCA in 2022 and in the past two years has seen exhibitions at Soho Revue and Berntson Bhattacharjee. Just over a year ago, she started looking for a larger studio to accommodate her growing practice. “Most London studio companies will prioritise those who have been on their waiting list the longest, and even though I had been registered with all of them for over three years, it took a whole stressful year of regularly applying for studio spaces until I was actually offered one,” she told me. In the end, she had to turn the space down, as it cost almost as much as her accommodation.
