DEPOT '25
Hannah Payne Art presents Hester Finch and Deborah K Lerner
25 - 28 September
DEPOT Returns to Oxford: 25–28 September 2025
Hannah Payne Art is pleased to present Hester Finch and Deborah K Lerner at DEPOT in September
ARTISTS:
Hester Finch (b. 1981, London) lives and works in London and holds an MA Painting from the Royal College of Art (2024, recipient of the The Vice Chancellor’s Achievement Scholarship); she gained her BA Fine Art from The Ruskin, Oxford University (2002). She was shortlisted for the Ingram Prize 2024 and was shown as part of a 2-person presentation by the Ingram Collection at the London Art Fair 2025.
Finch’s paintings focus on themes of identity, power, sex, motherhood, bodies, the scatological and viscera – often through the frame of the ubiquitous screen. Her starting points are eclectic including: the life model, pornography, objects collected by her children, cyberpunk films of the 80 & 90s, etc – and can be from life, online imagery, her imagination and memory.
DEBORAH K LERNER
Deborah Lerner (b. 1989) graduated from Camberwell College of Art in 2023 and participated in the inaugural Apollo Painting School in 2024. Recent group exhibitions include ‘One Thing Touches Another’, Maya Frodeman, Wyoming, 2025, ‘Apollo Painting School Cohort 1’, Alice Amati, London, 2025, ‘Small is Beautiful’, Flowers, London, 2024, and ‘Drawing Biennial’, Drawing Room, London, 2024. For the past 2 years she has been
conducting research into the artist Prunella Clough which has led to several curatorial opportunities including a duo show at Flexitron earlier this year and some Prunella related projects in the pipeline for 2026.
Lerner’s work considers the material properties of paint, the history of the medium and how it can be used to explore the universal condition. Influenced by authors such as Maggie Nelson, Katherine Angel, Deborah Levy and Amia Srinivasan, the paintings make visible the values which underpin their writing such as slowness, nuance, quietness and care. Daily observations become drawings and in time, the structural start of a painting.
DEPOT - a pioneering contemporary art event - returns to Oxford from Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 September 2025. With curated solo presentations and a collaborative exhibition-fair model, DEPOT promises to be a major draw for collectors, curators, and art lovers seeking fresh perspectives beyond the London art scene.
Highlights of the 2025 edition
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Invited galleries: A curated selection of national and international galleries, including Brooke Benington, Benjamin Parsons Gallery, Doyle Wham, Far Far Gallery, Hannah Payne Art, Tin Man Art, and They Come, They Sit, They Go, Thomas Spencer Fine Art
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Focus at DEPOT Focus by Fusion Arts returns for its second year in 2025 and brings together diverse artistic practices to foster dialogue and present a broad spectrum of perspectives. Artists to be announced soon!
- Talks Programme - hosted by Amici: DEPOT’s Talks Programme, curated and hosted by Amici.art, will bring together artists, curators and industry voices for a series of conversations that explore contemporary practice, collecting and the intersection of art and community.
Founded by a collective of artist-led commercial galleries, independent artists, specialist
art fair platform ARTSVP, and Oxford-based arts charity Fusion Arts, DEPOT presents a
new way of experiencing and acquiring contemporary art.
The event offers a dynamic platform for leading contemporary voices, combining the
critical rigour of an exhibition with the energy of an art fair. The 2025 edition will return to
its striking central Oxford location, once again transforming the space into an ambitious
cultural destination.
Opening times:
Thursday PREVIEW 6 - 9 pm (by invitation)
Friday 26th September 11am - 9 pm
Saturday 27th September 11am - 8 pm
Sunday 28th September 11am - 4 pm