Studio News

Updates from LUAP’s studio, including new works, exhibitions, commissions, public art and collaborations.

Princess Road for Berkeley Group

Princess Road for Berkeley Group

LUAP has completed Princess Road, a 250 × 320 cm Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Painting commissioned by Berkeley Group for The Regency Club at Camden Goods Yard in London.

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Golden Chips and The Three Bears at London Art Fair 2026

Golden Chips and The Three Bears at London Art Fair 2026

LUAP presents Golden Chips and The Three Bears at London Art Fair 2026, a 244 × 183 cm Painting rooted in family meals, memory and the familiar setting of Steels in Cleethorpes.

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Flourish & Flow in the Hamptons, New York

Flourish & Flow in the Hamptons, New York

Flourish & Flow brings together seven Paintings by LUAP at Unlimited Earth Care in Bridgehampton, New York. Curated by Frederico Azevedo, the exhibition brings personal memory, landscape and The Pink Bear together across a body of recent work.

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Tender Armour for Elephant Family’s Big Egg Hunt

Tender Armour for Elephant Family’s Big Egg Hunt

Tender Armour explores vulnerability and protection through The Pink Bear. Created for Elephant Family’s Big Egg Hunt 2025, the Sculpture was first shown at Battersea Power Station before being presented at Kew Gardens, where it was viewed by Their Majesties The King and Queen.

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Art as Support - LUAP x Mind

Art as Support - LUAP x Mind

LUAP has completed six workshops with Mind in Bexley as part of Seeds of Change, supported using public funding by Arts Council England, with art materials provided by Daler-Rowney.

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Royal Academy of Arts Patrons Visit LUAP’s Studio

Royal Academy of Arts Patrons Visit LUAP’s Studio

Royal Academy of Arts Patrons recently visited LUAP’s East London studio to see Photography, Paintings and works in progress developed from journeys through Mongolia and South America.

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Seeds of Change at the Winter Sculpture Park

Seeds of Change at the Winter Sculpture Park

Seeds of Change brings together Soft & Fragile, a three-metre inflatable head of The Pink Bear, and dozens of hand-cast Seed Heads at Winter Sculpture Park 2025 in Thamesmead, London. The project is supported using public funding by Arts Council England.

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Nikon in conversation with LUAP and Heather Agyepong

Nikon in conversation with LUAP and Heather Agyepong

As part of LUAP’s Life Lines exhibition at The Bottle Factory, presented with support from Nikon, LUAP was joined by photographer and visual artist Heather Agyepong for a conversation on Photography, self-perception and mental wellbeing.

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Life Lines at The Bottle Factory

Life Lines at The Bottle Factory

Life Lines brings together sixteen portrait Paintings developed from a wider photographic project. Curated by Guerin Projects at The Bottle Factory, the exhibition explores the different directions a life can take and the experiences, choices and events that shape its course.

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The Pink Bear Pavilion in Hamburg, Germany

The Pink Bear Pavilion in Hamburg, Germany

€250,000 in scholarships announced by British artist LUAP through landmark collaboration with the University of Europe for Applied Sciences alongside public sculpture - The Pink Bear Pavilion

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Hope

Hope

LUAP's latest creation, "Hope" graces Bateman’s Row in Shoreditch. This 12m x 6m mural depicts The Pink Bear slumped on a staircase, with a bouquet of flowers, and a blue background evoking a powerful sense of emotion.

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Finding Light in Darkness at Fortnum & Mason

Finding Light in Darkness at Fortnum & Mason

Fortnum & Mason commissions LUAP to create Finding Light in Darkness for its Unleash the Love campaign, curated by Gone Rogue. The commission grows from LUAP’s recurring exploration of love, connection and the psychological movement between darkness and light.

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