Ruth Beale, 'Silent Parade' with Deptford Green secondary and Watergate primary schools. Photo Katarzyna Perlak
Habib Hajallie 'Sybil Phoenix', Ballpoint Pen on Antique texts, 42 X 59cm.
Sonya Dyer, 'Catching Feels' audio work with photograph
Will Pham, 'Ngon Quá', 3-channel video installation. Photo Katarzyna Perlak
Thanh Le Dang, 'China Plates - Phi', Acrylic paint on paper plate. Photo Katarzyna Perlak
Joseph Ijoyemi, 'Sea Between Us'. Photo Katarzyna Perlak
Audrey Damier, 'Can a Brother Get Some Peace?' photography, film and text installation. Photo Katarzyna Perlak
Harmeet Singh Rahal, 'Time Travelogues From Those Left Waiting', film installation. Photo Katarzyna Perlak

Artist Weekender 2026 - ARTIST CALL OUT

Deptford X is calling visual artists based in Deptford and Lewisham for its Weekender 2026 open call! Selected works will be exhibited 3–4 October 2026 in partner venues with a public events programme.

DXAW 2026

DX Associate Programme

Introducing our DX Associates 2026, Elizabeth Oniri, april forrest lin 林森 & Sam Wootton.

Deptford X Festival July 2025

This 26th edition of Deptford X free festival took on a bold new biennial format, expanding the festival to 18 days of incredible art from the 11-27 July 2025. We included three major strands of our programme with over 500 participating artists in 100+ artist-led Fringe projects, eight new artist commissions and a participatory street parade created with schools of Lewisham.

Deptford X Artist Weekender

Deptford X Artist Weekender was an exciting programme of artist films, drawings, installations, sculpture, sound art, mix-media textiles studio conversations and printmaking workshops for all ages by 11 inspiring Deptford-based artists. It took place in Oct 2024.