MA Fine Art Degree Show (2026)
City & Guilds of London Art School

This exhibition explores the hidden structures of industrial agriculture and the persuasive strategies of commercial branding. Functioning as an autoethnographic critique of consumer culture, the installation was designed to physically map the psychology of mass consumption and bring the reality of mass farming into a familiar domestic setting.

Installed on the second floor of the Georgian Terrace Studios, the curation actively manipulated the architecture of the room to create a structural tension between living biology and sanitised branding. The two-dimensional works, including the 166 x 166 cm YOLKO canvas, use fluid acrylics, dissolving oil glazes, and synthetic spray paint to compress chaotic, biological marks within rigid borders. Positioned against these large-scale canvases, utilitarian materials like raw timber and chicken wire were used to construct a custom cage plinth built to exactly 90 cm—the standard height of a UK kitchen counter.

This domestic framework held Untitled (Glass Carton with Eggs), a transparent 'ghost object' that utilised shifting natural light from the adjacent window to activate its structural flaws. The fragile eggs were cast from recycled workshop glass using a family heirloom Ukrainian pysanka, and each flawed specimen was arduously hand-polished in an active rejection of industrial grading metrics. By contrasting these delicate, individualised glass forms and calculated empty pockets against data-heavy, densely textured paintings like Free Range, the spatial environment invites viewers to project their own reflections and move from personal observation toward collective resilience.