THE BIG NEIGHBOURHOOD

16.10.25 - 30.11.25

Reuben Brown / Faith Couch / Joy Gerrard / MAKIHIROCHI / Miguel Martin / Nicky Minus / Carlyle Nuera / Sara Perovic / Colin J. Radcliffe / George Rothman / Rumiko Takahashi / Kwok Tsui

Welcome to The Big Neighbourhood, an exhibition exploring the intricate web of connectedness and community that spans our globe. In an era where digital and physical worlds increasingly overlap, these works reflect on the many ways we are bound together – through online spaces, cultural touchstones, shared struggles, artistic expression, and political movements – and how we find belonging in unexpected places.

The neighbourhood is a cornerstone of life. It’s a living, breathing entity shaped by its people – a second home where identity and community take root. This exhibition invites you to explore the many ways we interact, form bonds, and influence the world around us. Featuring artists from across the globe – some exhibiting at the gallery for the first time, others returning as familiar faces – The Big Neighbourhood continues the gallery’s commitment to nurturing a vibrant and evolving artistic community.

From Reuben Brown’s investigations into queer club culture and communal space to Faith Couch’s intimate image-making that challenges institutional boundaries, the exhibition spans a wide spectrum of practices and perspectives. Joy Gerrard’s powerful depictions of protest, Miguel Martin’s surreal drawings shaped by digital intimacy, and Kwok Tsui’s contemplative paintings of diasporic tension all reflect on how identity is shaped in flux.

Colin J Radcliffe’s ceramic sculptures tenderly explore queer love and longing, while Carlyle Nuera’s sculptural jewellery – a cuff that holds the wearer’s hand in a limp wrist – playfully reclaims a queer-coded gesture, referencing both the “painting nails” emoji and the aesthetics of camp. Nicky Minus merges activism and graphic art to amplify collective struggles; Sara Perovic captures the emotional rhythm of relationships – balancing union and separation – through quiet, poetic gestures drawn from her personal archive; and George Rothman’s tattoo flash sheets celebrate storytelling through inked symbols – art that lives on skin, shared among bodies. Meanwhile, MAKIHIROCHI and Rumiko Takahashi offer slice-of-life manga that reflect evolving ideas of solitude, community, and the small rituals that tie us together. Ultimately, these works invite viewers to consider the many ways we form – and are formed by – the spaces, people, and systems around us.

Whether you’re a digital native or a witness to the world’s technological evolution, this exhibition offers a reflection on how we navigate our place in an ever-expanding global community, revealing how our sense of neighbourhood now extends far beyond geography into the vast, interconnected spaces of the digital age.

Step inside and discover how, no matter the distance, we are all part of one big neighbourhood.