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See below for some exhibitions held at the Tabernacle
vèvès 1st-13th July 25
uruzi ritualz is an independent art studio based in Brixton, South London. Rooted in the rich spiritual traditions of the African & Caribbean Diaspora, uruzi ritualz creates original, handmade artwork designed for both ritual use and decorative display.
vèvès marks the first public exhibition of uruzi ritualz’ artwork, featuring a series of paintings created this year. The series is inspired by the spiritual practice of Vodou, and each piece explores the symbolic language of vèvès — sacred ritual drawings used to invite and honour spirits known as lwa.
Vodou is a religion that originated in Haiti, blending West African spiritual traditions with Catholic influences. At its heart is a reverence for one creator, Bondye, and a deep relationship with lwa, spirits who support and guide different aspects of life such as love, health, and prosperity.
Vèvès are drawn during rituals, often with cornmeal or ash, as visual prayers — each one unique to the lwa it represents. These symbols act as a portal, calling the lwa into the space.
uruzi ritualz invites viewers to approach these works — and the spiritual traditions they reflect — with respect, openness, and curiosity.
Instagram: @uruzi_ritualz
ART WITHOUT BORDERS:
24 to 28 June 2025
Eight Artists Break Down Barriers in Debut Exhibition at The Tabernacle
New international art collective launches with bold response to a divided world
This June, a powerful new voice in contemporary art arrives in Notting Hill. Common Ground Collective, eight artists from five countries, launches its first public exhibition at The Tabernacle with work that confronts identity, division and belonging in an increasingly fractured world.
This is not a quiet debut. These artists have spent the past year pushing their practice beyond borders, whether political, cultural or personal, through the Contemporary Art Academy’s postgraduate programme. What emerges is a raw, urgent and visually arresting exhibition shaped by global events and intimate histories.
From imagined territories to fractured memories, the work on show is wide-ranging but shares a clear intent: to open space for connection where it is most needed. In a charged global climate, several pieces are designed to provoke conversation and deeper reflection, an invitation to explore common grounds between divided hearts and minds.
Together, the works invite audiences to pause, reflect and engage with the world, and with one another, in ways that open common ground for empathy, discomfort and honest conversation.
Exhibition Dates:
24–28 June 2025 Open daily 11am - 7pm
Don't miss the Meet the Artists evening:
Wednesday 25 June, 6–9:00pm (Free entry — RSVP on Eventbrite)
Artists:
Birute Nomeda Stankuniene • Gillian Brett • Peter Monkman • Renate Maas • Sarmed Mirza • Susan Wilson • Tina Roe • Valissa Butterworth
Find out more: www.commongroundcollective.art
Lenscapes: The Exhibition
16th - 22nd June 2025
Immerse yourself in a world of vibrant visions, where expressive portraits meet intricate landscapes; creating a beautiful contrast between harmony and chaos, in Emma Kenny's upcoming solo exhibition.
‘Lenscapes’ is an explosion of energy, designed to inspire and captivate, through an evocative lens. Set against a semi-autobiographical backdrop, each piece in this vivid collection exudes her usual vibrant style whilst revealing a reflection that embodies a spirit of adventure.
This fresh and fearless new series will be open to the public for one week. Feel free to swing by, grab a drink, and dive into the world of Emma Kenny’s latest work.
Mon 16th June: 5pm - 10:30pm
Tues 17th June: 9am - 10:30pm
Wed 18th June: 9am - 10:30pm
Thurs 19th June: 9am - 6pm
Thurs 19th June: 6pm - 10pm *PV EVENING*
Fri 20th June: 9am - 11:30pm
Sat 21st June: 9am - 11:30pm
Sun 22nd June: 9am - 12pm
R.S.V.P. required for P.V. evening on Thursday 19th June. Get tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lenscapes-the-exhibition-tickets-1289655467219?aff=oddtdtcreator
Making Friends With Time
9-15 June 2025
Lorna Joscelyne – First Solo Exhibition
Making Friends With Time is the debut solo exhibition by Lorna Joscelyne, presenting a selection of paintings and drawings from recent years which includes her time at The Royal Drawing School. Raised in North Wales and now based locally to the Tabernacle in London, Lorna is 25 years old and has committed her time to her art practice after having left her role in environmental consultancy. As well as building her method in oil painting, Lorna is a practicing tattooist. At the centre of her work is freehand drawing - a practice she has always returned to through her explorations.
