DAUGHTERS FOR EARTH

This exhibition explores the feminine in its co-creation with nature.  Co-curated with multimedia artist Maya Sanbar, DAUGHTERS FOR EARTH celebrates the variety of ways nature expresses its reality. From the structure of stone and sacred geometry, to the soft fluidity of petals and leaves, there is an ancient story to tell within each of its incarnations.

 Inspired by the humanitarian and environmental work of Zainab Salbi, mobilising women to protect and restore our Earth, the gallery is bringing together a group of women artists each working through their own expressions in relationship with nature. The exhibition is a landscape of the senses, both sensual and thought provoking.

Delfina Velar de Irigoyen is an Argentinian artist whose practice aims to connect with people intuitively through a visual and tactile journey. Her series ‘Studio Devel fusioning Art and Design with Technology and Sustainability’ is a nod to her background in design.

Lucille Dweck is a London born painter of Egyptian-Jewish heritage. Dweck predominantly creates images of the natural world: principally exploring people, light, and reflections in nature. Her work investigates the magical/spiritual aspects of being in the natural world. 

Jean Huang is a Canadian artist whose works demonstrate an intimate collaboration with Nature, with evidence of the land’s agency contributing to the palette, textures and composition through traces of dirt, rock, rain and snowmelt. Her paintings are likened to mapping, with soft wrinkles and folds on the canvas demonstrating the different shapes the painting took throughout the journey. Huang is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in painting at the Royal College of Art.

Selby Hurst Inglefield is a British artist who uses the technique of rug punching to create wall hung textiles that focus on themes of storytelling and fantasy, often inspired by stories of her own life. She explores the concept of the rug being a part of the domestic space, and its link with comfort and nostalgia, in turn creating a safe space within her practice.  

Almudena Romero is a British-Spanish artist whose research in sustainable and naturally occurring photographic techniques has culminated in a body of work featuring photographic prints on plant leaves. Her work explores the impact of artistic production on the climate, and investigates the role which artists can play in the face of the climate emergency. These fragile, ephemeral works are encased in resin, in a process which alludes to fossilisation.

Maya Sanbar is a Palestinian-Lebanese-French-British artist whose practice seeks to impact positive global change and capture the power of art activism as a vehicle to inspire empathy, cross-cultural introspection, socio-political and environmental consciousness. Using a variety of media, from painting and sculpture to film and sound installation, her art questions and challenges the boundaries we experience, on a national, psychological, or emotional level. Her award-winning films have travelled far and wide, and her public art installations have created spaces for communities to interact on site-specific themes.

At its core the exhibition marks the gallery's new commitment to championing environmental work and playing its part in sustainability and environmental awareness.