Lucy Newman’s practise is an interplay between the immediacy of technology and the slow thoughtfulness of tradition. Her artistic process initiates in the digital realm, where she manipulates imagery. These technologically distorted images are then translated into the physical world through hand embroidery.

In her embroidered ‘paintings’, Newman navigates the delicate balance between the imagined and the real, often exploring themes of nature and futurism. Her compositions are an intricate dance of colour, form and negative space, where the digital seems to have infiltrated and corrupted nature itself.

Exhibitions

- 2023: Embroidered Arts Exhibition (Group), Hand and Lock, London, UK

- 2023: Fine Art Textile Award Exhibition (Group), [Venues in London, Birmingham, Harrogate], UK

-2023: SHARE FESTIVAL XVII – ELABORATOR, THE HEART OF THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (Group), Turin. IT

-2024: TINCT- (Group), Ruup and Form, London

-2024: Contemporary Art Textile Exhibition (Group) London

Awards

- 2022: Winner, Hand and Lock Prize for Embroidery (Open Art Category)

- 2023: Shortlisted, Fine Art Textile Award

- 2023: Shortlisted, Share Prize