Quilla Constance's 'Activating Intersections' to Open at New Art Exchange, Nottingham
Quilla Constance, a British-Jamaican artist known as QC, will showcase 'Activating Intersections' at New Art Exchange in Nottingham from 10 October 2026 to 16 January 2027. This exhibition is hailed as her most ambitious yet, merging painting, performance, and radical play to challenge concepts of identity and power. It features large-scale paintings, performances, costumes, and videos, influenced by anarcho-punk feminism and absurdist humor, to critique the societal and institutional frameworks shaping identity. Central to the exhibition are new monumental oil paintings that reinterpret the colonial aesthetics of British stately homes. The event will culminate on 16 January 2027, when the public engages with the works, turning Nottingham into a dynamic site of cultural dialogue.
Key facts
- Quilla Constance, also known as QC, is a British-Jamaican interdisciplinary artist.
- 'Activating Intersections' runs at New Art Exchange in Nottingham from 10 October 2026 until 16 January 2027.
- The exhibition is described as Constance's most ambitious presentation to date.
- It brings together large-scale painting, performance, costume and video.
- Its central element is a newly commissioned series of monumental oil paintings reimagining colonial interiors of British stately homes.
- The works dialogue with Constance's 2019 Tate Modern workshops, which involved more than a thousand participants using costumes and props to interrogate cultural stereotypes.
- 'The Grenadiers: New Regiment 2026' is a costume installation combining Tate performance garments with newly commissioned wearable sculptures.
- On 16 January 2027, the public will activate the works across the gallery and streets of Nottingham.
Entities
Artists
- Quilla Constance
Institutions
- New Art Exchange
- Tate Modern
Locations
- Nottingham
- United Kingdom
- London