A new exhibition at GoMA with the artist Jessica Ramm, who is an artist and writer based in Glasgow. Her work in sculpture, print and performance explores themes of vulnerability, communication and connection. She often works collaboratively, and the relationships she builds inform how her material processes unfold.

For Hard Edges Soft Layers, Jessica explored vulnerability in relation to motherhood, drawing from the fear, shame and wonder she experienced in the early days of parenthood. Hard Edges Soft Layers is an exhibition of new works that came out of her personal reflections alongside research into female collective action, histories of witchcraft and portrayals of motherhood and breastfeeding in art.

This exhibition is part of The Milky Way programme at GoMA which was developed by Mammas Write (a collective of mothers determined to continue creating through the chaos of new motherhood), Jessica Ramm and staff at the museum as part of Feed. Feed is a collaborative art project that challenges social stigmas around human milk and promotes inclusive, sustainable approaches to infant feeding and public space. Feed has been developed as part of In Certain Places, a public art research project based at the University of Lancashire. GoMA’s project The Milky Way and this exhibition are funded by the Arts Council of England and Glasgow Life.