Vulvasphere - Woman Beyond the Surface - A Bold, Multi-Sensory Exhibition Opens 5 June at Lumi in Hout Bay

Cape Town, South Africa — A powerful new exhibition, Vulvasphere - Woman Beyond the Surface, opens on 5 June and runs until 15 June 2025 at Lumi, a women-led co-working space and art gallery in Hout Bay. This immersive exhibition invites the public into a rich, intimate space of art, storytelling, and sensory experience - challenging silence, shame, and invisibility surrounding the female body by celebrating it in all its complexity, diversity, and beauty.

Curated by sex educator and intimacy coach Jessica Adams, Vulvasphere blends sculpture, photography, painting, sound, and word art, into a layered exploration of vulva-bodied existence. From vulva casts, lens-based artistry and introspective portraits to poetry, music, and personal narratives of pleasure, the exhibition reclaims and reimagines what has long been hidden or dismissed.

Featured artists include Jessica Adams, Yvette Hess, Amy Keevy, Carla Classen, Nicole Biondi, Sophie Smith, CJordan and Marie Kenny, alongside musician Brendan Adams, who composed a sound piece incorporating authentic audio expressions of pleasure.

With its interdisciplinary approach and inclusive programming - including artist talks and workshops - Vulvasphere promises to foster open, thoughtful dialogue across genders and generations on themes of embodiment, pleasure, and radical self-acceptance.

“This is more than an exhibition,” says curator Jessica Adams. “It’s a call to come home to our bodies, our stories, and each other.”

Exhibition Dates: 5 June – 15 June 2025
 Venue: Lumi, Shop 2, The Village Gate, 19 Main Road, Hout Bay (opposite Dario’s Café, next to Ali’s Barber)
Opening Times: Tuesdays to Sundays, 10am – 5pm

This exhibition is made possible with support from the Austrian Cultural Forum at the Austrian Embassy in Pretoria.