20/20 was an ambitious 3-year programme announced by the Decolonising Arts Institute (DeAI) in November 2021, generously supported by funding from Freelands Foundation, Arts Council England and UAL.

Led by artist susan pui san lok (Professor in Contemporary Art and DeAI Director), 20/20 developed as a response to urgent calls for action across the arts to address social inequalities and racial injustices.

Combining artist residencies with artistic commissioning at scale, 20/20 aimed to catalyse artists’ careers and change in collections. Following two open calls and a selection process involving all collection partners, 20 emerging and mid-career artists identifying as black, brown, Asian, global majority or people of colour, took up residencies with 20 public art collections between 2022 and 2024, leading to 20 new permanent acquisitions. All artists have now completed their residencies, and seen their work acquired and exhibited by their partner collections.

Alongside a series of talks, 20/20 Reflections will also feature the first exhibition of the 20/20 Print Portfolio. Alongside the full series of prints created by each of the 20 artists who have participated in the 20/20 project, the exhibition will also feature a series of artist films developed as part of the programme.

The exhibition will be open at the following times:

10 - 31 July: Thursday - Saturday (11am - 4pm)

17 September - 27 September: Wednesday - Saturday (11am - 4pm)

A selection of moving image works developed by the following 20/20 artists in the context of their residencies can be viewed during exhibition opening hours at the following times:

11.00am and 1.00pm

Cora Sehgal Cuthbert

a prayer for Coventry, life starts here (forever) (54 Minutes)

12pm, 2.00pm and 3.00pm:

Billy Dosanjh

Endz of the World (11 minutes 32 secs)

Adham Faramawy

The Cyclamen and the Cedar (19 minutes 31 secs)

Sarah Maple

Mother Tongue (12 minutes)

Zoë Tumika

'PART 2: FORGET NEVER FOREVER ALWAYS' (10 minutes 29 secs)

Image by Kit McCarthy.

20/20: Reflections II