Kingston Liberal Synagogue member Ali Simmons, and her co-curator David Hochhauser, have created a new exhibition entitled People of the Body: Contemporary Artist Explorations of Jewish Embodiment.

Ali – an arts educator, organiser and maker – and David were awarded a microgrant by Limmud to fund the free exhibition, which runs from 30 August to 1 September at the exhibition space at Garden Walk, Shoreditch, London.

Featuring the work of 10 diverse and talented UK-based artists, the drawings, paintings, sculptures and fashion garments on display depict the nuances of Jewish embodiment and offered each artist’s unique perspectives on identity, heritage and physicality.

Ali, one of whose paintings is pictured above, said: “Our aim is not to define, but to expand and explore the broadness of the Jewish body and its significance within Jewish culture and thought.”