The Mood Room · Somaya Critchlow
Somaya Critchlow Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Somaya Critchlow
Somaya Critchlow: Exploring Intimacy and Female Gaze Through Figurative Painting Somaya Critchlow is a British artist born in London, UK, in 1993. She lives and works in London, establishing herself as a prominent voice within contemporary figurative painting. Her artistic journey began with formal training at the University of Brighton’s BA program in Painting, followed by postgraduate studies at The Royal Drawing School, where she ho
ned her skills and earned a Diploma in 2017. Critchlow's breakthrough came in April 2023 with “Somaya Critchlow: Paintings and Drawings,” an inaugural exhibition at The FLAG Art Foundation in New York City, marking her debut appearance on the North American art scene. Subsequent recognition includes inclusion in group shows like “Pictures Girls Make”: Portraitures” curated by Alison M. Gingeras at Blum & Poe (Los Angeles) and “Women Pa…
Set the room's
mood
— the light follows
Now showing —
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works lit