Creative Islington’s Networking Event launches Islington Exhibits 2014, at Resource for London N7 6PA on Tuesday 25 Feb 2014, 6.30 – 8.30pm.
Hosted by Creative Islington in collaboration with Islington Exhibits, Reel Islington & Resource for London, bookable advice surgeries and talks throughout the evening.
UPDATE AFTER EVENT :
At the event I spoke (very briefly) about what it was like to take part in last year’s Islington Exhibits Arts Festival as one of the Artists Awards Winners.
Find out more about how to get involved with Islington Exhibits, whether you are a local artist, crafts person, film maker, arts organisation, local venue or business.
And here’s a shot of my installation from last year’s festival:
Chasing Shadows – time based projection installation
In celebration of the 10 year birthday of Rowan Arts, colleagues past and present, friends and supporters were invited to contribute artwork for a fun, vibrant and eclectic group show inspired by the Dr Seuss poem. ‘Oh the places you’ll go!’.
The exhibition was launched at their party on 10th January, with patron Jeremy Corbyn, MP for Islington North speaking in testament to their work over the last decade.
Thanks to Rowan Arts continued support for my work, my two test images from ‘…and then I was the wind’ have been included in this exhibition, which means one last chance to view them before they go to their new owners.
…and then I was the wind – II (early sketch)
…and then I was the wind – I
The exhibition is the latest in their series at Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA, and runs from Friday 10 January – Monday 24 February 2014, open Monday – Friday 9.00 – 5.00pm.
For more information on their exhibition and 10th birthday celebrations click here and here.
To find out more about Rowan Arts go to their website.
In her great review of the exhibition ‘Off the Ground’ at Resource for London Lilia Prier Tisdall has this to say about my work:
“The upstairs room is dominated by painters yet it is Nicola Maskrey’s digital prints that stand out for me. Titled ‘…and then I was the wind’ they use long exposure photography to record the ‘movement of air and tidal currents through vegetation’. The effect is painterly in itself, and they really do convey the sense of what it would be like to be the wind rushing through the trees.”
Following its recent success at Resource for London, Women’s Work moves next to St Luke’s Community Centre. Curated by Shiri Shalmy, this exhibition of emerging and established Islington artists explores the cultural, social, political and domestic lives of women.
Opening event: Thursday 14 November 6.30- 8.30pm (refreshments available)
St Luke’s Community Centre, 90 Central Street, EC1V 8AJ
RSVP info@slpt.org.uk by 12th November
Amongst work by other artists, the exhibition includes two images from my Ophelia series, made in response to other interpretations of the story.
“Although on the one hand still and peaceful, Maskrey nonetheless succeeds in bringing an unmistakable air of violence to her work which see conventional notions of the feminine being ruthlessly unravelled.” Ellen Davis-Walker
Ophelia #1-6
These are original Polaroid Emulsion Lifts onto acid free water colour paper. The very nature of the process continues the theme of the subject matter, and ensures that each print is completely unique in its tones and arrangement.
Signed recto, mounted on conservation grade board. Each print is unique and handmade by me. Image size – approximately 12cm x 9cm, mount size A3. Total edition run of 30 sets.
If you’re interested in exhibiting or buying my work please click here to get in touch.
For ‘Off the Ground’, artists Grace Aza-Selinger and Catherine Hall have curated a great exhibition full of a diverse range of work based in nature.
Here’s me with my work, taken at the private view by photographer Sheryl Tait.
Off the Ground – private view. (photograph by Sheryl Tait)
Off The Ground is the latest show at Resource for London in collaboration with Rowan Arts. It is running until 4th December, opening hours 10am – 5pm Monday – Friday, at 356 Holloway Rd London N7 6PA.
My latest project still in development – ‘…and then I was the wind’ – will be in ‘Off the Ground’ – a group exhibition of artists whose work has a basis in nature.
Hosted by Resource for London in collaboration with Rowan Arts, the exhibition opens on 4th November 2013. It also includes the amazingly talented Ruth Parker who’s work has been featured all over the place.
Here’s a flyer with more info about the exhibition:
And here are a couple of images from the series:
…and then I was the wind – I
…and then I was the wind – II (early sketch)
For more information about the project, or the exhibition please get in touch.
