KEYSTONE SPECIES brings together thirteen artists based in Proposition’s studios whose work engages with the idea of keystone species: plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms whose presence shapes delicate processes that allow life to thrive through growth, decay, movement, and care. When these species disappear, entire systems can shift or collapse; when they flourish, abundance attains viability. The exhibition takes this ecological principle as a point of departure for reflecting on interdependence, responsibility, and the maintenance of planetary balance.

Across performance, painting, film, sculpture, writing, sound, and installation, the artists Owen Bennett, Jennifer Crouch, Alex Hincapié, Lisa Gornick, Jolene Liam, Zoë Marden, Fergus Polglase, Katherine Pogson, Olha Pryymak, Nina Ross, Nwakuba Udenze, Siena Venturino-Malcherczyk and tyroneissacstuart approach the idea of keystone species in a multitude of tones.

📍 Proposition Bethnal Green, 279 Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green, London, E2 0EL
🗓️ 27 March - 16 May 2026
⏱️ Wednesday–Saturday, 12–7pm
🗓️ Private View - 6:30-8.30pm, 26 March 2026