Skip to main content

Category: WHAT’S ON

Autumnal

Autumnal

Welcome to our library of artist interviews! Read here some of the behind the scenes between artists and hARTslane.

Autumnal is our year-round artist interview series aimed to extend a show’s longevity and raise the profile of the artists featured. It’s an affordable way for a group to give more publicity to an exhibition or event, as well as becoming part of a larger archive.
This series is open to artists who have exhibitions coming up at hARTslane, or have had an exhibition with us in the past. 
Interested in taking part?
Get in touch for more info: info@hartslane.org with the subject line ‘Autumnal’.
———————————–

back

Continue reading

October 2026: exhibitions and events in hARTslane

THIS MONTH’S FEATURE:

HOLD THE LINE (2026), GEOFFREY CHAMBERS.
PART OF THE GROUP SHOW ‘TRACES’, 24-27TH SEPTEMBER

October 2026

Programme of exhibitions and events

Thursday 1st – Wednesday 7th
Drawings Against Genocide 
Open 11-4pm

The exhibition presents drawings responding to the genocide in Gaza. Working in a tradition of protest and satirical art, Collings turns his attention to the actions of the Israeli state and the ideology of Zionism.

Artist: Matthew Collings. Curated by @art4afreepalestine

———-

Saturday 10th
IKI2BT (I know it to be true)
Open 12:00-20:00, performance 19:00

Domina presents IKI2BT, a multidisciplinary showcase featuring exhibiting artists and live experimental performance. Across painting, video installation, and sound, IKI2BT explores ideas of presence, absence, and unpredictability. 

Artists: Domina, Saskia Portman, Jake Scott, and Oscar Butcher. Curated by Katerina Matheson 

—–

Tuesday 13th – Sunday 25th
Resonance Plane

A Sound Art exhibition, exploring the loudspeaker as substrate and readymade sculpture, artworks using sound as a material, and artworks with sound used in the process through which they were made.

Artists: Ted Brunning, Lewis Pathak, JP Guerrier, Guillaume Milochau.

Opening Times:

Tuesday 13th October: Private View 5pm – 8pm

Weds 14th October: 12pm – 6pm

Thurs 15th October: 12pm – 6pm

Fri 16th October: 12pm – 8pm

Sat 17th October: 12pm – 8pm

Sun 18th October: 12pm – 5pm

Mon 19th October: CLOSED

Tues 20th October: 12pm – 6pm

Weds 21th October: 12pm – 6pm

Thurs 22th October: 12pm – 6pm

Fri 23th October: 12pm – 8pm

Sat 24th October: 12pm – 8pm

Sun 25th October: 12pm – 5pm

—-

Wednesday 28th – Saturday 31st
By One’s Light

‘By One’s Light’ is an exhibition featuring artists from Slade School of Fine Art and Newcastle University. The exhibition explores the application of creative agency in our current polarising world.

Artists: 

Callum Ashcroft  (@callum.ashcroft.art)

Alfie Carter  (@alfiejcarter)

Milly Hawitt  (@millyhawittart)

Katarina Jimack  (katjimack.art)

Will Metcalfe  (@willmetcalfe_art)

Megan Nicholson  (@megannicholsonart)

Eliza O’Boyle  (@elizaoboylart)

Anna-May Slowie  (@annamayslowie)

Emma Steensma  (@emmasteensma)

Curators:

Callum Ashcroft  (@callum.ashcroft.art)

Katarina Jimack  (@katjimack.art)

Will Metcalfe  (@willmetcalfe_art)

Megan Nicholson  (@megannicholsonart)

Opening Times:

Wednesday 28th: Opening night 5pm – 8pm

Thursday 29th – Saturday 31st: Open 12pm – 6pm 

back

Events, Exhibitions

Continue reading

Window Project 2026: Grow and Bloom by Usva Inei

Window Project 2026

Grow and Bloom, Usva Inei

hARTslane is proud to present our 2026 new Window Project artwork and artist!

Please join us on Saturday 7 November  at 5:30pm for the official unveiling of ‘Grow and Bloom’.

