Mary Ramsden
Mary Ramsden
2017
Oil on canvas, oil and acrylic on canvas 25 x 21, 200 x 140 cm
Mary Ramsden
2017
Oil and acrylic on canvas 200 x 140 cm
Mary Ramsden
2017
Oil on board 40 x 30 cm
Mary Ramsden
2017
Oil on canvas 200 x 140, 200 x 140 cm
Mary Ramsden
2017
Oil on canvas 25 x 20 x 2.5 cm
Mary Ramsden
2017
Oil on dibond aluminium panel, oil on canvas 75 x 50, 40 x 30 cm
Mary Ramsden
2017
Oil on canvas 35 x 26 x 4.5 cm
Installation view: Couples Therapy, Pilar Corrias Gallery, 16 November 2017 - 15 December 2017
Installation view: Couples Therapy, Pilar Corrias Gallery, 16 November 2017 - 15 December 2017
Installation view: Couples Therapy, Pilar Corrias Gallery, 16 November 2017 - 15 December 2017
Installation view: Couples Therapy, Pilar Corrias Gallery, 16 November 2017 - 15 December 2017
Installation view: Couples Therapy, Pilar Corrias Gallery, 16 November 2017 - 15 December 2017
Mary Ramsden
2016
Oil on canvas Diptych 26 x 31cm (each)
Mary Ramsden
2016
Oil on canvas, diptych 36 x 27cm and 40 x 30cm
Mary Ramsden
2016
Oil on Canvas Diptych 200 x 140cm and 20 x 30cm
Installation view: (In/It), Aspen Art Musuem, 4 November 2016 - 19 February 2017
Installation view: (In/It), Aspen Art Musuem, 4 November 2016 - 19 February 2017
Installation view: (In/It), Aspen Art Musuem, 4 November 2016 - 19 February 2017
Installation view: (In/It), Aspen Art Musuem, 4 November 2016 - 19 February 2017
Installation view: (In/It), Aspen Art Musuem, 4 November 2016 - 19 February 2017
Mary Ramsden
2016
Oil on canvas, dibond panel and acrylic on canvas 40.6 x 30.5 cm 49.5 x 76 cm 167 x 111 cm
Mary Ramsden
2016
Oil on canvas, dibond composite panel, oil on canvas and oil on wood panel (from left to right): 167.6 x 111.8 cm 20.3 x 15.2 cm 40.6 x 30.5 cm 76.2 x 61 cm
Mary Ramsden
2016
Oil on wood panel 76.2 x 61cm
Mary Ramsden
2016
Oil on wood panel 40.6 x 30.5 cm
Mary Ramsden
2016
Oil on canvas, oil on wood panel 25 x 20 cm (left) 40 x 30 cm (right)
Mary Ramsden
2016
Oil on canvas, oil on wood panel 61 x 35 cm (right) 24 x 18 cm (left)
Mary Ramsden
2015
Acrylic on canvas 168 x 127.5 cm [66 1/8 x 50 1/4 x 3/4 in]
Mary Ramsden
2015
Acrylic on canvas 2 panels: 71.5 x 61 cm ( each) 71.5 x 122 cm (overall)
Mary Ramsden
2015
Acrylic on canvas 150 x 90 cm
Mary Ramsden
2015
Acrylic on Splendorlux 70 x 50 cm [27 1/2 x 19 3/4 in]
Mary Ramsden
2015
Acrylic on canvas 49 x 42.5 x 3 cm
Mary Ramsden
2015
Oil on board 51 x 40.5 x 3.5 cm
Mary Ramsden
2015
Oil on board 25 x 18 x 3.5 cm [9 7/8 x 7 1/8 x 1 3/8 in]
Mary Ramsden
2015
Oil on board, 2 panels: 26 x 18 x 3.5 cm [3/4 x 7 1/8 x 1 3/8 in ] (each)
Mary Ramsden
2014
Oil on board 2 panels: 40 x 30 x 3.5 cm [15 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 1 3/8 in] (each)
Mary Ramsden
2014
Oil on board 51 x 41 x 3.5 cm [20 1/8 x 16 1/8 x 1 3/8 in]
Mary Ramsden
2014
Oil on board 2 panels: 51 x 41 x 3.5 cm [20 1/8 x 16 1/8 x 1 3/8 in] (each)
Mary Ramsden
2014
Oil on board 76 x 61 x 3.5 cm [29 7/8 x 24 1/8 x 1 3/8 in]
Mary Ramsden
2014
Oil on aluminium 21 x 15 x 1 cm [8 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 3/8 in]
Mary Ramsden
2013
Oil on wood 2 panels: 40 x 30 cm (each)
Mary Ramsden
2013
Oil on board, triptych 3 panels: 40 x 30 x 3 cm [15 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 1 1/8 in] (each)
Mary Ramsden creates abstract compositions in which amoebic forms fuse with bold, gestural mark-making. Ramsden’s practice is unapologetically painterly. Her works are testament to a commitment to painting as a progressive language that demands our attentive engagement. Strategically refusing referential readings, she makes painted objects whose compositional unity belies the complexity of their making. In Ramsden’s work even the subtlest adjustment is generative. Each shift in palette, variation in scale, or nuance of mark effects an incremental development within a broader scheme of experimentation. A recurring theme in Ramsden’s work is a preoccupation with the edge: a concern that is realised formally and pursued methodologically.
Mary Ramsden lives and works in London. Her most recent exhibitions include: ZORRO, Pilar Corrias, London (2019); Blason, Sid Motion Gallery, London (2019); Surface Work, Victoria Miro, London (2018); Couples Therapy, Pilar Corrias, London (2017); You see me like a UFO, Marcelle Joseph Projects (2017); 31 Women, Breese Little (2017); (In / It), The Aspen Art Museum, Aspen (2016); Vanilla and Concrete, part of Tate Britain’s relaunch of the Art Now series (2015); Swipe, Pilar Corrias, London (2015); I am here but you’ve gone, curated by Milovan Farronato with Stella Bottai, Fiorucci Art Trust, London (2015); Panda Sex, curated by Tom Morton, State of Concept, Athens (2014); New order II: British art today, Saatchi Gallery, London (2014); Consommé, Kinman, London (2013); Open Heart Surgery, The Moving Museum, London (2013); Temple Bar, Dublin (2012); and New Contemporaries, UK (2009).