A multimedia exhibition exploring joy, presence, healing, and inner-child expression through collage, video, disco balls, and ritual.
What makes you feel joyfully present?
This question forms the foundation of “I Am Here,” an ongoing multimedia project by Alexandra Stenberg. Rooted in intuitive art-making and inner-child work, the work-in-progress exhibition unfolds as a ritualistic and conceptual exploration of wellbeing — not as a destination, but as a continuous practice of returning to the self.
Spanning multiple mediums and methods; video, canvas collage, disco balls, jewelry, and tactile installation, the exhibition reflects the artist’s understanding of wellbeing as multidisciplinary in itself — requiring different rituals, practices, and forms of expression to meet different emotional needs.
What began as an attempt to feel present through making evolved into the creation of a disco-ball alter ego — part armor, part sanctuary, and part celebration. This evolving figure became a safe space where the artist’s inner child could exist freely: expressive, emotional, excessive, playful, and unashamed. Alongside this persona, collage, craft, and tactile making transformed into grounding rituals, allowing the creative process itself to become a practice of presence and self-care.
The works are intentionally intuitive, unfinished, and resistant to polish, embracing the idea that “anything worth doing well is worth doing poorly.” Through experimentation, instinct, and messiness, the exhibition becomes a testament to showing up anyway — making, creating, and sharing even when the outcome remains unresolved.
Through glittering surfaces, layered textures, sequins, reflective materials, and extravagant gestures, “I Am Here” confronts childhood experiences of being perceived as “too much.” Rather than suppressing that “muchness,” Stenberg leans fully into it — embracing vulnerability, spectacle, play, and excess as forms of resistance, celebration, and self-preservation. Visitors are invited to reflect on their own relationship to joy, self-expression, and the inner child: What parts of ourselves were once hidden, suppressed, or made to feel shameful? What happens when we allow those parts to take up space again?
Artist bio:
Alexandra Stenberg (she/they) is a Swedish/Bulgarian multidisciplinary artist based in London. Working in the intersection of arts and health, their practice explores mental health, trauma, and healing. Rooted in personal experience, Alexandra’s work embraces the fragmented nature of human emotion, using symbolism and raw vulnerability to create spaces for reflection and connection. Since graduating from the University of the Arts London, they have worked with charities, communities, and arts organisations—facilitating and producing workshops, support hubs, and community projects aimed at fostering connection, resilience, and collective healing through creative expression.
Contact: If you have any questions regarding this exhibition, please email programming@stmargaretshouse.org.uk
Venue: The Chapel at St Margaret’s House, 21 Old Ford Road — E2 9PL
Access: We are working to make our Grade II listed building more accessible, but it will take some time. Please note that entry to the Chapel is not step-free. If you require access support (including our portable ramps) and/or access to an accessible toilet, please contact us on 020 8980 2092 or email programming@stmargaretshouse.org.uk so we can arrange this for you.
Opening Event: Friday 26th June, 6.30-8.30pm
Exhibition: Saturday 27th - Sunday 28th May, 10am-5pm
Tickets for the Opening Event are free, but registration is essential