Colours of Art School

We’ve been looking back to our show Bling! At Soup, London from earlier this year, and feeling grateful for this special opportunity to showcase work and exchange ideas over the course of the exhibition. On the final day of Bling! we held a reading session with Tawfik Naas and Ishy Pryce-Parchment, where both artists took us through the ways bling appeared in their practices, followed by an open discussion with attendees and members of COAS. Thank you to everyone that came and participated! We would like to say a special thanks to all exhibiting artists and speakers: @annagonzaleznoguchi @oceanloren @torfhick @katie_gabra @popkinjones @chxntal @ishystfu._ as well as our brilliant performers: @tifwellington @puer_deorum . And to @campbell.hector and @soup.ldn for your generosity and support! We are filled with gratitude and love from this show still, and can’t wait to see where this year takes COAS.

Chantal Goulder Exposure #2, 2025 Paper, ink, graphite in artist’s frame 59 x 45 x 3.5 cm Chantal Goulder is an artist currently based in London. Her practice is concerned with how objects and images seduce viewers through their ornamental and nostalgic qualities. By drawing upon keepsakes, printed ephemera and neglected material, she is interested in the relationships between observation, desire and personal positioning. Through a mimicry of the sentimental, her work considers how the production of affect relates to both the aesthetic familiar and unfamiliar. Thank you to everyone that visited ‘Bling!’, which is now closed. We are incredibly grateful to all of the participating artists, to @campbell.hector for the generous use of the space and to all visitors that engaged with the show and public programme!

Tawfik Naas, Return, 2024 UV reactive PLA 20 x 20 x 25 Tawfik Naas (b.1997, Dundee, Scotland) is a Libyan researcher based in London whose work explores how historic trauma is carried, remembered and transformed. His research borrow from ecological and cosmological systems to imagine alternative ways of witnessing the past as a ‘return’ rather than a fixed chronology. Please join us tomorrow for the final day of ‘Bling!’ and our closing reading and discussion event at 2-4pm featuring Tawfik Naas, Ishy Pryce-Parchment and members of COAS. All welcome, tea provided!

Kara Chin Our Father  2026 Digital Animation and Sound, shown on a picture frame monitor 00:01:45 Kara Chin (b. 1994, Singapore) is an artist working across ceramics, animation, sculpture, and installation. Her work explores technological, ecological, and emotional systems, where they break down and collapse into each other. Chaotic layers of fragmented references mirror the frantic, non-linear ways that we consume information today, Drawing on speculative fiction, internet detritus, cinema tropes, and domestic media, her installations often suggest quasi-religious ceremonies, where everyday objects and mundane encounters are transformed into artefacts, misfiring rituals, or theatrical hybrid creatures.
 Chin holds a BA in Fine Art from The Slade School of Fine Art (2018). She was featured in Bloomberg New Contemporaries (2018) and has received the Woon Foundation Painting and Sculpture Prize (2018), the Duveen Travel Scholarship (2018), the Alfred W Rich Prize (2017), and the Max Werner Drawing Prize (2015). Her work is held in the Arts Council Collection and the Government Art Collection, UK. ‘Bling!’ continues until 31 January, and is open Thurs-Sun, 12-6pm at Soup, 227 East Street, SE17 2SS.

Join us this Saturday 31 January for the final day of our exhibition ‘Bling!’ at Soup. The show will be open 12-6pm, with an event taking place 2-4pm. We will be joined by researcher and practitioner Ishy Pryce-Parchment and exhibiting artist Tawfik Naas for readings followed by an open discussion with the artists and COAS. This will be a space for shared exchange and we hope you can join us. 2-4pm All welcome  Ishy Pryce-Parchment is a London-based interdisciplinary practitioner working across writing, archival research, film, and cultural programming, grounded in Black Study and Black feminist poethics. Their research examines the afterlives of slavery within anti-colonial and racial capitalist contexts, with a focus on the political possibilities of collective study and transnational solidarity. Tawfik Naas (b.1997, Dundee, Scotland) is a Libyan researcher based in London whose work explores how historic trauma is carried, remembered and transformed. His research borrows from ecological and cosmological systems to imagine alternative ways of witnessing the past as a ‘return’ rather than a fixed chronology.  Soup 227 East Street SE17 2SS @ishystfu._ @torfhick

Katie Gabra Karat, 2026 Carob pods, imitation gold leaf Dimensions variable Katie Gabra (b. Edinburgh, 2000) is an interdisciplinary artist whose research based methodology explores the way the past affects sociocultural landscapes and our relationships to and within them. Her practice weaves together objects, concepts and experiences in the form of a visual archive to (re)consider the histories which inform them. ‘Bling!’ continues until 31 January, and is open this week Thurs-Sat 12-6pm at Soup, 227 East Street, SE17 2SS.

Marla-Sunshine Kellard-Jones Fellow, 2026 Plywood, suede vinyl, wool mix, foam, cotton ribbon, cover buttons, wire, chain, inherited objects 84 x 60.5 x 17cm Marla-Sunshine Kellard-Jones’ practice is centred around six deaths, examining their aftermath through sculptural, text-based, and audio works. Mourning operates as both methodology and subject, actively shaping the conceptual and material framework of her practice. Her engagement with objects and spaces, both physical and archival, is informed by an animistic ontology in which objects are understood as possessing agency and presence. Central to Jones’ practice is the convergence of personal and collective experiences of death, positioning loss as both an individual encounter and a shared social condition. ‘Bling!’ continues until 31 January, and is open Thurs- Sun, 12-6pm at Soup, 227 East Street, SE17 2SS.

