Athene Greig

Athene Greig is a British artist who has lived in Scotland and London and recently moved to Stroud. She studied Painting at the Glasgow School of Art and from 2015-17 took part on the Turps Studio Programme in South London. Whilst at Turps she was selected by DOLPH projects to present a solo exhibition at Sluice2017. Group exhibitions include Creekside Open 2017 selected by Alison Wilding, APT Gallery, Deptford and London Open 2015, Whitechapel Gallery, London. Her practise is rooted in painting but also fluctuates between sculpture, installation, film and sound. Working in different mediums allows her to constantly challenge what her practise is and how it takes form. It uses formal painterly languages of colour theory, light and darkness, and takes inspiration from the figurative literary language of female writers. The work is subtle and sensitive in its nature, using delicate materials such as paper, watercolours, and transparent plastic. Although made intuitively it has a controlled manner that suggests simple yet layered meanings. Her paintings are explorations of gesture, colour and light. She is interested in harnessing a feeling of minimalism to possess a meditative quality and balance feelings of tension with lightness. She wants her work to encourage a lyrical sensibility and intimacy with the viewer.