September. 2025
Saatchi Gallery
ArtEvol 2025 : Voices from the Undefined
In September 2025, London Art Collective will present the large-scale international group exhibition “ArtEvol 2025: Voices from the Undefined.” The exhibition will focus on emerging artists who are shaping the visionary future of contemporary art, collectively examining the motivations and emotional tensions encapsulated by “Evol,” which signifies “Evolution” in the context of today’s art landscape.
The title “ArtEvol” metaphorically represents an emergent artistic movement in a state of flux, formed in the tensions between technology and the body, the self and the other, the real and the fictional. It centres on practices that shift across disciplines, identities, and cultural forms, offering open-ended responses to the complexities of our time. These artists do not seek validation within established systems but continue to voice themselves from “undefined” positions. “ArtEvol: Voices from the Undefined” aims to activate a dialogical framework that allows these emerging practices to be genuinely heard and equally seen within mainstream institutions, not as exceptions, but as possibilities for the future itself.“
ArtEvol: Voices from the Undefined”, is curated by Nelson Qin, organised by London Art Collective (LAC), and a jury panel composed of curators, artists, critics, and scholars who evaluate the works based on their experimental spirit and contemporary expression. The exhibition aims to present undefined new creative languages in response to this ever-changing world. It calls for not only fresh visual experiences but also a reimagining of the relationship between art and reality.”
Background and Heritage
Contemporary art institutions have long operated within a visible yet rarely questioned hierarchy — one that privileges fame, access, and institutional validation over lived experience and intuitive making. In such a system, artists from marginalised, untrained, or diasporic backgrounds are often excluded, their practices considered “not yet ready”, “unestablished” or simply “invisible”. “ArtEvol: Voices from the Undefined” seeks to confront and break down these curatorial and institutional hierarchies by offering an alternative framework — one that listens to, rather than frames, the undefined.
“ArtEvol: Voices from the Undefined” emerges precisely within this context. It is not only an exhibition, but a curatorial experiment aimed at challenging the hierarchical structures embedded in the art world. This exhibition is both a development and an extension of four prior exhibitions by London Art Collective (LAC). Each letter of the title “ArtEvol” (E·V·O·L) reflects a core conceptual stage in this evolving curatorial inquiry:
L – Launch → “Neo Space: Meet the new generation of independent artists”
(The 1st exhibition of the series, 2022, London, featured over 40 works by nearly 14 artists)
Focused on experimental practices by the new generation of artists, this exhibition explored expressions emerging from marginal and early-stage creative positions.
O – Openness → “On Purple: The Purpose of Hue”
(The 2nd exhibition of the series, 2023, London, featured over 100 works by nearly 50 artists)
Emphasised inclusivity and openness toward diverse artistic forms. Through strategic media engagement, the exhibition aimed to increase the visibility of experimental practices and address the urgent need to “be seen”.
V – Versus → “ROTOR”
(The 3rd exhibition of the series, 2024,Paris, featured over 200 works by nearly 80 artists)
Introduced emerging artists into historically saturated spaces, generating tension and dialogue between the “old” and the “new”. Here, Versus stands for confrontation and contrast — between history and contemporaneity, tradition and innovation.
E – Exchange → “ART COLLECTIVE: From the One to the Many”
(The 4th exhibition of the series, 2024, London, featured over 100 works by nearly 50 artists)
Focused on intellectual and expressive exchange within collective artistic practices, investigating how collaboration and co-creation can enable the shift from the individual to the plural.
