Exhibitions

All Black women are Queens. This is the heart of the body of work presented by Cydne Jasmin Coleby for 'Queen Mudda' - her celebratory and unabashed first solo show in London. There is a severe exploitation of unseen labour in Black women the world over. In a time where we are contending with severe patriarchy, Coleby gives us a moment to consider the matriarchs of our family lines. Queen Mudda is a celebration of the women and girls in our families - those who have the broadest shoulders and are the backbones of our family lines.

Above all, Oh de Laval is interested in human behaviour; the decisions we make, why we make them and how we feel as a result. These decisions are windows into our very personalities. In this spirit, each of Laval’s paintings acts as a window into her character, her pleasures and her imaginings. In essence, with Wild Things Happen in Stillness, Oh de Laval reminds us that art can exist purely to excite us for our pleasure and our entertainment. In a world where we are constantly encouraged to pick up the pace, Laval invites us to take a moment for ourselves and just have fun.

The idea of psychological portraiture is central to Jason Boyd Kinsella’s artistic practice and lies at the very heart of Fragments, the artist’s first solo exhibition in London. From a young age, Kinsella became fascinated by our individual psychological makeup, developing a keen interest in the Myers-Briggs personality test that is designed to break down our characters to specific sets of traits. He soon came to realise that it is the unique way in which these modular traits are organised that constitutes our individual natures. From this, the artist discovered a new lens through which to see people. Reflecting these notions, Kinsella’s striking portraits reduce each sitter to distinct building blocks.

Landing approximately halfway between the winter solstice and spring equinox, Imbolc is the traditional Gaelic festival, marking the beginning of spring, from which Mr Jago’s latest body of work takes its name.  Both created in this special period of year, and full of the hope that its namesake festival represents, Imbolc continues Mr Jago’s exploration of humanity’s relationship with nature.  Mr Jago’s newest solo exhibition with Unit London celebrates the promise of renewal, new beginnings and the quickening of life.