Care & Defiance Exhibition

Luna's inaugural print exhibition, Care & Defiance, is taking place at Centrala Gallery, Birmingham from 1-27 May 2026. Opening on Friday 1st May, 5pm onwards as part of Digbeth First Friday.

Eleven artists have been selected from our Open Call to feature a body of work in the exhibition alongside 2 national female photography collectives, POST photo collective and UK Black Female Photography Community and a curated selection of Lisel Haas' archive in partnership with Bertz Associates. 

The exhibition will also feature a curated salon hang of all entrants work from the Open Call. 

Open Call Selected Artists

Alishah Iqbal

Caitriona Dunnett

Cheyenne Hall

Editoriat

Ellie Smith

Kara

Laura Gale

Puffin Alwarey

Safa B. Malik

Sylwia Ciszewska-Peciak

Vicky Hodgson

Theme: Care & Defiance

Womanhood means holding multiple things in balance, switching roles, being both tender and tough. In this open call we want to see work that encompasses the contemporary female gaze in all its forms. 

We invite photography that represents not only how you experience the world as it is today but that gives us a glimpse into how it might be tomorrow. Revolutions whispered quietly. Moments of resistance shouted out loud. Love and rage and everything in between. 

Join us on the opening night to celebrate, Friday 1st May, 5pm onwards as part of Digbeth First Friday. 

Find out more about the talks and events taking place during the exhibition.