📢 We are so pleased to announce that our next exhibition will be Daniel Regan: (be)longing 📍Showing at Bethlem Gallery 22 April – 11 July 2026 🕐 Open 9.30am – 5pm, Wednesday – Saturday 🎉 Opening Event: 23 April 5-8pm – RSVP via Eventbrite (see link in bio)
This exhibition explores @DanielReganPhotography ’s long-held complex relationship to a sense of belonging. The works touch on family estrangement, cultural heritage, queerness and neurodivergent identity through mixed-media works.
The culmination of works and thinking from across the last five years, the exhibition also follows research programme commissioned by Bethlem Gallery; a series of creative workshops, panel talks and a symposium held in 2025 that allowed Daniel to explore these themes from multiple perspectives.
This is the first exhibition that is a step away from a solely photographic practice for Daniel, who will be showing drawings, ink, image and text works.
As part of his practice supporting emerging artists, Daniel is supporting two artists to develop and exhibit work on the theme of belonging. Selected via an open call, work by artists @Michael_Mendones and @NinaGrossArtist , present their micro-commissions.
With funding from @MaudsleyCharity and @acegrams .
Image: courtesy Daniel Regan
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I’m delighted to announce that our Safe Spaces exhibition is opening 1 April - 10 August at Ortus, 82-96 Grove Lane, SE5 8SN. 8am-5pm Mon-Fri. Private view and kids den-making and photography workshop details to come.
‘Safe Spaces’ is a collaborative photography project that documents the improvised sanctuaries neurodiverse children create. #SafeSpacesProject
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Have you heard about our new #FriendsofBethlemGallery Membership? 👬
Priced at £80, the one-year membership includes:
👜 an exclusive Friend of Bethlem Gallery tote bag, designed by @The_Artist_TaxiDriver ;
💌 invitations to all our private views throughout the year (including a ‘plus one’ so you can bring a friend);
📢 two Friends-exclusive online forums with Gallery artists and staff to hear about what’s happening at the Gallery, and how our work impacts artists;
📨 and monthly Friends e-newsletters.
By becoming a Friend, you can help us sustain artists’ practices, produce socially engaged art that challenges stigma, help us open up new ways of thinking about mental health and support people to live well with mental ill health.
Buy your membership in person at the Gallery or online via our new online shop (see link in bio).
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My solo show - (be)longing - continues to be on show at @bethlemgallery until 11th July.
🎬 Here’s a short film made by artist Africa Barrero-Alexander (@africa_barreroalex ), featuring me talking through some of the ideas behind the works. It gives insights into the show if you’re yet to visit - or a chance to sit with it again if you have.
The exhibition explores my long-held complex relationship to a sense of belonging.
ℹ️ Visiting Info ℹ️
~ @bethlemgallery
~ Open Wednesday - Saturday, 9:30am - 5pm
~ Free to visit.
@CarolineClarkphotographs ’ exhibition 'Safe Spaces' is currently on at @ortusmaudsley in Denmark Hill, London. Bethlem Gallery’s curatorial team organises a seasonal programme of exhibitions with ORTUS, in addition to its own gallery spaces.
In our blog this week, we sat down with Caroline to discuss the latest show and the themes of photography and childhood neurodiversity in our everyday lives.
See link in bio to read the full conversation, and to learn more about getting involved in the project.
Image: John, Safe Spaces Project 2025
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A Thread That Binds Us is now open at @SciGalleryLon !
Open Mon - Sat, 11am - 6pm.
Two new tapestry-based works by Amber Roper @thebluhenstudio , created in response to research workshops exploring parents’ beliefs and concerns around mental health in families.
A Thread That Binds Us is a series of two new works by textile and mixed media artist Amber Roper. These were commissioned by Bethlem Gallery as part of ‘Family Footsteps’, a collaborative research project with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London @kingsioppn exploring intergenerational mental health and parents’ beliefs and concerns about mental wellbeing within families.
See link in bio to read more about the project.
Funded by Wellcome
Photos courtesy Reese Straw
📢 Join a Creative Workshop with Artist @danielreganphotography
Saturday 30 May 2026, 2-4pm
Bethlem Gallery
Book your tickets via link in bio (£5/£20)
Join artist Daniel Regan for a two-hour creative workshop exploring methods of concealment.
