A Collage of Life: An interdisciplinary approach to love and loss

We are a collection of Level 2 Fine Art students, exploring themes of grief and attachment through a variety of media: sculpture, painting, textiles and digital.

We have come together as a result of our individual experiences of grief, but a shared resonance to materialise it.

We create deeply personal artworks, whilst exploring the material best suited for the specific piece. Hence, our range of processes, styles and mediums. We all make work informed by our grief, and are at different stages in our personal bereavement journeys.

Despite this, we hope to materialise the complexities of our independent grief and retell our personal stories, whilst opening up the conversation about its universal affects and inevitability for all of us. We found comfort for our experiences of bereavement through collaboration and communication.

Together, we want our exhibition to participate in discussions about the discouraged topic of loss, and the fragility of life.

Artists

Mia Sage
Scarlett Simmons
Zuzanna Gers

Venue

Meeting Room 6 (Level 2)
Leeds University Union
2 Lifton Place
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT

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Opening times

There will be an evening private view on Saturday 17 May, 6pm to 8pm. All welcome.

The exhibition is then open to the public on Sunday 18 May, 10am to 4pm

More information

A Collage of Life is one of a number of student exhibitions taking place across Leeds this April and May, as part of our Fine Art Level 2 Festival of Art 2025.

See the full Festival of Art 2025 exhibition programme.

Image

Courtesy of Scarlett Simmons.