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Big ups to everyone who made 10,000 HOURS such a special event and for once again proving that what we do, and the community we proudly represent are truly unrivalled.

People have been describing @Studio404.World events as:

“10/10 experience. Such a fantastic event, full of people from all walks of life - Vibrant art, great music - I haven’t coloured in years; and it was great to feel like childlike again.”

“Excellent all round. Best experience ever. I’ve been 3 times. I took my friends for girls night out, and everyone loved it.”

“A place every artist needs to go to. The atmosphere was so chilled, lovely people, with creativity and good music hanging in the air all night. The organisers are so balanced, my type of peeps!”

10,000 HOURS was our best show yet! Hundreds of people showed up to see cool art, make cool sh*t, meet cool people and just have a good time.

A huge thank you to our partners @laundrystudiosldn @theartmatchmaker @grow_up_art_ and @moniker.art @gransalonmexico @thelittlestudio_design @greatart_uk @catchcameras @londonintpasteupfest @mostwantedwines @pimentaedrinks @drinkskipuk @fivepointsbrew for helping us bring it to life.

🎥 @studiobonusoficial

🗓️ Mark your calendars for December 3rd for the next instalment in our free event series. Link in bio 🗓️

OFFLINE BY DESIGN™️.

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Another fun project with @calum03 🖤
Two full sessions, and I enjoyed every bit of it!
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#gladiatortattoo #londontattoo #londontattooartist #londontattoostudio

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Thank you to everyone who came to 10,000 HOURS!

Hundreds of you showed up to celebrate the practice, persistence and and the work that goes into an artwork, and once again reminded us why creating spaces for people to come together IRL matters so much.

Prioritising presence over performance, chatting to strangers who become friends, planting the seeds for creative collaborations. These events truly are like no other and it takes everyone bringing the right energy to make it happen.

Photos + film are coming this week and we can’t wait to share them with you (and relive it all over again!).

A huge thank you to our partners @laundrystudiosldn @theartmatchmaker @grow_up_art_ and @moniker.art @gransalonmexico @thelittlestudio_design @greatart_uk @catchcameras @londonintpasteupfest @mostwantedwines @pimentaedrinks @drinkskipuk @fivepointsbrew for helping us bring it to life.

📸🎥 @devantayj / @storagef_ll / @studiobonusoficial

Follow @studio404.world @creativedebuts + @otherbox for more.

Exhibition open Monday - Friday, 9-4 until November 27th

Mark your calendars for December 3rd for the next instalment in our free event series.

OFFLINE BY DESIGN™️.

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Massive thank you to @uncle_insta for all your amazing support graft positivity and also stunning photos for the show we have curated for @bigissueuk 35th anniversary
Paste Present Future celebrating the art of protest

All of this art is available from the big issue shop check the link in my bio

The fly posters can be viewed at Sclater Street, Shoreditch High Street and the art at @laundrystudiosldn

Thanks to @calum03 and @leyyax at @studio404.world @creativedebuts for hosts and emotional support team and also as always to all the radical and lovely artists xxx

@grow_up_art_
@houseoflucyart
@anthonyburrill
@jamie_reid_archive
@jonathanallenstudio
@phillipjupitus5276
@subvertiser
@adam_bridgland
@dface_official
@ceal_warnants
@wrdsmth
@wefail1
@haydenkays
@kennardphillipps
@fokawolf
@donklondon
@shubyart
@pinko_joe
@carl.stimpson
@babakganjei
@mich_tom
@moderntoss
@prefab77_
@sarahmapleart
@jeremydeller
@mernyartist
@brianjayhoffman
@leoboydprints
vanessa witter
@coldwarsteve
@themisfortuneteller
@frank.riot
@chrisgpackham2
@stanleydonwood
@everyonehateselon_
@ledbydonkeys

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Thanks to @shubyart for help on paste brush
To @jackblam for sandpaper duties
To @carl.stimpson for installation
To @calum03 for support team x
To all the artists for making it happen 💕 big love

@bigissueuk @uncle_insta @creativedebuts @studio404.world #pastepresentfuture

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When @rkzuk told us he had to go to Paris for a shoot on the day of @studio404.world’s event, Sahi came up with a great idea: make a craft version of him to bring with us, so he could see his incredible image framed and on the wall as part of the exhibition at @laundrystudiosldn 🥺🥹

As always, Studio 404’s FREE art show was brilliant, full of engaging workshops and phenomenal art 🤩 Next one in December - keep your 👀 peeled!

#parentbloggeruk #londonevents #artexhibitions #londonparents

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TOUCH GRASS by @Studio404.World / June 2026

At the last 404 show, we passed @catchcameras around to you lot, to let you document the night yourselves, and here were some of my favourite! Analogue photography is very aligned with Studio 404. It asks you to be in the moment rather than constantly trying to document it and share it. To notice something, take the shot and trust that whatever comes back is part of it. Maybe the photo is perfect, maybe it’s blurry, maybe someones eyes are shut, but that’s what makes it SOOOO good!

