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Established in 1994, the Artist-in-Residence Programme has hosted a wide range of talented artists working across diverse media. This one-year residency offers each artist the chance to develop their own work while engaging closely with the Eltham College school community. The resident is provided with access to a dedicated studio space and specialist facilities, including a ceramics kiln, etching press, and darkroom. As part of the residency, artists have contributed to curriculum lessons, run workshops, and led community projects. Past residents have also exhibited their own art in the Gerald Moore Gallery, showcasing the work they have done during the year-long programme.
More information on past artists and their work can be found below.
The next open call for the Artist-in-Residence Programme will be in April 2027.
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Current Artist-in-Residence
Eleni Maragaki
Eleni Maragaki is a visual artist born in Athens, working across sculpture, installation and printmaking. She studied Painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts (2013–2018) and completed an MA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins, UAL (2020–2022), supported by the Mona Hatoum Scholarship.
Eleni’s work has been exhibited widely across the UK, Europe and Asia. Recent highlights include the Shijiazhuang Youth Art Biennale in Hebei, China (2023); a screening of her short animation film at LUX Moving Image, London (2022); and Landscapes Seen from Everywhere, her latest solo exhibition at The Muse Gallery, London (2025).
Her public art experience includes Pompe, a light installation commissioned by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and presented at Stavros Niarchos Park in 2022 and 2024; an interactive public sculpture exhibited at Art Station Dubulti in Latvia (2021); and a public sculpture proposal shortlisted for the First Plinth Award by the Royal Society of Sculptors (2023).
Eleni has undertaken several residencies focusing on environmental themes and community engagement, including WIP Space in London (2024), Mahler & LeWitt Studios in Spoleto, Italy (2023), and NY20+ Art Museum in Sichuan, China (2026). In 2023, she took part in a collaborative project with Leslie Thompson, organised by the Royal Society of Sculptors and Art et Al, exploring neurodivergent and inclusive creative practices.
Her publications include co-authoring the essay Order to Chaos, presented during Offprint at Tate Modern in 2025.
More information about Eleni’s artistic practice can be found on her website and Instagram.
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Past Artist-in-Residence
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George Charman
2015 - 2017
Pam Leung
2002
Fay Nicolson
2013 - 2015
Emma Haworth
2001
Andrew Gillespie
2011 - 2013
Louise Ockenden 2000 - 2001
Martine Borge
2009 - 2011
Faye Dobinson 1997 - 1998
Mandy Franklin
2007 - 2009
Amanda Streeter 1996 - 1997
Heather Gani
2005 - 2007
Lesley Pover 1994 - 1996
Chantal Gillingham
2003 - 2004
