Artist Shaniqwa Jarvis is set to debut her first UK solo exhibition, "Only Love Can Break Your Heart," at London’s Public Gallery on April 30, 2026. The show features twelve new works that blend photography with silk, mirrored surfaces, aluminum, and collage to explore themes of grief, memory, and renewal. Central to the exhibition are immersive silk installations that create live double exposures and a new film work that weaves together personal archival footage with intimate conversations on motherhood, labor, and identity.
This exhibition marks a significant international milestone for Jarvis, transitioning her practice from traditional portraiture into a highly material, interdisciplinary territory. By integrating her photography into physical objects and textiles, Jarvis challenges the perceived flatness of the medium and asserts the photograph as a tactile record of time. The concurrent release of her new book, "GUTS," further solidifies her growing influence in the contemporary art world as she bridges the gap between personal narrative and formal experimentation.