In partnership with Contemporary Collective x DA Gallery, The Power of Her brings together a dynamic group of contemporary women artists whose practices reclaim narrative, challenge perception and redefine the female gaze.
Staged in the White Box at Bankside Hotel from 2 March to late May 2026, the exhibition launches in alignment with International Women’s Day and reflects a shared commitment to artistic authorship, visibility and voice.
The exhibition brings together six distinct artistic voices – Amy Judd, Ottelien Huckin, Dr Helen Gørrill, Ewa Podles and Georgi Morrison – 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, repositioning women as originators of meaning, complexity and narrative.
All the participating artists — with the exception of Dr Helen Gørrill — have previously been part of the hotel’s Artist-in-Residence programme, contributing to the creative fabric of the hotel through their time in its studio spaces. 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 whilst Ewa Podles’ compositions bring a contemplative intensity, balancing delicacy and force in ways that foreground autonomy and self -definition.
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.
The exhibition is open to the public by appointment only
