With a strawberry in her mouth

Gravel, jointing, stickers, 0.3mm copper wire, velvet, driveway brick,
90 x 40 x 10 cm

Regular price £2,000.00
About the Artwork

The materials found in the suburbs have always brought me a sense of comfort and nostalgia. While pebble dash, driveway bricks and PVC may read as ugly and harsh, seeing familiar materials in unexpected places immediately invites a reminder of home. We lay down durable, ‘permanent’ materials, subsequently removing nature in the process. But it is never truly permanent, and it can never beat natures resilience; roots that break pavements, weeds that grout paving stones.
This friction between man made hardscape and natural, organic matter is beautiful and deeply poetic. It brings hope. And perhaps gives us something to celebrate.

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Details

Medium: Gravel, jointing, stickers, 0.3mm copper wire, velvet, driveway brick,

Year: 2026

Size: 90 x 40 x 10 cm

Ready to Hang: Does not hang on a wall or need to be installed (is a sculpture)

Shayna Fonseka

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Shayna Fonseka (b.1994) completed their MFA at the Ruskin School of Art and BFA at Slade School of Art, after obtaining a Foundation Diploma from Central Saint Martins. They were awarded the Erna Plachte Award in 2024 and shortlisted for the Oxford Review of Books Art Award.

Recent exhibitions include ‘ Weather Reports', COCA, Colombo, Sri Lanka (2026) and 'Positions in Contemporary Art: Europe Across Borders', Curated by kollektiv collective, London (2025). Shayna was also exhibited as part of 'Under Archives', SET, London (2025); 'Questions on Drawing', Exvoto Gallery, London (2025); 'Carry on Baggage', Galeria Augustine, Lisbon (2023); and 'Can't Take My Eyes off You', Indigo + Madder, London (2022).

Shayna was featured in Rise Art's 'Curator at Large: Exhibitions to see'.

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