Artist in Residence
As part of our core commitment to the arts and to the local community we host an Artist in Residency programme, offering opportunities for up and coming talented artists to take residency in our Studio. Sharing their artistic practices with culture hunters from around the globe and leading immersive workshops to create unforgettable creative experiences.
In the Studio with DS
David Schmidt, known professionally as ‘DS,’ is a London-based urban artist began his street art journey in East London in 2002. DS’ work often explores themes of violence, fragility, and the contrast between old and new. Over time, his street art developed a recurring motif: dysfunctional angels and cherubs that fuse classical imagery with contemporary elements. In the studio, he focuses on even more refined work, including a recent series that reimagines discarded oil paintings and transforms used spray cans into sculptural pieces.
Catch him in the studio until the end of December.
Upcoming Artist in Residence
Yahvi Duggal is a textile artist and founder of Peel Studio, where materials begin in the kitchen and find new life through weaving. She works with organic waste such as banana peels, eggshells, and avocado pits, collected from local cafés and restaurants across London.
During her residency Yahvi Duggal will be launching Textile Circle a bi-weekly community gathering where people come together through the slow and grounding act of making.
Yahvi will be in residency from 6th January-28th February.
Find out moreEkaterina Adelskaya
Ekaterina Adelskaya is a London-based artist with Russian and Ukrainian roots. Working across sculpture, installation, and video, her practice explores the intersections between memory, materiality, and transformation.
During the residency, Ekaterina will explore the embroidery hoop as a space for redefinition, engaging with an object historically linked to domestic labour and the feminine sphere. Working with second-hand clothing, fabrics, and pigments, she replaces conventional stitching with gestures of burning, piercing, and cutting.
Ekaterina will taking over the residency from 2nd March – 30th April.
Find out moreMathijis Hunfield
Mathijs Hunfeld is a London-based interdisciplinary artist exploring the overlap between fine art and consumer culture. His practice interrogates
fantasy, desire, and identity, often recontextualising everyday objects to expose the tension between glorification and collapse in late capitalism. Through satire, irony, and
branded bodies of work, he critiques emotional dependencies and self-sabotaging behaviour in pop culture.
During his residency he will be developing a body of work titled WORLDWIDE, a series of sculptural and digital accessories that explore the paradox of global connectivity and individual isolation in contemporary culture.
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Andrew Agutos is a Paris-based multidisciplinary artist whose work integrates abstract painting, cultural collaborations and Polaroid photos.
During his residency at art’otel, Agutos aims to develop a new series of introspective works on canvas. Each painting, individually titled with a stanza, will culminate in a continuous poem installed in the hotel’s gallery at the end of the residency.
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