Saffron Monks-Smith

Born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, in 1996.

BA in Fine Art Printmaking, Ulster University, Belfast 2014-2018

MFA in Fine art specialising in painting, Ulster University, Belfast 2018-2020

Artist’s Statement

In my practice I aim to question what makes us uneasy by depicting every day, mundane surroundings and translating them into somewhere more sinister and unfamiliar. By capturing a momentary atmosphere of people-less streets, I aim to reference the uncanny. As darkness descends and buildings transform, I explore our instinctual associations with nocturnal atmosphere and our peculiar fascination for the unknown. By painting indistinct, urban and suburban locations, I aim to examine our phenomenological experience of our environments and how this can change through the disruption of our senses.