Nanci Byrne is a London-based emerging painter and trained textile designer whose ornate, pattern-rich canvases explore the relentlessness of contemporary womanhood and motherhood through a darkly playful, surreal lens.
As a trained textiles designer, Nanci is especially driven to explore the (sometimes negative) value placed on decorative art within a contemporary context. Her paintings draw inspiration from 17th cent. tapestries, and the Art & Crafts movement, but also her long-standing love of video games. She world builds on the canvas aided by literacy references such as A Room of One’s Own and The Yellow Wallpaper.