Surfaced

Sohaila Baluch, Martin Bonney, Kate Brock, Daniel Durnin, Emma Finn, Ruth Gilmour, Xiangyin Gu, Alice Harry, Isis Amelie Hjorth, Jiamin Hong,  Ann-Marie James, Anju M Kasturiraj, Julia Kotziamani, Stuart Lee, Gabrielle Mowat, Andrei Nacu, Nelson, Lisa O’Donnell, Phillip Rhys Olney, Minna Pöllänen, Dafne Salis, Emma Stirling, Lika Takhan-Mouravi, Xuefei Wang,  Zhigang Ye, Ming Zhao

13-18 November 2025

Open daily 12.00-17.00

Beaconsfield  22 Newport Street  London  SE11 6AY

Exhibition of new PhD research from Royal College of Art curated by Beaconsfield 

Wednesday 12 November 18.00-21.00

Preview with performances by Isis Amalie Hjorth and Sohaila Baluch at 7pm

PhD research is required to bring new knowledge to a topic: to surface unspoken truths, share esoteric findings and contribute towards new ways of thinking and doing things.

‘Surfaced’ speaks to what arises from the deep thinking and material experimentation of the doctoral research process, inviting artist-researchers from the RCA’s School of Arts and Humanities to share their most recent findings in the annual PhD exhibition. Some researchers are at the end of their journey while others right at the beginning. The works in this 2025 exhibition, curated by Beaconsfield, have been woven together to reveal the processes of surfacing new ideas and materialities in the field of contemporary art and design. Site Map

Sunday 16 November at 2pm

Stitching Conversations with Martin Boney and Kevin J Birk

Join artist and researcher Martin and collaborator Kevin J. Birk for an open stitching circle where conversation and making unfold together. Through an hour of shared craft, they will explore how the gestures of stitching, making can become a way of thinking, connecting our hands, materials, and stories. Drawing on themes of repair, care, and embodied knowledge, the session invites participants to reflect, share and join in the making and shaping of community, memory, and place. All are welcome to sit, stitch, listen, and contribute to this slow, thoughtful exchange between material practice and conversation.