An exhibition of installations that explores aspects of female identity.
New work from Chris Avis and Jill Bryson presents a series of linked installations that investigate characteristics of female identity. The installations consider female lives from the uncertainties of youth through to the challenges of old age. The work covers female pride and obsession; attitudes towards self in relation to how the female form is used and perceived; and how women are viewed in different cultures and at different points in their lives.
Five free standing installations use a total of eight life size identical mannequins in surprising and unusual ways. Paint, collage, photography, print and mixed media are assimilated into the work that encompasses the installations and the wall pieces.
Chris Avis and Jill Bryson are London based artists who live and work in Islington. They have collaborated on joint ideas over the last twelve months.
Avis returned to her studio five years ago after a period in senior management, since then she has exhibited widely. www.chrisavisartist.com Through the support of ‘Proportion>London’ she has exhibited a series of installations using the mannequin as a female icon. She has just completed a Winston Churchill Travel Fellowship (2013) researching attitudes to older artists across the art capitals of northern Europe. As a result of the fellowship she has been encouraged by ‘Barbican Guildhall Creative Learning’ to develop work for a public audience through an ‘Open Lab’ application which is pending.
Bryson was one half of the successful musical duo Strawberry Switchblade in the 1980’s, returning to art following the bands demise. A graduate of the Glasgow School of Art, she works in a variety of media www.jillbryson.com, exhibiting regularly. She is currently writing and performing with her new band The Shapists, with her daughter, Jessie. A retrospective of Strawberry Switchblade’s music is to be released on Stephen Pastel’s Geographic label later this year.
New work from Chris Avis and Jill Bryson presents a series of linked installations that investigate characteristics of female identity. The installations consider female lives from the uncertainties of youth through to the challenges of old age. The work covers female pride and obsession; attitudes towards self in relation to how the female form is used and perceived; and how women are viewed in different cultures and at different points in their lives.
Five free standing installations use a total of eight life size identical mannequins in surprising and unusual ways. Paint, collage, photography, print and mixed media are assimilated into the work that encompasses the installations and the wall pieces.
Chris Avis and Jill Bryson are London based artists who live and work in Islington. They have collaborated on joint ideas over the last twelve months.
Avis returned to her studio five years ago after a period in senior management, since then she has exhibited widely. www.chrisavisartist.com Through the support of ‘Proportion>London’ she has exhibited a series of installations using the mannequin as a female icon. She has just completed a Winston Churchill Travel Fellowship (2013) researching attitudes to older artists across the art capitals of northern Europe. As a result of the fellowship she has been encouraged by ‘Barbican Guildhall Creative Learning’ to develop work for a public audience through an ‘Open Lab’ application which is pending.
Bryson was one half of the successful musical duo Strawberry Switchblade in the 1980’s, returning to art following the bands demise. A graduate of the Glasgow School of Art, she works in a variety of media www.jillbryson.com, exhibiting regularly. She is currently writing and performing with her new band The Shapists, with her daughter, Jessie. A retrospective of Strawberry Switchblade’s music is to be released on Stephen Pastel’s Geographic label later this year.
Exclusive Individuals
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Installations and Prints by Chris Avis
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Decadent Decay
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