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Rachel Sale

I’m a mixed media artist based in South East London, UK.

I lead F.A.T. Studio CIC on Old Kent Road, where I make art and design projects with my neighbours and friends.
I also work as an independent artist/facilitator. Whatever I’m doing, I’m aiming to create poetic projects that bring people together and nourish a sense of collective potential.

Here is a selection of my projects. 

Blue Print was a participatory project about dream museums. It took place at the V&A museum while I was an Adobe Creative Resident there in 2024, and was on display throughout 2025. More details ↗


Pewter charm casting Key charm by Eleni What do we need? Internal carrier bag workshop Velcro solidarity banner for the QUEERCIRCLE library of things Big Queer Spreadsheet

Where We Meet was a 3-month residency project at QUEERCIRCLE, a LGBTQIA+ charity working at the intersection of arts, health and social action. I ran a series of workshops and events in which members of the queer community met to imagine the future of QUEERCIRCLE and their roles within it. On the final open day, I presented the vision we’d collectively imagined, alongside a series of artworks I’d made in response. More details ↗

Talking Circle at LEX2. Photo by Tansy Drake.
In 2025, F.A.T. Studio co-led a project called Old Kent Road: a neighbourhood portrait. The project bought together local organisers, creatives and residents to contributre to an exhibition that explored life in our area and sparked ideas for how we could collaborate on making it a place where people and planet can thrive. More details ↗



Since 2017, F.A.T. Studio has organised an annual community Talent Show, where neighbours come together to share what they love doing. Everyone wins! More pictures here ↗


Neighbours is a local newspaper created by me and Sophie Gate (my best friend for 15 years). It’s focusses on everyday life and gossip from in and around SE London, where we live and work. Spring issue launching soon!