Sandrine Aim  

Bio

I am a French artist living in London.

I studied  photography at L.S.P,"Fine Art Course" as well as "Mixed Media and Drawing" at City lit.I am currently finishing the course "Contemporary Practice : Personal project Course". I attend regularly the International Festival on Experimental Photography activities. I am also part of their online school “Agora” where I am currently studying “Exploring experimental photography”.

I use various mediums like camera less photography and  mixed media. I like to push materials and processes together without boundaries.  I am interested in the physicality and performance of the piece, experimenting, playing, pushing, cutting, stamping, destroying or melting the work in reference to the verb list of Richard Serra. My aim is to break and then mend and repair. As I cannot make sense of the world, it helps me  to play with materials, go back to the core and follow my intuition. I tackle my fear by looking directly at the dangerous world and become an alchemist.

Artist's statement

The concept of ‘derailment’ lays at the core of my practice, a sense of being forced or pulled ‘off course’. My work is an art the meanders and wanders, and draws our attention – however momentarily – to the complexity and flux of our past and present. In the recurring motif of the ‘wandering’ figure I created a shadowy ‘anchor’ of presence in spaces of uncertainty – like tally marks that say ‘I was here, but now I am elsewhere’. My practice draws on family history, and the multi-directionality of my ancestor’s migrations alongside themes of neurodiversity and ADHD. In the accelerated and ever-changing contemporary world, this is an invitation to reflect on the challenges of holding attention, of staying ‘on the rails’, of trying to contain all that is ever moving in ourselves and in our hyperactive world.

In my new Series called “Derailed”, I am interested in what happens when outside forces like war, governmental decisions, disease, or unplanned events alter the course of one’s life. Film negatives are incorporated and layered and I use various mediums like camera less photography (cyanotype) and  mixed media with natural dyes. I like to push materials and processes together without boundaries.  I am interested in the physicality and performance of the piece, experimenting, playing, pushing, cutting, stamping, destroying or melting the work in reference to the verb list of Richard Serra. My aim is to break and then mend and repair. I tackle my fear by looking directly at the dangerous world and become an alchemist.

Group Exhibitions :

- Blackhall studios (Shoreditch, London, UK), LSP show, 2012

- Royal Photographic Society, (Greenwich, London, Uk), Ecclectic,  2013

- Marie Curie fundraising pop up art exhibition with Hampstead School of art, (London, UK), 26/11/2017

- Photofusion (Brixton, London, UK),  Salon 17, 8/12/2017 till 13/01/2018

- The Darkroom Gallery (Vermont, USA), Metamorphosis, 25/07/2018 till 2/9/2018

- Harris+Hoole (London, UK), Royal Photographic Society North London group,1/10/2018 till 31/10/2018

- Photofusion (Brixton, UK),  Salon 18, 6/12/2018 till 12/01/2019

- Harris+Hoole (London, UK), Royal Photographic Society North London group,19/01/2019 till 16/03/2019

- Lauderdale house (London, Uk),The RPS London Region Members’ 2018/19 Print Exhibition, 6/2/2019 till 4/3/2019

- Clock tower (Croydon, Uk),Royal Photographic Society, Visual Art Group Annual Show, 16/02/2019 till 9/03/2019

- Landmark Arts Centre (London, Uk),Royal Photographic Society, Visual Art Group Annual Show part of the Richmond & Twickenham PS Annual Exhibition,11/04/2019 till 22/04/2019

- Menier Gallery (London, Uk),City lit Fine Art Course Show, 16/07/2019 till 20/07/2019

- UCLH (London, UK), Royal Photographic Society North London Group,7/11/2019 till 15/01/2020

- Photofusion (Brixton, UK),  Salon 19, 6/12/2019 till 01/2019

- Lauderdale house (London, Uk),The RPS London Region Members’ 2019/20 Print Exhibition, 6/2/2020 for 4 weeks

- Royal Photographic Society, Visual Art Group Annual Show,March 2020

- Artdoc Photography magazine, November 2020, "Japanese gardens" online exhibition

- Purdue University,  (Indiana,USA), The alchemical image,  19/10/2020 to 6/11/2020

- Photofusion (Brixton, UK),  Salon 21, 13/07/2021 

- Exhibition Paris, October 2021 postponed re Covid

- Photofusion (Brixton, UK),  Salon 22, 8/12/2022 until 17 February 2023

- Artdoc Photography magazine, "Alternative Process" online exhibition, December 2022

- City Lit Gallery (London, UK),"Nine", July 2023

 

Publications

The HAND magazine, USA, issue 25, July 2019

The HAND magazine, USA, issue 27, January 2020

The HAND magazine, USA, issue 29, July 2020

The HAND magazine, USA, issue 39, January 2023

Other:

Series "Big bang in my hand" Shortlisted for Tri-pod awards by juror Miranda Gavin, 2017

Tri-pod Group  shortlisted  for the Artquest Peer awards, 2017

Moderator, Virtual Conference on Cyanotype and Anthotype from Exp.21