“Unheard conversations” is K’Zhayha’s personal experience of motherhood; a difficult time where, alongside the joy of being a new mother, she experienced postpartum depression, hair loss, breastfeeding and body dysmorphia. Things not spoken about or not considered ‘normal’.

The effects of these situations are known but, surprisingly, not part of the popular ‘motherhood’ narratives. There is very little information to help understand the emotional, mental and physical burden a mother has to endure once she has given birth. In K’Zhayha’s work, operating as Artist Activist/Educator, she documents conversations with young mums, using the everyday materials such as breast pads, clumps hair and pieces of clothing to represent the everyday struggles.

The six plaster tiles in the exhibition represent the six months after the birth of her baby, a time in which she endured these experiences before finding a balance between social life and baby.