‘Grow and Bloom’ responds to the current anti-trans politics in the UK and, specifically, the recent supreme court ruling that made a lot of the trans and queer community feel unsafe, unsupported, and unwelcome in society. The aim of the piece is to provide hope, representation, and recognition in what feels like very dark times for minorities.

The artwork unfolds as a spray painted flower bouquet in trans flag colours. All the flowers have historical and cultural meaning in connection to the LGBTQ+ community, signifying celebration, remembrance, resistance, and representation. The piece teeters on the edge of being a subtle or being a direct statement about trans rights in the UK. This is in parallel to how trans people have to exist in society: constantly calculating when it is safe and smart to be out with their identity and when it is better to stay hidden.

Artist Bio

Usva Inei is a trans non-binary visual artist and artist educator who works through painting, textiles, and various forms of printmaking. Stemming from their lived experiences as a queer Russian immigrant, Usva reimagines and reclaims traditional Slavic imagery and patterns by bringing in elements of anti-war and pro-LGBTQ+ protest. Through their artwork, Usva hopes to consolidate a desire to connect with one’s heritage with a fight against a government that does not respect human rights, allow freedom of speech, or acknowledge LGBTQ+ identities.

Usva’s art practice is strongly linked to working with communities: they regularly run art workshops and interactive events for groups of all ages with the aim of fostering reflection, interaction, and learning. They are specifically interested in the role of traditions and cultural heritage in how individuals understand themselves and their communities.
www.usvainei.com
www.instagram.com/usva.inei 

hARTslane Window Project

An annual opportunity to propose an artwork for hARTslane’s window, open to hARTslane Artist Members

 

back

Exhibitions, Opportunities

Continue reading

Autumn Open Studios, 7 November 2026

hARTslane Autumn Open Studios

Saturday 7th November 2026, 2-7pm

FULLY BOOKED

Deadline to sign up:  Tuesday 3rd November or when slots are filled

As part of hARTslane Artist Membership, we host Open Studios twice a year — free and open to all artist members. It’s an opportunity to receive peer and professional feedback on your work in a relaxed, supportive environment.

About the Day
This session will include a Feedback Speed Dating activity: Over the course of an hour each artist receives several two-minute feedback rounds — a quick-fire way to gather fresh perspectives on your work.
Come prepared – bring a notepad and pen if you’d like to take notes.

Tables and plinths will be provided. Please note that each artist may display one piece of work, and artists are responsible for their own work and any equipment needed to present it safely.

There are 8 places available, allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Schedule for the day:

–  2-3pm, Artists install their work

–  3-4pm, Speed dating feedback session: a lively and engaging format where artists give and receive brief feedback from their peers

– 4-5:30pm, Crits; each artist has 10 minutes to present and talk about their work, followed by discussion. The crit will be guided by artist Chris Marshall LG. Here is a link to Chris’ work:

–  5:30 – 7pm, Open to the public for informal conversations with the artists about their work

More info on hARTslane’s Artist Membership and how to join here. 
————–

hARTslane and The London Group
hARTslane is proud to have partnered with The London Group. Each open studio crit session will be facilitated by an artist member from The London Group. 

“The London Group is the UK’s longest-running and most prestigious artists’ collective

The London Group was set up in 1913 by thirty two artists including Walter Sickert, Jacob Epstein, Wyndham Lewis, David Bomberg, Sylvia Gosse, Ethel Sands and Henri Gaudier Brzeska, with the aim of creating a powerful artist-run group to act as a counter-balance to institutions such as the Royal Academy. The founding group created a unique structure for an organisation, that has gone on to successfully nurture the careers of many of Britain’s best-known artists.” You can read more about the history of the Group here.

back

Artist development, Opportunities

Continue reading

Personal Relations Touring Exhibition 2025-2026. Next stop: London, 26 September-4 October 2026

Artworks above: Eric Fong, Tisna Westerhof, Alberto Balletti, Sumi Perera, Paul Bonomini, Anne Leigniel, Salma Hasan.

Personal Relations


An international touring miniature-portrait exhibition bringing together art collectives worldwide, 2025-2027

Personal Relations feature a collection of newly created miniature portrait works —each the size of a mobile phone—produced by artist members of international artist collectives.

