Polly Gilroy

“Between the Lines” 22.08.2025 - 24.09.2025 

Polly Gilroy’s works in between the lines translate observations from her surroundings. The intimate tie between colour and light inspired Polly to take note of moments in her daily life such as light refraction, light falloff, bounced light and subsurface scattering. These moments of reflection were reinvisioned when harnessing light play in her own compositional manipulations. The series Light vestiges shows sensitivity to the complexities of colour that are forever shifting in changing light.  

Gilroy’s title between the lines implies there is an intention to these works that isn’t directly communicated, grasping at what may be hidden. Gilroy is recognising the unspoken intentions of colour and how these interactions within the frame encourage the viewer to slow down and question their own perception of these shifting hues. A mirrored moment of contemplation. 

Gilroy often negotiates the confines of structure and brings the support frame into the formal composition, encouraging viewers to look through and beyond. Exploring the nature perception, she uses light as an active player. While materiality is key to her works, the result embraces illusion and within this there is a paradox. These works have an ethereal quality yet speak honestly to their substance and construction. Her hand is invisible. Deceptively minimal compositions push and pull spatial depth. Focus seems beyond grasp.   

You can view Polly’s available work here