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ABOUT ME

PRIYA STAMP

CONTEMPORARY ARTIST

BASED IN LONDON

Priya Stamp (2002), is a modern artist whose current body of work highlights the feminine form. Currently, she is pursuing a Fine Arts degree at the University for the Creative Arts. Priya was born and raised in London, England, where she showed an early interest in and love for art. 

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Priya's work focuses on themes of body confidence and acceptance, with the goal of desexualizing the nude in art. The way the naked body has been portrayed in society and via art has always captivated her interest, and it has been a key motif in her work. Empowerment and the beauty of the human body in all of its varieties are at the heart of her project.

Her work primarily consists of painting, collage, and drawing at the moment from memory, imagination, photographs, and historic paintings that depict the naked body being embraced. She removes her subjects from the setting of a space, releasing them somehow as part of her ongoing exploration of ways to undermine the male gaze.

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"My work explores the concepts of beauty and ugliness and the traditions that shape our perceptions of either. I'm fascinated by how we view things and how we interpret them. Unrealistic beliefs and 'beauty' standards are all around us, programming us to feel unhappy and insufficient. This deception is both harmful and destructive. I'd like to break this myth and show you your true beauty, which isn't enhanced by makeup or filters."

EDUCATED

2021 – 2023 | BA(Hons) Fine Art 2nd & 3rd Year, University for the Creative Arts (UCA)

2020 – 2021 | BA(Hons) Fine Art 1st Year, Northbrook College, Sussex

2018 - 2020 | UAL Creative Practice: Art, Design Level 3 Diploma and Extended Diploma, Guildford College

EXHIBITIONS

2022 | 'Continuum' - Lion and Lamb Yard, Farnham.

2022 | 'Paradoxical Pirates' - Espacio Gallery, East London.

2022 | 'Riding High' -  Linear Gallery, Farnham.

2021 | 'Matters of Care' - Linear Gallery, Farnham.

2021 | 'Mannequin Exhibition' - Aviator Hotel, Farnborough.

2021 | 'UCA Stretched' - Linear Gallery, Farnham.

2021 | 'Coming up for air responding to climate change and sustainability'- James Hockey Gallery, Farnham.

2021 | Corridor Gallery Exhibition - Northbrook College, Sussex.

2021 | Pop-Up First Year Exhibition - Northbrook College, Sussex.

2020 | Virtual College Second Year Exhibition - Guildford College, Guildford. 

2019 | Eclectic Series Exhibition - Guildford College, Guildford. 

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Present | Self-employed Artist

2022 | Arts worker at The Grange, Bookham.

2022 | Gallery install team and invigilating at Espacio Gallery, East London

2021 | Curator for Community Crafts - UCA Quad.

2021 | Waitress - local Pub, Surrey.

2021 | Mannequin Commission at Aviator Hotel, Farnborough.

2021 | Curator for Things that Move and Live' - Farnham Park.

2021 | President for Art Society, UCA, Farnham.

2018 - 2020 | Art Teacher Assistance - Local School, Guildford.

2018 -  2020 | Volunteer TA - local school, Guildford.

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AWARDS

2020 | Hardest Working Student - Guildford College, Guildford.

2019 | Most Improved - Guildford College, Guildford.
 

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