Elizabeth Xi Bauer

17/06/2026

15/06/2026

Elizabeth Xi Bauer presents ‘Hand in Hand’, an exhibition of new work by Lidia Lisbôa and Thiago Barbalho.

Bringing together two practices grounded in handmade processes, this exhibition establishes a dialogue centred on material engagement and sustained making. Rather than treating the handmade as a stylistic category, ‘Hand in Hand’ approaches it as a working method shaped by repetition and close attention, one that quietly reconsiders established values through the transformative work of the hands.

Set against a broader context of increasing automation and digital saturation, the exhibition foregrounds artisanal techniques as considered and relevant forms of production. Slowness is presented not as nostalgia, but as a deliberate mode of creation, one that privileges continuity and depth of artistic inquiry. The title ‘Hand in Hand’ reflects both the material focus of the works on view and the collaborative relationship between the two artists. The exchange between Barbalho and Lisbôa first took shape when Barbalho recognised shared affinities across working techniques, artistic concerns, and personal trajectories shaped by experiences of migration and the constraints of the class system, where access to creativity is often unevenly distributed.

Curated by Maria do Carmo M.P. de Pontes

2. Thiago Barbalho, ‘The perfect pie’, 2024. Oil paint, acrylic paint, coloured pencil, permanent marker, ballpoint pen, spray paint and pencil on paper, 280 x 200 cm. Photograph: Flavio Freire
3. Lidia Lisbôa, ‘Cupinzeiros’ (Termite mounds) Series, 1996-2024. Photograph: Ana Pigosso

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Thiago Barbalho and Lidia Lisbôa
Hand in Hand
26th June – 9th August
Private View 25th June, 6-8 pm
The gallery will be closed for installation until 26th June

Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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20-22 Exmouth Market,
London, EC1R 4QE
020 3048 5220
[email protected]

10/06/2026

It’s the final week to visit ‘Response to a Request (or spasm of the soul)’ at Elizabeth Xi Bauer, Exmouth Market. The 14-artist exhibition continues until Sunday 14th June, 6pm.

The works in this exhibition consider what follows when a response to a request is not a clear answer but something that carries little more than a trace of what provoked it, occupying the threshold between what is asked and what actually happens. Curator Brian Griffiths notes, “The gap between request and response is a space worth inhabiting – one that keeps things open and demands a different kind of involvement.”

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Curated by Brian Griffiths

1. Francis Upritchard, ‘John’, 2010. Modelling material, foil, wire, paint, 28 x 59 x 27 cm
2. Hamish Pearch, ‘Burn’, 2016. Polymerised gypsum, cast bronze extra-long matches, paint, 54 x 45 x 50 cm
3. Hamish Pearch, ‘The advantage of lying on the floor is that there’s nowhere else to fall’, 2026. Felt, wood, blanket, dyed indigo cotton, cast aluminium peanuts, cast silver plated bronze chewing gum, cast bronze walnut shells, silver thread, fixings, 172 x 185 x 71 cm
4. Hamish Pearch, ‘One lemon’, 2026. Polymerised gypsum, resin, paint, 13 x 23 x 38 cm
5. Francis Upritchard, ‘Aubergine Peru Glove’, 2019. Kid Leather, thread, paint, bronze, sapphire, nylon padding, wire armature, 4 x 7 x 18 cm
6. Francis Upritchard, ‘Red Left Ear II’, 2018. Leather, costume jewellery, 5 x 9 x 11 cm

Photography courtesy of Richard Ivey.

Response to a Request (or spasm of the soul)
1st May – 14th June 2026
Wednesday to Sunday 12-6 pm

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Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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20-22 Exmouth Market,
London, EC1R 4QE
020 3048 5220
[email protected]

05/06/2026

Visit Abraham Kritzman’s solo exhibition ‘Palms and Smoke’ at Elizabeth Xi Bauer, Deptford, for London Gallery Weekend 2026, 5th-7th June .

‘Palms and Smoke’ is featured in Frieze’s ‘The Top Shows to See During London Gallery Weekend 2026’ .

This week also marks the final dates of the exhibition, which closes Sunday 7th June, 6pm. Elizabeth Xi Bauer extends sincere gratitude to the artist and all who have visited so far.

1-3. Abraham Kritzman, ‘Fidus Achates: Hof’, 2026. Aluminium, plaster and watercolour, Overall dimensions: approx. 159 x 47.5 x 42.5 cm

Photographs courtesy of Richard Ivey.

