Lois Emma Harkin Norfolk, United Kingdom

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BA(Hons) Fine Art graduate from the University of Lincoln, currently studying MA Curation at Norwich University of the Arts. My practice predominantly focuses on painting and highlights nostalgic events, going hand-in-hand with my curatorial practice which explores abstracted environments and surreal spatial design aspects.

My painting practice, developed through my time spent at the University of Lincoln, is influenced by nostalgic references and environments. Memories are portrayed and each is narrated through metaphoric objects, obscure and abstracted environments and poetic texts; these are what form each painting. More recently, my practice has shifted, combining curatorial knowledge to influence and expanded my painting practice off the canvas. Environmental understandings of nostalgic events are now explored curatorially. Atmospheric and abstracted installations are my focus and each installation aims to reflect an understanding of the environment of where my paintings were originally influenced by. My crucial practice allows my paintings to expand the canvas and experiment with abstracted environments and surreal spatial design aspects. Both my painting and my curatorial practice complement each other and can be viewed simultaneously, as one artwork.