Projects + Research

For the first time, we’re sharing a behind the scenes look at Autograph's projects and original research — exploring themes of race and representation, the history of photography, disability, community, inclusion and much more. We'll be adding both new and old projects here.

Projects

Dexter McLean: Artist Research Commission

2023 - 2024
A supported opportunity to undertake work in Kingston, Jamaica

Seeing Differently: Learning Together Through Photographs

2023 - 2024
Connecting students with diverse visual media

Visible Practice Residency

2024 – 2027
Supporting an Artist Teacher within and beyond the school environment

Common Ground

2024
Introducing young people to photography through an artist-led programme

Visualising Disability:
Artist Development Programme

2024 - 2026

Digital Guide to Autograph's Exhibitions


New Home: Our Resilience

Sep 2024 - Feb 2025
Supporting women from refugee backgrounds to develop visual literacy skills

Family SEND Programme

2019 - ongoing
Our free artist-led programme for families who have a child/children with complex needs

Curatorial Research

Climate and Colonialism Research Partnership

2023 - 2026

Residencies

Marie Smith Artist Residency

2025
2025 Autograph x Light Work artist residency

Sabrina Tirvengadum Artist Residency

2025
2025 Autograph x Light Work artist residency

Jermaine Francis Artist Residency

2024
2024 Autograph / Light Work artist residency

Lagos Studio Archives Residency

Oct 2023
In partnership with Guest Artists Space Foundation

Ajamu on residency

March 2023
Artist Ajamu has been selected as the 2023 Autograph / Light Work artist residency

Thompson Hall Residency

March - May 2022
Hall was selected to be Autograph's first on-site Artist-in-Residence

Mónica Alcázar-Duarte Residency

April 2022
2022 Light Work / Autograph artist residency

Featured Past Projects + Research

Transforming Leadership

2020 - 23
Working with artists to break through barriers within the creative industries

Putting Ourselves in the Picture

May - Nov 2021
Sharing the unheard life stories of LGBTQ+ refugee women using photography

Critical Times: Dialogues in Contemporary Photography

2021 - 22
Artist commissioning project

Resilient Heritage

2018 - 2022
Increasing access to, and ensuring robust care of, Autograph's collection of photography

Art in Focus

August 2023 - August 2024
Sharing photographs in Autograph's collection from the Rock Against Racism movement

Shining Lights: Black Women Photographers in 1980s-90s Britain

2021-2024
We have co-published the first book dedicated to this legacy

Thompson Hall Artist Monograph

2024

Accumulate: Creative Futures

Jan - Mar 2024
Providing routes into creative employment for people affected by homelessness

Amplify — Stranger in the Village: Afro European Matters

2021 - 2022
Artist commissioning project

Hackney Is Home

Sep 2020 - May 2021
Exploring experiences of home and migration in the London Borough of Hackney

Care | Contagion | Community — Self & Other

March 2020 - 2022
Artist commissioning project

EXPLORERS

2022 - 2024
Increasing visibility and representation of neurodivergent artists

Sense of Belonging

2021 - 2022
Opening up conversations about home and migration in the London Borough of Hackney

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