Ellen Davis-Walker’s review looks at the great range of work in this show curated by Shiri Shalmy with Rowan Arts, and considers the juxtaposition of mine and Mum Ghose’s piece:
“In Bag for a new Mum Ghose manages to capture a similar sense of isolation. Her torn up shredded handbag hangs suspended from a pillar, with keys, chain and dummy spilling from its torn centre. The sense of disjuncture between the outward image of ‘containment’ and security evoked by the presence of the handbag and the inner turmoil it conceals provides an interesting echo with Nicola Jayne Maskrey’s Ophelia Series. Using an over-exposed photograph of an anonymous female, Maskrey seeks to explore the edges of sanity and emotional turmoil. Although on the one hand still and peaceful, Ghose and Maskrey nonetheless succeed in bringing an unmistakable air of violence to their work which see conventional notions of the feminine being ruthlessly unravelled.”
Ophelia #1 from the series Ophelia #1-6
The exhibition is on until 31st October at Resource for London, 356 Holloway Rd, London N7 6PA.
Exhibition opening hours Monday – Friday 8am to 5pm.
The Women’s Work exhibition opens this week at Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA.
The exhibition launches with a celebratory event on Wednesday 11th, 5-7pm, and then runs until the end of October. For more information and opening times go to: http://www.therowanartsproject.com/whats_on
Organised in partnership by Rowan Arts with Trust for London and curated by Shiri Shalmy, the exhibition Women’s Work features work by emergent and established Islington artists exploring women’s cultural, social, political and domestic lives.
I’ve two images in the show – the first two in my Ophelia series of limited edition polaroid emulsion lifts.
Here’s Ophelia #1. I’m also very pleased to say thank you to Rowan Arts for choosing Ophelia #2 as one of the promotional images for the show!
Ophelia #1 from the series Ophelia #1-6. Limited edition polaroid emulsion lifts onto water colour paper.
These are original Polaroid Emulsion Lifts onto acid free water colour paper. Signed recto, mounted on conservation grade board. Each print is unique and handmade by me.
Shot underwater, the photographs are made into Polaroid 669 prints and soaked in a hot water bath to lift the emulsion containing the image from the paper beneath. The emulsion is then floated onto water colour paper and arranged into position. The very nature of the process continues the theme of the subject matter, and ensures that each print is completely unique in its tones and arrangement.
Image size – approximately 12cm x 9cm, mount size A3. Total edition run of 30 sets.
If you’re interested exhibiting or buying my work please click here to get in touch.
Thanks to Rowan Arts and Islington Exhibits 2013 for giving me the opportunity; this installation is something I’d wanted to create for a long time.
Here are some documentary images, and some footage (without sound), and a record of viewer comments.
Images:
Chasing Shadows – time based installation – documentation 1
Chasing Shadows – time based installation – documentation 2
Some of the lovely comments left by visitors:
“Exquisitely, skilfully crafted photographs. I love the movement, the merging of one image and sense into another. You have a gift for finding such serene beauty in the easy to pass by scenes of everyday life.”
“I liked the rambling impact of nature against buildings. The urban mundanity and beauty, emphasised by plants, trees, shadows, walls, windows makes my senses dream.”
“It perfectly demonstrates how things are really out of our control.”
“Has a strangely compelling quality – the way the images move through a journey – and each time you look you find yourself drawn in further.”
“I love the way the prints almost pour into each other. It’s very hypnotic.”
“It is wonderful the way that very ordinary everyday things are transformed into something very mysterious.”
“I could feel the same dreamlike gaze that you must have had on your night walk. It took me back to memories of my own walks at night time – the larger than life plants, the dark leaves but bright flowers. For some reason I find the vegetation says more at night and that really came across through the texture and light and shade.”
Footage:
I had a great time meeting people and seeing/hearing their responses, and I learned so much more about the work from those interactions. Thanks everyone!
To see the full series take a look at my website. If you’re interested exhibiting or buying my work please click here to get in touch.
If you want to find out more about Islington Exhibits 2013 take a look at this video
I’ll be exhibiting the series ‘Ophelia #1-6″ at the forthcoming exhibition Women’s Work.
Organised by Rowan Arts the exhibition is of work by women artists who live, work, or have a strong connection to Islington, and will explore women’s cultural, physical, domestic or professional realm in a bold and engaging way.
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