We’re delighted to share that the final edition in our 10 Posters for 10 Years series is now live: Glow by Anish Kapoor. For just £100, you can own a time-limited edition print by one of the world’s most celebrated artists while helping us bring radical, high-quality art to NHS mental health wards. In person: Frieze London (Reading Room), 14 to 18 October. Online: Available worldwide for 10 days only, closing 24 October. Buy yours now: https://lnkd.in/eQXmQvzh - Anish Kapoor, Glow, 2001. Gouache on paper, 50.5 x 67 cm. © Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved, DACS, 2026. Poster: Anish Kapoor, Glow, 2023. Giclée print on Somerset Satin 330gsm paper. Time-limited edition. 59.4 x 42 cm (A2). Photo © Hospital Rooms (Damian Griffiths Studio)
Hospital Rooms
Artists and Writers
Bromley-by-Bow, England 3,654 followers
Transforming inpatient mental health units with extraordinary contemporary art, with creativity, colour and kindness.
About us
Artist Tim A Shaw and curator Niamh White founded Hospital Rooms after a close friend was admitted to a mental health hospital. On visiting her, they were shocked to find the hospital environment was cold and clinical at a time when she was so vulnerable. Having worked in the arts for 10 years each, they felt they had the skills and community to be able to transform these spaces with high-quality artworks. In 2016, Dr Emma Whicher gave them the opportunity to run their first project at the Phoenix Unit, a rehabilitation unit for people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. They commissioned Nick Knight, Gavin Turk, and Assemble, among other world-class artists, to work with patients and staff to create site-specific artwork for the ward. The project received national press attention and Hospital Rooms has been inundated with requests for projects ever since.
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http://www.hospital-rooms.com
External link for Hospital Rooms
- Industry
- Artists and Writers
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Bromley-by-Bow, England
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2016
- Specialties
- Arts and Health, Creative Health, Service User Engagement, Creative Participation, Co-Production, and Creative Collaboration
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7 Corsican Square
Bromley-by-Bow, England E3 3YD, GB
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Fingers at the ready... As I've mentioned before, I support Hospital Rooms, the wonderful charity founded by Tim Shaw and Niamh White that brings extraordinary art and creative programmes to patients and staff in mental health settings across the UK. To mark the culmination of Hospital Rooms 10th anniversary, we are launching our final time-limited edition by Anish Kapoor at Frieze London on 14 October. Register your interest here: https://lnkd.in/ew56QHDS The poster costs £100 and will be available for 10 days only, closing strictly on 24 October. Every purchase supports the Hospital Rooms Futures Fund and will change lives for the better. Anish Kapoor, Glow, 2023. Giclée print on Somerset Satin 330gsm paper. Time-limited edition. 59.4 x 42 cm (A2)
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We're hiring: Head of Development 🧡 As we celebrate ten years of extraordinary art in mental health hospitals, we're looking for a Head of Development to help lead us into our next decade. Working closely with our Managing Director and Development Committee, you'll shape and deliver an ambitious multi-year strategy across grants, donations, legacies, corporate partnerships and fundraising initiatives. You'll build high-value relationships with Arts Council England, major donors, foundations and corporate partners, and collaborate closely with our leadership team and colleagues across the charity, making sure our fundraising strategy supports our mission nationally and internationally. We're looking for someone with: ✨ A track record of meeting or exceeding ambitious income targets ✨ Exceptional relationship-building and communication skills ✨ A strategic, data-led approach to growing donor pipelines ✨ An entrepreneurial mindset and a passion for art and mental health 📍 Hospital Rooms office, with some travel 💷 £50,000 🕘 Full time, 37.5 hours Deadline: 2 November Interviews: week commencing 9 November To apply, send your CV (max two A4 sides) and a brief covering note to hr@hospital-rooms.com. Your note can be written, audio or video. We especially encourage applications from people from under-represented groups as we embark on this next chapter. Find out more and download the full job pack here: https://lnkd.in/ec8vH5Mq - Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq, Untitled, Sunflowers Court, Goodmayes Hospital, North East London NHS Foundation Trust. Photo © Hospital Rooms (Studio Damian Griffiths) #Hiring #CharityJobs #Fundraising #ArtsJobs #MentalHealth #HeadOfDevelopment
