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Personal Relations Touring Exhibition 2025-2026

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

Partner Artist Collectives:
What Art Can Do, Amsterdam – The Netherlands
La Medusa, Este – Italy
The London Group, London – United Kingdom

 

The Tour:
What Art Can Do Gallery, Amsterdam, 6-27 Dec. 2025
Ex-Chiesetta dell’Annunziata, Este, 23 May-7 June 2026
hARTslane Gallery, London, 26 Sept.-7 Oct., 2026

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.

What Art Can Do Gallery
Amsterdam

6 – 27 December 2025

Ex-Chiesetta dell’Annunziata
Este, Italy

20 May – 6 June, 2026

hARTslane Gallery
London, United Kingdom

26 September – 7 October 2026 (tbc)

The Artists

The London Group, London

Wendy Anderson / Victoria Arney / Jonathan Armour / Bryan Benge / Barbara Beyer / Stanislas Blatton / Paul Bonomini / Lesley Bunch / Clive Burton / Stephen Carley / Jacqueline Yuen-Ling Chiu / Ece Clarke / Peter Clossick / Gary Clough / Sandra Crisp / John Crossley / Martin Darbyshire / Stathis Dimitriadis / Angela Eames / Eric Fong / Cadi Froehlich / Marenka Gabeler / Alexandra Harley / Julie Held / Aude Herail Jager / Gillian Ingham / Annie Johns / Anne Leigniel / Amanda Loomes / Hannah Luxton / Genetic Moo / Ian Parker / Claire Parrish / Sumi Perera / Steve Pettengell / Chris Poulton / Christopher Poulton / Tommy Seaward / Suzan Swale / Paul Tecklenberg / Almuth Tebbenhoff / Lisa Traxler / Joshua Uvieghara / Neil Weerdmeester / Tisna Westerhof / David Wiseman / Erika Winstone / Carol Wyss.

La Medusa, Este

Silvia Baldisserotto / Alberto Balletti / Rosita Bernardo / Paola Bonotto / Alessandro Brusamolin / Arianna Crescenzio / Luigi Dovigo / Paola Gazziero / Salma Yaseen Ghaleb Hasan / Alessandra Locatelli / Michela Mascarucci / Ivone Ortolan / Silvia Paggiarin / Roberta Pancera / Olivia Pecoraro / Laurence Turina

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

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Plateforms Open Call – hARTslane ANNUAL ARTIST MEMBERS’ SHOW

Plateforms

hARTslane Annual Artist Members’ Exhibition

20–22 March 2026

OPEN CALL

The plate as an object.

We are interested in how you engage with the object directly, the object must be present in some manner, It can be found, fabricated, altered, fragmented, multiplied, etc. Let the material conditions of the object generate the work.
A plate is both the constraint and the provocation.

All media and processes are welcome, including sculpture, installation, sound, performance, film, painting etc.

On Sunday 22nd, the exhibition will be closed to the public and we’ll organise an Artist Members’ Coffee Morning, an opportunity for the artists to socialise and network in a friendly environment. 

Eligibility

    • Open to all hARTslane Artist Members
    • hARTslane has a policy of saying yes to artists: all registered submissions will be exhibited

    Practical Information

      • Space & Scale:
        Works should be suitable for a group exhibition in a shared gallery space. Large, complex, or performative works are welcome, but must be discussed in advance.

      • Performance & Time-Based Work:
         Performances can be live, durational, or documented. Please indicate your preferred format when registering. Film and video works will be shown using available gallery equipment where possible; artists may be asked to provide specific technical requirements or equipment.

      • Installation:
        All artworks must be submitted ‘ready to hang’. hARTslane will be responsible for installing the artworks. Any special technical needs must be clearly stated in advance.

      • Sales & Fees:
        Works may be for sale but hARTslane won’t be responsible for this. hARTslane doesn’t take any commissions on sales. No submission fee applies.

      • Invigilation:
        One member of hARtslane team will be present to invigilate the exhibition at all times on Saturday. If you’re available to co-invigilate, please let us know.

      • Insurance & Care:
        All reasonable care will be taken, but artworks are shown at the artist’s own risk.