This body of work arises from feelings of love, presence, and connectedness. It includes portraits, studies of the human form, and interpretations of what exists beyond the visible, the subtle forces between all of the living world. Her subject matter is often what she takes pleasure in noticing during moments of heightened awareness. The exhibition is a quiet celebration of aliveness, of the present moment and its continual unfolding. It explores time not as something rigid and measurable, but as a living, breathing companion. As something we can listen to, befriend, and grow with.
The exhibition is also a tribute to the late artist Eleanor Brooks (1925–2022), who was a beloved mentor and early inspiration to Lorna. Their close relationship shaped much of her artistic outlook and practice. The grief of her passing threads through the show, softened by memory and gratitude.
Created in her London studio, home in North Wales and following a recent course at the Royal Drawing School, these figurative works are rooted in direct observation and sensitivity to the moment. Through them, Lorna invites viewers into her evolving relationship with time, life, and the act of seeing.
Dates: June 9–15, 2025
Location: The Tabernacle, 34-35 Powis Square, London W11 2AY
Opening times: 9am - 10pm Monday-Sunday
Private View: 7pm June 9th Monday
Contact: lornacjoscelyne@gmail.com
Instagram: @0mylifeinart0
@0lutatt0 (tattooing)
Website: www.lornajoscelyne.com
Press enquiries: lornacjoscelyne@gmail.com
ECHOS OF US
26th - 30th May 2025
99% 5th-11th May 2025
99% of us reading this belong to the working class, the class that are perpetually working just to keep the bills in check, and no matter how many things we own, we’re always in the fear of not being able to keep up, or become homeless if we don’t own a property. The looming fear of homelessness keeps us in check, working, and we reflect this fear on the homeless instead of the top 1% that owns 43% of the world’s total wealth.
We’re living no better than neanderthals, fearing our lives, instead of wooly mammoths we fear financial insecurity, impending mortgage defaults and student loans we took that we cannot afford. On top of all these, the medias are constantly inventing ways to keep us distracted from our conditions, deep in topics that are engaging and emotional, yet grants no improvements to our financial situations that is the core of all the insecurities and problems.
All of these have to change.
inspired by Animal Farm, Andi Schmied, current global affairs and wars, open call written by a member from the fabricated middle class.
Location: The Tabernacle in Notting hill, 34-35 Powis Sq, London W11 2AY
Information on the curators of this show: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIwP62XqdIx/?igsh=aGd4N25ua2xib2F6
aim’s selections at The Taimbernaimcle Gaimllery [28th April-4th May]
aim is surfacing from deepest Dorset for his first London show which is taking place at the Tabernacle Gallery in Notting Hill. Here is a group of paintings from the previous 10 years selected by aim himself. There is also a series of more recent paintings based on The Iceman’s ground-breaking Lecture at the Bill Murray Club in September 2024 where The Iceman explained his Block melting work in the form of an academic lecture.
All aim’s paintings are based on the live performance and relational work of The Iceman who has spent his adult life melting Blocks of ice for reasons that escape most people. The Iceman and aim are one and the same person. Humanly speaking,they coalesce as Anthony Irvine.“The Blocks live on”-that is the Iceman’s mantra and now aim’s as well. aim’s paintings have been described in numerous ways. He looks forward to hearing more adjectival phrases to describe his work during this run. aim is sometimes labelled as an ‘outsider’ artist because of the raw energy of his painting style and the idiosyncratic subject matter. But aim himself simply describes himself as a “painter with clear aims.”
Although in one sense the pieces could be described as obsessional self-portraits,in another sense they are paintings of ‘Everyman’ and “’Everywoman’ in life’s struggles and joys.
Taking a leaf from Andy Warhol’s dictum that “Business is the best kind of art”, to heart,The Iceman will be clearly delineating the prices of individual paintings. He will also be offering a wide spectrum of aesthetic merchandise for sale at bargain prices: Postcards, Posters, his ’75 braimnd new paintings’ art Book, his “Melt It! Book”, his convenient pocket sized lecture painting booklet, etchings, engravings, signed block photocopies on authentic fax paper, Melt It Badges and even his children’s book, “Lockdown Melter”, will all be available for purchase. Truly there is something for everyone. The Iceman will have a padlocked cash box on site and provide his own security for his priceless paintings and all goods.
aim hopes visitors enjoy viewing his insightful canvases. The opening do is at 7pm on 29th April 2025
[Thank you to “Music Business Associates” for kindly sponsoring the refreshments for that event]
The Iceman/aim will be in the Tabernacle Gallery in person every day of the run. But he will not be shaking anyone’s hand, for health and safety reasons, due to the freezing effect of such a gesture.
*Thank you to Artcetera, Bournemouth who generously supply aim with free quality cut-offs of mounting board upon which to paint.
