Studio Install – Luke Bebb
Project Art Works In Residence
21 July – 15 August 2026
Studio Install is one in a series of exhibitions in the gallery at 12 Claremont, Hastings, that recreate aspects of the Project Art Works studios, artists and practice. Studio Install: Luke Bebb, features the environment where artists Luke Bebb and Oliver Crowther regularly work together in co-creative exchange.
Throughout the exhibition period, there will be moments when the artists are present and making. At other times, traces of Luke and Oliver’s ongoing work will remain in the space, offering visitors a glimpse into their co-creative processes. The installation reveals aspects of supportive studio practice and how the agency generated through intuitive, often nonverbal collaborative exploration can positively impact lives lived beyond the studio.
Through the empathetic and non-hierarchical exchange in this working environment, audiences will encounter paintings, soundscapes and the kind of environments that make equity in artistic practice possible, highlighting the importance of supportive and responsive approaches in contemporary art making.
Oliver Crowther reflects on their longstanding collaboration:
“Over the 7 or so years Luke and I have been working together we seem to have developed a considerate language of perseverance through the making of marks and erasures. Perhaps the success of any endeavour, collaborative or otherwise, ultimately depends on the generative energy found between forces in opposition. Luke keeps his cards pretty close to his chest on such things. What does seem clear to both of us is that neither of us could make these paintings on our own.”
Luke Bebb has been part of the Project Art Works studio community for many years and has exhibited in major group exhibitions including Ignition at Hastings Contemporary (2021–22), Residential at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art (2023–24), and at Copenhagen Contemporary (2024).
Oliver Crowther is an artist and artist facilitator at Project Art Works.
Visitor Information
Dates: 21 July – 15 August 2026
Opening hours:
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday
11.00am–4.00pm
Venue:
Project Art Works In Residence
12 Claremont
Hastings
TN34 1HA
Free admission. No appointment necessary.
Opening Event
The public is invited to celebrate the opening of the exhibition on Friday 31 July, 17.00 – 19.00. No RSVP is required.
Notes for the Editor
Download images for Studio Install – Luke Bebb at Google Drive.
For interviews please contact Jessica Courtney Bennett, Communications and Project Manager, 01424 423555, jessica@projectartworks.org.
About In Residence
Project Art Works In Residence activates the ground floor of the newly refurbished 12 Claremont, part of Hastings Commons. The programme includes exhibitions, collaborations and events that highlight the vibrancy and richness of diverse representation in contemporary art practice. Visitors can experience works from the Project Art Works archive, alongside artist-led events and workshops.
About Project Art Works
Project Art Works collaborates with people with complex support needs, families and circles of support. Their practice intersects art and care, responding to neurodivergence, its gifts and impacts. Challenging paradigms of inclusion, it spans direct practical and holistic support, film, events, projects and exhibitions.
Their studios provide the conditions for a broad range of autonomous and collaborative practices with neurodivergent artists, who take part on their own terms. Alongside the studios, the Support Collective brings together people who care for people with complex support needs where we share our experience and protect our rights through training, resources and advocacy.
Human connection and what it reveals about identity and how we view each other are explored within the work. The practice continues to respond to the functional and ethical structures of diligence and care, respecting self-determination and privacy whilst working towards greater visibility and understanding of neurodiversity in culture.
Project Art Works is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation. Alongside neurodiverse artists and makers, the collective includes paid and unpaid caregivers who help each other to navigate through the complexities of health and social care systems.
For access enquiries please call 01424 423555 or email info@projectartworks.org.
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Image: Luke Bebb, Untitled, 2026, acrylic on canvas