      Key Dates

      • Deadline for Registration:
         Tuesday 10 March

      • To Register:
         Please complete this Form  
      • Artwork Drop-off:
         Wednesday 18 March, 6–7pm at hARTslane

      • Exhibition Opening:
         Friday 20 March, 5–8pm

      • Exhibition Open:
         Saturday 21 March, 12–6pm

      • Artist Members’ Coffee Morning:
         Sunday 22 March, 11am–1pm

      • Artwork Collection:
         Sunday 22 March, 1pm

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      DIY Residencies Online presentation + workshop

      Dates and Times

      Friday 27 March 1-2:30pm BOOK

      Thursday 23 April, 6-7:30pm BOOK

      Friday 15 May 2026, 1-2:30pm  BOOK

      Cancellation policy:
      Refunds are available up to 24 hours before the event begins. After that, while we’re unable to issue a refund, we’ll gladly offer you a place in a future similar session.

      hARTslane Presents:
      DIY Residencies

      Online presentation + workshop

      Take control of your creative journey and design the residency experience you deserve.

      DIY Residencies is an interactive online session combining a concise presentation with a reflective workshop, created for artists who want to reclaim agency over their time, focus, and working conditions. Instead of waiting for competitive or inaccessible opportunities, this session offers inspiration and practical tools to help you design and plan your own self-organised residency.

      This presentation + workshop is relevant to all creative disciplines, including visual artists, writers, performance artists and musicians.

      What to expect

      • A clear introduction to DIY / artist-initiated residencies

      • Real examples and case studies drawn from professional practice

      • Practical tips and tools to organise your own residency

      • Guided reflection time to start planning your own idea

      • Peer feedback in small breakout groups

      • Access to slides, worksheets, and other resources.

      Format & details

      • Format: Online presentation + reflective workshop

      • Duration: 90 minutes

      • Participants: Maximum 15

      • Fee: £15 per participant

      • Platform: Zoom  

      Participants will leave with practical resources and a clearer sense of how to create protected time, dedicated focus, and space for experimentation within their own circumstances.

      Session leader

      Cristiana Bottigella is an art producer with over 25 years’ experience supporting artists to develop their practice, access resources, and create meaningful cultural impact. Her work focuses on socially engaged art, artist-led infrastructures, and sustainability.

      She is the founder and director of hARTslane Gallery (South East London) and a director at the London School of Muralism. From 2000–2009, she ran the residency programme at the Pistoletto Foundation in Italy. In 2024, she authored the DIY Residencies guide for the Arquest website and currently co-runs Making a Buck Without Selling Out, a six-week course on artist practice development.

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      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!

      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.

      Macking A Buck Without Selling Out is open for registration!

      Next course: April 2026

      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 6 online sessions, weekly activities with tangible outcomes, peer review, written feedback, and collective learning, a workbook to map your progression, resources, tools, and one-to-one tutorials to review your action plan.

      Find out more and register on the course page

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      hARTslane Presents

      hARTslane Presents is a collaborative platform co-produced by Cristiana Bottigella and Sophia Kosmaoglou. It is dedicated to education, artistic practice, and critical discourse. Through courses, workshops, and public events, hARTslane Presents creates opportunities for artists and audiences to engage with pressing questions of sustainability, visibility, and autonomy in contemporary art. 

      As an event and educational strand of hARTslane, it brings together diverse perspectives, fosters collective learning, and supports artists in developing independent practices aligned with their values. hARTslane Presents operates on co-operative and critical principles, bridging art, pedagogy, and cultural practice in order to cultivate dialogue, agency, and experimentation.

      Cristiana Bottigella is an art producer with over 25 years’ experience supporting artists to develop their practice, access resources, and create meaningful cultural impact. Her work centres on socially engaged art, artist-led infrastructures, and strategies for sustainability. She is the founder and director of hARTslane.
      Sophia Kosmaoglou is an artist, educator and organiser working at the intersection of art, politics and pedagogy. Her interdisciplinary practice spans installation, moving image, performance, writing and critical research. She is the founder of ART&CRITIQUE, an alternative art education network committed to critical engagement with practice, theory and research, and co-founder of the Radical Pedagogy Research Group.

      Projects:

      Making A Buck Without Selling Out
      A six-week online course for artists who want to build a sustainable practice—on their own terms. Whether you’re starting out, returning to your practice, or planning your next steps, Making a Buck Without Selling Out offers a critical and supportive space to build momentum and develop strategies rooted in your values.

      DIY Residencies
      Interactive online session combining a concise presentation with a reflective workshop, created for artists who want to reclaim agency over their time, focus, and working conditions. Instead of waiting for competitive or inaccessible opportunities, this session offers inspiration and practical tools to help you design and plan your own self-organised residency.