This workshop accompanies the current exhibition Daniel Regan: (be)longing and relates to works by Daniel as part of the show including redacted documents, asemic writing works, and altered family photographs.
Participants will move through three connected activities: redacting a piece of text, rewriting it in an invented illegible script, and then working with a printed image to remove or obscure elements. You will leave with a small set of work.
Image: Installation view courtesy Daniel Regan.
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‘Safe Spaces’ is a collaborative photography project and exhibition by @carolineclarkphotographs for @bethlemgallery that documents the improvised sanctuaries neurodiverse children create. Under beds, in cupboards, or up trees, these spaces enable those hiding to escape and recover from the experiences of navigating a neurotypical world, often after a difficult school day. #SafeSpacesProject
The exhibition is free and runs until 10 August at Ortus 82-96 Grove Lane, London, SE5 8SN, Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm.
@bethlemgallery supports the professional development and creative practice of emerging artists, many of whom have experience of using mental health services.
Find out more using the link in our bio.
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A screening and conversation exploring art, care, creativity and life beyond institutional boundaries.
Join us for Something Glamorous, Something Awkward, a short film following artist Mr X as he prepares to leave long-term state care, transforming found objects into imagined futures and alternative worlds.
The 25-minute screening will be followed by a Q&A with Mr X and collaborators from Bethlem Gallery.
📅 Tuesday 19 May
🕡 6.30–8pm
🎟️ Free entry, booking required
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📢 Join our Making Workshop with @NinaGrossArtist
Saturday 30 May 2026, 11am-1pm
Bethlem Gallery
Book your tickets via link in bio.
(be)longing artist Nina Gross presents an artist-led workshop taking place at Bethlem Gallery on Saturday 30 May at 11am.
The workshop will explore ideas around the spaces we inhabit, the role of memory, and how we can use readily accessible materials in realising them.
Nina creates intricately detailed spaces filled with meaning and drawn from everyday life. She will lead the group in visualising and crafting spaces, drawing from your own experience.
This workshop accompanies the current exhibition @DanielReganPhotography : (be)longing.
Image: work by Nina Gross. Image courtesy Daniel Regan.
Creative Health Symposium: Exploring Art and Mental Health in Practice
The Art of Practice
Friday 15 May 2026 I 10-4pm I Online (Zoom)
An online symposium for organisations supporting art and creative health in mental health contexts. We are delighted to be joining @bethlemgallery and its director Sophie Leighton.
Creative health is a major focus right now, as the NHS 10-year plan shifts toward preventative and community-based care. At the same time, arts funders are increasingly prioritising work that demonstrates a meaningful impact on health and wellbeing.
This symposium brings together practitioners and thinkers from across the sector to share insights, case studies, and approaches to working at the intersection of art and mental health. CVAN London’s Director, Jo Townshend, will be leading a discussion group exploring ways of valuing creative health in visual art settings, alongside contributions from Dr Tola Dabiri and Professor Helen Chatterjee.
This event aims to share practice from across the sector, with a view to developing stronger connections and potentially a network focused specifically on art and mental health from an organisational perspective.
Join us for a day of insights, learning, and exchange. Link in bio to register to attend.
#creativehealth #artsandhealth #artspractice #wellbeing
Opening today! 💫🎨
I’m so excited to finally share A Thread That Binds Us, a two piece tapestry installation I’ve created, now open to the public!
📍Science Gallery London, SE1 9GU
📆5 May to 31 July
👥Free Entry
The hand tufted Tapestry Soft Threads, Soft Truths, was made through conversations and workshops with parents, exploring experiences of mental health across families and generations. The colours, textures and words all came directly from those shared moments. I’ve worked these into the piece by hand, building it up in layers so it expresses those thoughts and feelings through colour, form even down to the font.
The second piece “Family ties” is unfinished… this artwork is an invite to come and collaborating with me and One another, to connect with each other and just be creative. Come and add your own thread, words or reflections and become part of the work as it grows ✨
A reminder that none of us are alone in what we carry and that something special can come from making together 🫶🏽
Come through, take your time with it and add your voice and Creativity!
@bethlemgallery@kate.watson.uk@kings_college_london@scigallerylon
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