Miranda Skoczek creates works of monumental colour and
texture, offering respite and reflection in a busy world.
FEATURE BY LOUISE MARTIN-CHEW for VAULT, February 2022.
on linen, 153 x 137 cm. Courtesy the artist and Edwina Corlette, Brisbane and
Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne
There is more to Miranda Skoczek’s paintings than immediately meets the eye. They are built intuitively and in layers, from colours, patterns and objects that she absorbs in her immediate home environment – and all over the world. They are often abstract, sometimes with figurative elements; they focus on paint and colour, process and time, to create a space that takes us somewhere other, outside the material world. Inspiration comes from art and antiquities, folk art and contemporary design – and through obsessive consumption of images. Skoczek describes herself as “a sponge,” confessing to VAULT: “I have 95,000 photographs on my phone.”
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