Integrate

Integrate ( الأبْجَدِيّة )

Letraset, tracing paper, carbon paper, paper

All Welcome, group exhibition, Vault Artist Studios

November 2025

Jane uses Letraset, carbon paper and other antiquated transference mechanisms as vehicles to think about that which is lost, used up, extinguished, exploited, or duplicated imprecisely, never to return or be quite the same again. She is interested in how language marks one’s identity and status, as well as its evolutions over time, borders and generations. The Arabic alphabet is cursive: each letter in a relationship with that next to it, changing shape and position in response to their context. This work considers the many acts of micro-labour involved in imprinting (materials, languages and relationships) and considers whether they will ever translate for those who have not been forced to remake their identity anew.

All Welcome seeks to challenge the growing and insidious far right narratives around immigration. We asked artists from the Vault and other studios to respond to this lurch to the right in public discourse. Over forty artists responded with works that span a range of media, from traditional attributes of activism and protest, such as flags, zines, placards and riot shield handles, but also installations, paintings, photographs, embroidery works, prints, paintings, video, workshops, and mixed media pieces. Some tackle the theme head on, while others take a more abstract approach. All show a willingness among the artist community to come together and say enough is enough.

Participating artists: Cheylene Murphy, Nuala Convery, Clinton Kirkpatrick, Rob Hilken, Leo Boyd, Sally O’Dowd, John Baucher, Wendynichole McGuinness-Keys, Wilhelmina Peace, Helen Gomez, Dragos Musat, Jonathan Brennan, Philip Arneill, Sinéad O’Neill-Nicholl, Cathy Scullion, Fionnuala Duffin, Mary Jordan, Artists Against Genocide, Yasmeen Märker, Akenevilthing, Linda McBurney, Laura Nelson, Jonah Williams, Anushiya Sundaralingam, Esther O’Kelly, Jane Morrow, Avi Ratnayake, Ashley David John, Caelinn Seaton Kelly, Susan Pau, Anfaal Almughhalles, Salwa Alsharabi, Rarewitch, Joy Gerrard, Array Collective