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      hARTslane Artist Membership


      ‘Love Shack’ Artist Members’ Annual Exhibition 2025

      Open Studios, May 2025

       ‘Silent Forms’ by Ted Brunning, window artwork 2025

      hARTslane Artist Membership

      2026 events:

      Artist Members Annual Exhibition: Plateforms, 20-22 March (Open Call)

      Spring Open Studios: Saturday 17th of May 2026

      Window Artwork Open Call – July 2026

      Autumn Open Studios: & Launch of the Window Artwork  Saturday 10th of October 2026

      hARTslane Artist Membership is open to artists at any stage of their career and from any background, offering opportunities to showcase and develop their work while being part of an exciting and supportive creative community.

      You’ll get:

      • Monthly newsletters
      • Participation in the yearly Artist Members’ Annual Exhibition at hARTslane. Each year we pick a theme for artists to rrespond to.
      • Participation in the Artist Members’ Open Studios in hARTslane  
      • The opportunity to propose an artwork for our Window Installation (annual open call for members only).

      How to become a member:

      The membership is open to all artists and creatives. Please choose one of the following options.

      • From £4 / month via Pay Pal 
      • £42 / year via bank transfer to Hartslane CIC, account number: 67219643, sort code: 08-92-99 and send us an email with your details.

      ** Membership Terms **

      In the case of monthly membership, payments will be due monthly and will renew automatically month by month. In the case of annual membership, we will invite you
      to renew before your membership comes to an end.

      You will be eligible for a full refund of a monthly or annual payment if you cancel your membership within 14 days of that payment being made. We do not offer refunds for cancellations of memberships after this time except as described below.

      We reserve the right to make changes to the terms of membership. We may make minor changes to reflect any changes in relevant laws or to implement adjustments that will have no significant effect on your membership benefits. For more significant changes we will notify you in advance and you may then contact us to cancel the membership before the changes take effect. Donations will not be refunded.

      All membership benefits are subject to availability, and membership is non-transferable. For more information on how we look after your personal information please see our Cookies & Privacy Policy.

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      Jane Foole

      Jane Foole + PJ exhibition. 26/11/25

      Location: hARTslane

      Artists: Rachel Lonsdale, Sarah-Athina Nahas, Max Melvin, Michal Adamczewski, Crystal Ma, Ethan Murphy, Euan Gubbins, Otto Hodgkinson, Pepe-Mason Bradshaw, Rosie Aisher

      A voice, a mouth, a throat, 28/10/25

      Location: The Ivy House, Nunhead

      Artists: Rachel Lonsdale, Sarah-Athina Nahas, Max Melvin, Michal Adamczewski, Sami Daccache, Riley Hamshaw-Mills, Alexandra Baybutt, Mary Paterson, Glop

      Rockin’ the wall, 19/09/2025

      Location: hARTslane Gallery

      Artists: Rachel Lonsdale, Sarah-Athina Nahas, Max Melvin, Michal Adamczewski, Sami Daccache, Chloe Cooper, Rojano Mohammadzadeh, Gabriel Barrios Lumbreras, Mary Hutcinson, Ted Brunning. 

      I crashed the choir, 13/07/25

      Location: hARTslane Gallery

      Artists: Rachel Lonsdale, Sarah-Athina Nahas, Max Melvin, Michal Adamczewski. 









      Jane Foole is comprised of six artists.
      They met at various stages of their artists journey.
      Since then they have been fashioning an overdone piece of elaborate
      entertainment, a selection box, alchemy.
      We swing in differing stages of performance art.

      Jane Foole is in residence with hARTslane Gallery from April 2025 to April 2026

       
       
      Rachel Lonsdale – Sarah-Athina Nahas – Max Melvin – Michal Adamczewski  – Melanie Christine Amengual
      Friday 13th of June, 5-8pm Opening Night with bar 

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      Tin

      Tin

      RISOGRAPH ZINE

      Curated by Rachel Lonsdale & Max Melvin

      Tin will gather the defining mood or spirit of this period. We’ll move across the year with a new open call and new zine every season. 

      To submit send us:

      Any open-ended writing (200 words max)

      We would like to see: phone notes/ lists/ emails/ rants/ anecdotes/ thoughts/ musings/ recipes/ recommendations/ reviews/ research/ fragments

      AND

      A recent pic of nature (one)

      I.e trees etc

      One picture and one piece of writing only per artist. 

      100 copies of the zine will be printed using risograph (one colour) and on 55 gsm. Then distributed online and through our gallery. 

      Next open call*: June 2025

      *Open to artists who have hARTslane Membership


      TIN Edition 001, Winter 2024, £5. Pay here & send us an email with your name and address

      TIN Edition 002, Spring 2025, £5. Pay here & send us an email with your name and address

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      All I Want For Christmas is… Peace – Exhibition

      All I Want For Christmas is… PEACE

      hARTslane’s International Winter Show and Fundraiser

      Free, All welcome!
      Artwork for sale all weekend.

