PADA Studios Artists-in-residence Andrea V Wright.

Andrea V. Wright is a visual artist living and working in London.

“Transformation and illusion have always been an important component of my practice, whether through materials or methodology. Utilising geometric and organic structural references, my work employs a hybrid of controlled elements alongside unruly, unpredictable and gestural elements that relate directly back to the contradictions I perceive within myself. Contrasting materials (leather, latex, fabric, rubber), are paired or arranged with substrates that are often a record of surfaces, of moments in time where works are developed within the specific site context, pointing to the ways that we drape our own bodies in an attempt to disguise and reveal what lies within. The seen and the unseen, the experienced and the intangible are my building blocks, presenting a vertical stage onto which crafted or industrially manufactured materials are wrapped, pinned and draped. The formal language inherent in my work contrasts with the handmade that brings a human, haptic quality to it, reflecting the relationship between the fragmented self and the physical & emotional spaces we inhabit.”

PADA is an Art Residency & Gallery based in a post-industrial site near Lisbon, Portugal.

Video by Apertura Studios.

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