Teresa Zerafa Byrne
Teresa Zerafa Byrne
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Imagined Satellite 3, 2020
Acrylic, tissue and gold leaf on fabric, mounted on
circular canvas board
30 cm diameter
About this Work
The Memory Skeleton series is a body of work that has been developed by the artist over the past year. For Byrne, a “memory skeleton” is a set of core details needed in order to recall a memory, and for that memory to remain constant. So long as the bones of the memory remain in place, they act as a framework in which the additional details of that moment can be fleshed out. Through qualitative research, Byrne compiles information from participants, before interpreting their responses and translating these into the canvas. Some artworks offer a complete memory skeleton, while others only glimpses of an experience not fully remembered.
About Teresa Zerafa Byrne
Teresa Zerafa Byrne lives and works in London. She gained her BA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art before completing an MA in Art and Science at Central Saint Martins in 2020. Her practice examines the nature and vulnerability of identity and memory, using the canvas to create a visual representation of the fragmentations and infidelities of perception.
Through her practice, Byrne interrogates the formation and recollection of memory. By examining the relationship between sensory perception, awareness and mind, she seeks to understand how the cerebrum selects certain memories for later recall, and filters others. Across her canvases, Byrne divides segments of memories into constituent parts, abstracting these forms to stimulate an emotional response over a literal representation. Largely influenced by the writings of theorists Henri Bergson and Gilles Deleuze, Byrne considers that when we remember, we invent our past, adapting and embellishing with every recall according to our current needs and desires. Through her explorations, Byrne questions the fidelity and validity of our perceptions of personal histories, in turn challenging how we think about identity and self.
Education
2018- 2020 University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins, MA Art &Science
2012-2015 University of the Arts London, Chelsea College of Art BA (Hons) Fine Art
University of the Arts London, CCW Foundation Diploma in Art & Design
Awards & Prizes
2020
Cass Art Postgraduate Award
2013
Frontier Economics Student Art Project
Hitachi Consulting
Shortlisted
2020
ArtsThread Global Design Graduate Show
The Other Art Fair Prize
Cass Art Postgraduate Award
2019
Wells Art Contemporary
2018
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
2017
Young Contemporary Talent Purchase Prize
2015
Zealous X Visual Arts
Griffin Gallery Open
2014
Embassy Gardens
Discovery Channel
Exhibitions
2020
London Graduates, Saatchi Gallery, London
Central Saint Martins Graduates Showcase online
Elevate 02 ArtCan, Duff & Phelps, The Shard, London
2019
Science Museum Lates, Science Museum, Kensington, London
A Picture Of Health, Elephant West Gallery, London
Wells Art Contemporary 2019, Wells Cathedral, Wells
Encounters ArtCan, DContemporary Gallery Mayfair, London
Teresa Zerafa Byrne @The Crossing, London
Elevate ArtCan, Duff & Phelps, The Shard, London
Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London
2018
508 Kings Road Gallery, London
2017
Young Contemporary Talent Purchase Prize, Cello Factory, London
Abstractive, The Black & White Building, London
2016
Portland Art Gallery, Ilfracombe
Summer Salon 2016, Lubomirov Angus-Hughes, London
Secret Rose Auction, RBHH & Flowers Gallery Shoreditch, London
Zealous X Visual Arts, Rich Mix, Shoreditch, London
2015
TiAF, The Independent Artist Fair, The Rag Factory, Whitechapel, LondonGallery Different, Fitzrovia, London
Griffin Gallery Open, Griffin Gallery The Studio Building, Evesham Street, London
Chelsea Degree Show, Chelsea College of Art, London
2014
Translations, Chelsea College of Art, Triangle Space, London
Frontier Exhibition, Frontier Offices, Holborn, London
Formula, Nolias Gallery, London
Tangent, 14 Warren Street, London
Resonance, Chelsea College of Art, London
Hookdown, Portico Gallery, London
Magic & Dirt, Old Deptford Police Station