Things back on Earth - Limited Edition 12 of 16 Print

Natalie Ryde (b.1981) is an East London based artist specialising in drawing, screen printing and participatory education projects. Her abstract, line drawings appear as floating woven forms, an aesthetic she attributes to her family lineage in both textiles and technical drawing. Ryde’s practice deals with ideas surrounding the human tendency to follow patterns, inherent and learnt behaviour, conscious and automatic decision making. Her source material is drawn from mathematical diagrams, observation of disrupted surfaces or patterns and emergent organic forms. The intricate mesh drawings in monochrome and colour have a feeling of movement and vitality in their undulating surfaces. Working predominantly on paper, Ryde uses ink, pen, pencil in her drawings as well as producing short-run and variable silkscreen print editions. Studio 301, Bridget Riley Studios, 43 - 45 Dace Road, Hackney Wick, E3 2NG. Since graduating from Edinburgh College of Art in 2005 Natalie has undertaken a series of residencies and commissions in Scotland and London including her 2011 Artist in Residence post at Kensington Palace and 2012 commission at Kew Palace.