'Tamsin' by Victoria Sills
'Tamsin'
15 x 16 cm
Graphite on 220gsm Paper
2024
£750
Bespoke framing available for Greater London collectors only | Lead time is 8 weeks from confirmation
Victoria Sills (b.1977) is an artist and graduate of the University of Brighton and The Other MA. She currently resides and works from her studio on the coast of Essex. Victoria works across multiple disciplines, primarily with paint, print and drawing using traditional methods to explore contemporary subjects such as mental health in an ever-increasing technological world. Solo exhibitions include emovere at The Stone Space Gallery in Leytonstone. Selected group exhibitions include The ING Discerning Eye 2024, Society of Women Artists 2024, SFSA Drawing Open 2024, The Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize 2023, Royal Institute of Oil Painters 2022, 2023, HOME at The Department Store London, Amplify at New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Salon des Refusés (Camden Image Gallery), Southend Big Screen and Relay projects (Focal Point Gallery) and The Essex Open. The Masking series of paintings and drawings intend to explore feelings of isolation and anxiety. Through these works Sills examines the way in which we can often conceal our true emotions. “The pictures that I paint or draw are in a way self-portraits and aim to channel a nostalgic glance into my own memories and emotions. I use AI to generate reference imagery that best represent my recollections and then transform these images into paintings, drawings and etchings. By painting or drawing from these AI generated images I attempt to inject more of a human touch, adding imperfections, inaccuracies and perhaps a little soul.” The works in the Masking series are set in a non-specific 1970s/80s era where many neurodivergent conditions went undiagnosed. The paintings explore themes of masking as a female. Girls in particular often face pressure to hide or change their natural traits in order to fit in socially. Masking can help avoid bullying or judgement short-term, but has been shown to cause long-term harm to mental health. The painted masks and hats overtly symbolise this, with the lone central figure separate from the party, isolated in their own mind.
'Tamsin'
15 x 16 cm
Graphite on 220gsm Paper
2024
£750
Bespoke framing available for Greater London collectors only | Lead time is 8 weeks from confirmation
Victoria Sills (b.1977) is an artist and graduate of the University of Brighton and The Other MA. She currently resides and works from her studio on the coast of Essex. Victoria works across multiple disciplines, primarily with paint, print and drawing using traditional methods to explore contemporary subjects such as mental health in an ever-increasing technological world. Solo exhibitions include emovere at The Stone Space Gallery in Leytonstone. Selected group exhibitions include The ING Discerning Eye 2024, Society of Women Artists 2024, SFSA Drawing Open 2024, The Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize 2023, Royal Institute of Oil Painters 2022, 2023, HOME at The Department Store London, Amplify at New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Salon des Refusés (Camden Image Gallery), Southend Big Screen and Relay projects (Focal Point Gallery) and The Essex Open. The Masking series of paintings and drawings intend to explore feelings of isolation and anxiety. Through these works Sills examines the way in which we can often conceal our true emotions. “The pictures that I paint or draw are in a way self-portraits and aim to channel a nostalgic glance into my own memories and emotions. I use AI to generate reference imagery that best represent my recollections and then transform these images into paintings, drawings and etchings. By painting or drawing from these AI generated images I attempt to inject more of a human touch, adding imperfections, inaccuracies and perhaps a little soul.” The works in the Masking series are set in a non-specific 1970s/80s era where many neurodivergent conditions went undiagnosed. The paintings explore themes of masking as a female. Girls in particular often face pressure to hide or change their natural traits in order to fit in socially. Masking can help avoid bullying or judgement short-term, but has been shown to cause long-term harm to mental health. The painted masks and hats overtly symbolise this, with the lone central figure separate from the party, isolated in their own mind.
'Tamsin'
15 x 16 cm
Graphite on 220gsm Paper
2024
£750
Bespoke framing available for Greater London collectors only | Lead time is 8 weeks from confirmation
Victoria Sills (b.1977) is an artist and graduate of the University of Brighton and The Other MA. She currently resides and works from her studio on the coast of Essex. Victoria works across multiple disciplines, primarily with paint, print and drawing using traditional methods to explore contemporary subjects such as mental health in an ever-increasing technological world. Solo exhibitions include emovere at The Stone Space Gallery in Leytonstone. Selected group exhibitions include The ING Discerning Eye 2024, Society of Women Artists 2024, SFSA Drawing Open 2024, The Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize 2023, Royal Institute of Oil Painters 2022, 2023, HOME at The Department Store London, Amplify at New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Salon des Refusés (Camden Image Gallery), Southend Big Screen and Relay projects (Focal Point Gallery) and The Essex Open. The Masking series of paintings and drawings intend to explore feelings of isolation and anxiety. Through these works Sills examines the way in which we can often conceal our true emotions. “The pictures that I paint or draw are in a way self-portraits and aim to channel a nostalgic glance into my own memories and emotions. I use AI to generate reference imagery that best represent my recollections and then transform these images into paintings, drawings and etchings. By painting or drawing from these AI generated images I attempt to inject more of a human touch, adding imperfections, inaccuracies and perhaps a little soul.” The works in the Masking series are set in a non-specific 1970s/80s era where many neurodivergent conditions went undiagnosed. The paintings explore themes of masking as a female. Girls in particular often face pressure to hide or change their natural traits in order to fit in socially. Masking can help avoid bullying or judgement short-term, but has been shown to cause long-term harm to mental health. The painted masks and hats overtly symbolise this, with the lone central figure separate from the party, isolated in their own mind.