Viewing Intricate hand-assembled collages by Sharon Walters

“If we don’t see ourselves represented back, it can act as a barrier to not succeeding”

Former Spotlight on The Wick and London-based artist, educator and project curator Sharon Walters is debuting her first London solo exhibition “Seeing Ourselves” at Hackelbury Fine Art. With meticulous hand-assembled collages, Walters celebrates the multifaceted identities of Black women, reshaping narratives and redefining cultural landscapes.

Drawing from diverse sources, including magazine clippings and personal photographs, she crafts a narrative of empowerment and representation. The title ‘Seeing Ourselves’ references the book by Frances Borzello which surveyed centuries of self portraits by white Western women artists. Walter’s work is a response to this absence of their own reflections in mainstream Western media, arts and cultural life.

In 2023, Walters was included in the group exhibition ‘Like Paradise,’ curated by Ekow Eshun, at Claridge’s ArtSpace.