Declarative Language Public Opening

Curated by Kelly Jessiman and Alexis Soul-Gray

Declarative Language is a group exhibition bringing together artists whose practices have been shaped by sustained caregiving within families of neurodivergent children. Emerging from shared lived experience, the exhibition considers how prolonged responsibility, compressed time and heightened attention can act as catalysts for artistic transformation.

Across sculpture, painting, installation and moving image, the participating artists explore how creative practice adapts when it must coexist with care. Materials and gestures become a form of language in themselves: direct, economical and resistant to easy explanation. Rather than centring disclosure or testimony, the exhibition reflects on making as a form of thought, connection and resilience.

Edie Flowers, Nicola Hicks MBE, Kelly Jessiman, Mindy Lee, Natasha Macvoy, Kate Montgomery, Anj Smith, Alexis Soul-Gray, Maliheh Zafarnezhad

Venue: Amici Studio, 12 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HA

Opening Hours: Wednesday–Friday 10am–3pm; Saturday 11am–4pm; or by appointment

Accessibility: Step-free access via lift. Accessible WC within the Studio.

Please RSVP to attend the Private View.