AMY GARDNER
Amy Gardner is an Australian born, London based multi media artist, best known for her bold use of colour and uplifting images. The driving force behind her work is celebrating womanhood, the power of women supporting women, and respectfully nodding to the movement and 'history of effort' gifted to us from generations of women before us.
Amy is particularly interested in the experience of women, the hidden labour, and the physical movements of women. She often uses found image from 1950's advertising archives to smash the ideal of the 'perfect woman' illustrating just how archaic, yet prevalent in contemporary culture these ideals are. Bringing and instinctive and playful element to her work; she is non-apologetic, non-conformist, and bold in her approach. Her artistic output isn't planned; it's very much from a place of following urges, instincts, and flow. Every new season of work tells a different story.
To amplify the message of celebrating our imperfects and embracing our uniqueness Amy deliberately works outside of the realm of printing standards; mis-registering, imperfect hand cut stencils, as well as pushing and disregarding perceives limits. In this respect, her work could be seen to hint at the often subtle ways in which women have historically subverted the constraints of their 'alloted' roles.
Amy merges many print mediums, lino, screenprint, and monoprints, often combining them with gestural flow likes movements (or swooshes and splats), ink pulling, collage and photography. She uses energetic movement, colour, and flow to produce her work.
Amy works from her home studio as well as from communal print studios across London. Her work can be found in various private collections worldwide and currently exhibits with a number of galleries across the UK, and sells at various international art fairs. Amy also is the founder of Aunt Joy Gallery, a collective of female artists who are looking to make a dent in the rubbish statistics on the representation of women in art, while also paving a smoother path for young female creatives.
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