Lucky Dip Exhibition 2025 at God's House Tower

Posted: 18/11/2025

Lucky Dip brings together work by eight local artists across multiple disciplines and mediums, including installation, collage, print, textiles, and sculpture.

 

The artists featured in this group exhibition are Anya Isabella Isaacs, James Hewins, Jennifer Monteiro, Jude One Eight, Laleh Ghavami, Miku Okita, Rebecca Johnson, and Tracy Dovey.

 

The exhibition explores a diverse range of themes:

• Amalgamation of Time 1 & 2 by Anya Isabella Isaacs: Sculptures which draw on the absurd and macabre to explore the building’s dark layers. Envisioning the number of souls that found themselves entwined in the rich yet grim history of GHT.

 

• Autopa by James Hewins: Sculptured vessels to house different bumblebee species in an urban environment. Questioning technological resources and investment are prioritised to pre-emptively replace declining pollinators, rather than investing in the prevention of habitat and wildlife loss. 

 

• Retrato by Jennifer Monteiro: Collage-based exploration of identity and heritage, reflecting on Portugal’s colonial past and the intertwined experiences of Brazilian, Cape Verdean, and Portuguese roots. Centering the artist’s body as both subject and symbol, the work confronts memory, belonging, and the visual legacies of empire.

 

• A Signal / Parasites in Ties by Jude One Eight: A-side release by Zen Juddhism, fusing emotion, critique and collaboration, pushing boundaries while challenging political and creative constraints.

 

• Existence Precedes Essence by Laleh Ghavami: A delicate installation exploring identity, migration, and navigating the tension between presence and absence. Crafted from wire and thread, it reflects on transformation and the unseen forces that shape us.

 

• A Quiet Rebellion by Miku Okita: Garments crafted from traditional paper folding, blending traditional origami with contemporary fashion design. The work reflects on heritage, family, and quiet defiance. Tracing a journey of self-expression through folded form and cultural identity.

 

• Pleasurelands by Rebecca Johnson: Drawing on her fairground heritage, circus performances, and personal memories, this work explores the inherited lore and legacy of Showmen culture. It reflects on intergenerational storytelling, imagination, and the hidden histories of the UK’s fairground tradition.

 

• A Maidens Garland by Tracey Dovey: A sculptural exploration of coercive control, gendered oppression, and FGM. Blending traditional willow weaving, ribbons, and bronze. Drawing on folklore and funerary customs, the work gives voice to hidden stories and reflects on the unremitting trajectory of patriarchal control.