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Arcadia Missa Founder

For someone who hasn’t visited your gallery before, how would you describe it?

Arcadia Missa is a contemporary art gallery that represents early to mid-career artists. Many of the artists are British, including 2023 Turner Prize winner Jesse Darling, and 2025 Turner Prize nominees Rene Matić and Nnena Kalu, but we also represent some international artists such as Melike Kara and Coumba Samba.

How did you get started in your career?

When I left university, I started Arcadia Missa as a project space in a railway arch in Peckham. A ‘project space’ is an art space that doesn't formally represent artists, and is often quite DIY by nature. Around 2015/2016, Arcadia Missa evolved into a commercial gallery, initially representing many of the artists that had been a part of the scene around the project space. The countercultural roots of the project can often still be seen in the gallery and publishing programmes.

What are you excited about in art right now?

Sculpture! – partly inspired by our past exhibitions with Jesse Darling and Coumba Samba, and also because we have just added a wonderful new artist, Brad Kronz.

What is your favourite thing about being part of the Duke Street neighbourhood?

I love being so close to Marylebone Lane. We have hosted dinners in restaurants in the area, and when I was pregnant and feeling very tired, I'd get lunch at Le Relais de Venise L' Entrecote (make sure you get there early to avoid queues)!

Another pregnancy favourite was having both dim sum, duck and rice at Royal China – slightly further, but still very close on Baker Street. I have also eaten the best egg sandwich of my life at Arôme on Duke Street, and we have had beautiful works by Phoebe Collings-James on view in Jackson Boxer's wonderful restaurant The Corner in Selfridges.