Introducing Contemporary Collective x Bankside November Pop-Up Residency ft. Kelly Jenkins

Artists in Residence: 3rd - 23rd November 2025

Bankside Hotel, Art Yard Studio, London SE1 9JU

Bankside Hotel x Contemporary Collective are delighted to welcome British mixed-media artist Kelly Jenkins as their November Pop-Up Artist in Residence. From 3rd - 23rd November 2025, Kelly will transform the Art Yard Studio into a vibrant, design-led showcase celebrating colour, craft, and creative collaboration.

Kelly’s residency showcase marks her return to Bankside following a previous successful residency with the hotel back in 2022. Her practice, which bridges fine art, embroidery, and design, transforms traditional craft into contemporary abstraction, celebrating the expressive power of colour, form, and materiality.

Rooted in a love of texture and process, Kelly’s work explores how colour and pattern can evoke emotion, balance, and joy. Working across stitch, paint, and mixed media, she brings a tactile dimension to contemporary art, blurring the lines between fine art and interiors. Each piece reflects her fascination with how material and movement can tell stories of renewal and resilience, inspired by her own creative journey.

Visitors to the Art Yard Studio can expect an uplifting, sensory experience and a space where colour and craftsmanship come alive through Kelly’s bold textile and mixed-media works. The showcase will feature a curated selection of existing pieces alongside new design-led creations, smaller limited-edition works, and highlights from recent art and design collaborations.

Kelly’s residency showcase invites hotel guests and visitors to experience the creative dialogue between art, design, and contemporary interiors firsthand. Follow Kelly’s journey and stay up to date with all residency-related news via @Contemporary_Collective and @BanksideHotel on Instagram.

About Kelly's Practice:

Kelly Jenkins is an abstract painter and textile artist based in Hampshire, UK. The artist’s rare style is a symphony formed of painted landscape abstractions and embroidered geometric data visualisations on canvas, resulting in tactile, nuanced compositions that bridge the worlds of art, craft and psychology. These intense yet playful atmospheric plains are a reflection of contemporary culture, holding up a mirror to the emotional and physical frequencies of life. With grit, sass and positivity, Kelly’s work carries an arresting sense of levity. Her meticulously embroidered paintings emerge from an interplay between intention and chance, creating a state of equilibrium and harmony on canvas.

View the full collection of Kelly's artworks

Residency Partners:

For any further information, please do not hesitate to contact Jenna Sachs: Jenna@DegreeArt.com / 020 3701 7412 / www.DegreeArt.com