b.1980. Somerset UK. Originally trained in theatre design, Genevieve Leavold is a self taught artist working in a variety of different mediums.
Themes central to her work include, the nature of time, memory and transformation; exploring the eternal and ephemeral.
” I am not a contemporary artist, in that the work I make is concerned with timeless subject matter. I have always been curious about how we form our sense of identity. When I make images I am seeking to understand what it is to be human without the identity of my birth. I instinctively feel that there is more to us as creatures than the projected personalities we adopt. So I seek the shared characteristics of Human.. and have started with our relationship to nature…”
From direct experiences and observations Leavold recreates abstracted landscapes and portraits of form and colour.
These include evocations of inner city decay where nature may only be seen as it asserts a foothold by growing over run-down buildings. Leavold uses these sources to address conflicts of identity, ego and consciousness.
You can find Genevieve Leavold’s work on RiseArt.com and SaatchiArt.com
She has exhibited extensively throughout the UK and has work in private collections in the UK, US and Europe.
