Elizabeth Xi Bauer

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
[email protected]

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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Via Gioacchino Rossini 3,
20121, Milan, Italy





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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

20/05/2026

18/05/2026

As part of CFA’s 2026 Gallery Residency Programme, Elizabeth Xi Bauer (London) and CFA (Conceptual Fine Arts, Milan) present ‘No Hay Banda’, a group exhibition featuring work by Brazilian ceramicist Vandria Borari (b. 1983), Slovak multimedia artist Petra Feriancová (b. 1977), Finnish painter Karoliina Hellberg (b. 1987), and Italian artist Sofia Silva (b. 1990).

Developed within CFA’s residency format, the exhibition is presented by Elizabeth Xi Bauer and curated by Maria do Carmo M. P. de Pontes. ‘No Hay Banda’ brings together four practices that approach silence not as absence, but as a generative and resistant creative condition. Spanning ceramics, painting, and photography, the works emerge from small, patient gestures. Rather than striving for spectacle, these practices are grounded in attentiveness, listening, noticing, and allowing time to unfold. Doing little, or even nothing at all, is framed not as withdrawal, but as an essential expressive act.

2. Karoliina Hellberg, ‘Labyrinth’ (detail), 2024. Oil, acrylic and ink on canvas, 150 x 150 cm. Photograph: Richard Ivey
3. Petra Feriancová, ‘Playgrounds Series’ (detail), various years
4. Sofia Silva, ‘come stanno i miei segreti sottoterra’ (detail), 2025. Mixed media on canvas, 110 x 145 cm
5. Vandria Borari, ‘Tucumã Seed’ (detail) from the ‘Yupirungáwa Series’, 2021. Clay, 48 x 50 cm. Photograph: Viviane Borari

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

https://elizabethxibauer.com/exhibition/no-hay-banda/

Conceptual Fine Arts
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Via Gioacchino Rossini 3,
20121, Milan, Italy

15/05/2026

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

A large, chunky canvas titled ‘The Long Way Ahead Of Us’ (2024) belongs to an informal series of monochromes made by the accumulation of oil and acrylic paint, a laborious and painstaking process that the artist has been invested in for the past few years. Whilst the driving force behind these compositions change – hence its designation as an informal series – their thick and monochromatic aesthetics unite them. This particular work has been inspired by frescoes and sculptures that the artist has seen during his travels in Greece, observing how the figures they portray, and therefore their contexts, evolve over time.

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

1. ‘The Long Way Ahead Of Us’ (detail), 2024. Oil and acrylic on wood, 152 x 185 x 6 cm
2 & 3. ‘Palms and Smoke’ Installation

Photographs courtesy of Richard Ivey.

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

https://elizabethxibauer.com/exhibition/palms-and-smoke/

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

14/05/2026

Elizabeth Xi Bauer welcomes Brazilian artist Lidia Lisbôa to our Deptford Studio as part of the gallery’s ongoing artist residency programme. Between April and June 2026, Lisbôa will work in the studio to develop a new body of work in preparation for her duo exhibition, ‘Hand in Hand’, with Thiago Barbalho, opening on 25th June 2026.

Working across installation, performance, ceramics, textiles, and drawing, Lisbôa’s practice is grounded in autobiographical and everyday experiences. The artist interweaves notions of landscape, body, and memory to form a layered tapestry of personal and collective narratives that position creation as a mechanism for healing and catharsis. The residency will provide a focused yet flexible space for Lisbôa to expand her ongoing material and conceptual enquiries.

The Elizabeth Xi Bauer artist residency supports national and international artists through studio space, materials, and dedicated time to develop their practice.

1. Atelier Lidia Lisboa, 2023. Courtesy of the Artist
2. Lidia Lisbôa, ‘Cupinzeiros (Termite mounds)’ (detail) series, 1996-2024. Courtesy of the Artist
3. Lidia Lisbôa, ‘Tetas que deram de mamar ao mundo (Breasts that nursed the world)’ (detail) series, 2015-2024. Photograph: Filipe Berndt. Courtesy of the Artist
4. Lidia Lisbôa, 'Têtas' (detail), 2024. Courtesy of the Artist

https://elizabethxibauer.com/lidia-lisboa-in-residency-at-elizabeth-xi-bauer-studio-deptford/