**FYI The Iceman’s Blockbuster Documentary film “Melt It! The Film of the Iceman” is due to be released this year 2025
Monster Love Melancholy
a group exhibition running from October 30 to November 2, 2024.
Monster | Love | Melancholy is an exploration of the human experience, examining the complex relationship between love, despair, and the inner monsters that inhabit us. This group exhibition of five artists investigates the cyclical forces shaping our emotional landscape, where clarity and confusion coexist in constant motion. Through a range of mediums—paintings, drawings, photography, poetry, and song—these artists from varied backgrounds and disciplines reveal the universality of this triad, uncovering its ancient roots and modern reconfigurations.
Hosted at The Tabernacle, a space once devoted to the sacred but now serving the secular needs of the local community, the exhibition offers a fitting backdrop for this exploration. The themes of monster, love, and melancholy act as a mirror to the fragility of human emotions, inviting viewers to reflect on their own experiences.
Exhibiting Artists:
Siobhan Binaghi, Rhiannon Davies, Irini Folerou, Wayne Lee and Stefan Stoicescu
Exhibition Details
Monster Love Melancholy is free and open to the public from October 30 to November 2, 2024, with an opening reception on October 30 at 6:00 PM. Visitors will have the opportunity to engage with the artists and their work, reflecting on how the themes of monster, love, and melancholy resonate within their own lives.
Catch Through the Cracks
Curator: Yue Yu, Yiran Zhu
Artists: Izzy Kori, Wenyi Qian, Sachiko Shimojo, Yuying Song
“Catch through the Cracks” is derived from the idiom, falling through the cracks, meaning being neglected or unnoticed. Our bodies are easily overlooked on a daily basis and are largely restricted by various standards, both physically and mentally. We were born into our physical presences and accustomed to taking them for granted whilst their capabilities are often ignored, as well as the weights they carry individually and intergenerationally. Our relationships with our bodies are sometimes entangled with confusion and anxiety. However, the body itself has the nature of being vulnerable and ever-changing.
For this exhibition, we strive to attract attention to the bodies we dwell in. We invited artists who use various artistic practices to embrace the materiality of bodies and rediscover and reestablish their freedom and fluidity. These works tell authentic personal stories, explore bodies of different shapes and forms, and research their functionalities, mobilities and what is contained within. Through this exhibition, we hope to crack open some of the boundaries and limitations. Instead of falling into them, there might be wishes to catch something beautiful from them.
David Stockley
https://www.davidstockley.com/
David Stockley is a figurative painter working mostly in oils. He studied at Wimbledon College of Art (part of the University of the Arts London). His paintings explore the boundary between solitude, a metal state that can be a platform for creation that we can often yearn for, and loneliness, a condition which has the potential to weaken us. He has been inspired by painters such as Manet, Degas, and Hopper as well as contemporary artists like Richter, Tuymans and Mamma Anderssen. He lives and works in London. His paintings have been acquired by the Landmark PLC Collection and the collection of Dietrich Mateschitz, founder of Red Bull.
TTEACH Plaques Launches 50 Plaques & Places Exhibition
TTEACH Plaques, an acronym for Transatlantic Trafficked Enslaved African Corrective Historical Plaques is a descendant-led initiative founded by Gloria Daniel. TTEACH Plaques campaigns for reparative interventions and permanent plaques to contextualise Cathedrals, Churches, Universities, Schools and memorials that falsely honour those who profited from the transportation and enslavement of African people.
50 PLAQUES & PLACES is curated by Gloria Daniel and supported by SOAS School of Law, Gender and Media. The exhibition places a spotlight on 50 sites incontrovertibly tied to the transatlantic slave economy. Academics, Artists, Activists and African & Caribbean descendants including: SOAS University of London Professors Gina Heathcote & Vanja Hamzic, Artist Jade de Monserrat, Singer/Songwriter/Producer Dave Okumu, Writer Jody Burton, Alissandra Cummins of The Barbados Museum & Historical Society and The Black South West Network are some of the confirmed participants.
“50 Plaques & Places draws together multiple voices - artists, poets and descendants of both the enslaved and enslavers. Everyday people who recognise reparative justice lies not in the hands of the ‘Gatekeepers of Britain’. The price of justice cannot and must not be exclusively determined by the heirs of the perpetrators. 50 Plaques & Places strives to claim that space, inviting its audience to demand multiple sites of conscience” Gloria Daniel
The Exhibition will run from the 5th - 28th of October, coinciding with Black History Month, and is at The Tabernacle in West London.
