Female Street Art Collective Paint Jam at the Penge Rooftop Gallery
As the world celebrated International Women’s Day, the WOM Collective were making a statement with their WOM INSPIRED23: Mural Art Exhibition at the Penge Rooftop Gallery in South London. This London-based grassroots collective has been providing a platform for female street artists to showcase their incredible work with the paint jam seeing over 40 artists taking part in the exhibition.
Detail from a larger mural pictured above by artist and WOM Collective founding member ELNO.
Visitors on the upper level of the Blenheim Cente multi-story car park in Penge as they explore the work created by the WOM Collective for their WOM INSPIRED 23 event at the Penge Rooftop Gallery.
Artist Shauna Blanchfield paints a mural featuring her mini muse, Farrah.
7th Pencil / SoulD and NOt Your Sugar Mummy
Mural work by artist Lours one of the founding members of the WOM Collective.
Super fun mural work from artist Vanjimmer features ocelots, crocs, and monkeys sippin’ on margaritas…
A visitor to the rooftop gallery capturing the mural work of artist Vane reflected in the rainwater on the roof of the space.
One of the largest walls at the Penge Rooftop Gallery featured this collaborative mural from artists Nush Poke and Tamoonz.
Spanish artist Mowaka.
Caryn Koh
Artist Misfit
Vero the Neighbour
Mural by Vane MG, a multidisciplinary artist and designer from Colombia who is now based in London. For her WOM INSPIRED 23 mural in Penge, Vane MG took inspiration from Hanae, the Japanese artist that sings songs for the Anime series Kamisama Hajimemashita / Kamisama Kiss - one of the artists' favorite anime series.
Artist Elena Howard tiny polymer clay creatures can be found dotted around the two floors of the Penge Rooftop Gallery. Cats, dogs, owls, polar bears, and other cute creatures can be found hidden in the gaps of space.
Artist Nush Poke
Penge Rooftop Gallery
With the top two floors of the Blenheim Cente multi-story car park rarely used, the building owners, Hadley Property along with Clarion Housing partnered with Penge-based blogger Steve from the London Calling blog.
They granted him access to the large space with permission to redecorate the blank concrete walls and surfaces with street art and graffiti as he saw fit, and the Penge outdoor rooftop gallery project was launched.
After taking over the space Steve began inviting street artists and graffiti writers from across London and beyond down to Penge to paint the outdoor roof space and the inside level below. Since the launch of this meanwhile-use project, the walls have been constantly evolving with the rooftop gallery given a refresh every few months with new artists being invited down and given the opportunity to paint.
Following each refresh of the rooftop space, a number of public viewings days are announced and members of the public are invited to explore this urban art experience in the Blenheim Centre.
Visitors on the upper level of the Blenheim Cente multi-story car park in Penge as they explore the work created by the WOM Collective for their WOM INSPIRED 23 event at the Penge Rooftop Gallery.
Curated by the WOM Collective
The groundbreaking WOM INSPIRED23 event at the Penge Rooftop Gallery was curated by WOM founders and artists Lours and Elno, with the support of London Calling Blog and Street Art Atlas.
Active since August 2019 and originally set up as a grassroots collective run by London-based female artists, WOM Collective empowers its artists by providing support and safe networking spaces to help them thrive within the artistic space. Events and paint jams are put on throughout the year to keep the collective growing, connected, and helping each other improve exponentially.
Artist Shauna Blanchfield paints a mural featuring her mini muse, Farrah.
Female Street Artists Take Over the Penge Rooftop Gallery
For the ‘WOM INSPIRED23’ over 40 new murals were painted over by more than 40 female artists. Some of the artists creating mural work in space included Mishfit, Roo, Tamoonz, HazardOne, Curiouser, Nush, Lours, Vane MG, Pixie, Neonita, Elno, Mowcka, Frankie Strand, Lespleen, Zippy, Layla, Jane Mutiny, 7th Pencil, Vanjimmer, Shauna, Madam, Apparan, Caryn Koh, Elena Howard, Giusi Tomasello, Jeru Kinnaird, Karc, Lore, Mar, Oneslutriot, SoulD_Art, Sugar, Tash, Secle, Vero the neighbour, ywouldudothat, Jola, Cee , Susi Foxy, Charyl and more.Take a look at some of the unique and vibrant murals I photographed in the photo gallery below from when I visited the space.
Pictured above is the work of artist SoulD Art which included an interactive element when you scanned the QR code next to the work. Sadly we missed this AR element when we visited the exhibition.
7th Pencil / SoulD and NOt Your Sugar Mummy
Mural work by artist Lours one of the founding members of the WOM Collective.
Super fun mural work from artist Vanjimmer features ocelots, crocs, and monkeys sippin’ on margaritas…
A visitor to the rooftop gallery capturing the mural work of artist Vane reflected in the rainwater on the roof of the space.
One of the largest walls at the Penge Rooftop Gallery featured this collaborative mural from artists Nush Poke and Tamoonz.
Spanish artist Mowaka.
Typographic mural work from Belfast-based artist Zippy titled 'AS TOUGH AS...." inspired by the vast diversity of femininity, identity, and universal resilience of womxn.
We were introduced to Zippy's work last year in Belfast when she joined some 50 other national and international street artists at Ireland's largest street art festival Hit The North which is set to return later this year.
We were introduced to Zippy's work last year in Belfast when she joined some 50 other national and international street artists at Ireland's largest street art festival Hit The North which is set to return later this year.
Close-up details above and the full wall below from London-based artist Madam Mizmatika.
Jeru on the left and Tamoonz on the right wall.
Jeru on the left and Tamoonz on the right wall.
Caryn Koh
Artist Misfit
Vero the Neighbour
Mural by Vane MG, a multidisciplinary artist and designer from Colombia who is now based in London. For her WOM INSPIRED 23 mural in Penge, Vane MG took inspiration from Hanae, the Japanese artist that sings songs for the Anime series Kamisama Hajimemashita / Kamisama Kiss - one of the artists' favorite anime series.
Artist Elena Howard tiny polymer clay creatures can be found dotted around the two floors of the Penge Rooftop Gallery. Cats, dogs, owls, polar bears, and other cute creatures can be found hidden in the gaps of space.
Newly installed for the WOM INSPIRED 23 is the NHS fox pictured below. The fox sports the blue NHS colour, and a rainbow to represent her gratitude for all the amazing work the NHS teams are doing.
NHS Fox character installed by artist Elena Howard.
Mural work on the lower level by artist Apparan.
Mural work on the lower level by artist Apparan.
Large-scale collaborative mural by artists Roo and Elno.
Detail from a larger wall painted by artist Hazard One aka Harriet Wood.
Small-scale work on the outdoor Penge roof by artist Knapple.
Neonita mural on the lower level with some of her signature monster characters.
Small-scale work on the outdoor Penge roof by artist Knapple.
Neonita mural on the lower level with some of her signature monster characters.
Artist Nush Poke
London-based artist Pixie's Penge mural.
Super cute cat and dog characters painted by artist ROO in Penge, London.
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Penge Outdoor Rooftop Gallery Address
Penge Rooftop Gallery (The Blenheim Centre) 140 High St, London SE20 7EU.
The space is not open to the general public at the moment, to know when upcoming public viewing days will be make sure to head over to London Calling Blog on Instagram for details of upcoming open days.
The space is not open to the general public at the moment, to know when upcoming public viewing days will be make sure to head over to London Calling Blog on Instagram for details of upcoming open days.
