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 East London suburb. This London-based all female 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.
Details pictured above from a larger mural painted by female street artist and one of the WOM Collective founding members artist ELNO.
Visitors on the upper level of the Blenheim Cente multi-story car park in Penge, London as they explore some of Penge's street murals created by the WOM Collective as part of their WOM INSPIRED 23 event at the Penge Rooftop Gallery.
Artist Shauna Blanchfield paints a mural featuring her mini muse, Farrah.
Street artists 7th Pencil / SoulD and NOt Your Sugar Mummy
Outdoor mural work by street artist Lours one of the founding members of the all-female WOM Collective.
Super fun mural work from artist Vanjimmer featuring ocelots, crocs, and monkeys sippin’ on margaritas…
A visitor to the Penge rooftop gallery captures the mural work of street artist Vane as reflected in the rainwater on the roof of the outdoor gallery space.
One of the largest outdoor art murals painted at the Penge Rooftop Gallery as part of the Wom Collective street art paint jam. The large mural featured saw street artists Nush Poke and Tamoonz collaborate on the rooftop wall together merging the two styles together to create this impressive work.
Vibrant pastel colours in the mural work painted by London-based Spanish street artist Mowaka.
Portrait work from mural artist 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 painted 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 local Penge-based blogger Steve from the London Calling blog.
They granted him access to the large space disused space with permission to redecorate the blank concrete walls and surfaces with street art and graffiti art as he saw fit. Steve set about creating an open-air gallery and the Penge rooftop gallery project was launched.
With permission to fill the space with temporary art, 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, numerous public viewing days are announced on the blogs social channels 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, London as they explore some of Penge's street murals created by the WOM Collective as part of 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 street 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 street art 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. Public art exhibitions and events, street art paint jams and workshops 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 street artists. Some of the artists who created mural works during the street art paint jam 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.Discover some of the unique and vibrant mural art I photographed in the photo gallery below from when I visited the space.
Pictured above is the work of street artist SoulD Art which included an interactive element to the mural work. When you scan the QR code displayed next to the work it activates an AR element within the mural, sadly we missed this when we visited the exhibition.
Street artists 7th Pencil / SoulD and NOt Your Sugar Mummy
Outdoor mural work by street artist Lours one of the founding members of the all-female WOM Collective.
Super fun mural work from artist Vanjimmer featuring ocelots, crocs, and monkeys sippin’ on margaritas…
A visitor to the Penge rooftop gallery captures the mural work of street artist Vane as reflected in the rainwater on the roof of the outdoor gallery space.
One of the largest outdoor art murals painted at the Penge Rooftop Gallery as part of the Wom Collective street art paint jam. The large mural featured saw street artists Nush Poke and Tamoonz collaborate on the rooftop wall together merging the two styles together to create this impressive work.
Vibrant pastel colours in the mural work painted by London-based Spanish street artist Mowaka.
Typographic mural art from Belfast-based artist Zippy titled 'AS TOUGH AS...." inspired by the vast diversity of femininity, identity, and universal resilience of womxn.
We were first introduced to Zippy's work last year in Belfast, Ireland 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 first introduced to Zippy's work last year in Belfast, Ireland 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 pictured below from London-based artist Madam Mizmatika.
Work from artist Jeru on the left and artist Tamoonz work on the right wall.
Work from artist Jeru on the left and artist Tamoonz work on the right wall.
Portrait work from mural artist 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 painted 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 street artist Apparan.
Mural work on the lower level by street artist Apparan.
Another large-scale collaborative mural by street artists Roo and Elno.
Detail from a larger wall painted by street artist Hazard One aka Harriet Wood.
Small-scale work on the outdoor Penge roof by artist Knapple.
Artist Neonita mural on the lower level with some of her signature monster characters.
Small-scale work on the outdoor Penge roof by artist Knapple.
Artist 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 currently 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 currently 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.
