Tabitha Gammer (b.1999) is an emerging artist from South Oxfordshire. Her studio practice consists of figurative works on paper exploring the aesthetics of candid imagery.
Contact: tabbygammer@gmail.com
Statement: My studio practice consists of figurative works on paper exploring the aesthetics of candid imagery. My process is to gather material that inspires me and redact/annotate/decorate until I reach a point which captures the instant whilst preserving its impermanence. I focus predominantly on themes surrounding feminism, sustainability and spirituality. I'm interested in how our individual expressions of taste, formed through nature and nurture, interact to create our sensate world. By depicting our unguarded moments, I aim to reveal the subtleties of our social realities and contextualise them within a sensitive, playful theory of art. I'm inspired by artists Marlene Dumas, Noah Davis and Sophia Al Maria whose ethereal use of colour and composition bears witness to the unpredictability of human behaviour. I'm also influenced by video and performance works; favourites include From Gulf to Gulf to Gulf (CAMP, 2013) and Sleeping Beauty (Taras Polataiko, 2012).
Education:
2018-21 BA Fine Art University of the West of England
Exhibitions/residencies/publications:
Upcoming residency AqTushetii
2025 Art Is CICA
2025 Unlike Minds Common Ground
2024 residency Braziers Park
2024 Hi, Hey! Hello Dog and Bone Gallery
2024 Narratives of Care (interview) Insights of an Eco Artist
2023 People and Place Kreiva Gallery
2022 We Are Sorry to Inform You Lapsus
2022 PROXY IKLECTIK
2021 Gut Feelings TACO! (publication)
2021 Near and Far Camden Art Centre (publication)
2021 Picturing Lockdown Stradling Gallery
2021 UWE Fine Art Degree Show Spike Island
2021 RBA Rising Stars 2021 ROSL
2019 residency The Vestibules