My work focuses on bringing up the sense of what lays underneath the surface, for instance; power dynamics, control and memory. My figures embody those energies, leak auras and organic forms, spilling into physical spaces where they are held in a more silent manner. I am interested in subtle tensions between individuals, and in memory that is embedded within the system appearing and fading, as a trace that underpins what follows. I give the figures power but at the same time, I test the possibility of their total collapse. My works suggest a psychic map of what is “held” within the body.
Tal Regev (b. London) lives and works in London. She completed an MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art, London (2017), following a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Goldsmiths, University of London. In 2019, she was awarded the Derek Hill Foundation Scholarship at the British School at Rome. Her work has been exhibited internationally, with recent exhibitions including Within our shapes, Tempesta Gallery, Milano (2024); Sunlit Moon, Sapling, London, UK (2023, solo); Endgame, Secci, Pietrasanta, Italy (2023); The Rings of Saturn, Galerie Derouillon, Paris, France (2023); Phantasmata, Public Gallery, London, UK (2022); Do you feel me, Sapling Gallery, London, UK (2022); and Futures of Love, Magasins généraux, Paris–Pantin, France (2019).
