The Power of Her
Celebrating women artists who reclaim and redefine the female gaze.
Bankside Hotel ・ White Box Space
2 March - Late May 2026
Key Date: 8 March - International Women’s Day
"To create is to reveal." - Louise Bourgeois
Contemporary Collective x DA Gallery, in partnership with Bankside Hotel, present The Power of Her, a curated group exhibition celebrating contemporary women artists whose practices reclaim narrative, challenge perception and redefine the female gaze.
Opening to coincide with International Women’s Day, the exhibition brings together six distinct artistic voices whose work explores identity, agency, representation and strength. Through painting, collage and mixed media, each artist offers a perspective that moves beyond historic frameworks that positioned women as passive subjects, instead asserting presence, complexity and autonomy.
Taking Louise Bourgeois’ words as a quiet provocation, the exhibition considers creation as an act of revelation - of self, of perspective and of lived experience. In a visual culture long shaped by external interpretations of womanhood, these artists reposition the lens. What emerges is not simply critique, but authorship: a confident reclaiming of image, symbolism and story.
Amy Judd’s psychologically charged figurative paintings examine inner worlds and feminine symbolism, creating spaces where vulnerability and strength coexist. Dr Helen Gørrill’s work interrogates representation and perception, drawing attention to how women have been historically framed and offering alternative readings. Georgi Morrison’s expressive surfaces communicate resilience and transformation, layering material and gesture to suggest lived experience and renewal.
Ottelien Huckin explores emotional presence and the quiet power of observation, while Ewa Podles’ compositions bring a contemplative intensity, balancing delicacy and force in ways that foreground autonomy and self-definition.
Together, the artists demonstrate that contemporary female representation is not singular but expansive and evolving. The Power of Her does not seek to define a single narrative; instead, it invites viewers to encounter multiplicity - to see women not as subjects of observation, but as originators of meaning.
Set within the White Box at Bankside Hotel - a space dedicated to creativity and cultural dialogue - the exhibition reinforces the hotel’s ongoing commitment to community, inclusivity and artistic discovery.
Exhibiting Artists:
Dr Helen Gørrill
Ottelien Huckin
Amy Judd
Georgi Morrison
Ewa Podles
Exhibition Details:
2 March - Late May 2026
The White Box, Bankside Hotel
2 Blackfriars Road, Upper Ground
London SE1 9JU
The exhibition is open to the public by appointment.
To arrange a visit, please contact Gallery Director Isobel Beauchamp at isobel@degreeart.com or 07708 251 687.
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