About this Event
This workshop invites participants into an afternoon of playful transformation through drawing, collage and performance.
Beginning with simple portrait sketches, we will move into character design using mixed media, layering marks, textures and fragments to create new identities. Newspapers and style magazines will be cut, torn and re‐assembled, allowing participants to vandalize familiar images and reimagine them as masks, costumes or symbolic extensions of the self.
The process is hands‐on and experimental: drawing merges with collage, surfaces become layered, and photography is introduced to capture each stage of becoming. Participants are encouraged to explore freely, without pressure for polished results, focusing instead on joy, curiosity and invention.
The session culminates in an optional moment of activation, where those who wish can step into their newly created persona and perform a brief gesture, movement or pose. This collective sharing celebrates transformation, humour and imagination, while also honouring the individuality of each participant’s creation.
Designed for all abilities, the workshop offers a safe, inclusive space to experiment, connect and play. It is both a creative laboratory and a ritual of becoming — an invitation to step outside the everyday and embody something new.
Artist Bio
Federico Gallo is an Italian artist based in London. Having graduated with an MA in Communication Art from the Royal College of Art in 2008, he has led numerous fine art and editorial projects, art shows, workshops, and lectures on drawing, painting, and photography. His practice extends beyond traditional gallery spaces, with a particular focus on community-based art workshops addressing mental health and homelessness issues. Through these initiatives, he creates accessible creative spaces that foster healing, self-expression, and social connection for vulnerable communities.
Gallo has collaborated with a diverse range of organisations and artists, including the Royal Academy of Arts, Royal College of Art, Saatchi & Saatchi, London Drawing, St Mungo's, SPACE/Arlington, SPARKO.TV, Studio-Upstairs, Anne Howeson, and Maurizio Anzeri. His partnership with charities like St Mungo's reflects his commitment to using art as a tool for social impact, working directly with individuals experiencing homelessness to provide creative outlets and therapeutic support through artistic practice.
https://spacestudios.org.uk/projects/the-creative-space-2024/
https://spacestudios.org.uk/projects/changing-lives-through-creativity-arlington- billboard-project/
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/event/summer-exhibition-edit-the-creative
More Information
This is an art workshop happening on 29th of November, 2025 as a part of the new Muddy Mudlarks Art Collective (Instagram @muddymudlarks) month long exhibition (from November 2nd to 30th) named Mattress of a Cave that celebrates the power of community and alternative ways of living. The venue of the exhibition and workshops is Torriano Meeting House, a community space with a focus on community poetry reading and community art.
Torriano Meeting House
99 Torriano Avenue
kentish town
NW5 2RX
(One of their regular events is Poetry Readings that are held every Sunday 7-9pm, feel free to join through their website at: https://torriano.org/whats-on)
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Torriano Meeting House, 99 Torriano Avenue, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
