Mo Hastie is a figurative painter, working mainly in acrylics and oils. Her practice is informed by feminist thinking but also about the very idea of perception itself and how this in turn is influenced by socially-conditioned ways of seeing. Most of all, she is interested in exposing and disrupting the power relationships which are often implicit in acts of visual representation.

She draws on a range of styles and techniques to explore these ideas, with photography and collage consistently being the starting point for most of her works. She is drawn to the possibilities afforded by manipulated photographs and uses a range of software tools to skew and coerce the found and everyday images.

Hastie’s practice is self-reflexive, personal and seeks to be a mirror onto her own lived experience and milieu. Her recent works have been inspired by fashion iconography and are focused on exploring themes of androgyny, gender roles and objectification, revealing the hidden relationships and narratives relating to women, sexuality and power.