The project is designed to foster cross-border collaboration & international understanding and explore portraiture as a form of cultural exchange.

In an era of heightened political tension, where national identities and borders are increasingly reinforced, Personal Relations seeks to create meaningful cultural bridges. Through the universal language of art, the project aims to foster unity, collaboration, and artistic excellence across borders.

Historically, miniature portraits were often exchanged as political gift between rulers and ambassadors, symbolising connection and diplomacy.

In this project, over 150 artists are invited to reinterpret this tradition for the 21st century, responding to the history of miniature portraiture while exploring the smartphone screen as today’s “portrait format”—an intimate, portable space for identity and connection.

The Tour

The Personal Relations exhibition will be on tour between December 2025 and November 2026. The 150 miniature portraits will travel across Europe, connecting artists, artist collectives and audiences.

Project Space
London, United Kingdom

26 September – 4 October 2026 
Opening Event:
Saturday 26 September, 5–8pm

Sala Delmo Veronese
Este, Italy

23 May – 7 June, 2026

What Art Can Do Gallery
Amsterdam

6 – 27 December 2025

The Artists

The London Group, London

Wendy Anderson / Melissa Alley / Victoria Arney / Jonathan Armour / Bryan Benge / Barbara Beyer / Stanislas Blatton / Paul Bonomini / Lesley Bunch / Clive Burton / Laura Carey / Paul Carey / Stephen Carley / Jacqueline Yuen-Ling Chiu / Ece Clarke / Peter Clossick / Gary Clough / Sandra Crisp / John Crossley / Martin Darbyshire / Stathis Dimitriadis / Simon E Head / Angela Eames / Eric Fong / Jan Frith / Cadi Froehlich / Marenka Gabeler / Alexandra Harley / R James Healy / Julie Held / Aude Herail Jager / Chris Horner / Gillian Ingham / Annie Johns / Anne Leigniel / Amanda Loomes / Hannah Luxton / Genetic Moo / Charlotte Mortensson / lan Parker / Claire Parrish / Janet Patterson / Sumi Perera / Steve Pettengell / Christopher Poulton / Inga Tillere / Tommy Seaward / Suzan Swale / Paul Tecklenberg / Almuth Tebbenhoff / Lisa Traxler / Joshua Uvieghara / Annie Wasdell / Neil Weerdmeester / Tisna Westerhof / Susan Wilson / David Wiseman / Erika Winstone / Carol Wyss

La Medusa, Este

Silvia Baldisserotto / Alberto Balletti / Rosita Bernardo / Paola Bonotto / Alessandro Brusamolin  / Luigi Dovigo / Giorgio Gattolin /Paola Gazziero / Salma Yaseen Ghaleb Hasan / Alessandra Locatelli / Michela Mascarucci / Ivone Ortolan / Silvia Paggiarin / Roberta Pancera / Olivia Pegoraro / Nicol Ranci / Andrea Rimondo / Luca Salvagno  / Laurence Turina / Andrea Zago. Special guests participating in the Personal Relations exhibition in Este: art students at the Liceo Artistico G.B. Ferrari di Este.

What Art Can Do, Amsterdam

Wafae Ahalouch / Domenique Almeida / Sybila Baumann / Marion Bloem / Diana Blok / Melanie Bosboom / Leslie Browne / Marion Buiterhof Dirkse v/d Heuvel / Roberto Caradonna / Airco Caravan / Nelson Carrilho / Bilal Chahal / Paulo Chicareli / Isan Corinde / Brian Couthino / Hotegni Dansou / Moni Dekkers / Baharak Dehghan / Annelien Dijkman / Marjan De Voogd / Marijke De Vries / Els Groen / Erik Hessel / Ruud Hiel / Renate Jacobs / Jan Willem Kaldenbach / Inger Kolff / Viktoria Kova / Arjen Lancel / Geraldine Macdonald / Joanneke Meester / Jacqueline Muitjens / Lies Neve / Astrid Oudheusden / Clementine Oomes / Ine Poppe / Pieter W Postma / Carola Rombouts / Ola Samko / Max Schulze / Helia Simonneau / Mischa Smit Kleine / Tampidaro / Rob Thijssen / Eleanora Van Lingen / Marja Van Putten / Harry Van der Woud / Tinca Veerman / Robert Verhaaf / Greet Weitenberg / Paul Wiegman / Petra Wiek / Mattijs Werner.