It also feels particularly fitting as we head into our 3rd show next week: 10,000 HOURS. A show about practice, process, repetition and making things without knowing exactly how they’ll turn out. You just give it a go, you see what happens, and then you do it again.

Join us, ticket link in the bio!

📸 @CatchCameras
😘 @Studio404.World by @CreativeDebuts / @OtherBox
📍 @laundrystudioldn

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Slow down.
Look around.
Notice the mural you pass every day.
Watch the skaters turn architecture into choreography.
Sit in a park.
Look up from your phone.
Talk to someone.
Because perhaps the most important artwork in this exhibition isn’t hanging on a wall at all.
Perhaps it’s the reminder that the world is still happening outside.
And it’s waiting for us to be part of it.

A few moments from Touch The Grass by Studio 404, the latest step in an evolving partnership we are really proud of.

Studio 404 is a non-profit social enterprise built around a simple idea: getting people off their screens and into real life. They turn public spaces into creative playgrounds with artists from around the world exhibiting their work, creating live art and a number of perspective altering workshops which always make everyone stop, think and create differently. Thanks to @calum03 + @leyyax for your amazing work.

@studio404.world

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Huge congratulations to Foundation Art student Matthew Bestley, whose ceramic installation has been selected for the prestigious UAL Origins Creatives Exhibition 2026 at the @mallgalleries in London.

Selected from more than 600 entries, Matthew's work caught the attention of UAL Awarding Body curator Calum Hall and is now on display alongside some of the UK's most exciting emerging creative talent.

A fantastic achievement, Matthew, we're so proud of you! 👏

Full story in our bio!

Give @bestleyceramics a follow! Pic 3 shows Matthew pictured with curator @calum03.

#GetTheEdge #RonDearingUTC #OriginsCreatives #Ceramics #HullUTC @ualawardingbody @creativedebuts

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This month, we give another £500 to our 150th Black Artists Grant recipient, which feels quite special to say to be honest.

6 years ago, I watched the world fill up with black squares.

Instagram was covered in them. Brands, individuals, institutions, everyone posting their square in response to the murder of George Floyd. A moment of collective, performative solidarity that disappeared from feeds within a few weeks and changed almost nothing.

I didn’t want to just post a black square. I wanted to do something much bigger than that.

So I started the Black Artist Grant. £500 a month, directly to a Black creative, picked by Black selectors, no strings attached, no deliverables. Not a visual artist specifically, a creative, in any discipline.

6 years later, that’s 150 people. Over £100,000 contributed directly to Black creatives across the UK, covering the grant itself and the selector who ensures the process is properly considered.

It isn’t a solution. £500 doesn’t fix the structural inequalities in the arts, the funding crisis, or the cost of living, forcing creative people out of the cities they helped build.

What it does is give one person a bit of breathing room. The freedom to say yes to something they’d otherwise have had to turn down. To finish something. To believe, for a month, that someone thinks their work is worth investing in.

Sometimes that’s enough to change the direction of everything that follows.

To every creative who has received a grant over the past 6 years, thank you.

What you make and why you make it matters more than you know.

This is a movement, not a moment 🖤

- @calum03

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Hundreds of you braved tube strikes, rain and general London chaos to come TOUCH GRASS with us on 04.06.26 💚

Our second @studio404.world exhibition took over more than 20,000 square feet across two floors of @laundrystudiosldn , showcasing work from 130+ artists from around the world.

Alongside the exhibition, hundreds of strangers came together to make, learn, play, create, dance, connect and spend a few hours offline.

A huge thank you to our international curators @gransalonmexico @spazuno and @rabeliouus in Mexico City, Beirut and Johannesburg, whose selected works were showcased on custom skateboards throughout the space.

Big love to @moniker.art for bringing live art into the mix, @theartmatchmaker for supporting the whole event and for making sure we support artists online as well as in person.

Thank you to our incredible workshop facilitators who helped attendees create everything from custom luggage tags and foil art with @foilcoltd , to knitting, frame loom weaving, botanical drawing, sewing, textile art, flower arranging, collaging and plenty of doodling with materials provided by our friends at @greatart_uk .

And of course, thank you to our drinks partners who kept everyone hydrated: @drinkdalstons @mostwantedwines @drinkcog and our beer partners @fivepointsbrew - not to mention the incredible rum punch from Luv Drinks!

If you missed it, you missed out. But don’t worry…

Our next exhibition, 10,000 HOURS, lands on September 3rd and explores the time, dedication and persistence it takes to build a craft, practice or career in a world obsessed with instant gratification.

Tickets and artist open call go live soon.

See you there ❤️

🎥 @studiobonusoficial

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“makes sense”

10,000 hours
Sept 3rd

Open call and rsvp info coming soon

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