8 HOLLAND STREET | SOUTH OF THE RIVER: A special project for London Craft Week 2026 extending until 13 June.

8 Holland Street | South of The River - London Craft Week 2026 Opening Party

Tuesday 12 May 6 - 9pm

Location: 243 / 245 Kennington Lane, London, SE11 

Exhibitions Overview:

FOREST + FOUND: THE HOUSE IS FULL OF GHOSTS

The exhibition The House is Full of Ghosts brings together artists Max Bainbridge and Abigail Booth of studio collective Forest + Found in an unflinching yet tender exploration of the psychology of the domestic house. Their works inhabit the architecture of rooms at once familiar in their proportions yet disquieted by the absence of their inhabitants. Exploring the interplay between embodiment and erasure across permanent and transient states of being, the artists draw on accumulations of familial memory, domestic labour and the passing of time through shared histories of objects and materials.

FRANCES PINNOCK: REPOSE

Alongside Forest + Found, Frances Pinnock presents Repose, a room of intimate works that appear as held notes and gestures, continuing the artist’s enquiry into sculpture as it exists both as performance and private archive. These uncanny arrangements pose objects and materials in states of tension and rest, and explore transformation and distortion in relation to material, perception, and memory. An unflinching yet tender exploration of the psychology of the home, drawing on accumulations of familial memory, domestic labour and the passing of time through shared histories of objects and materials.

Event

Max Bainbridge, Abigail Booth and Frances Pinnock - In conversation 

Saturday 16 May 3.30 - 4.30pm 

NICOLA TASSIE: THE HEARTH

The Hearth presents a group of ceramic works that explore the conceptual and material richness of pots in the domestic arena and their role in sustaining the rituals and bonds of social life. Shown alongside other sculptural work showcasing Nicola’s study of texture, line & form, the exhibition alludes to both the domestic and the minimal. 

LIORAH TCHIPROUT: FROM THE ARCHIVE

From The Archive brings together a series of etchings and monoprints drawn from an intimate body of works on paper that explore memory, the domestic, and the imagined interior world. Presented as fragments from an evolving archive, the exhibition highlights Tchiprout’s distinctive visual language, where scale, repetition, and gesture create a sense of quiet, personal narratives. Her figurative works, both fantastical and intimate, are informed by Yiddish literature and the artist’s Jewish culture, with her self-referential dolls remaining central to her practice.

WONDERING PEOPLE: LOVERS’ COURT

For London Craft Week, Wondering People brings together three artist couples, six artists in total, for a six-week residency as part of 8 HOLLAND STREET | SOUTH OF THE RIVER on Kennington Lane. Titled Lovers' Court, the exhibition reflects both the personal and creative partnerships of the participating artists, presenting works across a contrasting range of materials, from wool and felt to porcelain and steel. The works draw on themes of history, chivalry and connection.

The exhibiting artists are Joseph Dupré and Pollyanna Johnson, Ana Naskidashvili and Frederik Poisquet (Morevi Studio), and Andrew Pierce Scott and Natalia Triantafylli.

MARIO CEROLI AND ETTORE SOTTSASS: FURNITURE AS FORM

8 HOLLAND STREET | SOUTH OF THE RIVER presents Furniture as Form, an edit of Ettore Sottsass's vintage furniture pieces alongside designs by Mario Ceroli. Sottsass’s postwar designs redefined domestic interiors through bold colour, sculptural form and narrative-driven objects that challenge functional norms, while Ceroli’s furniture and sculpture draw on traditional woodworking to create pared-back, architectural pieces that emphasise material, silhouette and spatial presence. Together, the exhibition highlights two distinct yet complementary approaches to furniture as both functional design and artistic expression.