2022
August 2022
CAMELBACK GALLERY, BRONZE AWARD. Abstracts with Blue Exhibition.
TORN I
©Yas Crawford 2020. Torn I. Series: Lombardy
I was flattered to receive yet another award for Torn I, from the Camelback Gallery, Arizona, amongst so many wonderful fine-artists.
I visited the beautiful mountainous Valli Intelvi region of Lombardy, Italy in November 2019, just before the Coronavirus outbreak. Using black and white analogue photography as a background for the images, then adding in abstract digital images and sketching, I was able to dislocate the landscape reflecting lives torn apart a few months later.The Series Lombardy has been one of the most difficult for me to realise, having found myself so emotionally attached to the place and its people. Abstraction somehow helps to shadow the impact and reflect the ambiguity of the unknown. I am presently, continuing to develop the series.
You can see the exhibition here
Apr. 22
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, March 2022, 23 women recognised for alternative photographic practices for Women's History Month 2022.
INCEPTION I
©Yas Crawford 2021. Inception IVa. Series: Nature Energy Technology
Imagining earth at its earliest inception the artist captures its energy as she anticipates its future. Combining cameraless scanning techniques the artist not only challenges the norm but dislocates the environment around us. A new normal is created from the technological chaos.
Thanks to this exhibition, 2.440€ was raised and donated to Red Cross Ukraine.
Alternative Processes on-lin exhibition
Mar. 2022
THE ISTANBUL CHRONICLE INTERVIEW
A recent interview with Elif Akin at The Istanbul Chronicle, where we discuss working in what I refer to as 'The Grey Space' between art and other disciplines, chronic illness and the future of art and science.
A peek into the Ambiguous Istanbul Chronicle
The Grey Space, Article at Medium
11 Dec 21 - 25 Feb 22
3D ANIMATION FOR SOLO EXHIBITION.
CELLULAR FLOW, I'VE BEEN THINKING
©Yas Crawford 2021. (Photography) ©Sarshar Dorosti 2021 (Video Animation)
The video was created for the Solo Photographic Exhibition Cellular Flow, I've been thinking, Ex Officiane Ferroviarie dI Barge (CN), Turin. Italy.
Video Animation: Sarshar Dorosti is a new media artist and multidisciplinary researcher with an MSc Animation, Tehran University. He explores through generative systems and fractal art, a complex approach.
SOLO EXHIBTION.
CELLULAR FLOW
11 Dec 2021 - 25 Feb 2022, Barge, Turin, Italy.
I am delighted as Winner of the Quasi Quadro Open Call, Land Air 4.0 Nature Technology Energy to be offered a solo exhibition at Ex Officiane Ferroviarie dI Barge (CN), Turin. I am delighted to be in Turin in December for the opening 11th December and hope to meet you there.
I will be exhibiting images from the series accompanied by a short video animation.
Exhibition Cellular Flow Series Quasi Quadro Artist Press
Dec. 2021
BUDAPEST INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS. SILVER AWARD. Personal Portfolio
THE EDGE OF SENTIENCE
©Yas Crawford 2021. Frozen I
‘Sentience’ as a more intelligent and aware form of consciousness,‘The Edge’ for more obvious reasons. The images are part of a series of images that I have worked on with my daughter over the last six months, who suffers from social anxiety. It was a way to discuss, communicate and heal.
Nov. 2021
TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS. HONORARY MENTION - FINE ART ABSTRACT
TORN I
©Yas Crawford 2021. Torn I. Series: Lombardy
I visited the Lombardy region, Italy and the beautiful Valli Intelvi just before the Coronavirus outbreak in November 2019. Coronavirus striking just a few months later. The images are a collection of my immediate and emotional responses to the infected region. The dislocated landscape torn apart, as were their lives, a few months later.
Oct. 2021
WINNER OF QUASI QUADRO, LAND AIR 4.0. NATURE, TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY AWARD & SOLO EXHIBITION.
INCEPTION I
©Yas Crawford 2021. Inception I. Series Nature, Energy, Technology
Combining cameraless techniques with digital edits the artist not only challenges the norm, but dislocates the environment around us. A new normal is created from the technological chaos. Imagining earth at its earliest inception the artist captures its energy as she anticipates its future.
Quasi Quadro Image Awards Press
June 2021
WINNER OF THE ART OF NEUROSCIENCE AWARD 2021.
COGNITION IX
Jury Comments, consisting of Dr. Paula Albuquerque, Prof. Rodrigo Quian Quiroga and Prof. Semir Zeki.
“The perfectly composed image in classical black and white, is full of movement and dynamic flow.”
This year’s winner reminded the jury of the of the first experiments with emulsion exposure on glass plates and was a representation of the explosion that we sometimes feel takes place in our heads. Even though one may not immediately be able to identify what is being depicted, an array of affects may be transferred from the maker of the visuals to those experiencing an encounter with them.
