September 21 – April 6, 2025
Feeling Her Way (2022) is an auditory and video-based installation, combining colour-tinted videos, vibrant and immersive wallpapers, and a display of music memorabilia from Sonia Boyce’s own collection. In this thought-provoking auditory and visual experience, Sonia highlights the vocal stylings of four female musicians: Jacqui Dankworth, Poppy Ajudha, Sofia Jernberg, and Tanita Tikaram. The central video shows the musicians improvising in the famed Studio Two at Abbey Road Studios, London, with composer Errollyn Wallen.
Sonia’s ongoing archive documents the transnational musical contributions made by Black British women. The surfaces of the gold geometric objects—referencing the mineral pyrite—reflect their surroundings, immersing visitors in the performance space.
Feeling Her Way (2022) won the Golden Lion for Best National Participation at the 59th Venice Biennale.
Presented in collaboration with the Art Gallery of Ontario and PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montréal, and made possible with the generous support of Hauser & Wirth, Lillian Mauer, and the Women Leading Initiative.
Bio
Sonia Boyce DBE RA (born 1962) is a British interdisciplinary artist and academic working across film, drawing, photography, print, sound, and installation.
A key figure in the Black Arts Movement in the early 1980s, Boyce continues to address issues of race and gender in Britain. Her recent work explores the intersection of art and social practice. She utilizes performance and audio-visual elements, encouraging collaboration, improvisation, and participation to blur the lines between artist and
audience.
In 2024, the artist received an DBE for art services in the King’s New Year Honours List and holds Honorary Doctorates from the Royal College of Art, The Courtauld, and Birmingham City University, UK. Her work appears in the collections of many British and international museums, including the TATE in London, Saastamoinen Foundation in Helsinki, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
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