Mary Ramsden
{{short description|British painter (born 1984)}}
{{for|the British artist known for Indian watercolours|Mary Symonds}}
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Mary Ramsden (born 1984){{cite web |title=Mary Ramsden |url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/mary-ramsden |website=Royal Academy of Arts |access-date=22 August 2021}} is a British painter, who lives and works in London.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/15/t-magazine/design/radiopaper-art-book-mary-ramsden-adam-thirlwell.html|title=A Tantalizing, Mysterious Art Book (or Is it Book Art?)|last=Farrell|first=Aimee|date=2015-12-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-15|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite journal|url=https://frieze.com/article/mary-ramsden|title=In Review: Mary Ramsden|last=Elderton|first=Louisa|date=2015-03-14|journal=Frieze|issue=170 |publisher=frieze.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-15}} Her work has been compared to Cy Twombly, with abstract gestural movements on the canvas.{{Cite news|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/art/mary-ramsden-couples-therapy|title=Mary Ramsden: Couples Therapy|work=Time Out London|access-date=2018-03-19|language=en}}
Biography
Ramsden studied art at Leith School of Art (LSA){{Cite news|url=https://www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2017/03/top-artists-backing-leith-school-of-art-fundraiser/|title=Top artists backing Leith School of Art fundraiser|date=2017-03-14|work=The Edinburgh Reporter|access-date=2018-03-19|language=en-US}} and Edinburgh College of Art. She continued her education and graduated in 2013 from the three-year postgraduate art school at the Royal Academy of Arts, RA, in London, studying with artists Richard Kirwan, Brian Griffiths and Vanessa Jackson.{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/alumni-mary-ramsden|title=Catching up with... Mary Ramsden|date=2015-03-20|website=Royal Academy of Arts|access-date=2018-03-19}} While still at the RA Ramsden's first solo gallery show was held in 2012 at Pilar Corrias and a second was held there in January 2015.
In 2016–2017, Ramsden's first museum solo exhibition, titled "Mary Ramsden: (In / It)" was held at the Aspen Art Museum.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aspenartmuseum.org/exhibitions/114-mary-ramsden-in-it|title=Mary Ramsden: (In / It)|date=2016|website=Aspen Art Museum|language=en|access-date=2018-03-19}} The title of the exhibition was inspired by a Marianne Moore poem "Poetry" and a line break that is found in the poem.{{Cite news|url=https://www.aspentimes.com/entertainment/aspen-times-weekly-black-mirrors/|title=Black Mirrors|last=Travers|first=Andrew|date=2017-01-12|work=The Aspen Times|access-date=2018-03-19|language=en}}
Her abstract, painterly works combine gestural marks with amoeba-like shapes. Though seemingly simple and seamlessly assimilated, Ramsden's paintings are structured with a subtle thoughtfulness that allows for contemplative consideration. With slight, deliberate adjustments in color, mark-making, and scale, her works depict a progressive language that draws viewers in to examine each smudge and detail. Most of the artist's pieces are dominated by a single color, while other hues push towards the edges of the surface. In more recent pieces, Ramsden has begun generating multifaceted, meditative compositions by applying and then wiping away multiple layers of paint.{{Cite news|url=https://amuse-i-d.vice.com/five-questions-with-mary-ramsden/|title=Is This Mary Ramsden's Dirtiest Selfie?|date=2015-12-16|work=Amuse|access-date=2018-03-19|language=en-US}}
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Category:21st-century British painters
Category:Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art