'Tracing the Unseen' with The Poorly Project

‘TRACING THE UNSEEN’ Creative Health Camden in collaboration with The Poorly Project OCTOBER 2026 - FEBRUARY 2027 PRIVATE VIEW: 21ST OCTOBER 2026, 18:30 -20:30PM At the Kentish Town Health Centre 2 Bartholomew Road, NW5 2BX BOOK NOW EASY-READ ‘Tracing the Unseen’ is a group exhibition featuring embroidery, photography, sculpture, installation, needle felting, painting and assemblage. The exhibition explores chronic health conditions and its diverse lived experiences. Our bodies carry our stories. Sometimes, these stories are recognised through our scars, our skin, or the way our bodies move. Others exist beneath the surface at a cellular level. Art-making offers an exploration of these realities, giving them a new tangible form. The exhibition examines the delicate details and overlooked realities of chronic health conditions. Often under-researched or misdiagnosed, the majority of these conditions remain difficult to identify. Related health issues and unpredictable symptoms complicate the treatment and management. As awareness and advocacy grow, new understandings emerge, leading to the formation of communities led by acknowledgement, empathy and hopeful change. The exhibition showcases work by artists that create to advocate for themselves and others, exploring the role of a carer, a patient and the human experience of illness. Displaying the works of six artists: Catriona Faulkner, Alice Rorrison, Coco Warner-Allen, Wenqi Zou, Billie M.Vigne, Antonia Attwood and Sara Ulfsparre – each artist is united through shared moments, materials and the navigation of chronic health conditions through creative practice. Everyday items and found materials give insight into experience, collected during short, familiar walks in the world. Beads, sequins, twigs and trinkets are repeatedly incorporated into specific works, bringing intrigue and a sense of ritual. Changed by illness and pain, the body is reimagined through natural and synthetic materials - stitched, stuck, layered, felted and moulded to help our understanding. A collaborative exhibition between Creative Health Camden and The Poorly Project, ‘Tracing the Unseen’ is a call for community-building, forming a space where artists, patients, health practitioners and advocates come together. In this process there is hope for the unseen to be seen. Creative Health Camden has a comprehensive guide to ensure safe arrival, outlining on-site accessibility and amenities presently available. For travel, locating the venue and accessibility, please visit here.