Humber Street Gallery is pleased to present Sightseers, a newly commissioned exhibition by Birmingham-based artist Luke Routledge, running from Friday 16th January 2026 until Sunday 3rd May 2026. The exhibition brings together an ambitious new body of sculptural work and marks an important moment in Routledge’s evolving practice.
Sightseers invites visitors into a world that is still being formed. Across the gallery, larger-than-life, multicoloured figures gather, each built from fragments, layers and surfaces that feel assembled rather than finished. Routledge combines digital sculpting and 3D printing with paint, resin and found materials, treating technology as just one part of a hands-on, exploratory making process. The result is a series of works that feel provisional and alive, suggesting identities that are fluid, shifting and open to change.
Rather than offering clear answers or a fixed narrative, Sightseers asks audiences to stay curious. This is a place where imagination does the work, where visitors are encouraged to look closely, make connections and spend time with forms that resist easy definition. The exhibition offers an invitation to step away from the everyday and into a speculative space built from parts, possibilities and playful experimentation.
This exhibition is Routledge’s most ambitious project to date, expanding the scale and complexity of his work while remaining rooted in material exploration and world-building. Sightseers is accompanied by a public programme of events, activities and workshops that offer different ways to encounter the exhibition, ask questions and explore the ideas within the work together.
Exhibition tour: Sightseers by Luke Routledge
Friday 20 February, Friday 20th March & Friday 17th April, 12-12:30pm
Join the staff at Humber Street Gallery to hear more of the stories, ideas, and thoughts behind the work on display
Ash Martin responds to Sightseers
Thursday 5th March, 6pm-9pm
Ash Martin is a multidisciplinary artist working across drawing, poetry, and performance, exploring drag for its fantastical worldbuilding possibilities.
Panel Discussion: Building Worlds with Luke Routledge and Dinosaur Kilby
Thursday 9th April 2026, 6pm-8pm
Artists Luke Routledge and Dinosaur Kilby explore how and why artists build worlds.
Introduction to 3D Modelling and 3D Printing
Saturday 11th April 2026, 12-2pm
Gives you a practical insight into using 3D modelling techniques to make small, physical objects