About this Event
Join artist Antonia Attwood for an in-conversation event with curator Mariana Lemos. Programmed to coincide with Attwood’s exhibition , the two will discuss Attwood’s new works, which seek to share the experience of living with chronic illness.
They will explore art’s capacity to present experiences of illness and serve as an alternative embodied archive to medical records.
About the speakers
Mariana Lemos
is an independent curator based in London working with performance art, affect and crip phenomenologies. Her curatorial approach is based on disability access and feminist methodologies.
Recent projects include Flare-Up at Goldsmiths CCA May-Aug 2026; Antonia Luxem: On Falling at Annex by the Koppel Project, London 2026; and Duets at Teaspoon Projects 2025. Upcoming: Blood and Coffee at Vienna Arts Academy, Nov 2026 - Feb 2027.
Antonia Attwood
is a London-based artist working around issues of health. Her body of work has developed a focus on illustrating and visually interpreting the phenomenology of illness, and how living with mental or physical illness feels.
She is the Artistic Director at Creative Health Camden, an arts and health charity based in Kentish Town Health Centre, as well as an associate lecturer at the London College of Communication. Recent exhibitions include Rotten, Rotten, Rotten at Peckham Levels, 2024, Nurture at All Is Joy Studios, 2024 and Common Ground at Art Lacuna, 2022.
Your visit
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Limited tickets: This event takes place in the studio, there are limited tickets to ensure the best experience.
Accessible venue: Autograph welcomes people with all types of disabilities.
Step free: Our building and entrance is step free. A wheelchair accessible lift goes to all floors.
Seating: This is a seated event.
Photography: Please note that photography will take place at this event. Images from this event may be used by Autograph and external press for marketing and promotional use, including: printed and online publicity, social media, press releases, or other use. If you do not wish to be photographed, please let a member of staff know on the day.
Supported by
Supported using public funding by Arts Council England.
Images: 1) Antonia Attwood, Jointed (Work in Progress), 2025. © the artist. Image courtesy of The Poorly Project. 2) Autograph, London. Photograph by Kate Elliott.
Event venue & nearby stays
Autograph, Rivington Place, London, United Kingdom
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