Leonora Lockhart is a multidisciplinary, materials based artist living and working in London. She recently completed her M.A. at the Royal College of Art, having graduated with a 1st Class Honours degree from Central St. Martins.
Artist Statement
I have always felt that my creative practice and voice have been hindered by domestic responsibility, either imposed upon me by financial limitations, motherhood or societal norms, but also self-imposed from a misplaced sense of obligation. It has led to a deep sense of unease and discomfort around the domestic space, and it got me thinking about other women, and specifically women artists and makers. What of the lives they have led? Have they faced the same feelings of constraint? Of forfeiture? Of regret? Are the feelings of elation and satisfaction as domestic walls are broken down, echoed elsewhere? Or do some embrace a practice that stems from a kitchen table, rather than the studio or workshop?