Annie Trevorah presents a new body of work for World Ocean Day

Annie Trevorah presents a new body of work for World Ocean Day. Curated by Josephine Bailey and in support of the Blue Marine Foundation, Altered Tides blends objects found in nature with hi-tech processes into an underwater utopia.

Working across a wide range of disciplines and media, Trevorah takes a panoptic and cinematic approach to creating artworks that challenge prevailing human-centred narratives. Evolved from eco-feminist theory and a belief in the interconnectivity of human and non-human intelligence, she imagines hybrid lifeforms as a response to the planetary emergency.

Altered Tides describes a post-human re-genesis as mutations of fossils, corals and aquatic creatures emerge from the dying oceans to reclaim their presence on land. Human wit provides the glue as marine materials and found fragments become indistinguishable from 3D-printed elements and complement traditional techniques. With the future of our planet shaped by historical legacies as much as by present-day choices, the exhibition acts both as a forewarning and as a message of hope.

The exhibition opens with an introduction by the exhibition’s curator Josephine Bailey and a Q&A led by art historian and writer Hector Campbell. World Ocean Day on 8 June will be marked with a panel talk led by Nico Kos Earle, curator and ambassador for Blue Marine Foundation.

Josephine-May Bailey is a curator, arts writer and art historian specialising in contemporary art and feminist theory. She has worked both independently and within galleries and institutions curating over 20 exhibitions across the UK, and supported more than 150 international artists in the process.

She has established and programmed three contemporary art galleries across London and worked on project-specific exhibitions at institutions such as the Barbican (Rebel Rebel, Soheila Sokhanvari). Currently Director of Sales at Gallery Rosenfeld, she was previously Director and Curator of Pictorum Gallery. Previous positions include Christie’s, Timothy Taylor Gallery and Gagosian.
Hector Campbell is an art historian, writer and curator based in South London. In 2023, he co-founded Soup Gallery in Elephant & Castle alongside Betty Guereta, and is a founding member of Collective Ending HQ, a collectively run studio and gallery complex in Deptford, South East London.

Campbell currently publishes a weekly email newsletter, The Shock of the Now, which includes recommended exhibitions and artist opportunities. He has written for galleries including Saatchi Yates, Lungley Gallery, Roman Road, and for publications such as FAD Magazine and Elephant Magazine.

Completing her MA in Sculpture at the RCA in 2023, Annie Trevorah has been selected for prestigious exhibitions both nationally and internationally. She had her first London solo show Symbiosis in February 2023, followed by Triffids, celebrating Chelsea Physic Garden’s 350th anniversary in October, and Nature is a Cyborg at ALICE BLACK Gallery in May 2024.

Trevorah exhibited as an Arte Laguna finalist in 2024 during Venice Biennale. Other international shows incldue Centro Culturale di Milano, Las Laguna Gallery, USA; FOLD and 67 York Street, London; and Chianciano Biennale 2022, Italy, where she was awarded a Prize for Photography and Digital Art. 2025 will see inclusion in the London Biennale.

Annie Trevorah’s public work has been exhibited at Holland Park and Fulham Palace, for which she received an Arts Council England Award, and in Battersea Park.
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