Future Is Female (2021) displayed at Tate Britain, September 2022
Hosting Feminist Persona and Our Distraught System at The Courtyard in Hereford formed part of the art centre’s commemorations for International Women’s Day 2023. Thought-provoking and challenging, the exhibition and installation complemented each other with their juxtaposition in the foyer. At the same time, the Borderlines Film Festival was taking place, giving even more visibility to Gemma’s pieces and creating talking points for audiences attending The Courtyard. It was an exciting opportunity for the organisation, and it is hoped that Gemma will return again soon with more of her works.
Clare Wichbold, MBE, Writer, Researcher and Fundraiser
Artworks ©️ Gemma Moore.
“Art should be a tool, not a weapon. Not used for a vehicle to house the abuse of power, but a platform to exert feelings, thoughts, emotions, happiness or anxiety.”
Gemma Moore (2022) Artist Manifesto.
Gemma Moore (b.2000) is a British Artist based in Herefordshire.
In September 2022, Gemma Moore’s image titled Future Is Female (2021) taken from the Feminist Persona Series (2020-2021) has been displayed in Tate Britain’s Henry Moore Room in London as part of Tate Britain’s Late at Tate Cyborgs Futures Show.
She graduated from the Hereford College of Arts with a First Class Honours Degree in Fine Art and is pursuing a Masters in Fine Art at Birmingham City University. Her most recent work titled Our Distraught System (2022) will be exhibited as part of the Masters Show at the Birmingham School of Art in late August through to early September, 2022.
Gemma’s artwork has been sold to clients from all over the United Kingdom and abroad. Including London, Manchester, Ipswich, Devon, Telford, Southport, Leicester, Winchester and Canterbury. Further afield, Gemma’s paintings and drawings have been sold to clients from Ireland, Romania, Germany, Japan, Australia, Spain and the USA, including Washington D.C. and Indiana.
Over the past few years, Gemma has been the recipient of various awards that showcase her artistic skill and passion. in 2017, she was the recipient of The Charles Underhill Travel Bursary and also a runner up in a Social Documentary Photography Competition judged by British Photographer, Martin Parr. In 2018, she won the Caitlin Kickstart Award and later, in 2021, she won The Sidney Nolan Trust Residency Award for her Degree Show installation titled The Feminist Persona’s Set (2021) which was exhibited at The Hereford College of Arts.
Upon commencing her Masters in Fine Art at Birmingham City University, she won The Mike Holland Award (2021) for the quality of her submission portfolio.
Gemma’s art practice is very varied; she enjoys painting and drawing villages, towns, churches and ruins, such as historic castles and buildings, also simultaneously engages with Feminist lines of enquiry and uses her visual Fine Art practice as a way of voicing, challenging and tackling various societal issues that effect many women’s lives. Gemma is also a Socially Engaged Practitioner, as she enjoys creating and using art projects as a way of stimulating various marginalised groups in society.
Please contact Gemma regarding collaborative and commission-based ideas on:
g moore art one 0 one at gee mail dot com
Various Links to work:
Gemma Moore, BA (Hons) M.F.A 