The Body Is A Situation, a solo exhibition by Caroline Stephen, presents a series of photographs that explore the complexities of gender, identity, and self-construction through self-portraiture. The Body Is A Situation positions the body as something both experienced and performed – a site where identity is constantly negotiated. In this work, Stephen steps into the role of six hyper-feminine caricatures. These personas, drawn from media tropes and real-world archetypes, became tools for the artist to investigate the intersection of performance and reality. Through costume, gesture, and artifice, Stephen interrogates the visual language of femininity and the ways in which women are both shaped by and complicit in their own cultural representations.