MJF CHANCE

I'm an artist living and working in Hackney Wick, London.

I work in an intuitive and experimental way with charcoal, chalk, graphite and oil to produce paintings, drawings and monoprints, both from observation and imagination.

My interest in climate science and environmentalism fuels my desire to observe nature in its many interconnected forms and patterned interplay of forces, looking at clouds, water surfaces, mist and dirt on windows.

Exploring the ground between between modern science and ancient mysticism, intuition and intellect, freedom and control, holism and reductionism; my imaginative work expresses philosophical thoughts and ecological concerns through images that emerge from the subconscious. They are felt into being using sensitivity of touch and by embracing uncertainty.

CV

2005-6 - Art Foundation, Bedford College (Distinction)

2006-9 - Popular Music, Media and Communication Studies, BA Hons (First Class), Liverpool University

2012-13 - Postgraduate Diploma in Drawing, The Prince's Drawing School, London

I have work in The Royal Collection and numerous private collections, and have featured in many group shows and several solo exhibitions.
In 2013 I had a sketchbook featured in the Rabley SKETCH 2013 Prize touring exhibition.