The Producers

The Personal Relations project is produced by Tisna Westerhof & Cristiana Bottigella, co-founders and directors of hARTslane Gallery in South East London. In 2016 they produced Personal Relations.

Tisna is an artist member of The London Group. Cristiana is an experienced art producer, a curator and an artist mentor.

Personal Relations 2016

Discover the first edition of Personal Relations in 2016 in collaboration with The London Group (UK), Pulchri (NL) and This Is Not Art (Italy).

Find out more

Contact

For any enquiries please contact Tisna and Cristiana:

personal.relations.info@gmail.com

Instagram: personal.relations.art

back

Exhibitions

Continue reading

Promotional poster with a bold, DIY aesthetic for a course titled Making a Buck Without Selling Out, presented by hARTslane. The background is a rough-textured, rusty red with torn paper-style beige panels layered on top. At the top, the black text reads: hARTslane Presents:. Below, in large capital letters, the title is displayed: MAKING A BUCK WITHOUT SELLING OUT. The typeface is heavy and hand-cut in appearance, giving the design a raw, grassroots feel. There are no images or dates—this version focuses solely on the title and presenter.

Making a Buck Without Selling Out – Open for registration! Next course: January 2027

Promotional poster with a bold, DIY aesthetic for a course titled Making a Buck Without Selling Out, presented by hARTslane. The background is a rough-textured, rusty red with torn paper-style beige panels layered on top. At the top, the black text reads: hARTslane Presents:. Below, in large capital letters, the title is displayed: MAKING A BUCK WITHOUT SELLING OUT. The typeface is heavy and hand-cut in appearance, giving the design a raw, grassroots feel. There are no images or dates—this version focuses solely on the title and presenter.

Making A Buck Without Selling Out is open for registration!

Next course: January 2027

Making a Buck Without Selling Out is hARTslane’s new course on artists’ professional practice, with hARTslane co-director Cristiana Bottigella and guest tutor Sophia Kosmaoglou, founder of ART&CRITIQUE and co-founder of the Radical Pedagogy Research Group.

We created this course because we recognise that there’s a gap in art education—one that rarely prepares artists for the realities of building a practice in today’s culture industry.  

The art world’s economy is full of contradictions. Artists are expected to be visionaries, provocateurs, and entrepreneurs all at once. We’re told to challenge the system—while also expected to succeed within it. Artists must survive and keep making work within a capitalist economy. That means negotiating visibility, marketing, and income—without selling out.

This course confronts that tension. It asks:

  • What does it mean to prioritise artistic integrity over marketability?
  • How do you stay connected and visible without getting drawn into competition and isolation?
  • What does autonomy look like when you also need to pay the rent? 

This programme isn’t a checklist or a formula. It’s a space to ask difficult questions about what keeps your work going, what threatens to undermine it, and how to protect your autonomy while expanding your networks and building community. You’ll also reflect on what success means for you, and what it takes—emotionally, materially, ethically—to keep your practice sustainable over time.

You’ll get 7 online group sessions, weekly activities with tangible outcomes, peer review, written feedback, and collective learning, a workbook to map your progression, resources, tools, and 1-to-1 tutorials to review your action plan.

Find out more and register on the course page

back

Artist development, Opportunities

Continue reading

Subscribe

* indicates required

hARTslane will use the information you provide on this form to be in touch with you and to provide updates and news about our work. Please let us know all the ways you would like to hear from us:

You can change your mind at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the footer of any email you receive from us, or by contacting us at info@hartslane.org. We will treat your information with respect. For more information about our privacy practices please visit our website. By clicking below, you agree that we may process your information in accordance with these terms.

We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By clicking below to subscribe, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing. Learn more about Mailchimp's privacy practices here.