My work explores our connection to the natural environment, using techniques as diverse as fibre art, stained glass bookmaking, print, video and installation.
This preoccupation with nature and the environment is in part due to my upbringing in the Italian Alps, my relationship with my grandfather who managed areas of protected forest and my ongoing passion for plants and eco systems – I also studied Country Care and Conservation at Capel Manor in North London.
My aim is to interpret issues in a non-scientific way, bridging the gap between art and science, people and the environment. I avoid packaging ideas and delivering didactic messages, instead using the power of suggestion to provoke debate and meet the viewer halfway through the experience.
I like to think that drawing attention to the basics encourages a return to the primitive and nurtures the ability to look longer and to re-connect.
“I’m searching for a primitive abstract connection to something intangible or invisible, overlooked or out of sight.”
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret // London Bridge Hive // Crypt Gallery // The Bargehouse, South Bank // Tavistock Centre // London Canal Museum – ZERO CELSIUS + Museums at Night // Barbican Library // VZ Gallery // Islington Exhibits // Centro Trevi, Bolzano, Italy // ART BELOW billboard poster exhibition London Underground // Mile End Park (Art Pavilion) – Regent’s Canal Festival // Lauderdale House Gallery // Chelsea Library Gallery // 20/21 International Art Fair // Grand Marchè d’Art Contemporain, Paris // Affordable Art Fair // BREAKING THE MOULD – IAPMA international paper touring exhibition // ICA (LAB’05 and LAB’07 London Artists Book Fair // Islington Museum
Irma Irsara 