Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2026
My painting "Descartes Error" featuring The Ladies Pond Hampstead Heath, in oil paint on recovered book cover The Mind's Eye is currently on display in Gallery IX until 24 August.
Heathbound 2026
This September, HEATHBOUND brings together a group of exceptional artists spanning painting, embroidery, photography, illustration, papercut, printmaking, sculpture and miniature worlds, to transform one of London’s most beloved landscapes into something magical, unexpected and entirely new.
Curated by Lisa Swerling, this inaugural Heathbound exhibition is at Burgh House in Hampstead from the 16th to 27th September. Sign up on the Heathbound website for priority access to the opening party, curator tours and special events.
Playing in the Dog Pond Hampstead Heath
Oil on wood 10cmby10cm
2026 for Heathbound by artist
VanessaBrassey
Shapeshifters 2026
This year the Shapeshifters brings together eight award-winning artists at Art Academy London to ‘play it forwards’. The focus is on continuation, nurture, and shared influence. Across painting, sculpture, and printmaking, works respond to what has shaped each artist’ practice. The exhibition treats culture as something inherited, reworked, and passed on, creating space for trust, expression, and renewal.
Shapeshifters Playing it Forwards opens October 5 in Fulham.
