Torrick Ablack, known as TOXIC, will present a major solo exhibition titled 'ALWAYS EVER SINCE 83' at Woodbury House in London from 14th May to 26th June 2026. The show features new paintings alongside rarely seen early works dating back to 1983, marking what the gallery calls a long-overdue recognition of TOXIC's career. TOXIC emerged from the downtown New York scene of the early 1980s alongside figures like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Rammellzee, and participated in the landmark Post-Graffiti exhibition at Sidney Janis Gallery in 1983. The exhibition positions 1983 as a psychological and artistic turning point, tracing over four decades of his uncompromising practice.
This exhibition matters because it seeks to correct art history's neglect of TOXIC, who was a central figure in the 1980s graffiti and street art movement but has remained underacknowledged. By presenting his work alongside that of his more famous peers, Woodbury House aims to establish TOXIC's sustained practice as a vital contemporary contribution rather than a historical footnote. The show also highlights the intellectual influence of Rammellzee's Ikonoklast Panzerism theory and reflects on survival within a generation marked by loss, as TOXIC is one of the few direct witnesses of that era still actively creating.