“We were so intrigued by Amy Abbott’s work we just had to share with you all. They are shocking in their own way, with her simple line sketches, almost childlike, they remind us of Egon Sciele’s wiry characters and of Otto Dix’s disturbing erotic fantasy drawings.” A Ballad 0f Magazine |
| Amy Abbott’s practice is a feminist study exploring the taboos of female gender roles and sexual identity in present society. Abbott uses feminists quotes by Germaine Greer and Virginia Woolf as a reference point for her drawings to engage both humour and an understanding of the emotions in her drawings. |
| Amy Abbott’s research acknowledges negative stereotypes of women being a weaker sex and shows women’s sexuality through ‘masculine’ activities such as masturbation. By doing so Abbott focuses on the women’s emotional relationship as wife or mother to present an unprejudiced insight into gender roles and sexuality. |
| A natural and spontaneous artist this passion for exploration means that Abbott uses a variety of mixed media techniques including drawing, painting, collage, etching and mono-print. |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
| London College of Communication, London, UK Association of Illustrators, Images 35, New Talent Illustrator, 2011http://www.aoiimages.com/I35selected.htm |
| Islington Arts Factory , London, UK Summer Salon 8th - 29th July 2011 http://www.islingtonartsfactory.org/exhibitions/summer-salon |
| The Rag Factory, London, UK ForSee Exhibition, Raising money for Parkinsons Disease ,14th April 2011, |
| Chelsea College of Art, London, UK The Chelsea PostcardAuction, 28th February 2011 http://www.chelseapostcards.blogspot.com |
| The Crunch Festival, The Globe, Hereford, UK Exhibition #2, The Museum of Everything, 19th - 21st November 2010 http://www.musevery.com/exhibition1/exhibition2.html |
| Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK MA Illustration Degree Show, 14 - 17th July 2010 http://maillustration2010.wordpress.com/exhibiting-artists/ |
| Tate Modern, Turbine Hall, London, UK Exhibition #2, The Museum of Everything, May 2010 |
| London College of Communication Association of Illustrators, Images 32, New Talent Illustrator, 29th July - 27th August 2008 http://www.theaoi.com/illustration/showgallery.php?cat=524 |
| COMPETITIONS |
| 2011 The Association of Illustrators, Images 35 - the best of British Contemporary Illustration, New Talent Illustrator, London, UK |
| 2008 The Association of Illustrators, Images 32 - the best of British Contemporary Illustration, New Talent Illustrator, London, UK http://www.aoiimages.com/images.htm |
| PUBLICATIONS |
| The Book of EVERYTHING #2 (2010) www.musevery.com/exhibition1/exhibition2.html Images 32 The best of contemporary Illustration (2008) http://www.aoiimages.com/annual.htm |
| COLLECTIONS |
| The Museum of Everything’s permanent collection, featuring the 100+ newly discovered British artists who revealed their works at Exhibition #2 in London's Tate Modern. |
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