Lot 298 - Siomha Harrington - Painted Furrow

Oil on paper
2024
A6 (10x15cm)
Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
Curated by Art on a Postcard

About
Síomha Harrington is an oil painter whose work explores themes of power dynamics, codependency, and the relationship between pleasure and pain. Her work is mostly figurative, often exaggerating or manipulating certain parts of the body to emphasise elements in the narrative. She paints using small, rigid brush strokes that mimic the feeling of control. Harrington’s practice is a way of processing memories and experiences in a way that she holds the control and is able to blend them with play and performance.

Education
2020-2023
BA (Hons) in Painting Fine Art, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK.

Group Exhibitions
2025
(upcoming) - After Leonora: Echos of Surrealism-2024, Gillian Jason Gallery, London, UK
(ongoing) Bloomberg’s New Contemporaries, ICA, London, UK

2024
Bloomberg’s New Contemporaries, The Levinsky Gallery, Plymouth, UK
Fairground 2024, Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, UK
The Private Art and Pasta Club, The Monday Pasta Club, Brighton, UK
Phony Art Collective, Gallery Lock In, Brighton, UK

2023
Boundless Whispers, Eve Leibe Gallery, Online Exhibition
Sun and Moon, Huang Contemporary, Wuhan, China
New Contemporaries, Dodomu Gallery, Online Exhibition
Degree Show, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK

2022
Coalescence, Edward Street Gallery, Brighton, UK

2021
ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London, UK

2018
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK

Awards
2024
Bloomberg's New Contemporaries

Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork
‘Painted Furrow’ depicts a person with rouged cheeks and painted furrowed brows, looking out to the viewer. I’m drawn to the concept of a masquerade- the idea of something being a pretence, a show or pretending to be something it is not. I often return to these painted on expressions of worry. I am fascinated by the idea of one face holding multiple expressions and creating false signals.