Join us for a gallery talk in conversation with Serena Korda, the artist behind our exhibition Triple Goddess and Bryony Bond, Director of the Harley Foundation.
Serena Korda’s work is vibrant and bold, detailed and expressive. It is also closely linked to the act of feminist storytelling, taking society’s deeply ingrained stories of womanhood and reshaping them for a modern generation of women. Maidenhood, motherhood, menopause – all are represented amongst the stories of Serena’s work, as she challenges and questions the restrictions and pressures that society places on women.
Join us for this gallery talk to hear Serena discuss her broader feminist influences, as well as the personal life experiences behind each work. Learn about the process of creating the ‘mothering plates’, new work made specifically for this exhibition, in partnership with her 6-year-old daughter. Discover how Serena is reworking the narrative of the menopause, transforming it from a tale of loss and decline into something new.
Serena Korda
Serena Korda (born 1979, London) has a multi-media, installation-based practice with world-building at its core. Her work channels and challenges the myths, folklore, witchcraft, and magic from which she draws inspiration. She was awarded the Paul Hamlyn Artists Award (2021) and was the Norma Lipan/BALTIC Fellow in Ceramic Sculpture at Newcastle University (2016–2018).
Korda has exhibited widely, including at Hayward Gallery (Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art), Camden Arts Centre, Glasgow International, Wellcome Collection, Turner Contemporary, and The Tetley, and has delivered public art commissions including W.A.M.A. (Work as Movement Archive) (2012) and Black Diamond (2015). Recent solo projects include Missing Time at BALTIC, Gateshead; Daughters of Necessity at The Hepworth Wakefield (2018); The Bell Tree with Trust New Art and Bluecoat (2018); and Missing Time, a performance for The High Line, New York (2018).
Bryony Bond
Bryony is the Director of the Harley Foundation and has led the charity since March 2025. She has over 20 years of experience in museums and galleries having worked as a Director and Curator in Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, London and Edinburgh.
Top image: Serena Korda, The Maidens. Commissioned by East Quay, Courtesy of Cooke Latham Gallery, Photography by Stephen Simons.
Serena Korda circle image: Courtesy of Cooke Latham Gallery and East Quay, Watchet. Photography by Jesse Wild.
Bryony Bond circle image: Photography by Jules Lister.
