London-based artist Laxmi Hussain has joined creative arts charity Create as a Patron, supporting its work to make creative experiences accessible to children and adults facing challenges in their lives.
Hussain, whose practice draws on the human form, motherhood and nature, joins the charity as it continues to use art to reduce isolation, build confidence and support wellbeing. Create works with professional artists and community partners to deliver free creative programmes spanning painting, photography, music, dance, drama and other artforms.
For Hussain, the appointment connects closely with her own experience of art and a belief that creativity should be accessible beyond traditional cultural spaces.
“I was instantly drawn to Create when I first met its Founding CEO, Nicky Goulder and became aware of the important work the charity does in making art accessible to many who really need it,”
said Hussain.
“I believe that as humans we have a fundamental desire to create. Making art is such an empowering experience. As an artist it has helped me through so many aspects of my life, joyous and sad, and I have always felt that the power of doing so should be shared.”
“This is what Create does, giving those who really need it an opportunity to express themselves, build community and grow. I’m truly honoured to join Create as one of its Patrons, to support the charity in sharing all the ways the arts can positively impact so many people.”
Hussain’s own work is characterised by precisely composed forms and deliberately incomplete elements, with blue appearing repeatedly across her practice. The colour holds particular personal significance for the artist as a tribute to her mother and a reflection of her own creative development.
Her work and collaborations have crossed art, fashion, publishing and design, including projects with Tate, Soho House, Henry Moore Studios, Vogue in the UK, US and Philippines, Penguin Books and H&M Home.
As a Create Patron, Hussain will help advocate for the charity’s mission and its belief in creativity as a fundamental part of wellbeing. Patrons can also take part in workshops and performances, support fundraising, raise awareness of Create’s programmes and contribute their experience to other initiatives.
Create’s Founding CEO Nicky Goulder MBE said:
“We are honoured to have Laxmi Hussain become one of Create’s Patrons. Since I first met her, it was clear that we share the same passion for the transformative power of the creative arts and their ability to improve the lives of society’s most marginalised people.”
“Create believes that access to creativity is a fundamental right, not a privilege. Expressing yourself creatively is a core part of human wellbeing – people need to create. We look forward to working closely with Laxmi to continue to expand Create’s mission of bringing the creative arts to those who need them most.”
Founded in 2003, Create says it has now worked with almost 51,000 isolated and vulnerable participants through more than 17,400 workshops, providing opportunities to develop creative skills, build relationships and improve wellbeing.
For Hussain, whose own relationship with making has helped her navigate both joyous and difficult periods of her life, becoming a Patron extends that experience outwards: championing the idea that the opportunity to create should not be a privilege, but something everyone can access.
Laxmi Hussain opens her first London solo exhibition at Batsford Gallery 4th-7th September
About
Laxmi Hussain is a London-based artist whose drawings and paintings explore the body, motherhood, identity and the emotional connections between people. Moving between abstraction and figuration, her distinctive works are built from fluid lines, geometric structures and areas of intentional incompleteness, allowing bodies and forms to emerge without being fully defined. This tension between freedom and precision reflects Hussain’s background in architecture, which she studied before turning towards the greater creative possibilities offered by art.
Born and raised in London, Hussain has drawn since childhood, but it was after becoming a mother that she began developing art as a professional practice. Motherhood remains central to her work, both as subject and lived experience, alongside broader ideas around the female body, family, memory and transformation. Her compositions celebrate bodies as evolving forms rather than fixed ideals, using line and negative space to encourage viewers to complete images through their own perception.
Colour carries particular emotional significance within Hussain’s practice. Blue has become a recurring and immediately recognisable element of her visual language, connected to the memory of her late mother as well as her own experiences of grief and self-discovery. Alongside drawing and painting, she continually experiments with materials and processes, including printmaking, bringing the same interest in repetition, movement and the physical flow of the line across different media.
Hussain’s work has appeared across exhibitions, public projects and collaborations in London and internationally, while her practice has increasingly opened conversations around the often unseen relationship between creativity, care and motherhood. Her first solo exhibition, [Un]Seen, at Batsford Gallery in London in September 2026 brings these concerns together through paintings and drawings examining the female body as a site of memory, transformation and lived experience.
Through an elegant economy of line, colour and form, Laxmi Hussain creates work that feels simultaneously intimate and universal. Her practice transforms experiences of motherhood, grief, identity and the changing body into a visual language that leaves space for ambiguity—inviting the viewer not simply to look at the figure, but to participate in completing it.
Create is a multi-award-winning charity empowering lives, reducing isolation and enhancing wellbeing through the creative arts. Since it was established in 2003, the charity has been guided by the knowledge that people need to create, and that everyone deserves access to creativity. A national charity that champions local priorities, Create partners with local community organisations to run free, high-quality creative projects for their service users. The workshops are led by professional artists and enable participants to build skills, confidence and connections through music, dance, painting, photography, drama, and a host of other artforms. @createcharity
