Ocean Baulcombe-Toppin
b. 1996, London, UK
Selected Exhibitions & Commissions
2025 Bones, Stones and Calling the Four Elements, Brent Biennial 2025, Metroland Cultures, London
2025 Hydromancy, Sainsbury Centre, Norwich
2024 In Contiguity, Sherbet Green, London
2024 Experimentica: Call to Spring, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
2024 Constellations, NEVEN, London (Two-Person exhibition with Ebun Sodipo)
2023 Loops Made 2 Hold Us//Take Care 2gether.wav, Metroland Cultures, London
2023 Encoding / Decoding, Studio 27, Milbank Tower, London
2022 Piece of Mind, Gallery 31, Somerset House, London
2022 Dub Inna Babylon, Harlesden High Street, London
2021 Extraterra, 36 Great Russel Street, London
2021 This is for the Jeeps, Harlesden High Street, London
2020 Made in the other realm 200 years' time, Deptford Cinema, Online
2020 Working Progress, South London Gallery, London
Residencies & Alt. Education
2025 Syllabus VIII, Wysing Arts Centre in partnership with Eastside Projects; Spike Island; Ps²; New Art Exchange; SITE Gallery, and Studio Voltaire
2022 Metroland Cohort: Peer-to-Peer, Metroland Cultures
2022 G31 Residency, Somerset House Studios
2019 Artist-in-Residence, Cove Park, Scotland
Awards & Bursaries
2024 The Gathering Legacy Bursary, iniva
2023 a-n Artists Bursaries 2022-23
2019 Studio membership awarded by the London Print Studio
2018 Rossi Asiaghi Art Award, second place
Talks, Events & Workshops
2024 Water Divinations: Collective Enquiry, Metroland Cultures, London
2024 Permit to Dream: Touch Method, Cell Project Space, London
2023 Unseen Forces, Panel Discussion, Tate Late, Tate Modern
2023 Language Matters: Social and Environmental Justice in Creative-Critical Practice, Nottingham Contemporary
2021 Artist Talk, MA Design for Art Direction, London College of Communication
Press & Publications
2025 Brent Biennial 2025: Critical Perspectives, Asia-Art-Activism
2024 Constellations at Neven Gallery, émergent magazine
2022 'Creating from Home...', Financial Times
Education
2018 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London
Lecturing
Associate Lecturer, BA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts (2020 - Present)
Visiting Lecturer, BA Fine Art Drawing, Camberwell College of Arts (2024)
Co-Lead, Healthcare and Public Art Research Project, Chelsea College of Arts x King's College Hospital NHS Trust (2023-2024)
Visiting Artist, Insights, University of the Arts London (2020 - Present)
Contact
Ocean Baulcombe-Toppin
b. 1996, London, UK
Selected Exhibitions & Commissions
2025 Bones, Stones and Calling the Four Elements, Brent Biennial 2025, Metroland Cultures, London
2025 Hydromancy, Sainsbury Centre, Norwich
2024 In Contiguity, Sherbet Green, London
2024 Experimentica: Call to Spring, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
2024 Constellations, NEVEN, London (Two-Person exhibition with Ebun Sodipo)
2023 Loops Made 2 Hold Us//Take Care 2gether.wav, Metroland Cultures, London
2023 Encoding / Decoding, Studio 27, Milbank Tower, London
2022 Piece of Mind, Gallery 31, Somerset House, London
2022 Dub Inna Babylon, Harlesden High Street , London
2021 Extraterra, 36 Great Russel Street, London
2021 This is for the Jeeps, Harlesden High Street, London
2020 Made in the other realm 200 years' time, Deptford Cinema, Online
2020 Working Progress, South London Gallery, London
Residencies & Alt. Education
2025 Syllabus VIII, Wysing Arts Centre in partnership with Eastside Projects; Spike Island; Ps²; New Art Exchange; SITE Gallery, and Studio Voltaire
2022 Metroland Cohort: Peer-to-Peer, Metroland Cultures
2022 G31 Residency, Somerset House Studios
2019 Artist-in-Residence, Cove Park, Scotland
Awards & Bursaries
2024 The Gathering Legacy Bursary, iniva
2023 a-n Artists Bursaries 2022-23
2019 Studio membership awarded by the London Print Studio
2018 Rossi Asiaghi Art Award, second place
Talks, Events & Workshops
2024 Water Divinations: Collective Enquiry, Metroland Cultures, London
2024 Permit to Dream: Touch Method, Cell Project Space, London
2023 Unseen Forces, Panel Discussion, Tate Late, Tate Modern
2023 Language Matters: Social and Environmental Justice in Creative-Critical Practice, Nottingham Contemporary
2021 Artist Talk, MA Design for Art Direction, London College of Communication
Press & Publications
2025 Brent Biennial 2025: Critical Perspectives, Asia-Art-Activism
2024 Constellations at Neven Gallery, émergent magazine
2022 'Creating from Home...', Financial Times
Education
2018 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London
Lecturing
Associate Lecturer, BA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts (2020 - Present)
Visiting Lecturer, BA Fine Art Drawing, Camberwell College of Arts (2024)
Co-Lead, Healthcare and Public Art Research Project, Chelsea College of Arts x King's College Hospital NHS Trust (2023-2024)
Visiting Artist, Insights, University of the Arts London (2020 - Present)
Contact