©Yas Crawford 2021. Cognition IX
June 2021
EXHIBITION. 'Decontexts'. Loosen Art
CELLULAR IIa
©Yas Crawford 2021. Cellular II. Series: Cellular Flow
Group Exhibition, 15th - 23th June 2021, Rome city.
'Decontexts' exhibition examines the object and how it acquires an "internal space", and with this it takes autonomy from the external space and is no longer an object in a space, but is itself the creation of its own space of representation: it becomes removable, and can be displayed in any place. It imposes questions such as "how much context is needed for us to categorise an object? How much can be taken away before an object completely loses its identity, before it truly becomes something else?".
May-June 2021
PINT OF SCIENCE FESTIVAL. A COLLABORATION. 2021. Emergent Mixed Media
FLOW, INTERRUPTED
©Yas Crawford 2021. Flow Interrupted, Video Still.
Yas Crawford using 2D and 3D photography creates imagery that acts a backdrop for the production as well as reveal the directional flow of the honey bees. The sun’s position is essential for how the swarm navigates. As the sun rises and the pesticides cause devastating effect, the gentle flow of the bees and their navigation systems are interrupted.
In Collaboration with Sophie Evison, Evolutionary Biologist, Nottingham University, Amy Bonsor (stitched mixed media) and Amy Corcoran (sound).
May 2021.
ARTFOLIO 2021. 100 Artists of the Future. BEST IN SHOW
TORN I
©Yas Crawford 2021. Torn I. Series: Lombardy
'TORN I ' is chosen for ArtFolio 2021 Coffee Table book amongst hundreds of creative international artists as artist of the future and Torn I, selected as Best in Show.
Contact me for a signed copy of the book.
April 2021
LOUNGE 2, VOL II. 2021. Moonlight Sonata.
ASTRAGALUS ROOT (Astragalus membranaceus) for boosting the immune system.
©Yas Crawford 2020. Astragalus root (Astragalus membranaceus) for boosting the immune system.
Astragalus Root has been chosen from amongst many creative international artists for the beautiful online and book Lounge 2, Vol II 2021 created with poetry to celebrate Beethoven's 250th Anniversary, 2021.
The Universe and Chinese Herbs is an exploration of the play of light through a solution of different Chinese herbs using digital and analogue photography. The planets symbolic of the repetitive circle of universal chronic illness, healing and solitude.
Online Book. (p.29) Portfolio
Jan. 2021.
HONORABLE MENTION. TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS (TIFA) Category: Science Medicine
OXYGEN Ib
©Yas Crawford 2019 Oxygen Ib. Series : Cellular Dysfunction
Oxygen Ib, is a representation of the cellular damage caused by post-exertional malaise in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis sufferers (or Chronic fatigue Syndrome). Through an exploration of perspective, complexity and scientific investigation I create imagery that reveals, explains and connects us consciously to the ambiguous and unknown. The mapped landscape revealed in the images acts as a vessel to transport the science in a certain time and place.
ARTDOC MAGAZINE 2021 'INNER WORLDS'
BLOOD FLOW II
©Yas Crawford 2020. Blood Flow I. Series: Blood Flow
The looming shadow during the dark winter days unveils deeper emotions that become visible in the work of many artists. In this disruptive period of the pandemic with its invisible threat, we are even more isolated from others than average winters, which gives more space and time to ponder about life. In our exhibition "Inner World", no less than 70 photographers show in an imaginative way how they are engaged in self-reflection during the winter.
Artdoc Online Exhibition
2020
Dec. 2020
SILVER AWARD. MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS (MIFA)
BLOOD, CELLS & NEURONS
'Blood, Cells & Neurons' examines Post-Exertional Malaise or PEM as it is more familiarly called. It is the extreme exhaustion, pain, cognitive networks and deficits that present after exertion in M.E patients with an extremely slow return to baseline. The return could be as long as one day, weeks or months. The mapped landscape revealed in the images acts as a vessel to transport the science in a certain time, creating a safe place for the viewer to absorb the information.The abstraction removes the onerous requirement of controls and variables leaving space for subjective expression.
©Yas Crawford 2020. Series: Blood Cells and Neurons.
PHOTOGRAPH NOW EXHIBITION.
BLOOD, CELLS & NEURONS 'The ambiguous and the unknown'.
10 Dec. 20 - 18 Jan. 21. Brick Lane Gallery, 216 Brick Lane, London.
Yas Crawford is a multi-disciplinary photographer from Pembrokeshire Wales. Pembrokeshire’s arts, geological landscape and biological make-up were the first pillars in the development of Crawford’s practice. As an artist she approaches her work from a variety of different angles, having studied Geology, Photography and Microbiological Methods. This fact allows her to provide through her work both the pragmatic and factual element of science as well as the experiential, abstract and aesthetic element of art. Her pictures are created by combining digital and analogue photography with archival bioinformatic images from her research project. The result of which is this series of striking ambiguous imagery which invites the viewer to dive into themselves and engage with their physicality in new and at the same time very informative and thought provoking ways.
