Raye Kreidel’s “Female Gays” Exhibition Opens at Numa Sala in Lisbon
by Adriano Batista
If you’re in Lisbon this June, Raye Kreidel‘s first solo exhibition is worth your attention. “Female Gays” opens on 3 June at Numa Sala Gallery and runs through 12 June, bringing together analogue photography and installation drawn from Kreidel’s involvement in queer, kink, and sex-work communities. The title twists the familiar “female gaze” into something more pointed: a way of looking that documents what already exists rather than explaining it.
Raye Kreidel
The artist doesn’t photograph these bodies like she’s studying them or trying to make a point, she just pays attention, and that attention feels generous rather than curious. Desire shows up in the work as something people already understand about themselves, not something the camera needs to figure out. Whether a photograph lands as explicit or intimate probably depends on who’s looking, and that says more about what we bring to the image than about what’s actually happening in it. A lot of work about these communities gets tangled up in either moral caution or sensationalism, but Raye sidesteps both, and what you get instead is a record of people taking ownership of their pleasure and their image without having to explain or defend themselves. That shouldn’t feel rare, but it does.
Raye Kreidel – Beg For It – 2023
Raye Kreidel – Bootlicker – 2026
Raye Kreidel – Cuddle Cruising – 2024
Raye Kreidel – Dripping – 2026
Raye Kreidel – Perignon Pâtisserie – 2025
Raye Kreidel – Secret Garden – 2026
Numa Sala Gallery is at Rua Neves Ferreira 17C, with doors open daily from 15:00 to 19:00. The show kicks off with a vernissage on 3 June, followed by a finissage party on 12 June. Both run into the evening. If you’re around, step inside.
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