Artist Statement

Khadija Choudhury is a visual artist working in Bristol after completing a BA in Fine Art Painting at the University of Brighton in 2017. Khadija often finds the beginning of form, function and purpose by narrating experiences held in intimate moments in time. Themes belonging to obsessions, love, and loss are connected through material and colour.

Through movement, each composition explores a visual perspective of these aspects. Within these intimate moments she is being playful, open to failure, alluding to a place of feeling loss and love. Humorous qualities are portrayed in gestural mark making and shapes. These factors are important, as the purpose is to conflict between opposing themes, from colour and form to contextual ideologies. The use of colour develops her sense and appreciation of space, switching background and foreground to conflict the tone. The use of opposites makes it uncomfortable, uneasy to the eye. Yet, the use of viscous vertical directions restores stability and animation. This lingering intrudes in many areas, instilling chaos and a sense of overbearing. However, there remains a sense of stillness in these paintings that aim to grasp those fragile moments of joy and contentment. 

Identifying extremes from one another are pillars of Khadija’s work, as this executes the painting contextually; relying on the extremes to create a harmonious balance. Making opposite ends meet, each painting reflects on the influence of human conditions, whether detachment or contentment. Confronting these concerns and exploring them alongside the physicality of painting enables the linking of those relationships.