13/9/2025
On 12 September 2025, ArtEvol 2025: Voices from the Undefined successfully opened at Saatchi Gallery, curated by Nelson Qin and presented by London Art Collective. The opening ceremony marked the launch of this major exhibition, bringing together artists whose work explores the tensions between technology and the body, the self and the other, and the real and the fictional.
As LAC’s annual exhibition, ArtEvol 2025: Voices from the Undefined reflects on the curatorial themes explored in previous editions, continuing a trajectory from experimental launches to inclusive and collaborative practices. The exhibition features works by 80 artists, and it also highlights voices often overlooked, including those from conflict zones, marginalised communities, and regions beyond the traditional centres of the art world. The participating artists employ keen insight to translate complex social, cultural, and personal experiences into their work, transforming individual gestures, materials, and forms into meaningful narratives. Visitors are invited to engage with these works and encounter the broader themes of identity, resilience, and transformation that resonate throughout the exhibition.
Al-Khafaji’s Fertile Crescent (2025) exemplifies the exhibition’s focus on identity and displacement, curating the losses and complexities endured by those most directly affected by the 2003 Iraq invasion. Using oil on linen alongside ceramic, war memorabilia, and steel, the work juxtaposes a fractured replica of a Tell Asmar female idol with a British war-issued helmet, creating a triadic narrative of historical loss, cultural survival, and personal reflection.
Other highlights include Joan Horrach’s Somehow, Elsewhere (2025), a durational video performance transforming repetitive human movement into a meditation on mechanisation and societal influence; Rush Drayton’s Still Life (2025), which challenges human exceptionalism through reimagined 17–19th century still-life conventions; and Curtis Holder’s panoramic drawing Dance of Eshu (2024), capturing gestures and emotional expression to embody energy, vulnerability, and freedom. Together, these works exemplify the exhibition’s engagement with undefined positions and processes of becoming.
ArtEvol 2025: Voices from the Undefined demonstrates LAC’s continued dedication to supporting emerging artists and experimental practices. By presenting a wide range of works from diverse and often underrepresented voices, the exhibition offers audiences the opportunity to engage with perspectives that challenge conventional ideas of art and its role in society. It invites reflection on identity, resilience, and the ways in which contemporary art can respond to both personal and collective experiences, encouraging visitors to consider the broader possibilities of creative practice beyond traditional frameworks.
Special thanks to gallery rosenfeld and the ArtEvol 2025 Committee for their invaluable support in realising this exhibition. ArtEvol 2025: Voices from the Undefined runs at the Saatchi Gallery from 12–19 September 2025.
Alena Alice, Amelia Peng, Anastasia Karageorge, Armin Amirian, Bbblob (Jacelyn Zhen), Bozorgmehr Hosseinpour, Chantelle Chong, conformity.sucks (Danica Dsouza), Curtis Holder, David Aston, Edward Raneri, Ellie Davies, Emilija Povilanskaite and Yuma Burgess, Evelyn Liao, Gemma Holzer, Helena Vallée-Dallaire, Hiro Shen, Hyunju Roh, Inferstudio, Iseult Pigot, Ishbel Angus, James Hopkins, Jingtian Yang, Joan Horrach, Judy Clarkson, Juliano Cordano, Kirin Crooks, Kohlben Vodden, Lesley Bunch, Lewis Brown, Liesa BACCHUS, Liron Kroll, Lisa Pettibone, M.YUCAS ART (Sharon Cababie), Malcolm Tait, Mandy Williams, Manuel Ursprung, Marion Mandeng, Marni Saunders, Matilda Aylward, Mengying Yang, Michael Slusakowicz, Ming Gao, Nahraine Al-Khafaji, Nelson Hernandez, Paula Fitzsimons, Prapat Jiwarangsan, QIUXIANG LIU (Rainy Tong), Richard P Jones, Rona Bar and Ofek Avshalom, Rush Drayton, Shaolin Zhong, Sonia Martin, Sujin Park, Tamara Ustenko, Victor Guerin, Wonyoung Shim, Yasemin Gunhos, Yuna Yu, Zhijie Zhang
Cesare Lucchini (gallery rosenfeld), Enrique Brinkmann (gallery rosenfeld), Ndidi Emefiele (gallery rosenfeld)
Jiahe Sui (Young Artist Project), Jiaxi Han (Young Artist Project), Xianglin Lyu (Young Artist Project), Zhenxuan Huang (Young Artist Project)
12th September – 19th September 2025
Gallery 4, Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York's HQ, King’s Road,London, SW3 4RY
The London Art Collective (LAC) was founded in London in 2018 and offers more than 20 exhibitions featuring over 100 British artists.LAC launched a global programme to support young artists and foster emerging talent by partnering with over 30 galleries across the UK, providing increased exposure through galleries and art magazines, including Tate Etc., V&A Magazine, Frieze, and Sotheby's.
As an official partner of the London Design Festival, LAC assumes the mantle of curatorship with an annual flair, each iteration exceeding expectations. LAC's 2023 exhibition, "On Purple: The Purpose of Hue”, was awarded the top exhibition in the Mayfair district. In 2024, LAC collaborated with the Saatchi Gallery for the 22nd London Design Festival exhibition.