Create London commissions art and architecture in the public realm.

Create works with local communities in cities to commission art and architecture that is ambitious, purposeful and useful. We work over the long-term, and in ways that can bring agency and positive impacts for local residents, the partners we work with and the artists, architects and other creative practitioners we commission.
Our work exists on different scales and timeframes encompassing policy and planning, buildings and infrastructure, residencies and public programmes. We seek to innovate and experiment, testing new ways of working, creating exemplars for practice within this context.
Over our ten-year history, our focus has shifted from temporary projects in east London to establishing long-term artist- and community-led initiatives across the UK. Since 2011 we have helped to set up ten new organisations that include an adventure playground, a community-minded art school, and London’s leading employability programme for young people in the creative sector. At the centre of our current programme is a year-long multi-disciplinary programme marking the centenary of Britain’s largest social housing estate, a home for artist’s residencies and community-led programmes at The White House, and a new model for long-secure housing for creative professionals, A House for Artists.
Our work in policy underpins our practice and we have collaborated with the Universities of Edinburgh, Goldsmiths and Sheffield to commission pioneering research on inequalities in the UK cultural industry.
Create London Team
Ben Dunleavy
Office Manager and PA to the Directors
bend@createlondon.org
Celeste Ricci
Head of Development
celeste@createlondon.org
Dave Gore
Caretaker - The White House
whitehouse@createlondon.org
Griffi
Community Co-ordinator - The White House
griffi@createlondon.org
Kieran Swann
Curator - The White House
kieran@createlondon.org
Leanne Petersen
Producer
leanne@createlondon.org
Marcel Andrew
Creative Engagement Producer
marcel@createlondon.org
Marie Bak Mortensen
Director
marie@createlondon.org
Ross Chalmers
Producer
ross@createlondon.org
Samsul Alom
Finance Manager
finance@createlondon.org
Sorrel Hershberg
Executive Director
sorrel@createlondon.org
Victoria Norton
Communications Manager
victoria@createlondon.org
Board Members
Carey Robinson
Member of Finance Committee
Head of Learning and Participation, Fitzwilliam Museum
Caroline McGinn
Member of Remuneration Committee
Global Editor in Chief, Time Out
Councillor Carolyn Corben
London Borough of Newham
Councillor Christopher Kennedy
Cabinet Member for Health, Adult Social Care, Voluntary Sector and Culture
London Borough of Hackney
Claude Moraes OBE
Chair of Remuneration Committee.
Former Member of the European Parliament; Research Associate and Visiting Fellow, University of London, The City Law School
Ilona Harris
Director, West Horsley Place Trust
Leslie Morphy, OBE
Vice-Chair and Chair of Nominations Committee
Consultant
Councillor Rosalind Doré
Member of Remuneration Committee
Cabinet Commissioner for Culture, London Borough of Waltham Forest
Councillor Saima Ashraf
Councillor, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Sarah Mann
Member of Nominations Committee
Arts and Culture Manager, HS2
Sannan Pervaiz
Member of Nominations Committee
Climate Change & Security Advisor
Vivian Chan
Member of Nominations Committee
Executive Director, CEO, Co-founder, Sparrow