Painting from fragmented memories to create intimate landscapes of love.
Antonia Showering’s work is acutely personal. With colour palettes inspired by the shifting seasons, she depicts friends, family and lovers in dreamy landscapes. Nostalgia emanates throughout, while the comforting-yet-uncanny settings explore notions of home and displacement informed by the artist’s mixed English, Swiss and Chinese heritage. As well as drawing inspiration from painting throughout history — ancient cave paintings, Fauvism, Edvard Munch, Tracy Emin and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye to name a few — Showering finds inspiration in her own work. “I think it’s important to look back and almo...
Bio
Antonia Showering was born in London, UK, where she continues to live and work.
Education
The artist received her education at some of London’s most prestigious institutions, including the Slade School of Fine Art, City and Guilds of London Art School and Chelsea Art College.
Accolades
Recipient of the New Contemporaries x SPACE Studio Bursary Award, The Great Women Artists Residency at Palazzo Monti and The Henry Tonks Award.