Morley Gallery
Morley Gallery is the public-facing gallery of Morley College London, a historic adult-education institution. It mixes curated contemporary exhibitions with rigorous student and alumni shows across painting, print, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, photography, installation and sound. Expect exhibition-making that treats the gallery as part of a wider learning ecosystem—talks, workshops and small publications often sit alongside the displays.
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What's not to miss inside?
Curated Contemporary Exhibitions
Brings mid-career and emerging artists into dialogue with Morley’s specialist teaching disciplines.Installations often combine materials and sound; look for process notes and small catalogues that extend the work beyond the walls.
📍 Ground-floor main space
Printmaking & Ceramics Showcases
London’s longest-running adult-education departments regularly surface ambitious prints and studio ceramics.Compare techniques side by side—etching plates next to final pulls; thrown forms beside glaze tests reveal how decisions evolve.
📍 Main space and project walls
Photography & Lens-Based Projects
Exhibitions frequently foreground documentary and experimental practices tied to Morley’s darkroom and digital labs.Watch for contact sheets, work prints and short moving-image loops that show the edit as part of the artwork.
📍 Basement gallery
Talks, Workshops, Publishing
Artist talks and slim, idea-dense booklets capture methods and community collaboration central to the gallery’s ethos.Pick up a free handout or reader—many include exercises so visitors can try the techniques at home.
📍 Event area / reading table
Inspire your Friends
- The gallery is embedded in Morley College London, an adult-education college with roots in the 1880s linked to the Old Vic—exhibitions often grow from teaching studios that have run continuously for over a century.
- Morley’s gallery has long functioned as a ‘teaching gallery’: student, alumni and invited-artist shows are curated to foreground process—test plates, glaze tiles, maquettes and proofs frequently appear as exhibits in their own right.
- Public art commissions occasionally spill into the streets around Westminster Bridge Road—site-responsive works have used façades, windows and nearby pocket gardens as part of the display route.
