About this Event
Image World
curated by Alexander Harding
Hypha Gallery 1 / No. 1 Poultry, London EC2R 8EN
PV: Thursday, 23th April 2026, 6 – 9pm
Open: 24th April – 30th May 2026, Thursday – Sunday, 12 – 6pm
We live in an image world. Pictures circulate at the speed of thought, shaping not only what we see, but how we understand time, value, and presence. This exhibition brings together artists who use photographic imagery and its mediated aesthetics to explore how visual culture registers the contemporary moment. Image World examines how the proliferation of images shapes the way we see and understand the world today. As social media and digital technologies have become embedded in everyday life, an overwhelming range of images and data now circulates constantly; pets appear alongside war and catastrophe, collapsing intimacy and spectacle into a single visual stream.
The artists featured in Image World demonstrate that images are not neutral: they influence, distort, and actively construct reality. Rather than critiquing visual culture from a distance, their work reveals how we are all embedded within a system in which images do not merely reflect the world, but continuously produce it. Image World will be a visual spectacle, bringing together artists connected through process rather than imposing a singular thematic narrative. Through these varied material translations, the exhibition raises urgent contemporary questions around authenticity and materiality in an age saturated with digital reproduction.
Artists
Corey Bartle-Sanderson @coreybartlesanderson
Corsin Billeter @cbilleter
Malcolm Bradley @malcolm.bradley
Lily Bunney @lily_bunney_
Rachel Chappell @rachelchappell
Jamie John Davies @jamie.john.davies
Morgane Ely @morgane_ely
Daniel Fleur @danielfleur
Andrew Grassie @andrew.grassie
Alan Michael @alanmchl
Alice Miller @aliceemiller_
Aleksander Mechlinski @alek.mechlinski
Zachary Merle @zac.merle
Kaja Stumpf @kaja_stumpf
Katie Shannon @katieshannon23
Oona Wilkinson @oonawilkinson
Jonah Pontzer @p0ntz3r
Paul Robas @paul.robas
Annabelle Agbo Godeau @annabelle.agbo.godeau
Ki Yoong @ki.yoong
Robin Megannity @robinmegannity
Rachel Lancaster @rachel__lancaster
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Hypha Gallery 1/ No. 1 Poultry, 1 Poultry, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
