Goodmayes Hospital
PROJECT INTRODUCTION
North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Sunflower Court, Ilford
This project focuses on the exterior communal areas of Sunflower Court at Goodmayes Hospital, including a cafe space, large courtyard, and hospital walls. By prioritizing Global Majority patient and staff communities, the project aims to meaningfully transform the clinical environment through themes of home, identity, and collective joy.
Artists: Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq, Sutapa Biswas, Rachael Champion, Mac Collins, Joanna Harries, Lonnie Holley, Kingdom Choir, Alvin Kofi, Joy Labinjo, Lakwena Maciver, Abbas Zahedi, Toby Ziegler
By the Numbers (to Sept 2025)
- Artworks: 13 new exterior wall and sculptural artworks.
- Total Participations: 291
- Creative Workshops: 27 delivered to date.
- Sentiment: Achieved a record 9.9/10 for ‘Inclusion’ during the “Made By Us!” workshop series.
Voices from the Project
“Thank you so much. This has gotten me out of a dark place.” — Service User, Goodmayes Hospital
“It felt like the first time art made sense to me.” — Workshop Participant, Made By Us! series at V&A East Storehouse
Overall Impact
The project has successfully built connectivity through partnerships with Project Zero and the V&A East Storehouse. Highlights include the Kingdom Choir workshops, which provided a space for staff connection and led to a public performance at the Whitechapel Gallery.
Hospital Rooms, Artist Gathering at Goodmayes Hospital, 2025. Photographer, Jen Moyes
Hospital Rooms, Artist Gathering at Goodmayes Hospital, 2025. Photographer, Jen Moyes
Hospital Rooms, Workshop with Sutapa Biswas at Tate Britain, 2025.
Hospital Rooms, Workshop with Sutapa Biswas at Tate Britain, 2025.
Hospital Rooms, Workshop with Sutapa Biswas at Tate Britian, 2025.
Hospital Rooms, Workshop with Sutapa Biswas at Tate Britian, 2025.
Project curator team
Christopher Gerhardt
Project Curator
Siphiwe Mnguni
Senior Public Programmes Curator
Siphiwe is a tall Black Woman with short pixie – cut black hair. Her pronouns are she/her. She was born and raised in South – East London to Zimbabwean parents.
As Public Programmes Curator, Siphiwe is responsible for sharing the Hospital Rooms mission and thinking with local, national and international audiences. Through the developing, coordination and delivering of year round events, talks, public exhibitions and our Digital Art School platform, her mission is to reach as many people with care and creativity whilst building practices of inclusion through our unique lens. Siphiwe is a practicing artist and has worked across artist management, set design and photography before finding her home at Hospital Rooms. Siphiwe lists painters Picasso, Karl Appel and Ellen Gallagher as a few of her favourite visual artists.
Christopher Gerhardt
Project Curator
Siphiwe Mnguni
Senior Public Programmes Curator
Siphiwe is a tall Black Woman with short pixie – cut black hair. Her pronouns are she/her. She was born and raised in South – East London to Zimbabwean parents.
As Public Programmes Curator, Siphiwe is responsible for sharing the Hospital Rooms mission and thinking with local, national and international audiences. Through the developing, coordination and delivering of year round events, talks, public exhibitions and our Digital Art School platform, her mission is to reach as many people with care and creativity whilst building practices of inclusion through our unique lens. Siphiwe is a practicing artist and has worked across artist management, set design and photography before finding her home at Hospital Rooms. Siphiwe lists painters Picasso, Karl Appel and Ellen Gallagher as a few of her favourite visual artists.
Hospital Rooms Goodmayes Project in partnership with North East London NHS Foundation Trust. Supported by Arts Council England. Our cultural Partners are Tate and Whitechapel Gallery.