The continual hostile environment perpetuated on the Windrush Generation, the refusal of the British Government to fairly compensate for this 21st century injustice and the global outrage at witnessing the 2020 brutal murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and so many more led to the creation of TTEACH Plaques.
Gloria Daniel embarked on a deeper exploration into her family history, with her initial guidance coming from her late cousin Jon Daniel. Jon had traced their lineage all the way to their great-great-grandfather, John Isaac Daniel, who was born into slavery under the ownership of enslaver Thomas Daniel.
“By our names we will KNOW you, not historians but descendants here to correct history” Gloria Daniel
John Isaac Daniel was a survivor of the British trafficking of over 3.5 million people. TTEACH Plaques seeks acknowledgement and atonement from the families and institutions that profited from enslaving and trafficking of these African people and their descendants.
"Memory is not governed by (a) statute of limitations... collective memory especially is the very warp and weft of the tapestry of history that makes up society. Unravel and jettison a thread from that history and society itself may become undone at the seams” says Wole Soyinka, The Politics of Memory: Truth, Healing, and Social Justice
Juliet Lawson
Juliet trained in theatre design at Wimbledon College of Art, and it was here that she first started drawing and painting. Her work developed from this period into her own unique style, working in different mediums including: pastels, watercolours, acrylics and oil paints.
Juliet is a singer songwriter as well as an artist, and her music has been influential and inspirational in creating her art. Juliet’s observations of place and the ordinary, are evident in her work, she also enjoys creating unique portraiture. Juliet summarises her style … “I like to paint spontaneously to create my image as fast as I can because I believe that it somehow captures something of a world that is constantly moving and breathing.”
She has exhibited regularly, has been a resident artist for ten years, and her work is in private collections around the world.
THE ESSENTIAL SCHOOL OF PAINTING GROUP SHOW
Six artists from the third year Esop Advanced Painting course:
GAIL CORRIE
WENDY FREESTONE
CAROLINE LOVETT
JO MARTIN
ANGELINA ROMANO
CHUN YOUNG YANG
The Artist Professional Development Year is led by Hughie O’Donoghue RA and Dan Coombs.
A group show of Women artists in the final year of the Advanced painting course at The Essential School of Painting, an alternative art school in Wood Green London. Painting is a language structure , but it is also "das Ding ", the unknowable Thing , it is also gendered, though like in life it seems that gender is transferable and fluid. Qualities are also symptoms; as mind becomes embedded in matter and composition , symptoms are transferred into the body of the painting rather than the actual body.
The six women who pioneered the inaugural year of ESOP Advanced painting have all brought their own experiences and are excavating their own multi-layered histories. The artists reflect a current urgency of the female voice in contemporary painting, in defiance of the masculine perspective as ubiquitous and historically determined.
Dan Coombs Course Director ESOP Advanced Painting artist statement We are an interdisciplinary group of womxn artists, working in painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, performance, video and text. The group naturally formed within ESOP, an alternative art school in London with collaboration at its core, with incredible support given to the ‘mature’ student. We have found a common goal within and because of the differences in our individual experience, sharing commonalities, positivity and vulnerability. Cultivating the support and understanding of each other’s practice and the issues pertaining to womxn artists.
The group recognises the power of collaboration, the building of understanding through action and visual conversations. Experimental explorations feed into the group and reflect the influence of multiple womxn sharing studio space. Our work traces the human condition and the fabricated world that surrounds those watched and those watching.
Nouvelle Archéologie - Artworks by Richard Miller
Private view - Thursday 20th July from 5:30pm
Creative Mentors Exhibition
Printmakers’ Odyssey
Jenni Allen Rebecca Holmes
Cy Bernheim Thom Igwe-Walker
Lorraine Botbol Emma Reynolds
Susan Vera Clarke Annie Rickard Straus
Lorena Herrero Jairo Zaldua & Nicola Green
Join us on an Odyssey into the world of printmaking, as ten artists from the East London Printmakers’ collective make the journey west, to the Tabernacle in Notting Hill. For one week only we will be sharing our wide range of printmaking styles, hosting demonstrations, and taking you on a tour of our varied work. From screen printing to relief and intaglio techniques, we hope you will come and immerse yourself in all that printmaking has to offer.
Intervals - an exhibition of new work by Irma Irsara
Italian artist, Irma Irsara presents new works at her ‘Intervals’ exhibition at Tabernacle Gallery this June.
A large-scale installation work, consisting of 72 panels and created using a dedicated papermaking technique, is being shown for the first time as well as a selection from Irsara’s recent Water Level Series relating to ecological and environmental themes. In addition, the artist will be showing a time-lapse digital video work, originally created for the exhibition Earth is Calling at the Crypt Gallery in 2019, part of which was also shown at the Bargehouse for Totally Thames, Foragers of the Foreshore exhibition.
