Theadora Ballantyne-Way, Rocket Man, 2024
Polymer gravure, 56 × 76cm, 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 particular work takes a recognisable lemon juicer and transforms it into a speeding, celestial vehicle, reflecting the artist’s interest in the NASA archives which she has spent time researching. Both playful and dystopian, Theadora says that the objects in her images ‘symbolise a beacon of hope in the midst of chaos’.
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.
Please note that there is limited availability of ‘Rocket Man’. The remaining works in the edition will be printed to order; please allow 14 days for despatch.
Polymer gravure, 56 × 76cm, 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 particular work takes a recognisable lemon juicer and transforms it into a speeding, celestial vehicle, reflecting the artist’s interest in the NASA archives which she has spent time researching. Both playful and dystopian, Theadora says that the objects in her images ‘symbolise a beacon of hope in the midst of chaos’.
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.
Please note that there is limited availability of ‘Rocket Man’. The remaining works in the edition will be printed to order; please allow 14 days for despatch.
Polymer gravure, 56 × 76cm, 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 particular work takes a recognisable lemon juicer and transforms it into a speeding, celestial vehicle, reflecting the artist’s interest in the NASA archives which she has spent time researching. Both playful and dystopian, Theadora says that the objects in her images ‘symbolise a beacon of hope in the midst of chaos’.
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.
Please note that there is limited availability of ‘Rocket Man’. The remaining works in the edition will be printed to order; please allow 14 days for despatch.
