(BE)LONGING
Velorose Inaugural Summer Show
London Festival of Architecture, Pride in London, London Trans+ Pride, Summer of Art
June, July, August 2026

Opening Celebration Evening: Thursday 25 June, 6pm - 9pm
Open: Monday to Saturday 12pm midday to 6pm (closed Sundays)
Exceptional Closure: Saturday 27 June (for Filming)
'Equivocating Ground' Listening Walk: Thursday 16 July, 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Closing Celebration Evening powered by Homostash: Saturday 25 July, 6pm - 9pm
Exhibition Closes: Saturday 1 August 6pm

Come for the Architecture…

Once again, as a cultural partner of the London Festival of Architecture, Velorose is delighted to be staging an exhibition reflecting the year's theme; for June 2026 it's Belonging… The Velorose take on this is (BE)LONGING, being three themes in one:

• Being
• Longing
• Belonging (this year’s LFA theme)

Our first-ever open call group show transforms the gallery in to a riot of media and colour, with most artworks for sale. See artwork list for more (ARTWORK LIST UPLOAD TO FOLLOW)

We've been delighted by the number of entries, exhausted by the selection process, and are excited to be hosting such a dynamic show

The architecture and so-called built environment featured in (BE)LONGING take on many forms, and have been explored through a variety of media - come immerse yourself in the exhibition, and feel a sense of belonging at Velorose

…Stay for the Pride…

June is also Pride Month in London, with marches to follow at the start (Pride) and the end (Trans +) of July (but no UK Black Pride for 2026), and at a time when hard-fought-for rights and the opportunity to belong look set / continue to be eroded, we've been inspired by the way that our artists have embraced non-normativity in their response to (BE)LONGING. Get your own perspective on what it means not to be ashamed of being born one way or another (yes - Lagy Gaga (2011) meets Blondie (1978)); we call it Being

(BE)LONGING features a dash of religion, a lot of serious fun, and a smidgen of politics (unless, of course, one holds that the personal is political, in which case we've got it in spades) - and all of it art

…Understand that the Medium is the Message…

See artworks, almost all of which are for sale through the gallery*, in the following media:
acrylic painting / audio / ceramics / cyanotype / chemigrams / chine-collé / conceptual sculpture / digital collage / fabric / feathers / latex / macrame / mixed media / metalwork / oil painting / paper collage / pen drawing / pencil drawing / photography / photogravure / ply / printing / stone / video

With work from the US, Italy and France in addition to the UK - as well as a piece of jasper from the Australian outback, and fake Akkadian braille - a visit to the inaugural Velorose Summer Show (BE)LONGING means a trip around the world and across time!

…and Meet the Artists

Our roster of artists is: Abigail Schama / Adriano Cimmino / Alex Eisenberg / Alexander Christie / Alicia Harper / Alma Tischlerwood / Alzbeta (Betty) Jaresova / Amelia Lancaster / Andrew Wyatt / Aubrey Carl Laret / Ben Katzler / Cara Bamford (Scara B) / Celia Scott / Charlie Hunter / Chee Kit Lai / Clare Sams / Cristian Sammut / Daisy de Villeneuve / Daniel Chek-Shu Housley / David Fallows / David Monaghan / Elias Alpha / Eliza Southwood / Esther Kersley / Ethan Cohen / Federico Ortiz / Fran Gomez de Villaboa / Gail Seres-Woolfson / Gavin Dobson / George Morl / Giovanni Cancellaro / Giuseppe Volpe / Graeme Grant / Harriet Winterburn / Ines Franca-Moreira / Ioana Marinescu / Jacqueline (Jaq) Nicholls / Jacques Solomon Benazra / Joe Cohen / John Bellwood / Jon Klein / Joseph Granata / Keith de Mendonca / Kybor Carlsen / Liz Unna / Lothar Goetz / LOVED Collective / Marie David / Marion Flanagan / Matthew Rowe / Matthew White / Max Maxwell / Mez Style / Mike Wyeld / Naomi Lacpatia Voluer / Nigel Grimmer / Nikolai Ischuk / Omer Gaash / Orpheus aka James Mortimer / Paul Lincoln / Pauline Antram / Plyconic / Rafał Zajko / Raphaëlle Boullet / Recognition / Red Girling / Robert Moon / Rodrigo Branco / Sallyanne Wood / Sara Breinlinger / Sarah Bird / Shona Davies / Shilpa Chavan / Srabani Ghosh / Tapio Snellman / The Bartlett School of Architecture BSc Unit 9 / The Bartlett School of Architecture MArch Design for Performance & Interaction / Thomas Ravnholdt Hviid-Nielsen / Tooney Phillips

(BE)LONGING features works of art and architecture that explore how individuals are drawn together through (or separated by, and in) shared environments, atmospheres and instincts. By considering the joint-yet-separate themes of Being, Longing and Belonging, the seemingly disparate artworks help us to understand what it means to be at peace, at home, in-between, untethered, distanced, displaced - or just to be. Is there a universal search for a sense of stability within unfamiliar landscapes? How do art and architecture generate connection, pause, and recognition of difference within shared spaces? There's really only one way to find out…