Women in Art - Raising the Bar
15 FEBRUARY 2022 - 08 MARCH 2022
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9. Judy Clarkson
Isolated Selves
Isolated Selves
Oil on Canvas
117 cm x 152 cm x 3 cm
2020
Signature front, signature and date on back
Isolated Selves was conceived and painted during lockdown. I had been about to exhibit in the Chaiya Art Awards shortlist exhibition, when lockdown descended. The exhibition had to be postponed, but in the meantime I was invited to conceive a work for an online show hosted by Chaiya, 'Impact', on the theme of Covid. This painting was the result. I wanted to express the way in which lockdown was, for many a folding in on oneself, a time of introspection. The reiterated central figure is trapped within himself, yet fragmented and decentralised. In this painting, I look at how we depend on others for our sense of self and our sense of identity, and how being cut off from the world of others we can become disoriented to the point of disintegration.
Isolated Selves was selected for The Wilderness Project, an exhibition themed on the lockdown at The Crypt Gallery, Euston Rd.
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£7,000 - 9,000
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Notes
As a figurative artist, I seek to explore the human condition. Often my subjects are caught in the act of self-confrontation in situations which are disconcerting or improbable. However, these figures are not symbols, but highly detailed representations of real people, with real emotions and experiences.
I work in oil on canvas, densely layering the paint to create an effect realistic at a distance, yet richly textured in proximity. In this way, I aim to portray an intensely physical and intimate rendition of the subject's 'moment'.
Education:
1983 - 87 St Martin's School of Art, BA Fine Art, 2.1
Awards:
Nude Category Award, Artist of the Year, The Artist Lounge 2021
Judges' Choice Award, Chaiya Art Awards 2021
Winner of the Holly Bush Emerging Woman Painter Prize 2018
Selected shortlists/exhibitions:
New Lights Art Prize, national touring exhibition 2020/21
The Ing Discerning Eye, Mall Gallery/online 2019/20
The Society of Women Artists' Exhibition, online 2020
Isolation Mastered, JD Malat Gallery, Mayfair, London, 2020
The John Ruskin Prize shortlist, The Holden Gallery, Manchester, 2019
www.judyclarkson.com
Instagram: @judy_clarkson_art
