my body in my hands

In May 2023 ceramicist Sam Lucas and I curated an exhibition with artists from several countries (UK, USA, Australia, Mexico, Austria, Greece and Cyprus) at Stroud Valleys Artspace (SVA). The works were submitted via Sam’s instagram call out @theweightofbeing for work in any medium about how it feels (not necessarily how it looks) to be in your body, and to photograph the work in hand. It forms part of Sam’s PhD research project and produced a conceptually broad and exciting response with over 100 artists participating in the exhibition at SVA Stroud and over 300 in the online gallery. Materially wide open, the works range from ceramics, found objects, paper, natural materials and human matter to short videos.

This year Sam and I produced a publication of 99 of the participating artists - a labour of love and a revisiting of varied and deeply felt themes of emotional and visceral bodily knowledge and understanding. A limited number of books are availale to buy via my email nick@nicolagrellier.co.uk £15 + P&P.