Thank you to everyone that joined us last night at the gallery for performances from @puer_deorum and @tifwellington . And huge thank you to our performers- it was truly a special evening! Please do join us for our finissage on Saturday 31 January, 2-4pm for our reading event with exhibiting artist, Tawfik Naas, and practitioner and researcher Ishy Pryce-Parchment, followed by discussion with members of COAS. ‘Bling!’ continues until 31 January, and is open Thurs-Sun, 12-6pm at Soup, 227 East Street, SE17 2SS.

Anna Gonzalez Noguchi KN 95 - Kamidama, 2025 Aluminium, magazine cuttings, poplar wood, magnets 13 x 10 x 2.8 CM Anna Gonzalez Noguchi is a Spanish and Japanese artist based in Athens, Greece. Her practice is informed by her cross-cultural heritage — removing, relocating and reconstructing objects in different geographic territories. She renegotiates memory and investigates our capacity to anchor experience in tangible forms. Recent exhibitions include Everything Signs It’s Name, MISC (2025), Athens GR — GUT, PLEX, Athens GR (2025) — BEDROCK, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK (2025) — Lc. Golden Galaxy x ’94, Commonage, London, UK (2025), Ubiquitous no. 14, Tube Gallery, Mallorca ES (2023) — Kazuko Splendor, La Boulangerie, Paris FR (2023). Gonzalez Noguchi’s work is available to view at ‘Bling!’, which continues until 31 January, and is open Thurs-Sun, 12-6pm at Soup, 227 East Street, SE17 2SS.

As part of ‘Bling!’, join Colours of Art School tomorrow evening for performances from Puer Deorum and Tiffany Wellington Thursday 22 January, 7pm Soup 227 East Street SE17 2SS Puer Deorum’s practice layers memories to create cartographies, serving as undercurrents to the imagining of alternative futures, parallel worlds and co-existing timelines. Tiffany Wellington explores the relationship between object and narrative, folklore and reality. Their work illuminates stories that have been considered as “other” within the West. Storytelling through interweaving personal experiences of growing up in London and cultural histories from their own Afro-Caribbean diaspora. Using photography, video, sound and sculpture as a way of communicating ideas; they approach installations and performances as a collection of thoughts that become embodied within a space; working site specifically to include the audience as a participatory medium.  Doors 7pm Puer Deorum 7:15 Tiffany Wellington 7:40 All welcome Image 1: Puer Deorum, ‘Burning Effigies’, Live Performance and Single Channel Video, CarWash Shoreditch, May 2025, Curated by @_kntrmr_  and photo by @zmaraks Image 2: Tiffany Wellington, ‘Duppy Yard’, 2023 at Public Gallery @puer_deorum @tifwellington

Ocean Baulcombe-Toppin Kadooment, 2024 C-type print, polished silver frame and scattered Carribean-sun-charged hematite beads 52 x 40 x 3cm Ocean Baulcombe-Toppin (b. 1996, London) is an artist practicing in trust and hope. She works mindfully with objects, language, prints, and nuanced interactions to craft a contemporary philosophy inspired by her spirituality, Bajan/British heritage, and ceremonies of solace. Presentations of her work include exhibitions and performative gestures at Metroland Cultures, London; Sainsbury Centre, Norwich; Neven Gallery, London; Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff; Sherbet Green, London; Somerset House, London; and South London Gallery. She is an Associate Lecturer at Chelsea College of Arts. Baulcombe-Toppin’s work is available to view at ‘Bling!’, which continues until 31 January, and is open Thurs- Sun, 12-6pm at Soup, 227 East Street, SE17 2SS.

Announcing 2 events in the coming weeks as part of Colours of Art School’s current exhibition ‘Bling!’ at Soup. Thursday 22 January, 7pm Performances from: Puer Deorum and Tiffany Wellington Puer Deorum’s practice layers memories to create cartographies, serving as undercurrents to the imagining of alternative futures, parallel worlds and co-existing timelines. Tiffany Wellington (b. Kingston, Jamaica) explores the relationship between object and narrative, folklore and reality. Their work illuminates stories that have been considered as “other” within the West. Tiffany approaches installations and performances as a collection of thoughts that become embodied within a space; working site specifically to include the audience as a participatory medium. Saturday 31 January, 2-4pm Join us to celebrate the final day of ‘Bling!’ at Soup. We will be joined in the space by exhibiting artist, Tawfik Naas, and practitioner and researcher Ishy Pryce-Parchment for readings. This will be followed by a discussion with Naas and Pryce-Parchment alongside COAS.
 Tawfik Naas  (b.1997, Dundee, Scotland) is a Libyan researcher based in London whose work explores how historic trauma is carried, remembered and transformed. Ishy Pryce-Parchment is a London-based interdisciplinary practitioner who’s research examines the afterlives of slavery within anti-colonial and racial capitalist contexts, with a focus on the political possibilities of collective study and transnational solidarity. All welcome Soup 227 East Street SE17 2SSentry @puer_deorum @tifwellington @torfhick @ishystfu._