romy jean antrobus (born 2001) is a hertfordshire based artist who recently graduated from Loughborough university with fist class honours. She currently practices alongside working as a lecturer and technician at Hertford Regional College.
romy also works freelance as a photographer and social media content creator and manager with experience in arts based businesses, fashion and events photography.
CV
Her alternative darkroom photographic practice seeks to capture an event on the boundary of the visible and the invisible. She draws inspiration from Karen Barad’s theory of 'space-time-mattering', which posits that every event is an infinite sum of previous happenings, impacting all subsequent events (Barad, 2017). Through water and light, elements that symbolise the fundamental aspects of existence, I create visual metaphors for energy transfer, evoking themes of the universe, cosmos, and nature. The works are made using the photogram technique, which relies on direct exposure to light from a Polaroid camera flash, and emphasises the immediacy of the moment, embedding the physical and temporal trace of the flash within the fluid medium of water. The resulting images reveal the dynamic and transient nature of matter, reflecting the constant state of becoming where past, present, and future continuously reconfigure and influence one another.
Exhibitions and Achievements:
2018: Harlow Hockey Club, Social Secretary, Marketing and Media officer, Ladies 1s Captain.
2019: Winner of Carmen Carter Art Trophy, The Leventhorpe School
2019: The Collective Exhibition (Residency) , David Gentleman Gallery, Ware
2020: UAL Foundation Diploma: Distinction, Hertford Regional College
2020/21: Sopho Handmade , Fashion Photographer and Social Media Content Creator
2020/21: Let's Go Potty Epping, Social Media Content Creator
2020/21: Smith+Webb, Social Media Content Creator
2020/21: Seven Sundays, Fashion Photographer
August 2021: The Postcard Project Exhibition, Stokey Pop Up, London
2021: Chestertons, Social Media Content Creator
2021-Present: The Little Arts Workshop, Studio Manager
2021: Beuys Welcome Mat Exhibition, Loughborough University
June 2022: Workshop Leader at The Herts and Essex High School, Bishops Storford: 'Matisse Mugs for Wellbeing Week' on behalf of The Little Arts Workshop.
June 2022: Thorn Grove Primary School, Workshop Leader
August 2022: The New Apton Road Centre: Workshop Leader
August 2022: Workshop Leader at The Little Arts Workhop: Botanical Pottery Painting
2022: Creative Arts Open Day Ambassador, Loughborough University
2023: 'Beuys' Voice' Exhibition, Loughborough University
2023: 'Capsule' Exhibition, Loughborugh University
2023: Life Beacon Action Volunteer, speeches at DeLisle School, Loughborough on behalf of Loughborough University.
2023: 'Interlacing Harmonies', Loughborough University
2023-Present: Social Media Manager at The Little Arts Workshop
2024: The Land Around Us: Meta Space Gallery
June 2024: Loughborough University Degree Show: First Class. Degree show collection purchased by Burleigh Court Hotel, Loughborough.
October 2024-Present: Photography Lecturer and Technician: Hertford Regional College