About

Unit London is recognised for its pioneering approach to digital media and in expanding and diversifying contemporary art audiences using new technologies. The gallery's main focus is on generating mass engagement with the most exciting, talented and culturally-relevant artists of our time. "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.