Theadora Ballantyne-Way, Down the Rushy Glen, 2024
Polymer gravure, 31 × 41cm, edition of 20.
Theadora Ballantyne-Way’s imagery is partly informed by electronic club culture and her previous occupation as a VJ (visual jockey), producing collaborative live, visual performances. Working primarily in printmaking and photomontage, her artistic practice is also heavily influenced by the Surrealist movement and the concept of animism - the belief that objects possess a distinct spiritual essence or soul.
Many of Theadora’s limited edition prints are made using the polymer gravure process; printed from solar plates, these works feature the velvety texture and antiquated feel of traditional etchings. This unframed limited edition print is typical of Theadora’s dystopian and witty compositions, where the artist takes domestic objects - such as the Philippe Starck-designed Alessi lemon squeezer - transforming them into monumental, industrial components or extraterrestrials. It is one of a pair of new limited edition prints that Oliver Projects will be launching at the 2024 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair.
Theadora graduated with an MA in Multidisciplinary Printmaking from the University of the West of England in 2019. Her work has been widely exhibited in the UK, including at the International Original Print Exhibition at Bankside Gallery, London, and the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, on several occasions. She has also exhibited in Kyoto, Japan with Goldsmiths University in 2019 and won first prize at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Print Prize in 2022. Her work has been included in publications including Printmaking Today and is held in several notable collections including the V&A Museum, London, and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Polymer gravure, 31 × 41cm, edition of 20.
Theadora Ballantyne-Way’s imagery is partly informed by electronic club culture and her previous occupation as a VJ (visual jockey), producing collaborative live, visual performances. Working primarily in printmaking and photomontage, her artistic practice is also heavily influenced by the Surrealist movement and the concept of animism - the belief that objects possess a distinct spiritual essence or soul.
Many of Theadora’s limited edition prints are made using the polymer gravure process; printed from solar plates, these works feature the velvety texture and antiquated feel of traditional etchings. This unframed limited edition print is typical of Theadora’s dystopian and witty compositions, where the artist takes domestic objects - such as the Philippe Starck-designed Alessi lemon squeezer - transforming them into monumental, industrial components or extraterrestrials. It is one of a pair of new limited edition prints that Oliver Projects will be launching at the 2024 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair.
Theadora graduated with an MA in Multidisciplinary Printmaking from the University of the West of England in 2019. Her work has been widely exhibited in the UK, including at the International Original Print Exhibition at Bankside Gallery, London, and the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, on several occasions. She has also exhibited in Kyoto, Japan with Goldsmiths University in 2019 and won first prize at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Print Prize in 2022. Her work has been included in publications including Printmaking Today and is held in several notable collections including the V&A Museum, London, and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Polymer gravure, 31 × 41cm, edition of 20.
Theadora Ballantyne-Way’s imagery is partly informed by electronic club culture and her previous occupation as a VJ (visual jockey), producing collaborative live, visual performances. Working primarily in printmaking and photomontage, her artistic practice is also heavily influenced by the Surrealist movement and the concept of animism - the belief that objects possess a distinct spiritual essence or soul.
Many of Theadora’s limited edition prints are made using the polymer gravure process; printed from solar plates, these works feature the velvety texture and antiquated feel of traditional etchings. This unframed limited edition print is typical of Theadora’s dystopian and witty compositions, where the artist takes domestic objects - such as the Philippe Starck-designed Alessi lemon squeezer - transforming them into monumental, industrial components or extraterrestrials. It is one of a pair of new limited edition prints that Oliver Projects will be launching at the 2024 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair.
Theadora graduated with an MA in Multidisciplinary Printmaking from the University of the West of England in 2019. Her work has been widely exhibited in the UK, including at the International Original Print Exhibition at Bankside Gallery, London, and the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, on several occasions. She has also exhibited in Kyoto, Japan with Goldsmiths University in 2019 and won first prize at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Print Prize in 2022. Her work has been included in publications including Printmaking Today and is held in several notable collections including the V&A Museum, London, and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
