Join artists Mandy Lane and Yas Crawford as they talk about their practices as part of our latest exhibition Neuro Expression as well as artist and exhibition selector Nathan Thomas as he talks about Neurodiversity and this exhibition.
Neuro Expression is a group exhibition of artists who identify as neurodivergent. Chosen from the result of a national open call-out, each artist explores and expresses their sensory, emotional, psychological or physical experiences as neurodivergent people.
This is an exhibition that showcases and celebrates the creativity, depth, and diversity of neurodivergent artists by bringing together works that challenge normative ways of seeing, thinking, and creating.
Mandy Lane (b.1980) is a British multidisciplinary artist working across figurative sculpture and installation. She recently graduated with an MA in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art. Lane’s practice explores the socio-cultural positioning of bodies and minds that are “othered”, with particular attention to disability, chronic illness, motherhood, and neurodivergence. Drawing on crip theory, neurodiversity discourse, and feminist critique, her work interrogates how dominant infrastructures privilege compulsory able-bodiedness, compulsory neurotypicality, and normative social roles.
Yas Crawford is a visual artist, fine art photographer, and multidisciplinary collaborator from Pembrokeshire, Wales. Her work, influenced subliminally by the local landscape and biological forms, explores the intersections between art and science. She holds a degree in Geology and a master’s in photography, and has worked across business, non-profits, life sciences, and academia. Crawford describes her practice as existing in The Grey Space—a space between disciplines that embraces ambiguity, uncertainty, and creative dialogue.