Jessica Ramm: Hard Edges Soft layers
COMMONSpace
13 September – 30 November 2025

Jessica Ramm is an artist and writer based in Glasgow. Her work in sculpture, print and performance explores themes of vulnerability, communication and connection. She often works collaboratively, and the relationships she builds inform how her processes unfold.

For The Milky Way project at GoMA, Ramm explored vulnerability in relation to motherhood, drawing from the fear, shame and wonder she experienced in the early days of parenthood. Hard Edges Soft Layers is an exhibition of new works that came out of her personal reflections alongside research into female collective action, histories of witchcraft, and portrayals of motherhood and breastfeeding in art.

Wellbeing warning: Some of these artworks contain emotional responses to motherhood, including feelings of isolation, breastfeeding, loss and challenges, which may affect people in different ways. If you are affected by any of the issues portrayed, please visit our website for information and resources.

Feed is a collaborative art project that challenges social stigmas around human milk and promotes inclusive, sustainable approaches to infant feeding and public spaces. It was developed by Elaine Speight as part of In Certain Places, a public art research project based at the University of Lancashire. The Milky Way and this exhibition are funded by the Arts Council of England and Glasgow Life.