Activating Intersections is the most
ambitious presentation to date by the
British-Jamaican interdisciplinary artist
Quilla Constance aka QC. Merging anarcho-
punk feminism, carnivalesque play, and
absurdist humour, QC deploys a fiercely
subversive practice across socially
engaged performance, large-scale oil
painting, costume, and video. By
strategically infiltrating institutional
galleries, public streets, and mainstream
television-most notably her critically
acclaimed intervention on the BAFTA-
winning Sky Max series Rob & Romesh Vs
(Art)-her work disrupts the hegemonic
structures that restrict and marginalise
Global Ethnic Majority, female, LGBTQ+,and
working-class identities.
BIG THANKS to everyone who visited my solo exhibition Teasing Out Contingencies at The Higgins, Bedford. This show is now closed – However, delighted to announce my next solo show Activating Intersections (commissioned by Arts Council England) will open in the main gallery at New Art Exchange, Nottingham: October 2026 - January 2027.
In the meantime see links below for info about my previous projects:
QC Quote: In a statement to The New York Times, Quilla Constance said of the Suffragettes "They were really quite anarchic... They had to really fight. And we still have to fight... I think they're here today in spirit, and we're giving them high fives"
