The Skinny Showcase: Josephine Hicks

Gallery by Lauren Strain | 06 Feb 2014

Josephine Hicks

Straddling the brackets of design, illustration and contemporary print, Liverpool-based artist Josephine Hicks has been honing her craft through experimental DIY screen print home studios, exploring the possibilities of digital, hand-drawn and photographic stencils.

“The post-graduation years after art school are a strange and lost time for many. Often it is make or break time, questioning how/if you want to continue making art and what it means to you.

“I have always had a need to make, create and produce some kind of work, whether it be drawing, collage, painting, sewing – it’s the physical act of producing tangible objects and images that’s kept me going and pushing forward my visual style.

“Themes and inspiration behind my practice include flight, balance and a defiance of gravity, and becoming interested in the evolution of human flight and the many inventors who paved the way through failed design and even death. Recent exhibitions have included A Small Selection of Lofty Ambitions and The Flying Tailor.

“I collect and source archival photography from forgotten times, finding inspiration and beauty in the recycling of lost images and creating new narratives. Collaging layers through screen print creates the textured and layered elements to my work, which are integral to its unique playful appearance, suggesting movement and an appearance of being multidimensional on a 2D surface.”

Josephine works from her studio in The Royal Standard creating work for exhibitions/print fairs, as well as specialising in short editions and bespoke print commissions involving fabric, repeat printing and unique large format prints.

Check out more of her work and online shop at www.josephinehicks.com

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