Studio Voltaire provides a range of high–quality, light-filled workspaces with 24-hour access. All spaces have heating, Wi-Fi and natural light. 

Workspace is provided on an ongoing basis and at a rate of £24.20 per square foot per year, including all utilities (underfloor heating, lights, power, waste collection, wi-fi, water) and administrative costs. We offer both self-enclosed studios and semi-private studios in our communal workspace. Studios range between 100-350 sq ft.

The Communal Studio is for artists who wish to work in a more collaborative environment or who do not need a traditional studio. This space also allows provision for other cultural workers such as curators, writers and educators. This large open-plan space includes a large shared desk as well as individual partitioned workspaces around the perimeter of the room designed for ten people.

The Artists’ Kitchen

The studios include a dedicated shared social and event space equipped with a kitchen, audio-visual equipment and flexible seating. This space is used for social gatherings, lunches and workshops.

Henry Moore Workshop

Our site also includes a new bookable workshop, enhancing our production facilities onsite.

Project Studio & Events Studio

Studio holders can book and use the Events Studio and Project Studio to host rehearsals, meetings, events and film or photograph work.

Access

All studios are fully accessible. Studios located on the mezzanine level are accessible by a lift or stairs. Accessible, all-gender bathroom facilities are available on both floors. 

Location

Studio Voltaire is located in Clapham (Zone 2) and has excellent transport links (Northern Line, London Overground) and local facilities. There are no car parking facilities available.

We are looking for practitioners who will benefit from having a sustained affordable workspace and are interested in actively contributing to the onsite artistic community, as well as Studio Voltaire and our wider community. We aim to establish a group of artists working within contemporary art practice who collectively constitute a wide range of interests, experiences and modes of working, representing a diversity of practices and perspectives. 

Aligning with our organisational aims, we strongly encourage and will prioritise applications from people who are currently underrepresented in the arts. We welcome and will prioritise applications from artists of African or Caribbean heritage, artists of East Asian, South Asian and South East Asian heritage, artists of Latin American heritage and artists belonging to other groups that experience racism (including people of Romany, Irish Traveller, Jewish, Central Asian and West Asian heritage), and artists who identify as LGBTQIA+, d/Deaf, neurodivergent, disabled, chronically ill and artists who have faced barriers to practice due to their socio-economic background or financial precarity.

All applications go through a competitive selection process that is overseen by our curatorial team. If your application is successful, we will add you to our studio waiting list. 

If your application is accepted, you will receive notice that you have been added to our studio waiting list. If you do not hear from us within four weeks, unfortunately, your application has not been successful.

Our waiting list is not run on a first-come, first-served basis; applications are prioritised based on the strength of your application and level of need.

Please note that as all of our studios are currently occupied indefinitely, we cannot guarantee how long it will be before a space becomes available.