So delighted to have been selected as a finalist for the third year running, of the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award. The 2021 prize exhibition was delayed to open in January 2022 due to Covid restrictions. The exhibition is open until 27 March and you can see more here.
Catalogue: https://issuu.com/hazelhurstregionalgallery/docs/hazelhurst_art_on_paper_award_2021_digital_catalog
Installation view of 2021 Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award. Work selected: Nasir ol Molk 148 x 163cm India ink, pigmented ink, watercolour, graphite and polymer gesso on Saunders cotton rag Image by Silversalt Photography
My art practice focuses on dissolving geometry by incorporating labour intensive repetition with chance-based processes using the grid and semi-circle as an organizing principle. Nasir ol Molk belongs to a series of 4 large scale works referencing the unique kaleidoscopic light effects reflected onto the tiled interior of the Qajar Pink Mosque in Shiraz, Iran
It continues my interest in representations of pattern, decoration and the illusory capabilities of the picture plane. Pattern and matrices are superimposed and embedded so that no one element dominates- a prime formal strategy of the Islamic Design tradition.