Lot 15 - Megan Rea - My Love Sits With You
Oil on Handmade Paper
2022
Approx. A6 (15x10cm) Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
ARTIST INFO
About
My practice celebrates fictitious cityscapes in Italian frescoes by reimagining them as architectural fragments in their freshly painted state. Inspired by the shallow perspective and distorted buildings depicted in medieval wall paintings, the forms I create reflect the movement and character of the figures in the original frescoes. My paintings observe an environment stripped of human life - focusing instead on the uninhabited spaces and artefacts of life once lived.
Making my own paper has become core to my practice to imitate the dry surface of a fresco. The paper is pocked, catching previous layers of paint to give the appearance of a weathered plaster wall.
Education
BA (hons) Fine Art, Edinburgh College of Art (2013-16)
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, University of the Arts London (2012-13)
Select Exhibitions/Awards
2022
Meet Me By The River, online exhibition, curated by Purslane
Together/Somewhere, online exhibition curated by Visionary Projects and Art City Works
Cool, Fresh, Sweet Waters, exhibiting alongside Nina Silverberg and Becky Tucker, The Tub, London
2021
As in Facade, online exhibition curated by Rajaa Paixao, Janet Rady Fine Art
In a New Light, open call online exhibition curated by Art City Works
These Boots Are Made For Walking, online exhibition, Studi0, Switzerland
Release, Sophie Breitmeyer London
Rough Around The Edges with Matteo Santacroce, online exhibition curated by The Artists Contemporary
Works on Paper 3, online exhibition, Blue Shop Cottage, London
The Birthday Party, online exhibition curated by The Artists Contemporary
Awards
HIX Award Shortlisted Artist 2018
RSA John Kinross scholarship 2017
Open Contemporary Young Artist Award 2017
RSA New Contemporaries Selected Artist 2017
Publications
Art Maze magazine issue 22
The Artists Contemporary podcast
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