Poppy Roberts

Poppy currently lives and works in the U.K. She studied at Hereford College of Arts and Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries.

In this series of drawings named 'Anaesthesia' Poppy hopes to capture the precise moment the psyche rises from unconscious to conscious. In particular, the deep, unconscious void of general anaesthetic.

Her drawing style is expressive and yet deceivingly finite. Perfection is not the end goal, believing that true immersion in the drawing process will develop a foreign, unplanned image. Therefore the end result will always be the essential image.

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Altered states of consciousness and the subjective experience of medical intervention are key themes for Poppy as an artist.

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Inspired by automatism, surrealism, actionism. Her most influential artists include; Antonin Artaud, Bob Flanagan, Ana Mendieta and the photographs of Arthur Tress.

-Hereford College of Arts 2006-2008

-Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries 2008-2011

Poppy has sold work to private collectors and worked on commission basis in the U.K. since 2013. In 2016 she won the Helen Barrett award for creative entrepreneurs and was selected for a U.K touring exhibition "Life in the face of Death" in 2017.