Studio News
Studio updates from LUAP, documenting projects, exhibitions, and work in progress.
Seeds of Change – Winter Sculpture Park 2025
LUAP unveils Seeds of Change at Winter Sculpture Park, combining an inflatable Pink Bear with biodegradable seed heads to rewild land. A hands-on workshop invites locals to take part, supported by Arts Council England.
Life Lines at The Bottle Factory
LUAP’s new exhibition—three years in the making—features 16 large-scale portrait paintings and a series of photographic portraits. Held at The Bottle Factory, a restored 1895 warehouse in Peckham, the show includes a large-scale projection of LUAP’s emotive studio portraits during the private view.
Finding Love at Fortnum & Mason
As part of Fortnum & Mason's "Unleash the Love" campaign, LUAP was commissioned to create a piece responding to the theme of love. His artwork, "Finding Light in Darkness," features his signature Pink Bear character navigating a shadowy landscape while carrying flowers, symbolising resilience and hope.
Trees Are For Life, Not Just For Christmas
LUAP presents Trees Are For Life, Not Just For Christmas, transforming a concrete unit into a dying forest made from discarded Christmas trees. The installation reflects on environmental impact, seasonal excess and our evolving relationship with nature.
Storytellers – Museum Group Exhibition at The Beaney
LUAP exhibits There’s Always A Place In My Mind For You in Storytellers, a museum exhibition at The Beaney in Canterbury exploring how artists use visual storytelling to connect emotion, memory and personal perspective.
LUAP Exhibits in Bow Arts’ Bring Your Light at the Nunnery Gallery
LUAP exhibits in Bow Arts’ 2023 group show Bring Your Light at the Nunnery Gallery. Curated by Chila Burman — known for her Tate Britain commission — the exhibition explores light as a symbol of emotional and creative strength.
Winter Sculpture Park, Edition III
LUAP exhibits a large-scale sculpture in the third edition of Winter Sculpture Park in Bexley, South-East London — a public exhibition bringing free, accessible art to disused land across ten winter weeks.
Self Incarceration
LUAP's Self Incarceration invites audiences to explore the emotional cages we construct, using the Pink Bear as a guide through a landscape of introspection and potential liberation.
Mind & Body – LUAP at Christie’s and Piccadilly Lights
LUAP creates Mind & Body, a sculptural Pink Bear piece for Me, My Brain and I. Exhibited at Koppel X and projected onto Piccadilly Lights, the work is later sold through Christie’s in support of Parkinson’s UK.
Invite Lost In The Post
LUAP’s new neon commission, “Invite Lost In The Post”, explores the emotional tension between inclusion and isolation. Presented for Kensington + Chelsea Art Week, the work extends his Pink Bear series into a new, more introspective medium.
The Unconscious Therapy at 95 New Bond Street, Frieze Week
The Unconscious Therapy transformed a vacant building on New Bond Street into an atmospheric exhibition that explored memory, mental health and emotional connection through LUAP’s recurring Pink Bear figure.
Between Frames at The Factory Project, Frieze Week 2021
LUAP debuts Time Can Escape You in Between Frames, a group exhibition by Gallery No 32 at The Factory Project during Frieze Week 2021. Set in the vast Thameside Industrial Estate, the work continues LUAP’s exploration of liminal space through his enduring Pink Bear motif.
Art in the Age of Now at Fulham Town Hall
Just weeks after England lifts its final lockdown restrictions, LUAP transforms a former jail cell at Fulham Town Hall into a vivid pink installation for Art in the Age of Now. Featuring the Pink Bear on a bicycle, the work reflects on freedom, renewal, and post-COVID reflection.
Let’s Live With Less Plastic: The Pink Bear Highlights Plastic Pollution Across UK Billboards
In July 2020, LUAP's Pink Bear features in the Let’s Live With Less Plastic exhibition, displayed on digital billboards across major UK cities to raise awareness about the growing issue of plastic pollution during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stick Um Up
Well Hung Gallery has just launched Stick 'Em Up, a dynamic group paste-up exhibition featuring artists A.CE, Ben Rider, Donk, Hin, LUAP, My Dog Sighs, Pablo Delgado, and Shuby. Bold, colourful, and thought-provoking—this vibrant showcase runs until 25th November in Hoxton, London.
Home House - The Pink Bear Room
LUAP’s Pink Bear has taken over Home House in Portman Square with his largest mural to date. Originally planned as a short-term display, the artwork’s popularity has turned the Gloucester Lounge into what’s now affectionately known as The Pink Bear Room.
Pink Bear at Home House
First imagined during a 2014 visit, LUAP’s Pink Bear series now hangs in London’s Home House Gloucester Room — a journey of patience, persistence, and perfect timing.
A Pink Spectrum at OXO Tower in Partnership with Harvey Nichols
LUAP brings his Pink Bear to the OXO Tower Brasserie for a bold new installation inspired by Warhol and commissioned in partnership with Harvey Nichols. The Pink Spectrum embraces repetition, colour, and individuality in a vibrant, gallery-wide takeover.
LUAP’s Solo Exhibition at Andipa Gallery - The Hero’s Journey
LUAP’s debut solo exhibition at Andipa Gallery, The Hero’s Journey, brings together paintings, prints and photography in a vivid narrative of self-discovery, told through the evolving symbol of the Pink Bear.
Exhibited at two of London's most stylish venues – Belgraves Hotel & Ramusake
Paul Robinson, known for his Pink Bear series, exhibited at two of London’s most stylish venues — Belgraves Hotel and Ramusake — from March to August 2015. Curated by A Space for Art, the exhibition featured Robinson’s unique blend of fine art, street art, and photography, displayed alongside works by iconic names like Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst and Joan Miró.