Maxine Hart

My work is about the construction of a narrative. I am interested in the tradition of story-telling and the subversive undertones that can be found in many folk stories. I often construct my own story lines, visualising contemporary fairy tales that explore modern society. I try to raise questions as to what is happening in each image and why, and attempt to mix the aesthetically pleasing with the unsettling and the unknown.In my portraits, I try to represent the personality of the sitter by exploring each individual's feelings and emotions. It is less about facial likeness and more about an emotional understanding of their character.

Exhibitions

2010 Performance, Solo Exhibition, Oxford Univeristy Press, Oxford

2010 Art for Youth Oxford, Summerfield School, Oxford

2009 The Stories in my Head, Solo Exhibition, New Hall, Cambridge

2008 Art For Youth Oxford, Summerfield School, Oxford

2007 Group Exhibition, Penwood House, Cassington, Oxfordshire

2007 Id:entity, West End Centre, Aldershot, Hampshire

2006 The Women's Art Show, Fairfields Art Centre, Basingstoke, Hampshire

2004 Oxford Printmakers Exhibition, Sewell Centre Gallery, Radley College, Radley, Oxfordshire

2004 On Spiritual Journey, Church of St. John the Evangelist, Princes Street, Edinburgh

2003 Academia, Sewell Centre Gallery, Radley College, Radley, Oxfordshire

2002 Artweeks Exhibition, Oxford Printmakers Co-operative, Christadelphian Hall, Tyndale Road, Oxford

2000 Prints, Museum of Oxford,
St. Aldates, Oxford

1999 New Greenham Arts, New Greenham Park, Newbury, Berkshire

1998 Art Party, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, 69a New Street, Birmingham

1996 Degree Show, Mall Galleries, The Mall, London,