      Friday, 6th December, 12-8pm  
      5-8pm, Opening event with bar

      Saturday, 7th December, 12 – 6pm
      12-2pm, “Peace in Every Language” –       A free postcard workshop with artist Jose Abad Lorente. Explore calligraphy and creative lettering as we design messages of peace in multiple languages. Children & adults welcome.
      4-6pm, Mulled Wine & Mince Pies

      Sunday, 8th December, 12-6pm
      4-6pm, Mulled Wine & Mince Pies

      hARTslane is pleased to present All I Want For Christmas is… Peace the first edition of its annual International Winter Show and Fundraiser. We have invited artists from all over the world to come together to exhibit and support hARTslane by donating a postcard-sized work in any medium. Each original work will be sold for £30 and all proceeds go to benefit hARTslane’s mission to bring people together and closer to themselves through the arts.  

      This year’s exhibition theme focuses on a call for a more just and peaceful world.   

      Billboard message sponsored by BUILDHOLLYWOOD

      Participating artists:
       

      Alba Imeri
      Alessandro Paiano
      Alexandra Warren
      Ali Darke
      Alma Tisher Wood
      Andrew Clarke
      Angela Wright
      Anna Kiparis
      Anne Mølleskov
      Annie Ashwell
      Antonella Ferrari
      Ashley Fitzgerald
      Aude Herail Jäger
      Audur Mist
      Ayane Tominaga
      Ben Kelly
      BENAISSA Norya / Birdsoffice
      Brummy Artist
      C J Simpson
      Carolyn Clewer
      Cash Aspeek
      Catherine Clover
      Catherine Knee
      CD Lewis
      Cecilia Rouncefield
      Cesar Ceballos
      Charlotte Grocutt
      Chloe Cooper
      Clive Burton
      Dageong Han
      Dana LaMonda
      Daniel Miś
      David Wiseman
      Denise Laura Baker
      Diana Pusztai
      Duncan Brown
      Edek Thompson
      Ekaterina Vagurina
      Ekaterina Valuk
      Eli King
      Elizabeth Baiden
      Ella Doran
      Elspeth – Billie – Penfold
      Emily Ashbee
      Emily Davies
      Emma Coop
      Emma McAndrew D’Souza
      Emma Roper-Evans
      Esme Gower
      Evelyne Donnadieu
      Felicitas Butt
      Fiona Banner
      Flora Cullerne Bown
      Francesca Reynolds
      Gill Roth
      Graeme McNay
      Hai Dinh Thanh
      Hans Overvliet
      Headless Greg / Greg McIndoe
      Hui Yu Wang
      Inga Pernes
      Jenia Demchenko
      Jill Connell
      Johannes Christopher Gerard
      Johnny Cole 

       
       

      Jose Abad Lorente
      Joshua Leung
      Karen Byrne
      Katerina Mandarik
      Kath Leone
      Kathy Lambert
      Kelvin Atmadibrata
      Konstantinos Chalaris
      Lauren Jefferis
      Lito Apostolakou
      Liz Davies
      Louisa Mahony
      Malcolm Cadman
      Malgorzata Drohomirecka
      Marco Verner
      Marenka Gabeler
      Margaux Halloran
      Maria Gerguis
      Mayah Holmberg
      Megan Lim
      Melanie Bäreis
      Melissa Alley
      Melissa Burton
      Melissa Goodwin
      Michaela Nettell
      Michelle R. D’Urbano
      Nancy Singh
      Natalia Zagorska-Thomas
      Niamh Gibbons
      Nicky Hodge
      Nima Shafiani
      Paul Tecklenberg
      Pete Mountford
      Peter Clossick
      Philippa Tunstill
      Rachel Lonsdale
      Ragnheiður Ólafsdóttir
      Rath Chun
      Richard Twose
      Riitta Hakkarainen
      Roofer
      Sandra Pamela Palmer
      Saskia van der Sluis
      Satori Kurosawa
      Shaheen Saliahmohamed
      Shamina Peerboccus
      Shiroma Ratne – Greenspace Art Collective
      Sion Knight
      Sophia Kosmaoglou
      Supanuch Sakdaphiphanit
      Swaran Bains
      Thona Tomissa
      Thorunn Birna Gudmundsdottir
      Tisna Westerhof
      Tsvetanka Koykova
      Uli Jaeger
      Usva Inei
      Valerie Didenko
      Victoria Valuk
      Wolfgang Woerner
      Xing Yu Liu
      Xingyi Qu
      Yuki Sumner
      Zoey Chang

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