New international art collective launches with bold response to a divided world.

This June, a powerful new voice in contemporary art arrives in Notting Hill. Common Ground Collective, eight artists from five countries, launches its first public exhibition at The Tabernacle with work that confronts identity, division and belonging in an increasingly fractured world.

This is not a quiet debut. These artists have spent the past year pushing their practice beyond borders, whether political, cultural or personal, through the Contemporary Art Academy’s postgraduate programme. What emerges is a raw, urgent and visually arresting exhibition shaped by global events and intimate histories.

From imagined territories to fractured memories, the work on show is wide-ranging but shares a clear intent: to open space for connection where it is most needed. In a charged global climate, several pieces are designed to provoke conversation and deeper reflection, an invitation to explore common grounds between divided hearts and minds.

Together, the works invite audiences to pause, reflect and engage with the world, and with one another, in ways that open common ground for empathy, discomfort and honest conversation.