Irsara’s work is influenced by an interest in environmental issues and her practice embraces techniques as diverse as fibre art, stained glass bookmaking, print, video and installation. She explore ideas of aesthetics and fragility, looking at beauty both in terms of its ability to mask and mislead, and its power to persuade and promote ideas in a positive way.
Further information: www.irmairsara.com www.instagram.com/irmairsara/ Private View: Wednesday 8 June, 6pm – 9pm (all welcome)
Elimu Jubilee Exhibition
6 days of celebration to commemorate the contributions of the UK Caribbean Diaspora throughout the last 70 years.
Migrants & settlers from the Commonwealth Caribbean have made significant contributions to the UK during the 70 years of Her Majesty's reign.
With the support of a Let’s Create Jubilee Fund grant from The London Community Foundation, in partnership with Arts Council England, Elimu will celebrate, commemorate & educate Londoners of these contributions with an Exhibition, Recital & Workshops on the theme of Memories, Milestones & Messages.
The photographic exhibition will showcase 23 icons, exemplars & signature creations integrated into the standing photographic display at the Tabernacle, creating a unique, comprehensive & a representative display of 70 years of the Caribbean presence & 56 years of UK Carnivals.
Throughout the programme, audiences will benefit from an enhanced and verified understanding of the Caribbean Diaspora in the UK, beyond defining its presence by a ship & getting to know about the lived experiences of individuals during the reign of Her Majesty, not just as victims but as settlers, migrants, contributors & achievers. And at the end of the programme, there may be a bit of the arts of Carnival on Saturday 4th June.
This event is FREE so register your tickets now!
Steve Mepsted- Smoke and Mirrors
IMAGES MADE IN RESPONSE TO THE GRENFELL TOWER TRAGEDY OF JUNE 14TH 2017
“I am an artist who primarily uses photography to explore notions of community, neighbourhood and local identity. In doing so I hope to reflect the effect that infrastructural change, national policy and local activism has on the general ‘health’, capital, assets and resilience of (these) social structures and the populace. My current project is entitled ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ and is concerned with photographing the aftermath and events surrounding the Grenfell Tower disaster of June 14th 2017”
Marta Boros
‘Pop artist Marta Boros pursues the twin and sometimes combined tracks of painting and poetry. Her work has qualities that at various times are mysterious, intriguing, challenging and erotic, splashed and collaged on the canvas in vivid colour.’ - James Brewer
Creative Mentors Foundation
'Rok, Paper, Sizzers'
This exhibition will display artworks and a drama production that have been created by various students at Charter School North Dulwich, Charter School East Dulwich, Oxford Gardens Primary School, Marlborough Primary School, St Marylebone CE Bridge School and St Marylebone CE Girls School. The works have been made alongside our Creative Mentors; Stuart McCaffer, Frances Conteh, Elle Hamblen and Alice McLean.
Creative Mentors Foundation is a charity that helps students at school with learning differences to engage successfully with the educational opportunities they are offered in the areas of art and design and music. This includes students with dyslexia, dyspraxia, aspergers/autism and ADHD. Each Creative Mentor is placed within a school to work within the creative areas of the curriculum. All out mentors have succeeded to postgraduate level in art and design or education and are themselves dyslexic and/or dyspraxic.
Lockdown & After - Sarah Anderson
“I am having an exhibition at the Tabernacle in Notting Hill from November 2nd-6th – it includes some of the many paintings and collages I did during lockdown. Painting (and living opposite Battersea Park) were two of the things that have kept me sane during the last 18 months”
240 Art
Support and stability through arts & wellness
Based in West London, 240Project is an established Arts and Health Activity Centre for those affected by homelessness and exclusion. We aim to help improve an individual’s self-esteem, confidence, motivation and skills base by providing a safe and friendly space where a variety of arts and well-being activities are on offer.
Repair is essential: an exploration of repair culture in Cuba
We love our ‘things’, but our things are damaging our planet, as we extract more minerals, use energy to process and use them, and then discard our unwanted items as waste.
Making products last longer, through repair, reuse and refurbishment has the potential to make a substantial positive impact to our environment. This exhibition will be open from 9am - 10pm and is completely free
Adidas X AFC Ajax // Bayy Ltd
Adidas x AFC Ajax Third kit release inspired by Bob Marley and his impact on Influential people in the Caribbean community.
Exhibition curated by Bayy Ltd.
