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.
Here are some of the first images from an experimental piece ‘…and then I was the wind’.
…and then I was the wind – I (early sketch)
Comprising 3 series of images, I am studying the movement of air and tidal currents through vegetation and attempting to recreate the experience in the first person.
…and then I was the wind – II (early sketch)
At times these long exposure digital photographs lose all suggestion of the subject as they give themselves over to the speed and force of the energy passing through them.
…and then I was the wind – part III (early sketch)
If you would like to find out more about this work please contact me.
I’m really pleased to be able to say that Millennium Images are now handling reproduction rights for selected images from my portfolio. Representing an interesting range of amazing photographers Millennium sells reproduction rights and arranges commissions.
The selection includes work from the series’ ‘Adventures in a Suburban Garden‘, ‘Chasing Shadows‘, ‘Ophelia #1-6‘, and ‘this table is sad because no one is sitting at it‘, as well as some single images. Here are a few examples:
Old Coffee Cup
this table is sad because no one is sitting at it
Adventures in a Suburban Garden
Heralds (faded glory)
Ophelia #1-6
Chasing Shadows
There are more images available on the Millennium website – if you are interested in using my work for commercial purposes please either search for me at Millennium, or contact me directly if you can’t find what you’re looking for there.
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 Maya Centre has invited Bekki Perriman and myself to exhibit our work as part of the launch of it’s new home in Islington!
The launch is on 19th September, with patrons Melissa Benn, and MP Jeremy Corbyn joining the celebrations.
The Maya Centre provides free long term counselling and psychological support to women who have experienced severe trauma through domestic violence, abuse in childhood or overseas in war and conflict. It is a not for profit specialist counselling service run by women, for women.
Bekki and I are both showing work related to our award winning exhibitions at Islington Exhibits 2013 – in my case it’s 5 of the original prints from the Chasing Shadows series.
Chasing Shadows – steps
To see more images from the series take a look at my website
The exhibition is available for viewing by appointment only, please contact me for more information.
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.
Chasing Shadows – time based installation – documentation 1
Chasing Shadows – time based installation – documentation 2
“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.”
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.
Ophelia #2
The exhibition is running from 11th September. To find out more about the exhibition and how to submit go to: http://www.therowanartsproject.com/?location_id=1986
You can see all 6 images from the ‘Ophelia #1-6’ series on my website: www.njmaskrey.com
If you’re interested exhibiting or buying my work please click here to get in touch
At the weekend I went to the alley behind Gibson Gardens to see if the first picture was still surviving…
When I got there I found a very large (but unlocked) gate, and through it the whole alley had been cleaned up. But the picture was still there, and someone had set out a garden chair in front of it so you could sit down and look straight into the picture! I was thrilled!
Love and Death (part one)
Original photograph from this table is sad because no one is sitting at it (M-CNV00019)
with Inga Tillere
njmaskrey 