‘Light Cherubs’ 2008 from In the Mists of Time Series – A2 photograph Digital print on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper
Genre:
2d Photography and 3d installation and video
Artist Statement:
Photography for Izzi Ramsay is concerned not only with the image itself, but also with the underlying, and sometimes subversive, meaning in what is represented. Recent photographs are of formal gardens showing that they are not only places of natural beauty, but also have a wider recreational and cultural significance for people of all ages and abilities. Izzi Ramsay undertook a long term photographic project on the nude culminating in a solo show ‘Material Bodies’ at Morley Gallery, London 2007. Text and narrative, written anonymously by those portrayed, offered another perspective for the viewer.
Contact:
Email address: izzi.ramsay@googlemail.com
website www.isabellaramsay.com
Education:
BA (hons) Photography; PG Dip. Art Psychotherapy:; MA Cultural Memory, University of London.
Recent work includes ‘Hauntings’ a photographic installation about memory and decay; ‘In the Mists of Time’ – photographs of formal gardens; ‘Openings’ – a series on doors/openings around the world; ‘ ‘Reverie de Lumiere’ – explorations with light. Izzi undertook a long-term project on the nude, including self-portraiture, the female nude, the male nude.The use of text is integral to my work. Commissions include work for organisations such as the Health Education Authority, Age Concern. I have worked with women’s groups, children, and the elderly in both a teaching and a therapeutic capacity.
Exhibitions:
Morley Gallery, London.
Photofusion, London.
Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham.
Adam Gallery, London.
Huddersfield Art Gallery, Yorkshire .
Impressions Gallery, York.
Hereford Photography Festival.
Stills Gallery, Edinburgh.
Orchard Gallery, Derry.
Kvindemuseet , Denmark.
Dimbola Lodge, Isle of Wight.
Curator ‘One Landscape Many Views’ for The Culture Company, Yorkshire Arts.
Residencies:
Gilda’s Club, supporting people with cancer.
International Year for the Elderly, ‘Black Pensioners Project’, Hackney Council.
Claudia Jones Organization,‘Youth Nature-Study Scheme’ Horizon School
British Trust for Conservation
Further examples of work:
‘Tunnel to Sea Sicily’ from Openings Series; 2009. A2 Photograph Digital print on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper
‘F.Hill’ from Material Bodies series 2007. A2 Lith and toned photograph on Oriental Seagull paper; and 1m x 1.5m digital print
hello Izzy, nice to see your lovely work up. Suzanne