Further shows were held in 1984, 1986, 1991 and 1992, with Eamon Andrews, Guy Burch, Svar Simpson, Mandy McCartin and Christina Berry as co-ordinators.
The featured artists included: Brenda Agard, Zarina Bhimji, Jennifer Comrie, Novette Cummings, Valentina Emenyeoni, Carole Enahoro, Elisabeth Jackson, Lallitha Jawahirilal, Rita Keegan, Christine Luboga, Sue Macfarlane, Olusola Oyeleye, Betty Vaughan Richards, Enoyte Wanagho and Paula Williams.
[6] Exhibitions involving immigrant faces challenged the demand that assimilation meant fitting into English mores or accepting ghettoisation[clarification needed]: 'Bigos, artists of Polish origin' group and Casa de la Cultura Latino Americana Comite Cultural Chileno, to name but two.
And the Campaign Against Apartheid featured prominently through many exhibitions and included exiled South African artists and the Azanian Group and Creation for Liberation.
The art show included music, dancing and food - their culture was still integrated with life and this made a strong impression on all those who became involved.
Ceramics exhibitors included such diverse names as Kate Mellors, Sarah Radstone, Julian Stair and Pamela Mei Yee Leung many of whom were Lambeth-based and encouraged to exhibit by sculptor Keith King.
Teri Bullen arranged the Soweto Sisters′ Patchwork of Our Lives show in May 1986; she raised funding for all the women members of the collective to come over from Africa to attend the opening in person.
In 1987 the Gallery closed down due to pressure from the landlord British Rail to put up the rent, the demise of the Greater London Council and a lack of will in the funding organisations.
The collective supported greater inclusion and diversity in the representation of exhibitions, talks and events, also involving members of the local community.
Well known names who exhibited often very early in their careers include Mona Hartoum, Zarina Bhimji, Sutapa Biswas, Sokari Douglas Camp, Cathy de Monchaux, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Jamie Reid, Tina Keane, Sandra Lahire, Peter Kennard, Julie Umerle, Rasheed Araeen, Gavin Jantjes, Hew Locke, Mary Kelly and David Medalla.