An Envisioned Encounter IV

Bobbye Fermie’s practice responds to experiences around the theme’s of belonging, personal boundaries and social anxieties. The work consists of intricately built layers of painting and collage, in washy acrylics on canvas and watercolour on paper. They often depict a female figure within a surrounding, considering and playing with the boundaries between private and public space. As source material, she draws from cultural depictions of the home and interiors, spanning from pre-renaissance paintings to set designs.

For this series with Violet Hour, Fermie's work has been absorbed by the meaning of loss and the solitude and sense of stillness that comes with it. She has imagined a space where she can share the experience of loss with a loved one.

Bobbye (b. 1990, Amsterdam, NL) currently works and lives London since receiving a post-graduate degree from the Royal Drawing School in 2015 and a BA in Fine Arts from the Royal Academy of Antwerp in 2014. She has participated in awarded residencies including Villa Lena (supported by CURA Art and RA trustee Katy Wickremesinghe), Porthmeor Studios (2021, 2023, 2025) and Hafod Residency (2016) and has exhibited solo shows with Wilder Gallery London and Skitsehandlen, Denmark. Group exhibitions include shows with Oliver Projects, Blue Shop Cottage, Christie’s London and has shown at the Royal Academy Summer show (2023), London Art Fair (2022, 2024) and London Original Print Fair (2024). Her work is held at Soho House, The Royal Collection and in private collections across the UK, US and Europe.