MONAIR HYMAN

ARTIST STATEMENT:

Women have always made and continue to make beautiful things through wars, plague, conflict and dark times. It is as relevant today as it was in the past in the search for hope, solace and liberation.

Monair Hyman’s grew up surrounded by pattern, fabrics, flowers, and the delicate designs of chinoiserie plates, her mothers love of sewing, embroidery and tending her garden were her refuge and sparked the artists creativity. Bound to this was the hope of a better life.

Hyman’s practice is informed by memories that reflect different spaces and points in her life. The works are layered with private emotions, stories and hidden things that connect to her family, especially her mother. She is concerned with an exploration of self, identity, the feminine perspective, the complexities of love and the vulnerability of bodies.

Her mixed media painting and drawings are threads that connect the past to the present. They articulate an alternative way of looking at things, making space for “Other" narratives, self expression, and healing.

Bio:

Monair Hyman is a British contemporary painter. She graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University gaining a BA in Fine Art Painting 1st class Honours and a B.ED in Educational Management ( Arts ).

In 2022 she attended a Sumi-e Japanese ink painting course at The Royal Academy of Arts, London. Monair Hyman was awarded a scholarship from The European Cultural Academy to study in Venice, July 2023. Awards include a Delfina Foundation Studio Trust Award and Casa Manillva Residency to work in Southern Spain, a Fellowship granted by Sabadelle Museu D’Art Contemporani to work at La Nau, Barcelona. A British council Award to work in Rome on the Artist/Scholar Programme at The American Academy in Rome, an Arts Council Individual Artists Award and The Willy Tirr Memorial Prize, amongst others.

Her work has been shown nationally and internationally. Monair Hymans work is in a number of private and public collections in Britain, Australia, France, Germany, Holland, Norway, Spain and the USA