Previous exhibitions: Anarcha’s Gallery
Anarcha’s Gallery is where we pass over the mic. Here are some previous exhibitions which have been displayed in the space.
"Know Your Body Like Nobody Else": Cervical Screening Redesigned
June 2024 - December 2024
An installation by Ella Clancy blending photography, participatory activities, and 3D work. Ella inspects the realities of gynaecological health, specifically cervical screening (also known as the ‘smear test’). She is challenging the embarrassment that people with cervixes can often feel about attending their screening with soft, welcoming, and rewarding interventions. She encourages well-informed and open dialogue between friends, patients, and health professionals.
Ella’s instagram: @designermakerella
Herstory
February 2024 - June 2024
The world has changed a lot in the past 200 years. But we've been systematically denied essential information throughout these changes. Artist Malikah Holder explores the timeline of our bodies in her work 'Herstory'.
26 year old motion graphic designer, animator, illustrator and creative director, Holder has been living with endometriosis since the age of 13 and taught herself how to animate and adapted to working from her bed.
As a teenager, she began to volunteer as a designer for businesses and events to create social change. She has designed for Birmingham Museums Trust, Cysters, Aston Hall, BOM, Sony Music, TEDx and other organisations.
Culture, information access, chronic illness, race, neurodivergence and amplifying voices to inform on important issues have been the main themes and influences of her work as a visual artist and designer. Holder has created a space for herself after not feeling represented in the art world and works alongside incredible trailblazers to make more inclusive spaces.
This work was originally commissioned by BOM in 2020.
