Caroline Walker to present large-scale commission for Art on the Underground

In September 2026, Art on the Underground will present a large-scale commission by Scottish painter Caroline Walker at Stratford Underground station. Walker is renowned for her figurative paintings depicting the lived experience of women. Working across a range of scales, her larger scale works capture women in moments of action or contemplation, the visual complexity of their surroundings mirroring that of their imagined inner lives to create cinematic tableaus.  

For her Art on the Underground commission, Walker will explore the often invisible labour of women working on TfL’s networks at night. Following visits to Stratford Market Depot, where all Jubilee Line trains return each evening to be cleaned and maintained, Walker has shadowed women working night shifts as Train Operators and Cleaners. This new work for Stratford station will illuminate the Underground’s 24-hour workforce and the women whose unseen labour keeps the network running.  

Walker discusses the commission in an interview with BBC Radio London — listen here.