Nadia Huggins’s “Transformation No. 4,” from her series Fighting the Current, was commissioned for the Lightbox at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, located at Gateshead Quays, South Shore Road, Gateshead, United Kingdom. “Transformation No. 4” is on view in conjunction with the group exhibition “For All at Last Return,” at Baltic from November 8, 2025, until June 7, 2026. This exhibition, like Huggins’s work, “explores different marine ecosystems, from near-shore and intertidal zones to coral reefs, the open ocean and the deep sea, considering our relationships with these fragile environments and their dependent communities.”
Artists: Monira Al Qadiri, Michele Allen, Bianca Bondi, Shezad Dawood, Taloi Havini and Michael Toisuta, Joan Jonas, Otobong Nkanga, Katja Novitskova, Kristina Õllek, Leticia Ramos, Emilija Škarnulytė, Rob Smith.
Description: This major group exhibition explores different marine ecosystems, from near-shore and intertidal zones to coral reefs, the open ocean and the deep sea, considering our relationships with these fragile environments and their dependent communities.
Marine waters cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, supporting a vast range of life forms; however, human-driven climate change and overfishing are degrading ocean habitats and pushing marine species to the brink of extinction.
For All at Last Return features sculpture, video, photography and installation by British and international artists working at the intersection of art and ecology for whom the health of the ocean is an enduring concern. This immersive exhibition journeys across the globe, from the shallow reefs of the South Pacific to the rocky shores of the North Sea. Many of the artists have collaborated with marine biologists and oceanographers to draw attention to the local, regional and global issues that threaten marine ecosystems. Their works reflect on the ocean as a site of colonisation, extraction, resistance and regeneration.
For more information, see https://baltic.art/whats-on/oe-for-all-at-last-return/
For more on the artist, visit https://nadiahuggins.com/
[Shown above: Nadia Huggins, “Transformation No. 4.” From the series Fighting the Current. Digital photograph. 2015.]
Nadia Huggins’s “Transformation No. 4,” from her series Fighting the Current, was commissioned for the Lightbox at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, located at Gateshead Quays, South Shore Road, Gateshead, United Kingdom. “Transformation No. 4” is on view in conjunction with the group exhibition “For All at Last Return,” at Baltic from November 8,