20/20: Reflections - Christopher Samuel

Chelsea Space and the Decolonising Arts Institute at UAL collaborate once more on 20/20:Reflections, a summer evening programme offering the opportunity to hear directly from some of the second 20/20 cohort of artists about their residencies in national collections. 

 Christopher will be in conversation with Rachel Fleming-Mulford discussing themes of stigma, belonging and agency that underpin his 20/20 residency research into the experiences of disabled people of colour at Birmingham Museums Trust.    

Following the success of our earlier collaborative series of talks with the first cohort of artists last summer, 20/20Reflections will also feature the first exhibition of the 20/20 Print Portfolio. Alongside the full series of prints created by each of the 20 artists who have participated in the 20/20 project, the exhibition will also include a series of artist films developed as part of the programme. 

Event Timings

6.30pm: Arrival (free refreshments provided) 

6.45pm: Talk and discussion (Chris and Rachel Fleming-Mulford) 

7.30pm: Q&A 

8.00pm: Event ends 

Artist Biography

Christopher Samuel is a Black British disabled artist whose practice is rooted in lived experience and shaped by a legacy of migration, growing up as part of the Windrush generation in London and the Midlands. Their work explores identity and disability politics, evolving in step with shifting cultural landscapes. Using humour and poetic subversiveness, they create space for difficult conversations, challenge marginalisation, and reclaim personal and political agency through storytelling. 

Rachel Fleming-Mulford is a curator with more than 20 years’ experience in the visual arts and museums sectors. Her practice is artist-led and highly collaborative. It is rooted in an intersectional feminist approach that centres access, equity, and social justice.