Artist Statement

I use an internal first-person soliloquy as a studio method to enter imagined, uncanny realms in which paint, space and body exist in active dialogue. Inside these constructed worlds, I explore ideas of desire and despair relating to the cultural milieu, as they surface through the act of painting itself. My current body of work, Foreverware, is one such world - an imagined dystopia that provides a framework for testing gesture and material behaviour, filtered through performed ideals of femininity.

Drawing from painterly traditions of Abstract Expressionism and Colour Field, my practice situates itself within a lineage that values the emotive force of colour - as well as the Renaissance pursuit of illusion, filtered through abstraction and materiality.

Working through this lens of gestural abstraction, I engage the physical resistance of paint - its weight; drag, scent, density and behaviour - allowing materiality to shape the process. Colour and form construct spaces that feel visceral and dreamlike, holding the viewer in a state of intimacy and unease.

Bio

Lolo Carvill is a contemporary British artist who paints abstract compositions that explore sensuality, materiality and process to blur the boundaries between seeing and feeling. Her artwork elevates colour and texture to highlight the evocative potential of the tactile and sensual elements of the artwork.

Lolo earned her BA and MA in Fine Art (2020) at Central Saint Martins and has exhibited with a number of galleries including Tate Exchange (Tate Modern), Saatchi Gallery, ADH Gallery and Split. Her next solo presentation will be in the City of London in March/April 2026.

lornacarvill@gmail.com