“Fuelled by the chance encounter, shopfronts, mannequins and street photography, this short video repeats and reinvents my daily life over recent times. This video is one of a series of videos. It can be presented on a a loop in a gallery space or screened in a showreel!”
Shelley Theodore (b. Brisbane, Australia) currently lives and works in London and France. She studied BA (Hons) Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London (1992-1995) and MA Fine Art at Camberwell College of Art, University of London (2010-2012). An artist working across of range of mediums, she had 2 film based work selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2013. Recent exhibitions include Post Analogue Labyrinth 1-IV (2018-2021), Prison Drawing Project (2016), Dean Rd Prison, Scarborough,UK, Pala (2014), an online digital program of artists film and video works curated by Laura Mansfield, The Salon Art Prize Exhibition, Matt Roberts Art, Crash Open, Charlie Dutton Gallery and The Jerwood Drawing Prize Exhibition (2012). Moving Image South: John Smith and CCW Graduate School, HMV Curzon, London, and Paradox Urban Fabric 2, Cork Ireland (2011), Deptford X Fringe Award (2010), Creekside Open, APT Gallery, London, selected by Jenni Lomax (May 09) and Mark Wallinger (June 09). She has work in private collections in the UK, France and Australia.
As the artist’s feature coincides with International Women's Month, we wanted to know how she can make an impact as a female artist…
“For me, the ‘personal is political and in my case it is feminism. I believe what we do best comes from the heart. In this short film of female mannequins, it is as if the mannequin can be seen afresh and repaired by the female gaze. I was reluctant to use mannequins at first as imagery in my work because I thought they would portray a female subject in a way that I did not want. However, I think a female gaze can breathe new life into the old subject matter and in this way make an impact.”
Learn more about the artist here:
https://www.axisweb.org/p/shelleytheodore/
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