Kristjana Williams x Bodleian Libraries

The Bodleian Libraries are pleased to announce a thrilling collaboration for Oxfordshire ArtWeeks 2025 with award winning Icelandic artist, Kristjana Williams.

For this display, Kristjana has taken inspiration from a new Bodleian Publication Intrepid Women, by former Curator and Joint Head of Collections at Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum, Julia Nicholson.

The bespoke Bodleian edition of Kristjana's original artwork Tree of Exploration includes the six extraordinary women featured in the book who broke through the proverbial glass ceiling to carry out revolutionary field research in distant parts of the world 'unsuitable for ladies'.