Together Atlas opens a dialogue between the work of Grit Schwerdtfeger and Virgil Baruchel, as they integrate historic art forms and craft-making into their multimedia practices. Exploring themes of leisure, memory, and self perception, the exhibition proposes a fun and contemporary approach to materiality. Grit Schwerdtfeger presents a selection of photography and sculpture bringing striking amalgams of colour and texture to the fore of her work. Revisiting his North African heritage, Baruchel creates tapestries and pastels on paper to examine and modernize cross-cultural icons, traditions, and materials.

Grit Schwerdtfeger completed her studies at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig, where she currently lives. Schwerdtfeger has received numerous scholarships and awards, including a DAAD fellowship to study in Cuba, and a one-year residency at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Madrid. Her work is included in corporate and private collections in England, France, Austria, Belgium, Germany and Canada.

Baruchel is a Canadian, Parisian-born artist living and working in London. He has exhibited in Canada, the United States, England, and France.  In 2022, Baruchel completed a residency in La Napoule Art Foundation, France, where the artist developed the artworks for his exhibition at Corkin Gallery.