With knowledge of injustice, how do we make work that will not make people turn away from the story it contains? What happens when we make things palatable?

The following work is that question.

Maybe one answer is to know that great things also happen. There is hope and there is love, and sometimes it is impossible to give more than we recieve.

Gladys Chav Harvey 2026

Gladys Chav Harvey is a south-west based artist whose work blends social engagement, storytelling, and community collaboration. Over the past decade she has been deeply involved in creative projects supporting displaced young people in Calais, where she developed participatory works that amplify refugee voices and challenge public narratives around migration. Her ongoing project, Paper People – Hung Out To Dry, brings together UK schoolchildren, refugee communities, and the wider public in a shared act of creative solidarity.

Working across drawing, installation, and collective making, Gladys explores themes of belonging, resilience, and the human impact of political borders. Her previous exhibition Before & After at Rockaway Park reflected this commitment to art as a catalyst for empathy, connection, and social change