Exhibition
The Sleepers
This exhibition explores how women artists have articulated complex and differing experiences of sleep and rest.
18th Sept 2025 – 22nd Feb 2026
Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DF
Scenes of rest have long been a generative motif for women artists, helping them to articulate complex and differing experiences of family, health and work.
This exhibition brings together a century of works across a variety of mediums: paintings, prints and textiles, including a collaborative quilt. In their own unique way, all offer a counterpoint to the familiar artistic genre of the reclining nude. In this exhibition, we see work made by women artists on their own terms.
'The Sleepers' Gwen Raverat
'The Rest Before the Revolution' Jenny Polak & Nancy Willis