The Skin We Wear is a duo exhibition of work by fine art students from the University of Leeds, exploring the physicality of bodies around us.

The body of work on display explores a variety of themes from an exploration into the qualities of skin confronting the changes in our bodies through the process of adolescence that tightens and manipulates the skin we wear.

Other work in this show reimagines representations of the female body challenging controls of the ‘Gaze’ and how female figures are seen through the grotesque.

The exhibition aims to confront notions around our bodies rebelling against imposed constraints around female sexuality, structures of power and standards of beauty through a vast series of contemporary paint work.

Artists

Daniel Brocklesby
Verity Moulding

More information

The Skin We Wear is one of a number of student exhibitions taking place across Leeds this May, as part of the University of Leeds' Fine Art Level 2 Festival of Art 2025.

See the full Festival of Art 2025 exhibition programme.