Exhibition celebrates power of women

STAFF REPORTER

A powerful new exhibition, Vulvasphere - Woman Beyond the Surface, opens on Thursday June 5 and runs until Sunday June 15 at Lumi, a women-led co-working space and art gallery in Hout Bay.

This immersive exhibition invites the public into a rich, intimate space of art, storytelling, and sensory experience – challenging silence, shame, and invisibility surrounding the female body by celebrating it in all its complexity, diversity, and beauty.

Curated by sex educator and intimacy coach Jessica Adams, Vulvasphere blends sculpture, photography, painting, sound, and word art, into a layered exploration of vulva-bodied existence. From vulva casts, lens-based artistry and introspective portraits to poetry, music, and personal narratives of pleasure, the exhibition reclaims and reimagines what has long been hidden or dismissed.

Featured artists include Jessica Adams, Yvette Hess, Amy Keevy, Carla Classen, Nicole Biondi, Sophie Smith, C Jordan and Marie Kenny, alongside musician Brendan Adams, who composed a sound piece incorporating authentic audio expressions of pleasure.

“This is more than an exhibition,” says curator Jessica Adams. “It’s a call to come home to our bodies, our stories, and each other.”

The exhibition takes place at Lumi, Shop 2, The Village Gate, 19 Main Road, Hout Bay (opposite Dario’s Café, next to Ali’s Barber) from Tuesdays to Sundays, from 10am until 5pm.