About

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 audiences across the globe in a manner which aims to be both authentic and indiscriminate. The gallery is responsible for the prominent rise of numerous important contemporary artists and remains firmly committed to the principles of nurturing, championing and developing the most exciting emerging talent – regardless of their age, background, or status.

In 2013, feeling disenfranchised and disillusioned with the art world, long standing friends Joe Kennedy and Jonny Burt decided to stage an art exhibition in West London. Over the past five years, they have built a gallery which is anything but traditional – garnering an international audience of millions both online and in their gallery spaces in Soho and Covent Garden prior to their current location in Mayfair where they established their flagship space in June 2018.

 Adopting progressive digital and communication strategies, Joe and Jonny are amongst the youngest gallerists in London, they have become the frontrunners in harnessing new and innovative 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