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Anish Kapoor x Hospital Rooms for £100. Available for 10 days only, 14 to 24 October 2026. To mark our 10th anniversary, we're delighted to partner with world-renowned artist Anish Kapoor to release the final extraordinary poster in our 10 Posters for 10 Years series at Frieze London. Buy yours in person at the fair and help fund new artworks for NHS mental health wards. Can't make it to Frieze? The poster is also available globally online from 14 to 24 October at hospital-rooms.com/shop/ These posters are strictly time limited. Only the number ordered will be printed, and they will never be reproduced again. See you at the fair. https://lnkd.in/dQFTsJ3 - Anish Kapoor, Glow, 2001. Gouache on paper, 50.5 x 67 cm. (C) Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved, DACS, 2026. Poster: Anish Kapoor, Glow, 2023. Giclée print on Somerset Satin 330gsm paper. Time-limited edition. 59.4 x 42 cm (A2) #HospitalRooms #10YearsOfHospitalRooms #FriezeLondon #AnishKapoor #ArtAndMentalHealth
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If our surroundings affect how we feel, think and recover, why do we design so few of them with that in mind? We spend huge amounts of energy on medicine and technology to improve health, and comparatively little on the actual spaces people heal in. At Future Forum this October, Niamh White MBE, Co-Founder and CEO of Hospital Rooms, shares what happens when world-class artists enter the UK's toughest mental health settings. Through a highly visual session, she makes the case for treating a room as part of someone's care. Can a Room Change How You Feel? Catch this session on 14 October, 15:45–16:05, at Network Central, part of Future Forum's flagship event running 13–15 October in King's Cross. Passes are available now, link in the comments. #FutureForum #LeaveYourLane
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Last week we celebrated the opening of The Kingfisher, a new NHS inpatient service in Fishponds, Bristol, supporting autistic adults and adults with learning disabilities who are experiencing serious mental health challenges. We were joined by The Kingfisher Clinical Team for guided tours of the 13 artworks we commissioned for the service, alongside reflections from the project team and partners. The service was developed in collaboration with lived experience advisors, who also helped shape the artworks. Artists worked with patients, NHS staff and people with lived experience of mental health services to create works that respond to the sensory needs of the people receiving care here. Together, these works bring imagination, calm, creativity and hope into the space. The project features artwork by Peter Adjaye, Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq, Hannah Brown, Victoria Cantons, Dhaqan Collective, Christopher Hartmann, Mohammed Imran Khan (ActionSpace), Louise Morgan (AIM), Julian Opie, Phil Root, Chris Rose (AIM), Veronica Ryan and Boo Saville. Thank you to everyone who came along to celebrate with us, and to our partners ActionSpace, Arnolfini, Art in Motion and Spike Island for making this project possible. #HospitalRooms #ArtsAndHealth #MentalHealth #NHS #Bristol #ContemporaryArt #LearningDisabilities #Autism
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A huge thank you to the Creative Freedoms community for joining us at Bonhams last week, ahead of our 10th anniversary charity auction. Our co-founder Tim A Shaw gave the group a walk-through of the collection on show, sharing the stories behind the works generously donated by artists and what the auction means for the wards and service users. Thank you to everyone who came along, and to everyone who has supported us over these past 10 years. Photography © Hannah Goldsmith #HospitalRooms #10Years #ArtAndMentalHealth
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Thank you to everyone who made the Hospital Rooms 10 Years fundraiser such a success ❤️ Bonhams
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I'm so proud to be a trustee of the magnificent Hospital Rooms and tonight is our tenth-anniversary auction, live at Bonhams, but also available to bid online. Artists who have generously donated works include Nengi Omuku, Giles Deacon, Do Ho Suh, Hurvin Anderson, Veronica Ryan and Lakwena. Visit https://lnkd.in/evrjKr2J to browse the works, and bid to help Hospital Rooms continue to transform NHS mental health units with creativity and joy
Our tenth-anniversary auction is live on Bonhams, bringing together works generously donated by leading contemporary artists in support of our mission to transform psychiatric wards through art. The auction features works from artists including Do Ho Suh, Veronica Ryan, Hurvin Anderson, Lakwena, Giles Deacon and Nengi Omuku, with the full list on Bonhams. Bonhams is taking no buyer or seller premium, so more of every sale goes directly to putting art into wards. Bidding closes at noon on Thursday 17 September. Bid now, transform a ward. https://lnkd.in/eg8WVEjy #HospitalRooms #ArtsInHealth #MentalHealth #ContemporaryArt #NHS
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Our tenth-anniversary auction is live on Bonhams, bringing together works generously donated by leading contemporary artists in support of our mission to transform psychiatric wards through art. The auction features works from artists including Do Ho Suh, Veronica Ryan, Hurvin Anderson, Lakwena, Giles Deacon and Nengi Omuku, with the full list on Bonhams. Bonhams is taking no buyer or seller premium, so more of every sale goes directly to putting art into wards. Bidding closes at noon on Thursday 17 September. Bid now, transform a ward. https://lnkd.in/eg8WVEjy #HospitalRooms #ArtsInHealth #MentalHealth #ContemporaryArt #NHS
