From the Shore

Suman GujralI graduated in 2018 with an MA in Fine Art, with distinction, from the University of Hertfordshire. She has shown her work extensively at Parndon Mill, Flatford National Trust, Candid Arts, Vyner Street and Mall Galleries in London, St Albans and Welwyn amongst others. She has also been selected to show work with the prestigious Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair- last year and again this November. She has been invited to take part in an exhibition next year at the internationally renowned Whitworth Gallery in Manchester. Earlier this year, She was awarded a bursary, by AN Artists, for career development and Lewis Biggs, formerly director of Tate Liverpool and Liverpool Biennial and now of Folkestone Triennial, is mentoring her.

“The interplay of light and shadow in our lives fascinates me. Light creates shadows and shadows help us appreciate the light. This has been particularly sharp for me during lockdown where the beauty of the landscape has provided light in the darkness. Being outside, in my garden, the countryside and by the sea, has kept me sane! I often take my sketchbook along with me and the drawings lead to my original, hand-pulled prints., made in my studio in Hertfordshire, looking out onto my garden.”