A new exhibition by artist Olga Regina explores the layered identity of Canary Wharf and London’s Docklands — where history, infrastructure and contemporary life coexist.

Memory of a New City presents a series of works that observe and reinterpret one of London’s most recognisable financial districts. Once one of the busiest ports in the world, Docklands has been transformed into a global centre of finance — yet its past remains embedded in the landscape.

Rather than documenting the area directly, Olga Regina focuses on subtle shifts within the familiar. Through constructed and observed scenes, her work captures moments where everyday life intersects with something slightly unexpected: seagulls circling above glass towers, quiet residential streets beneath corporate skylines, or fleeting figures that appear both out of place and entirely natural.

The exhibition reflects on how cities evolve — not by replacing what came before, but by layering new structures over existing rhythms. In Canary Wharf, this creates a unique tension between precision and unpredictability, control and lived experience.

“I’m interested in how the city feels, not just how it looks,” says Olga Regina. “Canary Wharf is often seen as structured and controlled, but when you spend time there, you notice something softer — a human rhythm that exists alongside the financial one.”

The works in Memory of a New City combine elements of photography, digital intervention and artistic reconstruction, forming a visual language that sits between documentation and imagination.

All artworks in the exhibition are available for purchase.