Art on a Postcard International Women’s Day Auction - Curated by Jo McLaughlin

About 

I am an interdisciplinary artist looking at the relationship between art, science and data with a particular interest in astronomy and climate change. I graduated from Central Saint Martins’s MA Art and Science program in 2019 with a distinction and I also attended UCA Maidstone for my foundation diploma and Kingston University London where I studied for a BA in Fine Art graduating in 2010. I have exhibited widely in the UK and abroad as well as visited and worked with several sights of scientific and historical significance such as CERN, Royal Observatory Greenwich, The Royal Society and UCL Observatory. I was invited to become an artist in residence with Planet Labs in 2021, where I was given access to Planet’s global imaging library to develop work looking at the effects of climate change. This opportunity then led to my work being launched into space in 2022 as part of Planet’s Art in Space programme. I work across many mediums including painting, printing and fibre art as well as digital art-making techniques such as AI analysis and creative coding. My postcard ‘Window to Space’ is a combination of analogue and digital art-making techniques combining images and the colours of the cosmos.   

Education 

2019 
MA Art and Science - Central Saint Martins  

2010 
BA (Hons) Fine Art - Kingston University London  

2007 
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design – UCA 

Selected Exhibitions 

BobCat Gallery - Winter Boutique 2023  

Autumn Group Show 2023 - Lilford Gallery  

SOTA Marketplace's Accessible Art Fair - The Lab E20  

Home - ArtCan - The Department Store  

Rejects - Art Friend   

The Affordable Art Fair Hampstead  

Planet - Art in Space   

Inspire - D-Contemporary  

Literary Lunar - Moon Village Association   

AI-Art - Lebenson Gallery   

Hannah Pratt | Jupiter - 70 Victoria Street  

The Colour of Starlight - 44 Hallam Street                                                                           

Through the Looking Glass - Lumen Studios.  

Way of Seeing - Deptford Does Art  

RIFT MA Art and Science Degree Show  

Cosmic Perspectives - Ugly Duck  

Changing Expectations - The Royal Society 

Awards 

Women United Art Prize 2023 - Special Mention Collage and Fibre Art Category 

Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork 

The collage I have donated represents a merging of my work, examining the colors found in the cosmos, and my work involving found images of space. The colors used in the piece are generated using AI code, which analyzes the colors found in images of the night sky. The image of the galaxy is sourced from a series of pictures found in various places, such as old encyclopedias, textbooks and charity shops. 

The combination of digital and analogue techniques often occurs in my practise as I love the combination of using virtual processes and making work with my own two hands. I have consistently employed collage as a conduit to explore new ideas and as a way to use any materials left over from my other works. I really enjoy the process! 

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