Tina Mammoser

 Tina Mammoser was born in 1970 in Chicago. She grew up equally fascinated by maths, art, science, writing, and music. For over 20 years, Mammoser has been combining abstracted landscapes with the science of her materials and subject matter.

An endless academic, she moved to Scotland for her postgraduate studies, to London where she finally took up art and painting, and eventually to Yorkshire where she has now worked from her Scarborough studio for 11 years. She earned her British citizenship in 2012. Years living next to Lake Michigan, the River Tay, the Thames River, and the North Sea formed her obsession with water and the sea.

In 2005 she began cycling and painting the English coastline, which prompted a return to university to learn about the land and geological formations she wanted to incorporate into the abstract seascapes. Sedimentary coastal geology is now a vital aspect within her artwork. Geology prompted her transition from pure colour and atmosphere to carbon drawn lines and collage elements. Most recently she finished a masters degree in space science and technology, focusing on Mars sedimentary geology.

“In my abstract landscapes, geological patterns are quietly immersed in colour. Juxtaposed with my glazes of soft atmospheric paint layers, I use drawing or collage to draft half-obscured strata of rock and cliff. I lay hints of the deeper time in our surroundings. My take on a traditional landscape entwines ideas from the sublime artworks of 18th century exploration and the new sublime of modern science. Whether rover landscapes on Mars or the 100 million year-old cliffs surrounding Yorkshire, I want to share a curiosity about time, land, and space within an aesthetically beautiful space.”