Nov. 2020
ARTIST OF THE FUTURE AWARD. CONTEMPORARY ART CURATOR MAGAZINE 2020.
COGNITION VII
©Yas Crawford 2020. Cognition Vii. Series: The 8th Sense
I am delighted to be awarded Artist of the Future Award along with so many other talented artists.
Artist of the Future Award Portfolio
MERIT AWARD. ALL ABOUT PHOTO MAGAZINE #14 COLOURS
PTHALO BLUE
©Yas Crawford 2020. Pthalo Blue. Series: Space, Light & Order
Delighted to be be selected for a Merit Award for the AAP Magazine #14, alongside some amazing photographers.
The orientation provides a kind of wisdom. Geometric light patterns shift 2D to 3D like an oil painting that’s brought to life.
MODERN PHOTOGRAPHER. ALL ABOUT PHOTO.COM 2020.
A PORTFOLIO
Flattered to become a Modern Photographer for All About Photo.com. Chosen as one of 25 top photographers from 11 different countries and 3 continents.
The portfolio selected forms a body of unrelated but connected works from various collections.
Modern Photographer AAP. Portfolio
LOOSEN ART GROUP EXHIBITION. THE MAN AND THE MACHINE. ROME 2020.
LABORATORY I & II
©Yas Crawford 2020. Laboratory I & II
Exhibition, The Man and the Machine
10 Nov- 03 Dec 2020, Millepiani, Rome
Working in the ‘Grey Space’ between art and science Yas Crawford creates work that reflects the complex and futuristic nature of medical research. Yas works with shape and form to capture the ordinary and unusual transporting you through space and time.
LONDON INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS. LIP CHRONICLES NEWSPAPER, life under lockdown.
VALLI INTELVI
©Yas Crawford 2020. Lombardy, Valli Intelvi. Series: Lombardy
The series 'Lombardy' was chosen amongst many images of photographers work that emerged during Lockdown.
Having visited the Lombardy region, Italy, just before the Coronavirus outbreak in November 2019 the images were created as an immediate and emotional response impact of Coronavirus.
I use cameraless scanning techniques combined with topography, geometry and mapping to dislocate and hold timeless a moment in time.
LIP Chronicles online Gallery 'Life under Lockdown' can be found here.
Oct. 2020
HONORABLE MENTION, 15TH POLLUX AWARD, Alternative Processes
VALLI INTELVI I,II, III
©Yas Crawford 2020. Lombardy, Valli Intelvi I, II & III. Series: Lombardy
Following a visit to the Lombardy region just a few months before the Coronavirus pandemic struck, a series of cameraless images were created as a memory of the region, using multiple layered scans and sculptures from analogue photography. The dislocated mountains of the Valli Intelvi disrupted as were their lives some months later.
Mar. 2020.
ART CURATOR MAGAZINE 2020.
INCEPTION, THE 8TH SENSE
©Yas Crawford 2020. Interoception, The 8th Sense.
Delighted to be accepted for the Art Curator Magazine Online publication.
ART CURATOR MAGAZINE PORTFOLIO
2019
07 Oct. 19. to 05 Jan. 20.
FINALIST. RPS SCIENCE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2019.
OXYGEN Ib
©Yas Crawford 2019. Oxygen Ib Series: Oxidative Stress
Yas Crawford uncovers the current UK research on cellular dysfunction occurring as post-exertional malaise or PEM as it is more familiarly called in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E) patients. It is a description of the extreme exhaustion, pain, cognitive deficits and other symptoms that present after exertion in M.E patients with an extremely slow return to baseline. The image 'Oxygen Ib' was created using a scanning electron microscope, an archival image and a map. The map representing a universal condition.
Oxidative Stress Portfolio Press
Jul. 2019
CONTEMPORARY ART GROUP EXHIBITION. PALAZZO VELLI ROME. Rome Art Week.
THE 8th SENSE
©Yas Crawford 2020. Interoception, Tiled, The 8th Sense & Three Ways
Three images were accepted for the Palazzo Velli Exhibition during Rome Art Week. July 2019
One aspect of Yas Crawford's work investigates neurological Interoception in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Patients or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome as it is more familiarly called. Interoception is considered to be The 8th Sense, a link between bodily sensation and emotional reactions. In recent decades the idea of how the body processes information and bodily sensations has created the idea of the experienced phenomenologically lived body as the basis of consciousness. Limited computational and cognitive theories suggests that the study of interoception remains enactive.