Adriana Wynne

Adriana Wynne (b.1997). French/Italian, American-born artist, currently living and working in London.

MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art 2023

BFA Parsons School of Design (2016 - 2020)

Awards:

2023 Gilbert Bayes Award, London

2020 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award Nominee, New York City, NY

National Society of Leadership and Success /Endorsed: 2017,  New York City, NY

Publications:

2019 Emerging Artist Interview with TWELV Magazine Published on June 3rd

2023 God Save The Scene, London-Based newsletter, Artist feature

London Selected Solo & Group Exhibitions:

2023 'Sound & Vision', Group exhibition, The Bomb Factory, London

2023 MA1 Sculpture RCA 2023 Show, Royal College of Art, London

2023 “THRESHOLDS OF FLESH” Solo Exhibition, Lux Feminae x Shipton Street Gallery London

2023 'Intersections: The Dynamics of Art, Space, and Perception', Black and White Gallery, London

2023 Body as Home, Duo Exhibition, Somers Gallery, London   

2023 Everything is Temporary, RCA Work in Progress Group Show, London       

I strive to delve into the transitional spaces that exist between the external and internal realms of my body. In doing so, I seek to establish connections between the familiar and unfamiliar, the known and the unknown, and the human and nonhuman aspects of existence. My aim is to surpass the boundaries and limitations imposed by societal beliefs regarding what constitutes a body as a means of confronting or embracing my own feelings of alienation or detachment from physicality. I am particularly intrigued by exploring the internal bodily sensations that serve as emotional reactions or responses, such as the knotting or tickling of the insides. Furthermore, I am captivated by the delicate nature of flesh, perceiving my body as simultaneously tangible and intangible, with definite form and yet evading form. When contemplating my body from an internal perspective, I conjure up images of enigmatic entities, abandoning conventional anatomical ideologies and instead reimagining the inner depths based solely on personal experiences and emotions. I try to replicate bodily sensations visually; by doing so, I am creating an abstract representation of the body as a foreign entity, one that is separate from our conventional understanding of it as a biological machine. Investing my relationship with the body, particularly the ways in which the body can be divided, medicalized, sexualized, and emotionally separated through representation.

My artistic process is deeply connected to my own experiences of bodily sensations and emotions, particularly those that are uncomfortable. By breaking the body down into individual parts and reassembling them, I am exploring the idea of the body as something that is both whole and fragmented, both physical and emotional. I use materiality as an index to the body, assigning and connecting a type of material to a specific part of the body and using them almost exclusively. By using visual language that reflects the layered and multifaceted nature of the body, I challenge viewers to think more deeply about their own relationships to their physical selves.