Romy Cooper is a Brighton-based artist working with self-portraiture to explore the intersectionality associated with the female body autobiographically and using the female body as a vessel that is a holder and receiver of trauma and oppression to explore how this vessel exists in a capitalist-driven digitally addicted society.
Within her practice, Romy’s use of self-portraiture manifests in mediums such as sculpture, photography and painting to explore ideas of imprinting and touch from a feminist perspective. Additionally, Romy’s interest in distortion has compelled her to intertwine self-portraiture with both physical and digital distortion to demonstrate how socialisation throughout our lifetime warps our perception of the female body.
Education
Foundation, Photography, Greater Brighton Metropolitan College Brighton, Brighton, 2021
BA, Fine Art Photography, UAL Camberwell college of arts, London, 2024
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 - The Fusion Show, Copeland Gallery, London
2022 - ArtNumber23, Barcelona
2023 - Spectrum Show, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower, London
2023 - SB Art Gallery, London
2024 - Gone to the Dogs, Southwark Park Gallery, London
2024 - Rocketvan Spring Exhibition, Rocketvan Studio, London
2024 - Degree Show, UAL Camberwell college of arts, London
Selected Residencies
2025 - Winter Studio Residency, Phoenix Art Space, Brighton