The London Group is thrilled to be taking part in an international touring miniature-portrait exhibition. 6 – 27 Dec.
The Personal Relations project is produced by Tisna Westerhof & Cristiana Bottigella, co-founders and directors of hARTslane Gallery in South East London. In 2016 they produced Personal Relations. Tisna is an artist member of The London Group. Cristiana is an experienced art producer, a curator and an artist mentor.
Personal Relations feature a collection of newly created miniature portrait works — each the size of a mobile phone — produced by artist members of international artist collectives.
The project is designed to foster cross-border collaboration & international understanding and explore portraiture as a form of cultural exchange.
In an era of heightened political tension, where national identities and borders are increasingly reinforced, Personal Relations seeks to create meaningful cultural bridges. Through the universal language of art, the project aims to foster unity, collaboration, and artistic excellence across borders.
The exhibition will feature a collection of newly created miniature works—each the size of a mobile phone—produced by artist members of international artist associations. Together, these small-scale works will form a large and powerful collective statement: intimate in scale yet expansive in impact.
Historically, miniature portraits were often exchanged as political gifts between rulers and ambassadors, symbolizing connection and diplomacy. In this project, over 150 artists are invited to reinterpret this tradition for the 21st century, responding to the history of miniature portraiture while exploring the smartphone screen as today’s “portrait format”—an intimate, portable space for identity and connection.
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Visiting information
• What Art Can Do Gallery, Tweede Tuindwarsstraat 4, 1015 RZ Amsterdam, NL
• Dates: 6–27 December 2025
• Opening Event: Saturday 6 December, 5–8 pm
• Meet & Greet / Artist social: Sunday 7 December, 4–6 pm
• Finissage: 27 December from 16.00 – 19.00 H.
• Gallery: Ex Pescheria Vecchia, Via Massimo D’Azeglio, 25, 35042 Este PD, Italia
• Dates: June 2026
• Other events and specific opening hours and duration of the show TBC
• hARTslane Gallery, 17 Harts Lane, SE14 5UP London (TBC)
• November 2026
ARTISTS PARTICIPATING
What Art Can Do, Amsterdam, NL
Wafae Ahalouch / Domenique Almeida / Sybila Baumann / Marion Bloem / Diana Blok /
Melanie Bosboom / Leslie Browne / Marion Buiterhof Dirkse v/d Heuvel / Roberto
Caradonna / Airco Caravan / Nelson Carrilho / Bilal Cahal / Paulo Chicareli / Isan Corinde / Brian Couthino / Hotegni Dansou / Marjan De Voogd / Marijke De Vries / Moni Dekker / Baharak Dehghan / Annelien Dijkman / Els Groen / Erik Hessel / Ruud Hiel / Renate Jacobs / Kaldenbach Jan Willem / Inger Kolff / Viktoria Kova / Arjen Lancel / Geraldine Macdonald / Joanneke Meester / Jacqueline Muitjens / Lies Neve / Clementine Oomes / Ine Poppe / Carola Rombouts / Pieter W Postma / Ola Samko / Max SchuLze / Helia Simonneau / Mischa Smit Kleine / Tampinaro / Rob Thijssen / Harry Van der Woud / Astrid Oudheusden / Eleonor Van Lingen / Marja Van Putten / Tinca Veerman / Robert Verhaaf / Greet Weitenberg / Paul Wiegman / Petra Wiek / Mattijs Werner
Silvia Baldisserotto / Alberto Balletti / Rosita Bernardo / Paola Bonotto / Alessandro
Brusamolin / Arianna Crescenzio / Luigi Dovigo / Paola Gazziero / Salma Yaseen Ghaleb
Hasan / Alessandra Locatelli / Michela Mascarucci / Ivone Ortolan / Silvia Paggiarin /
Roberta Pancera / Olivia Pgoraro / Laurence Turina
The London Group, London, UK
Wendy Anderson / Victoria Arney / Jonathan Armour / Bryan Benge / Barbara Beyer /
Stanislas Blatton / Paul Bonomini / Lesley Bunch / Clive Burton / Clive Burton / Clive
Burton / Stephen Carley / Jacqueline Yuen-Ling Chiu / Ece Clarke / Peter Clossick / Gary Clough / Sandra Crisp / John Crossley / Martin Darbyshire / Stathis Dimitriadis / Angela Eames / Eric Fong / Cadi Froehlich / Marenka Gabeler / Alexandra Harley / Julie Held / Julie Held / Aude Herail Jager / Gillian Ingham / Annie Johns / Anne Leigniel / Amanda Loomes / Hannah Luxton / Genetic Moo / Ian Parker / Claire Parrish / Sumi Perera / Steve Pettengell / Chris Poulton / Christopher Poulton / Tommy Seaward / Suzan Swale / Suzan Swale / Paul Tecklenberg / Almuth Tebbenhoff / Lisa Traxler / Joshua Uvieghara / Neil Weerdmeester / Tisna Westerhof / David Wiseman / Erika Winstone / Carol Wyss
