Celebrating Our Strength in Our Diversity 2026: A World of Difference, United Through Art

Imagine a world where everyone was the same. The same ideas, the same experiences, the same ways of seeing and creating. How much would we lose?

Celebrating Our Strength in Our Diversity 2026, now taking place online at www.chinwerussell.com, shines a spotlight on the important role diversity plays in our world.

The exhibition invites us to look beyond our own experiences, appreciate different perspectives and recognise the strength that comes from our differences.

Diversity is present in the people we meet, the environments we inhabit, the traditions we carry and the ideas we share. It shapes how we live, how we solve problems and how we imagine the future. Through art, we can explore these differences with curiosity and find connections we might otherwise overlook.

At a time when division and intolerance are becoming more visible, this exhibition offers an invitation to pause, look closer and consider what we share.

Different voices, a shared exhibition

The participating artists bring a wide range of subjects and approaches to the exhibition. Their artwork titles alone open up conversations about identity, family, belonging, nature, solidarity and the freedom to express ourselves.

Works such as Aderopo Afolabi’s WOMEN WITH ALBINISM, Jenny Bradbury’s Preconceptions and Oluwaseyi Adeyemo’s Embracing our differences invite us to consider how we see one another. Titles including Joyce Aranuwa’s Higher Together, Natasha Haydon’s Stronger Together and Jon Michaels’s Standing Together echo the exhibition’s central message.

Other contributions widen the conversation to our relationship with the planet. Labinota Limani’s Echoes of the Earth, Laura Bernardeschi Nelson’s Hands Over a Warming Sea and Jolly’s She is mother earth offer starting points for reflection on the world we inhabit.

These are invitations to explore rather than fixed interpretations. Each artwork deserves time and attention, and each visitor will bring their own experiences to what they see.

Support the artists: vote for your favourite

You don’t need to be an art expert to know what you love. An artwork might catch your attention, remind you of someone, challenge an assumption or express something you have struggled to put into words.

Visit the exhibition, follow your curiosity and vote for your favourite artwork for the People’s Choice Award. Your vote is a way to support the participating artists and recognise their creativity.

Participating artists and artworks

Artist	Artwork titles
Aderopo Afolabi	WOMEN WITH ALBINISM
Adeyemo Segun rafael	The mask stays up
Adrian James ARPS	Black and White
Aggi. S	Face off
Aisha Ismail	What is the Color of Nothingness?
Akinrinola Samuel Oluwatobi	My father wish
Alexandra Holownia	Alexandra Fly dolls
Amritani	Bloody Roots; Freedom
Andrea Redmond	Geal Chossach
Angel Couldrey	Duality of Woman
Ashley Cundall	Canal Street
Boluwatife Victoria Lawal	Symbiosis
Cameron Scott	The Picts at Passchendaele
Caren Garfen	Whataboutery; The Third Chair
Chima Onyema Ogbuehi	The Torso Couple
Dave Parsons	Diversity United: The Fall of the Monolith
David Trippas	Football players, Selly Oak.
Divya Vinod Gilatar	Holy Blood
Donna Michelle Brazier	Future or fate
Dziuginta Didziokaite	SUMMER 2026
Elisabeta Carmen Erdos	The Silence of Autumn; My poppies
Emmanuel Chibaye	My Aim / Target
Eva	Solidarity versus tyranny
Haejae Debbie Oh	Four Auspicious Symbols of Harmony; Crown Shyness; Blackbird
Helen Lom	Modern Family; Dogwalker
Helena Fil	Inner Orbit
Henrik Peter Hofsaess	Mae Chi Brigitte
ILONA JOY	ALGORITHMIC BUBBLE; ARMY OF ME; A LOVE SONG TO MY WORST ENEMY
Isabel Young	5000 Years of Food Security
JAYATU CHAKMA	Story of Grey Hill
Jennifer Frances	Before I Had Words
Jenny Bradbury	Preconceptions
JerryKanArt	Robotic dancing; Moment Captured; Death of Skills
Joanna Klimek	Beautifully Imperfect
Joebes Innerstate Art	I am right here
John Crawshaw	Self Belief
Jolly	She is mother earth
Jon Michaels	Standing Together; Unbreakable bonds
Joyce Aranuwa	Higher Together
Kate Fallon-Cousins	Express yourself
Kirsten Todd - Art at Vixen	Clearing Ancestral Karma; Beauty of Age
Kwok Wai Chau	Transient Echoes; Whispers of a Quiet Return
LYNDA COCKSHOTT	STABLE COMPANIONS; LOST BUT FOUND
Labaran Ibrahim	Let Love Lead
Labinota Limani	Echoes of the Earth
Laura Bernardeschi Nelson	Hands Over a Warming Sea
Leslie Wilson-Rutterford	I Am All Right, You Are All Right, We Are All All Right
Lisa Goddard	A seaside treat
Llocollama	Assimilation
Lucy Stearman	Rainbow Humans - West Pier
Marc VanDermeer	New American
Michael Colwill	Hawthorn evening
Michelle Douglas	Walking home from school
Mike Roberts	The dancers
Monika Tkaczyk	Luminous Fault; The Geometry of Silence
Natasha Haydon	Stronger Together
Nicholas Hanison	Blue Celebration; Traditional river life; Love always wins
Nirvana Sachin	Two Truths
Nnodim Augustine Sopuruchukwu	Prisoner of Emotion No:2
Olowojoba Emmanuel odunayo	The restitution table
Oluwafemi Omoboriowo	Peace of my Heart
Oluwaseyi Adeyemo	Embracing our differences
Paula Armstrong	Potential Inside: Feminine Bloom
Peishen Liang	Misread 001
Philip McCumskey	Kenyan Women Returning From Market; Kenyan Father and Son; Father and Son and Kilimanjaro
Philip Vaughan-Williams	Vote Kind
Precious Gbenga Tobiloba	Layers of you
RL Neat	Male Dancer; Circle of Diversity
Raji Eniitan Folorunsho	MỌ́REMÍ
Rang Iliya	The warrior cannot be caged.
Rita Omuwa Omozuafoh	Dinner
Rose Wilde	Lady and Gentleman Play Chess
Skye William Eade	Celestial Orb
Temitope Ogunseitan	My reflection in two worlds
Teresa ann Wells	Viktoriya
William Parker	The Bully; Somewhat Different
Yagmur Karaman	Rooted
surinder shani	Dance of Flamigo
surindershani	Climate crisis Shrinking Forest
tajinder dhami	Taxi; Ceiling Fan

Visit, discover and share

I invite you to spend time with these artworks and the perspectives they offer. Share the exhibition with friends, start a conversation and help more people discover the work of the participating artists.

Explore Celebrating Our Strength in Our Diversity 2026 at www.chinwerussell.com and vote for your favourite artwork.