‘Hide me, Steal Me, Be Nice to Me’
(Freedom to roam, overcoming barriers, confronting crossings)
Curator: Diana Ali (UK)
An exhibition of contemporary artwork investigating confrontational crossings, overcoming barriers & freedom of movement.
DATES: September 12 to 21 September 2025
OPENING NIGHT: 12 September 7pm to 10pm
Curator and Visual Artist, Diana Ali in collaboration with Arthall is pleased to present the exhibition ‘Hide me, Steal Me, Be Nice to Me’, an exhibition of contemporary artwork investigating confrontational crossings, overcoming barriers & freedom of movement.
We are facing many barriers globally where our identities are being bruised, rejected, and turned away. This leaves a tension for bodies, thoughts, and circumstances to be accepted and co-exist. Artists have been invited to contest and question what it means to face barriers. Often our artworks have been declined from being shown and exhibited. This exhibition gives an opportunity for the art to migrate. There may not be a utopia, but there are ways of overcoming barriers.
Imagine the artwork being personified. What would it say if it had freedom of movement, no immigration law, finding asylum and a sense of belonging without being displaced? A fantastic array of international artists come together in one space to question, confront and seek sanctuary through their artwork.
In 2024, a majority of the work was detained by the Portuguese customs on the way to be exhibited in Madeira. The artwork did not have a freedom to roam. In 2025, the art hopes to confront crossings and overcome barriers by having the opportunity to be exhibited at Arthall, Malta.
For a full list of all the artist’s details please visit:
https://hidestealnice.blogspot.com/
1.Ruth Eckland (US)
2.Becky Howson (UK)
3.Klaus Pinter (Austria)
4.Inguna Gremzde (Latvia/UK)
5.Doreen Maloney (US)
6.Blond Jenny (South Korea)
7.Stephen Hilyard (US)
8.Daxa Parmar (UK)
9.Julia Keenan (UK)
10.Sofia Bruni (UK/ Italy)
11.Susie Wright (Germany)
12.Lane Shipsey(Ireland)
13.Tajinder Dhami (UK)
14.Sarah Linda Cassels (Republic of South Africa/ UK)
15.Clare Charnley (UK)
16.Svetlana Kotina (Emigree, Russia/Israel, Saint Petersburg/Haifa)
17.Jane Walker (UK)
18.Lavinia Munteanu (Germany)
19.Jonathan Lamb (UK)
20.Maria Cavali (Netherlands)
21.Azusa Chareteau (UK)
22.Miguel Jeronimo (Portugal)
23.Alan Gignoux (UK)
24.Daniele Marzeddu (UK)
25.Tom Shennan (UK)
26.Jang Sung-suk (South Korea)
27.Grant Lambie (Wales)
28.Jack So (Hong Kong/UK)
29.Luciana Rosado (Portugal)
30.Saadeh-Byreet George (UK)
31.Tom Hackett (UK)
32.Yang Jiang (China/UK)
33.Jake Francis (UK)
34.Dianne Murphy (Wales)
35.James Mellor (England)
36.Johannes Christopher Gérard (Netherlands)
37.Digital Dialogues (UK)