Michaela Wheater’s work is concerned with the human condition and is made from a deep personal exploration of vulnerability.
Animated portraits and theatrical, articulated figures, often unsettling are derived from drawings of herself, often with reference to her fascination with dolls. Michaela’s subject matter is arranged, manoeuvred and extensively recorded before being developed into prints which play with a number of intaglio processes.
Images from her current body of work depict figures that are relaxed following suspended animation. These figures adopt the awkwardness and the guise of the puppet she has owned since childhood. Mysterious and with ambiguous narratives Michaela is concerned about uncovering a truth in the moment of making.
Michaela exhibits widely including the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, the Mall Galleries, Bankside Gallery, Ironbridge Fine Arts, the RWA and a solo show in Whitstable. Her work is held by Studio Sonsu, Hanover and is in the Printmaker’s Council archive.
Michaela Wheater’s work is concerned with the human condition and is made from a deep personal exploration of vulnerability.
Animated portraits and theatrical, articulated figures, often unsettling are derived from drawings of herself, often with reference to her fascination with dolls. Michaela’s subject matter is arranged, manoeuvred and extensively recorded before being developed into prints which play with a number of intaglio processes.
Images from her current body of work depict figures that are relaxed following suspended animation. These figures adopt the awkwardness and the guise of the puppet she has owned since childhood. Mysterious and with ambiguous narratives Michaela is concerned about uncovering a truth in the moment of making.
Michaela exhibits widely including the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, the Mall Galleries, Bankside Gallery, Ironbridge Fine Arts, the RWA and a solo show in Whitstable. Her work is held by Studio Sonsu, Hanover and is in the Printmaker’s Council archive.
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