Associates & Associate Alumni

Associates at Open School East are emerging practitioners of different generations, with or without a BA, MA or formal qualification, who are seeking a critical, informal and non-competitive environment in which to develop their practice.

While at OSE, the Associates share their practice through self-directed, peer to peer sessions, public events and collaborative projects. Throughout the year, the Associates develop new work to be presented at a final group exhibition.

Former Associates continue to work collaboratively and programme events and projects at OSE, engaging in dialogue with the current Associates and forming a growing alumni community.

Current and Past Associates

Associates 2025-2026

Milly Aburrow
Serena Mirambeau Brey
Hannah Chaney
Ffion Colquhoun-O’Brien
Annabelle Edginton
Ezekiel
Clara Frain-Atallah
Imogen Naomi Herd
Eve Jefferies
Suds McKenna
Cara Murray
Dre Spisto
Helen Savage
Awra Tewolde-Berhan

Bios & Weblinks

Associates 2023-2024

Alex Vellis
Emelia Kerr Beale
Gwennan Thomas
Jas Dhillon
Kenny Mala Ngombe
Lucia Coppola
Middleton Maddocks
Nikki Sheth

Bios & Weblinks

Associates 2022-2023

Leon Clowes
Josefina Mellado
Jaccaidi Hypolite-Dyer
Aliaskar Abarkas
Emily Stapleton Jefferis
Jamie Lee
Lizzy Deacon
Kieran Rook
Simina Neagu
Kiera Saunders
Milou Stella
Sarah Khan
Lisa Smirnova

Bios & Weblinks

Associates 2021-2022

Daniel Jeronymides-Norie
Greta Sharp
Hicham Gardaf
James Jordan Johnson
Kathryn Tovey
Lottie McCarthy
Moina Walker
Poppy Nash
Rosemary Moss
Sam Slattery
Sara Jackson
Sarah Saraj
Susan Crothers
Tolu Oshodi

Bios & Weblinks

Associates 2020-2021

Alexander Middleton
Camille Biddel
Frances Heap
Hannan Jones
Finn Yvo
Jess Frankland
Katarzyna Lukasik
Molly Lester
Shamica Ruddock
Sid Smith
Ted Rogers
Zish Alexander

Bios & Weblinks

Associates 2019-2020

Annie Nichols
Bryony Rose
Connor Sansby
Elouise Farley
Emily Demetriou
George McGoldrick
Harilay Rabenjamina
Remy Hunter
Jemma Cullen
Jules Varnedoe
Lauréne Gitton
Rhona Foster
Rosie Carr

Bios & Weblinks

Associates 2018-2019

Antonia Luxem
Coral Brookes
Dipesh Pandya
Elinor Stanley
Katie Fiore
Lizzy Rose
Louise Webb
Melanie Wheeler
Rosa Clark
Sarah Karen
Tom Verity
Una Hamilton Helle

Bios & Weblinks

Associates 2017-2018

Chloe Ashley
Emily Whitebread
Emma Gibson
George Harding
Jacob Woods
Jessica Jordan-Wrench
Joanna Murray
Josephine Sweeney
Kris Lock
Lou Lou Sainsbury
Romeo Roxman Gatt
Sara Trillo

Bios & Weblinks

Associates 2016-2017

Alex Ressel
Anneke Kampman
Anni Movsisyan
Bekki Perriman
Eleanor Vonne Brown
Emil Scheffmann
Ève Chabanon
Henry Babbage
Joel Sines
Louis-Jack Horton-Stephens
Nutan Kotecha
Rosie Morris
Theo Shields

Bios & Weblinks

Associates 2015-2016

Mathis Collins
Afshin Dekhordi
Daniel Kelly
John Lawrence
Kristin Luke
Laura Yuile
Leslie Kulesh
Paul Maheke Ngamaha
Sophie Mallett
Hari Rajaledchumy
Tina Rowe
Shiri Shalmi
Marie Toseland
Michael Whitby

Bios & Weblinks

Associates 2013-2014

Yemi Awosile
Ania Bas
Lucy Beech
Andrea Francke
Charlie George
Jonathan Hoskins
Ross Jardine
Matthew de Kersaint Giraudeau
Graham Reid
Eva Rowson
Tommy Ting

Bios & Weblinks

Associate Projects

As part of their time at Open School East, the Associates develop their practice and research interests in multiple ways: making and showcasing work, programming events and taking part in external projects. This section documents what the Associates did during their time at OSE.

Summer Exhibition 2024

We are very excited to announce this years Guest Curator and share dates for the Summer Exhibition 2024 with you!

Exhibition
Publication launch

Public Programme 2024

Book tickets for this years Associate-led Public Programme in partnership with Turner Contemporary

Associates’ Projects

Tuesday, 30 January 2024 by OSE

It’s My Life, Don’t You Forget

Find out more about the Associates Programme Lead Artist Project 2023-24 – led by the vacuum cleaner

Associates’ Projects

Circulating Energies

A cross-border educational initiative that brings together students from École Supérieure d’Art, Dunkirk and Open School East’s Associate cohort 23-24.

Associates’ Projects

Associate Exhibition 2023

Join us for the OSE Associate Exhibition 22-23! Over a long weekend in June we invite you to see the show & participate in a wider programme of events.