COMMON GROUND

Essentially a gallery is a blank room. Any and all Galleries are. Three years ago this one was designed and built the same as all the other ones. An empty space housing nothing but potential and possibility. Back in 2022, HAKE began to pulse and since then has become a steadily beating heart for a healthy body of artists to time and time again transform it beyond recognition of ever being just a blank space.

Common Ground is a celebration of this symbiosis—the shared pulse between artist and space, between the individual and the collective. Every canvas, hanged, every sculpted form, every delicate imprint of an idea is part of something larger: a conversation of longevity, marked by trust, growth, and a deep sense of belonging.

Artists here are bound not by a singular style or discipline, but by the commonality of creation. Through years of working alongside one another, their practices have intertwined, echoing and amplifying each other in unexpected ways. HAKE, too, has grown in tandem—its walls stretching to hold every new vision entrusted to each artist.

Three years on, we find ourselves here—shaped by the past, looking toward what’s next, connected through the quiet exchanges of creation. This exhibition marks more than an anniversary; it reflects the shared effort, growth, and dialogue that have defined our time together.

Words by Venn Miles

CATALOGUE - COMMON GROUND

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