FREE Outdoor Exhibition, 19th-20th June, 11am – 7 pm, Turnham Green, Chiswick High Road, London W4 5DT

In 2025, twenty large-format photographic portraits were created as part of a conversation with Polish migrant women based in or connected to the London borough of Hounslow. During their photographic sessions with artist, Anna Jochymek, the women shared details of their journey, challenges, and what has empowered them as women and migrants in the UK. The resulting photographs and testimonies create a powerful portrait of the local community, exploring what freedom means to women today, through their own words, histories, and identities.

Visit the exhibition webpage here:

Free.Her at Turnham Green – Anna Jochymek – New Media Arts at Watermans

Free.Her was originally presented at two outdoor exhibitions last year, in Brentford and Hounslow, as part of the Future Arts Centres project, Our Freedom: Then and Now, itself part of a £2 million national creative programme marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and supported by the UK Government through Arts Council England.

Jan Lennox, Director, Watermans said:

“We’re delighted that this important photographic exhibition by London-based Polish artist, Anna Jochymek can be seen again at Turnham Green. The portraits and testimonies tell a compelling immigration story.”

Following the original exhibition, selected portraits will be included in the Gunnersbury Park Museum Archive.

About Anna Jochymek

Anna Jochymek is a Polish-born, London-based artist, ethnographer, and researcher working at the intersection of visual arts, social anthropology, and public engagement. Anna Jochymek is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the School of Social Sciences and Professions, Centre for Global Diversities and Inequalities at Metropolitan University London, working as an ethnographer in a pioneering interdisciplinary study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.

About Turnham Green

Turnham Green in west London is a public park adjacent to Chiswick High Road, London W4 5DT. It is the heart of the Turnham Green Conservation Area and a valued green lung, offering recreational value to local residents and office workers alike. Its triangle of parkland represents a high profile and well used civic face of the borough, where the residential and commercial meet on either side.

About FAC

Future Arts Centres (FAC) is a national network of over 170 arts centres across the UK. FAC champions the role of arts centres as vital public spaces that foster creativity, community, and cultural expression. In 2023, FAC became a registered company and an Arts Council England IPSO, providing sector support and leadership.

About Our Freedom: Then and Now

“Our Freedom: Then and Now” was part of a £2 million national creative programme in 2025 marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Supported by the UK Government through Arts Council England, the Future Arts Centres and Libraries Connected initiative will see 60 arts centres and libraries across Britain present community-led projects exploring the legacy of VE Day and VJ Day.

“Our Freedom: Then and Now” empowers artists, veterans and residents to explore themes of past and present freedoms through 60 creative projects, including exhibitions, performances and installations running from June to November 2025.

About Watermans

Watermans’ mission is to bring communities together through cultural practice and to enrich lives through the arts and creativity. It acts as a producer, curator, and connector, bringing together artists and audiences to present a programme that includes international outdoor performance and new media art at Bell Square London from May to November, a programme for Disabled children and young people, which is both accessible and aspirational, as well as large-scale and micro cross-artform creative events across Hounslow and online. Watermans is funded by Hounslow Council and Arts Council England.

Visit the exhibition webpage here:

Free.Her at Turnham Green – Anna Jochymek – New Media Arts at Watermans