Tessa Boffin, Stole My Heart - For Mel in Utrecht, 21.8.90, 1990. Tessa Boffin Archive, UCA Farnham, BOFF_4_2_1. Courtesy of the Boffin family and the Tessa Boffin Archive, UCA Farnham

Devonshire Collective, Photoworks, BACKLIT and Aspex announce Tessa Boffin: Where We Touch the Archive, an ambitious national touring exhibition responding to the work of artist and activist Tessa Boffin (1960–1993).

The exhibition is on show at Devonshire Collective until 5 September before travelling to Nottingham, Brighton and Portsmouth throughout 2026–27.

Tessa Boffin’s practice spanned photography, writing, performance and activism, consistently challenging dominant narratives around gender, sexuality and visibility. Boffin’s work remains urgently relevant to contemporary queer and feminist communities and this project asks what it means to an archive as a generative, collective space.

The tour features work by Tessa Boffin and newly commissioned work from artists Sophie Mak-Schram and Leah McLaine, developed in direct response to Boffin’s images, pedagogy and politics. Both artists and the curatorial team have been immersed in extensive archival research, drawing on collections held by the University for the Creative Arts, The Estate of Tessa Boffin/The Gupta+Singh Archives and Hales Gallery (London and New York).

To find out more please go to the direct link.