A Room of One’s Own

Irving Gallery, Oxford

A group show by 75 women and non-binary artists

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This group exhibition brings together the diverse artworks of 75 women and non-binary artists who responded to an Open Call for submissions. The exhibited artworks were selected from over 400 submitted works, resulting in an outstanding collection of work by these 75 contemporary artists. The participating artists were also invited to submit an audio file, a voice recording in which they speak briefly about their selected artwork and their practice. Once the exhibition has opened, these voice recordings will be available to listen to here, so do revisit this page to hear each of the artists talk about their work. And please join us in the gallery on the weekend of 2nd and 3rd March for the opening of the exhibition.

Most of the 75 artists are UK based, though works have also travelled from the US and Italy, and a number of artists who are now UK-based moved to the UK in childhood or as adults, or have lived elsewhere. The exhibiting artists' creative experience and length of practice range greatly from recent graduates to artists who have been creating for decades. Many if not most of the artists are accustomed to juggling different roles, and several artists have had previous careers sometimes in quite different fields.

The show includes abstract, representational, still life, and landscape works across a range of media: painting, drawing, mixed media, textiles, and sculpture.The majority of the works are hung on the wall, but we are delighted to show some smaller scale sculpture works in the exhibition too.

It was a conscious decision not to specify a theme for the open call for submissions from which these works were selected, anticipating that some common themes and concerns would emerge through the artists' statements and the short voice recordings which they have each submitted to accompany their work. I wanted to give a platform for the artists' work, words, and voices to shape the exhibition.

2nd March - 5th April 2024