Palms and Smoke
Abraham Kritzman
10th April – 7th June 2026
Revised dates for LGW: Friday to Sunday, 11-6pm

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Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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Fuel Tank, 8-12 Creekside
London, SE8 3DX
020 3048 5220
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03/06/2026

Elizabeth Xi Bauer’s current Exmouth Market exhibition, ‘Response to a Request (or spasm of the soul)’, is participating in London Gallery Weekend 2026 , taking place this week, Friday to Sunday, 5th-7th June.

Join us on Saturday and Sunday for a series of artist performances, where Robert Walser’s short story ‘Response to a Request’ (1907) will be read on the hour, every hour. All artists in the exhibition have been invited to read the text, followed by a request or a response.

The exhibition also features in London Gallery Weekend’s Bloomsbury live tours. Follow the link in our story to book.

Underplayed and emphatic in equal measure, ‘Response to a Request (or spasm of the soul)’ examines how artworks respond to demands that are rarely stated outright, even as there remains the expectation to clarify, justify, or resolve.

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Curated by Brian Griffiths

1. Nicola Gunnarsson, ‘Untitled’, (detail) 2023. Oil and gemstones on denim, 66 x 46 x 2cm
2. Richard Kirwan, ‘Villa Massimo’ (detail), 2026. Acrylic on canvas, 105 x 80 x 5 cm
3 & 6. Installation
4. Richard Kirwan, ‘Circo Massimo’ (detail), 2026. Acrylic on canvas, 105 x 80 x 5 cm
5. Nicola Gunnarsson, ‘Untitled’ (detail), 2023. Oil and gemstones on mesh, 66 x 46 x 2 cm

Photography courtesy of Richard Ivey.

Response to a Request (or spasm of the soul)
1st May – 14th June 2026

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Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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20-22 Exmouth Market,
London, EC1R 4QE
020 3048 5220
[email protected]
Revised timings for LGW: Wednesday to Friday, 10-6pm

29/05/2026

Elizabeth Xi Bauer presents the solo exhibition ‘Palms and Smoke’ by Abraham Kritzman, currently on display at the gallery’s Deptford location.

Recently the artist has been exploring elements of q***r identity and emotion through these imagined subjects, creating works that are not directly biographical but deeply expressive of a reflective state of mind. Kritzman explains, “The figures aren’t tied to any era or identity. I want them to exist outside of time so that someone a century from now could still connect with them.” This approach translates personal and collective experiences into visual form while maintaining a poetic and open-ended quality.

Curated by Maria do Carmo M. P. de Pontes.

1 & 2. ‘The Storm L’, 2025. Oil and oil pastels on wood, 77 x 60 x 5 cm
3 & 4. ‘Fortune’, 2025. Oil and acrylic on wood, 79 x 59 x 5 cm

Photographs courtesy of Richard Ivey.

Palms and Smoke
Abraham Kritzman
10th April – 7th June 2026
Wednesday to Saturday, 12-6 pm

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Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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Fuel Tank, 8-12 Creekside
London, SE8 3DX
020 3048 5220
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28/05/2026

Elizabeth Xi Bauer, London, and CFA (Conceptual Fine Arts), Milan, present ‘No Hay Banda’, a group exhibition featuring work by Vandria Borari, Petra Feriancová, Karoliina Hellberg, and Sofia Silva. This evening, Thursday 28th May, a Private View will be held at CFA’s Milan gallery space.

‘No Hay Banda’ brings together a cohort of four artists whose practices offer insights on how idleness should be approached not as a cue for laziness, but rather as an opportunity for creative endeavours.

Curated by Maria do Carmo M.P. de Pontes.

1. Karoliina Hellberg, ‘Curtains before a view to the sea’ (detail), 2026. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 141 x 80 x 3.5 cm
2. Vandria Borari, ‘Yupirungáwa (Murici)’ (detail), 2026. Hand-built terracotta, 44 x 50 x 48 cm
3. Karoliina Hellberg, ‘Conversation between oysters, lilacs and forget-me-nots' (detail), 2026. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 29 x 29 x 2 cm (unframed)
4. Vandria Borari, ‘Yupirungáwa (Curuá)’ (detail), 2026. Hand-built terracotta, 47 x 60 x 51 cm

Photographs courtesy of the Artists and Elizabeth Xi Bauer, London.

