Lydia Moraitis’ Debut Solo exhibition with TM Lighting Gallery

Private view - 2nd of August from 6-9pm, exhibition continues until August 31st.

Verdant youth now squandered

An age so sickly sweet,

I took a bite into the apple

Played a game some try to cheat,

I stare into glazed glass,

My worth withering with each candle blown,

I tire and I fast

Till I’m someone I don’t know,

Here comes a candle to light you to bed

A sleep that brings beauty brings worry instead,

Here come a candle to count down your time,

Each candle, one step further from divine

-Lydia Moraitis.

Lydia Moraitis is an emerging London-based Artist who works primarily in mixed media. Featuring a selection of new works of screen printed wall, and free standing sculptures, Lydia Moraitis : Here comes a candle is her debut solo exhibition. Born in 2000, she spent her early life in the Lake District before studying at The Ruskin School of Art from 2019-2022. Since graduating, she has exhibited across the UK; Key exhibitions include ‘Made it 2022’ at Rogue Artist Studios, Manchester (October 2022), Woolwich contemporary print fair with Meakin + Parsons X Hannah Payne (November 2022) and ‘Saint Nicholas’ at Meakin + Parsons X Hannah Payne, Oxford (December 2022). Lydia is currently completing a residency at Surbiton High School where she works full-time on her artwork.

Working with a phrase or composed poem, her process begins in the medium of collage, taking elements and literal cut outs from mass media which become installations with each sculpture punctuating the space. She uses imagery gathered from magazines before reprinting them onto MDF, subverting them alongside autobiographical iconography/ symbology relating to her personal experiences. The imagery used acts as a reclamation of hyper-sexuality, presenting images that can be seen as suggestive in their context but challenging the 'brain-washed' visual association to them. Reminiscent of their original form, the cut of the paper is mimicked in the shape of the MDF, allowing for copycat tears and jagged scissor lines.

In her own words, “It’s a process of understanding a phrase and recreating it in a new magnified form; the puns become visual, the origin of the image now decontextualized and reconstructed.”

The private view will take place on the 2nd of August from 6-9pm and the exhibition will continue until August 31st.

Viewable by appointment.

To book contact:

lydia.moraitis@yahoo.com

TM Lighting is pleased to support artists through hosting annual exhibitions and providing complimentary exhibition space for artists, and gallery collaborations. Exhibitions in the TM Lighting gallery are lit by the GalleryOneThirty (G130) LED spotlights and the GalleryOneSixty (G160) LED floodlights. As with TM Lighting’s full range of LED luminaires the G160 and the G130 use high CRI 95+ colour rendition LED’s. Artworks can now benefit from more precise lighting, drawing the viewer to connect with each piece. For further information please contact: marketing@tmlighting.com

Exhibition address and contact: TM Lighting Gallery, 7 Cubitt Street, London, WC1X 0LN | www.tmlighting.com | info@tmlighting.com | t: +44 (0)207 278 1600