About

Unit London is committed to generating mass engagement with the most exciting, talented and culturally-relevant artists of our time. Using new technologies and pioneering approaches to digital media, the gallery is recognised for diversifying and expanding contemporary art audiences. "Most commercial gallery spaces operate on the ideals of exclusivity and elevated social status - but we want to act as a narrator (with a megaphone), telling the story of today’s most gifted artists to a global, mainstream audience. The approach to our audience is totally indiscriminate and authentic, and the selection of the artists is not based on false constructs, pretensions or reputations  - only the work itself." - Joe Kennedy

"We were aware of so many incredibly talented young artists who were being ignored by big galleries because they didn’t have the reputation, commercial viability or educational background that they were looking for."

Since its inception in 2013, Unit London has strived to provide a unique and experimental platform for the world’s most distinctive emerging talent, showcasing their work to a culturally curious audience across the globe. The gallery is responsible for the rise to prominence of numerous important contemporary artists, and remains firmly committed to nurturing, championing and developing the most exciting emerging talent - regardless of their age, background, or status.

At the age of 23, feeling disenfranchised and disillusioned with the art world, longtime friends Joe Kennedy and Jonny Burt decided to stage an art exhibition. In the years since, they built a gallery which is anything but traditional - garnering a global audience of millions of art collectors, curators and enthusiasts, and becoming amongst the youngest gallerists in London in the process.

Adopting progressive communication strategies, and with no prior experience in selling art, Joe and Jonny have never identified with the traditional art world, setting out with a belief in operating "their own way" and striving to innovate the ways in which contemporary art is culturally perceived, acquired, and engaged with. 

Photo: Fru Tholstrup, Joe Kennedy, Jane Neal and Jonny Burt (from left to right).

“Unit’s team are young and forward-thinking in their attitudes to women as well as to the art world. They have embraced the opportunity to host an exhibition of all female artists, curated by two women, as a means to highlight the imbalance within the art world.” - Fru Tholstrup 

“Though significantly more women than men enter art school in Britain, only a fraction of these women continue to actively practice as artists beyond the age of 30. Nonetheless, a growing number of this minority of female artists are responsible for breaking new ground and contributing to the pioneering movements of today. It is high time that women artists attained greater visibility in the art world - and there is no excuse for discrepancy in price points between men and women in the primary or in the secondary markets. 21st Century Women is making a stand.” - Jane Neal