ABOUT
For Isle of Wight based artist, Daisy Steed, growing up in a small town country environment has had a profound impact on her work. Elements of the uncanny, folklore and voyeurism - with an added bit of body horror, are often used to categorise her work. Always taking an introspective look into her own experiences and the morbid aspects of the human kind, Daisy warps them onto a canvas through surrealist oil pastel portraits(2019) or soft sculpture creepy crawlies designed to make you want to cuddle the grotesque(2019-2020). Specialising in oil paints and pastels specifically, Daisy is still active in textiles, photography and sculpture, with a strong and distinct style echoing throughout.
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Over the summer of 2016, Daisy was involved in a curating course at the Quay Arts, putting together an installation for a local artist.
In June 2019, Daisy's work was shown amongst a number of young creatives at the Depozitory. Showcasing a project in which she explored the treatment of women in south east asian and eastern European mythology. She is now studying Fine Art at Solent university and inquiring into what makes us recognise a human face, or rather what makes a face abhuman(2020).
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In March 2020 Daisy played an integral role in pulling together the media and marketing aspects promoting the Through the Window online exhibition, as well as having being one of the featured artists on the site. The exhibition proved to be a great success with over 150 viewers attending the live streamed event. The exhibition and Daisy's work can be viewed here - https://www.throughthewindowexhibition.art/daisy
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Late 2021 Daisy completed her dissertation titled 'Japanese Erotica and Attitudes Towards sex in Comparison to European Culture; was Religion a Cause for Repression?' - a deep dive into an academic approach to world culture and constructs.