Summer is a Scottish artist born in Aberdeen (b. 2001) and graduated with a BA (Hons) in Painting from Grays School of Art in 2023. She went on to study her Masters at the Royal College of Art in London, from 2023 to 2024.
"I take photographs to remember, to build an archive of imagery. The people who I capture from behind the camera lense are those who I love and deeply care for, and the act of painting these photographs of very close pals allows time to stand still, as an act of preservation. I attempt to render paintings to a specific finish where I can somewhat reminisce returning home, and re-living the moment.
A sense of humour and the uncanny are both distinct amongst the stylisation of how my photographs are translated into the painted surface, containing elements of kitchen sink realism; John Bratby, for instance, whom depicted the domestic setting and interior spaces.
While the viewer may notice specific visual clues running through the works (the same people, spaces and places) | sometimes use imagery from my parents' collection of house party photographs, from when they were in their early twenties. This examines the fluidity of time passing, and dissolves what could be the past, and what could be the present.”
CV:
‘Heavy Like The Forces Between Us’
Greatorex Street,
10 Greatorex Street,
Whitechapel,
London,
E1 5NF
5th - 7th August 2024
The Royal College of Art Public Facing Showcase / degree show
The Royal College of Art painting building
Riverside,
1 Hester Rd,
London
SW11 4AY
19th - 23rd June 2024
‘Spruced Up’
The Fitzrovia Gallery
139 Whitfield Street.
London,
W1T 5EN
2-5th May 2024
Royal Scottish Academy New Contemporaries
The Mound
Edinburgh
EH2 2EL
29th March - 24th April 2024
‘Things That Matter’
AMP Gallery,
1 Acorn Parade,
Peckham,
London,
SE15 2TZ
21st -24th February 2024
‘If You’re Lost This Is Where You Can Be Found’
Safehouse 2
137 Copeland Road
Peckham
London
SE15 3SN
16th - 19th November 2023
Grays School of Art Undergraduate Degree Show 2023
Garthdee Road,
Aberdeen,
AB10 7QD
9th - 17th June 2023
Grays School of Art Pre Degree Show,
Look Again Project Space,
32 St. Andrew Street,
Aberdeen,
AB25 1JA
19th - 26th November 2022
‘Inbetween’
The Anatomy Rooms,
Queen Street,
Aberdeen,
AB10 1AP
8th - 20th August 2022
