Lea Bridge Gallery

Lea Bridge Gallery is a contemporary exhibition space located within Lea Bridge Library in East London. The gallery is grounded in an approach that sees the painted surface as a site of dialogue and negotiation, where control meets improvisation, and intention meets instinct.

We are interested in practices that embrace process as much as outcome. Through making, works accumulate traces of journey, evolution, memory, and transformation, creating space for tension, change, and becoming. This sensibility is shaped through movement, material, experimentation, and discovery.

While painting is the gallery's primary focus, we welcome practices that engage critically with contemporary art and encourage meaningful dialogue between artists and audiences. Lea Bridge Gallery brings together exhibition-making and community engagement within a shared public space.

Working with a range of curators and artists, the gallery aims to present thoughtful, accessible exhibitions that encourage conversation, exchange, and participation.

The gallery space is an extension of the Grade II listed Lea Bridge Library, which was extended in 2021 as a multi-award-winning extension. The project reflects a commitment to sustainable, locally sourced materials, including timber salvaged from local parks. Lea Bridge Gallery opened in January 2026 and presents a programme centred on contemporary art, with proposals for curated group exhibitions welcomed.

For more info contact Stephen Keane - at keaneartstudio@gmail.com or @leabridgegallery

Lea Bridge Road Library, Lea Bridge Rd, London E10 7HU
Mon-Fri 9am-7pm Sat 9am-6pm Sun 10am-4pm
Gallery Director - Stephen Keane

Photo credits: Studio Weave / Jim Stephenson and Paul Tucker Studio

Proposals

We invite proposals for group exhibitions with a minimum of 10 confirmed artists. Exhibitions should be curated around a strong, cohesive theme that clearly communicates the connection between the works on display, with each artwork reflecting, exploring, or investigating the theme.

Exhibitions

2026

Jan 21st - Feb 28th - Patterns in Chaos, curated by Stephen Keane and Alex Fox
March 4th - March 29th - Lustre, curated by Kofi Boamah
April 1st - May 2nd - Ex Voto Gallery, Sky, curated by Alan Ashworth-Muñoz and Julia Pomeroy
May 6th - May 30th - The Substance of Colour, curated by Gill Flett and Yvonne Coughlan
June 3rd (PV) - June 27th - We seek, we listen, we form, Sara Carneholm and Johanna Hallsten
July 1st - Aug 1st - LBG 6
Aug 12th (PV) - Sept 6th - Object Subject, curated by Josie Jenkins
Sept 16th - Oct 10th - LBG 8
Oct 14th - Nov 14th- LBG 9
Nov 18th (PV) - Dec 12th - Auto Amor Open Call

Current show info here @leabridgegallery

Gallery Space