Becoming Through Pain, a group exhibition curated by Huma Kabakcı, will be open to viewers from 25 March until 2 April 2026 at Somers Gallery, London.
Bringing together eight international women artists – Pauline Batista, Sena Başöz, Shannon Bono, Dyana Gravina, Jennifer Nieuwland, Lolita Pelegrime, Aziza Shaden and Gülce Tulçalı – the exhibition considers how experiences of pain shape the body and the self. Working across different media, the artists address medical histories and political realities, foregrounding repair as a generative and resistant act.
Rather than treating pain as something to be hidden or overcome, the exhibition frames it as a force that can produce new forms of understanding and solidarity. In doing so, it responds to the long-standing marginalisation of women’s bodily experiences, highlighting how harm is recorded, contested and transformed through artistic practice.
The project aligns with Sensity Studio’s broader commitment to supporting emerging women artists from developing countries as they establish sustainable careers in the UK and Europe.
The exhibition will be on view at Somers Gallery, 96 Chalton Street, London NW1 1HJ.
