Painting & Printmaking School of Fine Art

Iris May

(They/she)

The primary concern of my practice is creating solutions to my own loneliness. The creation of collapsible flat-pack sculptural bodies has allowed a freedom of movement in my working. I’m interested in how to assert control over a public space in a way that is minimally destructive. There is an inherent queerness in this way of making, as the very idea of transforming a body leaves it in a hostile public space, especially after the recent ruling. An increasingly transient world has permeated into my entire practice, and a process of cannibalising my old works through collage, a forced kind of ‘diminishing return’ has emerged. Faced with a world in which attention is economy, it is a mighty task to process even a day’s worth of visual stimulus. This movability and re-purposing of means figures in my works hold their own histories. The memory of which is akin to a life.

Contact
irismakesart@gmail.com
I.Phillips1@student.gsa.ac.uk
Irismay.org
@irisjpmay
Works
Possible Body 1
Selected Paintings
2022-25
Possible Body 2

Possible Body 1

Possible Body 1, MDF Collapsible Sculpture, painted with oil. (In this configuration) approx. 2x1x1m

Selected Paintings

“The Kiss”

For Sale: On request

“Communal Boyfriend”

“Ultra-fish”

For Sale: On request

“With-holding”

For Sale: On Request

“The Ultimate Employee”

2022-25

Three years worth of drawings, prints and paintings, connected into a large scale tapestry. 2m x 3m

Possible Body 2

“Possible body 2” MDF collapsible sculpture, collaged with paint and print scraps. (In this configuration) approx. 2mx2mx2m