It all started on Portobello Road in 19th century bakery, complete with a black cast iron oven and an original granary. I stumbled on the space looking to have my first exhibition with the brilliant Rebecca Hathaway, and I couldn’t let it go. I loved its quirk and thought other artists would too.

The gallery at Portobello Road started off as a big experiment… but soon we had a waiting list of artists and I started looking for a second location. We opened our Camden Passage gallery in a homey little shop at 6 Charlton Place in June 2023 with another group of ten artists, with many of them local to North London. Now the two groups cross-pollinate so we can all share our artwork with an even wider audience, and help other artists to do the same.

Five years on, we’re just getting going. We have an ongoing exhibition of our permanent artists and a selection of group and solo shows by visiting artists. We also have a calendar of workshops and events in our cosy artist-run spaces. Our gallery is always manned by one of our artists and new pieces come and go every day. We have everything from paintings, drawings, monotype, screen prints, ceramic pots… the list goes on…. All made by local artists who contribute to curating shows and manning the gallery.