Artist's Statement

 

I create paintings exploring my passion for colour, light, perception and pattern. The immediate aesthetic and decorative quality of my work conceals personal nostalgia. My ideas come from reflecting on memories, such as happy holidays playing in the arcade on the pier, a childhood book of MC Escher and my 1990s graphic design education. Ideas and curiosities arising from previous paintings also inspire my practice.

 

Having studied graphic design at University, I naturally create the compositions for my work digitally, which I then draw onto the canvas. I premix and refine all my paint colours, allowing me to study how the colours work together before painting. By carefully masking with tape, I achieve the crisp, precise edges crucial to my work. The finish must be as flawless as possible to not distract from the composition and colours.

 

Although my paintings are active and immediate, they also engage the viewer by questioning their perception and offering the chance to 'solve' the painting's visual puzzles.

 

 

Artist's Biography

 

Victoria Mardon b. 1978 Maidstone, Kent, is an emerging abstract artist living and working in Exeter, Devon. She creates precise and complex chromatic, hard-edged, geometrical paintings using acrylic on canvas.

 

She graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA(Hons) in Graphic Design, and although she never followed this as a career path, the experience shaped her painting process. Alongside her painting practice, Victoria is currently studying part-time for an MA in Painting at Arts University Plymouth.

 

 

Education

 

2022 Studying for an MA in Painting (part-time) at Arts University Plymouth

 

2022 Longlisted for Jackson's Art Prize

 

2020 Longlisted for Jackson's Art Prize

 

2019 Selected for RWA Open. Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

 

2018-2020 Member of Patrick Jones's Abstract Art Group, Exeter

 

2009 Member of Patrick Jones’s Abstract Art Group, Exeter

 

2001 A Level Fine Art, Exeter College

 

2000 BA (Hons) Graphic Design, Bath Spa University

 

 

Shows

 

2023 Victoria Mardon. Get Lost Gallery, Exeter

 

2022 RWA Open. Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

 

2022 Winter Open. Sou'-Sou'-West Gallery. Symondsbury Estate

 

2021 Victoria Mardon & Andrew Stonyer. Brownsword Hepworth

 

2021 Spring Show. Brownsword Hepworth

 

2020 A Cabinet of Curiosities. Brownsword Hepworth

 

2019 Abstraction Here & Now. Group Exhibition, Exeter

 

2019 Evolver. Group Exhibition, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton