Blind Spot

Chloe Beddow & Leon Scott-Engel

22 January - 21 March, 2026

Blind Spot brings together new works by Chloe Beddow and Leon Scott-Engel, whose practices are united by an inquiry into how care is designed, felt, and made visible. Working across the expanded fields of painting and sculpture, the two artists propose alternative narratives for how care can be constructed and perceived.

Led by a curiosity about who the world is designed and built for, Chloe Beddow creates hand-drawn digital painting made from embodied materials such as leather, wood and velvet to create works that exist between painting and sculpture. In this new body of work, Beddow challenges the relationship between care and desirability, using grandeur and ornamentation to revalue objects associated with disability and access. By adorning her works with visceral fabrics, she employs opulence as a deliberate strategy to disrupt hierarchies of value, insisting that moments of care and accessibility deserve the same attention and reverence as objects traditionally deemed desirable.

Leon Scott-Engel approaches painting as a physical object, one that occupies, responds to and reshapes space. For Blind Spot, Scott-Engel turns his attention to the interior anatomy of space. A large grid-like structure spans the gallery ceiling, modelled on a hospital waiting room. Scott-Engel reflects on the design of care within such settings and considers how these structures might be reimagined. The paintings’ leaf motif functions as a quiet symbol for healing, transformation and grief. Referencing cycles of growth and renewal, the motif underscores the emotional and bodily experiences embedded within environments of care. While the grid suggests order and repetition - a format historically associated with stability and control, particularly within mental health contexts - the subtle variation across each panel introduces temporality, movement and atmosphere, creating a space that feels transitional rather than fixed.

Blind Spot asks viewers to consider where care is made visible, where it is overlooked, and how it might be reimagined through material, space, and aesthetic value. By foregrounding accessibility, vulnerability, and environment, the exhibition invites a reconsideration of how care is experienced, both personally and collectively, and who it ultimately serves.

Chloe Beddow (b. 1999, London, UK) lives and works in London. She completed her BA in Painting and Printmaking at The Glasgow School of Art (2022) before undertaking her MFA in Painting at The Slade School of Fine Art, London (2024). Recent group and duo exhibitions include: SPT Project Space, London (2025); Twilight Contemporary, London (2025); Chilli Gallery, London (2025); Fitzrovia Gallery, London (2025); Algha Group Ltd, London (2024); Split Gallery, London (2024); Chilli Arts Projects, London (2024); Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (2024); Greatorex Street, London (2024). Beddow has received several awards, including the Desiree Painting Prize for the Slade School of Fine Art Postgraduate Degree Show (2024), the Sarabande Fund for Emerging Artists (2024), and the James Nicol McBroom Memorial Prize for Fine Art (2022). She was selected as a finalist for Tagli Mentorship Award (2025) as well as by the Royal Scottish Academy as a New Contemporary (2024).

Leon Scott-Engel (b.1999, London, UK) lives and works in London. He completed his BA at Glasgow School of Art (2022) and was awarded the Richard Ford Award and Research Residency at the Museo Del Prado, Madrid. Solo and duo exhibitions include: Pipeline, London (2023); Flexitron hosted by Pipeline, London (2023). Recent group exhibitions include Pipeline, London (2025); The Tagli, London (2025); Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (2025); Hot Sheet, London (2025); Standpoint Gallery, London (2025); Flexitron, London (2025); Lea Bridge Library Pavilion, curated by Alex Fox, London (2024); HBH Gallery, London (2024); Saatchi Gallery, curated by Delphian Gallery, London (2024); Split, London (2023); Liliya Art Gallery, London (2024); Warbling, London (2022); Black White Gallery, London (2022); Transmission Gallery, Glasgow (2022) and D Contemporary, London (2022). His work has been exhibited at Swab art fair with Neven and Split, Barcelona (2024). 

Special thanks to Ramy El-Madany for their support of the artist in this exhibition. 

While this exhibition is not physically accessible to everyone, we want to openly acknowledge this limitation and use it as a point of critical reflection rather than omission. The gallery’s location on the third floor invites us to consider access and how art might be made visible and experienced. Through expanded modes of participation, we seek to acknowledge those with access needs and ask how we might respond with care and responsibility. Please visit our website for information and updates.