Common Ground brings together new and previously unseen works by multidisciplinary artist Jamie Holman, whose practice fuses traditional craft with industrial production. Spanning painting, textiles, sculpture, and audio, Holman’s work reflects on the resilience and evolving identity of working-class communities in the UK and beyond.

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Curated by Hope Gallegos, the exhibition is shaped by a personal and transatlantic connection. Both Gallegos and Holman are children of military fathers—an unexpected but powerful shared history that became their own “common ground.” Through this lens, Gallegos found a deep emotional affinity with Northern England’s industrial heritage, reading Holman’s work as a reflection of community, transformation, and inherited strength.

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The exhibition unfolds across three floors of Saan1, each level representing Gallegos’ interpretation of Northern identity. From pub culture and public streets to civic power and governance, this layered structure offers an immersive journey through the everyday rituals, spaces, and systems that define working-class life.