CURRENT & UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Seeing Each Other: Portraits of Artists
17 May - 2 November 2025
Pallant House Gallery, 8-9 North Pallant, Chichester, PO19 1TJ
This major exhibition brings together over 130 works that explore artistic relationships, identity, and mutual influence in modern and contemporary British art.
Spanning 125 years, it showcases paintings, prints, drawings, photography, sculpture, and installations that capture the distinctive gaze between creative peers.
The 20/20 Portfolio
31 October 2025 - 1 February 2026
Pallant House Gallery, 8-9 North Pallant, Chichester, PO19 1TJ
This exhibition presents The 20/20 Portfolio, a dynamic series of prints by twenty artists from the Global Majority. Created as part of UAL’s Decolonising Arts Institute 20/20 project, the portfolio reflects the artists’ residencies with twenty UK public collections.
This display marks the first public showing of the complete set, showcasing prints across a range of mediums and stages of artistic development.
20/20 Futures
6 November 2025 - 18 January 2026
London College of Fashion, UAL, 105 Carpenters Road, Stratford, E20 2AR
20/20 Futures celebrates twenty artists who undertook residencies with UK public collections as part of 20/20, a three-year programme by UAL’s Decolonising Arts Institute addressing racial inequalities in the arts.
The exhibition presents new works across textiles, film, drawing, photography, sculpture, and sound, highlighting conceptual, thematic, and material connections.
RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Curtis Holder: Portraits of Brotherhood
02 – 13 September 2025
RBSA Gallery, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, 4 Brook Street, St. Paul’s Square, Birmingham, B3 1SA
Curtis Holder presents Portraits of Brotherhood, a solo exhibition of over 20 works on paper.
Drawing from intimate conversations with his sitters, Holder explores themes of connection, identity, vulnerability, and resilience, offering a nuanced perspective on Black and Brown masculinity.
Curtis Holder: Drawing Carlos Acosta
24 October 2024 - 18 May 2025
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, B3 3DH
Curtis Holder won Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year in 2020 and was commissioned to draw Birmingham Royal Ballet’s director, Carlos Acosta.
This exhibition brings together portraits Curtis made during the competition and his working sketches, showing his journey towards the final portrait and telling the story in his own words.
Silent Echoes, Spoken Truths: Curtis Holder
08 November 2024 - 13 April 2025
Leeds Art Gallery, The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AA
An exhibition of new works on paper by Curtis Holder following an 18-month artist residency.
The exhibition documents Holder’s immersion into life at the gallery, exploring the collection and forming bonds with people he met, in particular eight individuals from the Global Majority whose portraits he has drawn.
Curtis Holder: Portraits of Brotherhood
06 July - 28 September 2024
Guildford House Gallery, 155 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3AJ
Curtis Holder: Portraits of Brotherhood is a solo exhibition by London-based artist Curtis Holder.
His multilayered pencil portraits seek to capture intimate moments in the lives of his subjects, delving into their shared history and experiences as Black and Brown men.
The Makers: Portraits from Backstage
27 January - 04 November 2023
National Theatre, London, SE1 9PX
The Makers: Portraits from Backstage is an exhibition by the National Theatre’s first ever artist-in-residence, Curtis Holder.
His large-scale pencil portraits are a love letter to the dynamic creative forces that exist behind the scenes of theatre, celebrating the craftspeople, creatives and individuals that make the productions possible.
Something Unspoken
03 November 2021 - 22 January 2022
45 Park Lane, Dorchester Collection, London, W1K 1PN
Drawing inspiration from intimate conversations with his subjects, Curtis Holder’s multilayered pencil portraits are dynamically tender, revealing something of the inner life of his sitters.
His debut solo exhibition, Something Unspoken, features drawings inspired by 45 Park Lane.
Installation Views
Explore installations views of Curtis’s recent and past exhibitions.