FREYA STOCKFORD
(b. 1992 Huddersfield, UK)
Freya Stockford is an artist based in Leeds whose work is about composition, colour, and context. She paints both fixed and fleeting objects to commemorate complex emotions that illustrate her life. The visual mood of the painting depends entirely on the context. Whether it’s as simple as celebrating a midnight snack or memorialising radiant joy, she uses the quiet form of still life to portray the full gamete of life.
Freya believes that colour begets memory and hopes the colours in her works instil some retrospection in the viewer. She often paints what she calls ‘ugly paintings’ where she creates compositions and uses colours that challenge her to confront difficult emotions. The works presented in this exhibition are the largest works she has made to date. The transformative scale brings the viewer right into the heart of the colour and space that surround the placed objects.
Freya graduated from Central St Martins in 2010 and continued her degree in Painting and Printmaking at Glasgow School of Art. After losing her work in the fire at GSA in 2014, she has continued her practice from her studio at Assembly House, Leeds. Freya has exhibited internationally, including shows in Germany and the USA.