Gemma Land

SINCE GRADUATING IN 2009 WITH AN MA IN PHOTOGRAPHY FROM LONDON COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION, GEMMA HAS SHOWN HER VARIED PORTFOLIO OF WORK IN GALLERIES AROUND LONDON AND THE UK. THE CREATIVE ARCHIVES IS EXCITED TO BRING HER ‘BOURGEOIS UTOPIA’ SERIES TO A NEW AUDIENCE.

HER RECENT PRACTICE INVESTIGATES THE IDEOLOGY AND SOCIO-POLITICAL STRUCTURES WITHIN RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY. GEMMA IS KEEN TO EXPLORE FURTHER OPTIONS WITHIN THE FASHIO INDUSTRY AFTER RECENTLY COLLABORATING WITH THE SWANFIELD COLLECTIVE SHOW, A YOUNG INDEPENDENT FASHION AND JEWELLERY DESIGN COLLECTIVE THAT TOOK UP RESIDENCE IN THE NEWBURGH QUARTER IN SOHO, LONDON, CREATING A POP UP SHOP.
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Bourgeois Utopia

The English suburbs have influenced the rapid growth of suburbia across the USA and now China. Originally known as the 'middle class flight' from the centre of whirlpool cities, they have developed with utopian ideals that can be described as socialist and conservative.

Bourgeois Utopias is an expanding body of work that reflects upon the grey area between utopia and dystopia, as well as the conflicts between the ideals and realities of the suburban home.