No Hay Banda
Vandria Borari
Petra Feriancová
Karoliina Hellberg
Sofia Silva
29th May – 26th June 2026
Private View 28th May 2026, 6-9 pm

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Conceptual Fine Arts
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27/05/2026

‘Response to a Request (or spasm of the soul)’ at Elizabeth Xi Bauer, Exmouth Market, brings together 14 contemporary artists whose works consider what happens when artistic production is shaped by pressures that are not always fully articulated.

The exhibition proposes a model of art that is quietly resistant to clarity of purpose. It suggests that excess, awkwardness, ambiguity, and over‑attention are structural conditions of making. Vagueness is a strategy rather than a deficit; gestures lean toward theatricality, where exaggerated action is a sign of sincerity, and involuntary flickers surface just before the moment meaning arrives to restore order. Here, a “spasm of the soul” is nothing but a twitch: a response that arrives at the wrong time, and in the wrong colour.

This exhibition is part of London Gallery Weekend 2026. On 6th and 7th June, Robert Walser’s short story ‘Response to a Request’ (1907) will be read on the hour, every hour. All artists in the exhibition have been invited to read the text, followed by a request or a response.

Exhibiting Artists: judith






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Curated by Brian Griffiths

1. Max Prus, ‘5am Reckoning’ (detail), 2024. Oil on cotton duck, 160 x 100 x 3 cm
2 & 4. ‘Response to a Request (or spasm of the soul)’ Installation
3. Oliver Tirré, ‘Untitled’, 2023. Mannequin, vinyl, drill, 34 x 43 x 42 cm
5. Sebastian Jefford, ‘Silence’, 2026. Pen on paper, 30 x 21 x 0.5 cm each

Photography courtesy of Richard Ivey.

Response to a Request (or spasm of the soul)
1st May – 14th June 2026
Wednesday to Sunday 12-6 pm

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Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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20-22 Exmouth Market,
London, EC1R 4QE
020 3048 5220
[email protected]
Wednesday to Sunday, 12-6 pm

22/05/2026

‘Palms and Smoke’, a solo exhibition by Abraham Kritzman, is now on display at Elizabeth Xi Bauer, Deptford.

At first glance, ‘Palms and Smoke’ might come across as a classic display of paintings and sculptures – in truth, a fair assessment of the show. Yet a closer examination reveals that this is Abraham Kritzman’s most multimedia exhibition to date, a culmination of his endless curiosity in scrutinising materials. It is this crossover amongst traditional disciplines, a desire to give volume to flat surfaces and to manifest painterly gestures in three dimensions, that sets the pace of the exhibition and makes it sing.

Curated by Maria do Carmo M. P. de Pontes.

1, 2 & 3. ‘Man On Edge’, 2024. Ceramic, 46 x 38 x 1.5 cm, 46.5 x 35.5 x 1.5 cm

Photographs courtesy of Richard Ivey.

Palms and Smoke
Abraham Kritzman
10th April – 7th June 2026
Wednesday to Saturday, 12-6 pm

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Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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Fuel Tank, 8-12 Creekside
London, SE8 3DX
020 3048 5220
[email protected]

21/05/2026

Elizabeth Xi Bauer’s latest Exmouth Market exhibition, 'Response to a Request (or spasm of the soul)’, is on display until Sunday 14th June.

Cathie Pilkington’s sculptural assemblages gather in floor arrangements and compact groupings. Monumental references are flattened into ornamental or precarious forms; figures and animals sag, lean or collapse. Authority is undercut through material play, as if the work resists fully stabilising into its assigned role.

Gina Fischli’s sculpture 'Ruth’ (2024) depicts a dog poised somewhere between instinct and training. This white, roughly wrapped form with uneven legs gives this creature a tentative, emotional and unstable presence.

This exhibition is part of London Gallery Weekend 2026. On 6th and 7th June, Robert Walser’s short story ‘Response to a Request’ (1907) will be read on the hour, every hour. All artists in the exhibition have been invited to read the text, followed by a request or a response.

Exhibiting Artists: judith






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Curated by Brian Griffiths

1, 2 & 3. Cathie Pilkington, ‘Sediment (people will think that pain has made you stupid)’, 2026. Mixed media, approx. 187 x 650 x 400 cm
4 & 5. Gina Fischli, ‘Ruth’, 2024. Wire, plaster, textiles, approx. 112 x 130 x 58 cm

Response to a Request (or spasm of the soul)
1st May – 14th June 2026

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Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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20-22 Exmouth Market,
London, EC1R 4QE
020 3048 5220
[email protected]
Wednesday to Sunday, 12-6 pm