Nikki Allford

Nikki Allford makes large-scale installations on paper using acrylic and an intensive process of folding and repetition. Her works have a physical presence that disrupts a space — at once abstract and visceral, they can be read as organic plant growth, as the innards of the body, as something between nostalgia and flourishing. For Gritted Teeth she brings two monumental pieces: Where the Wild Roses Grow and When Darkness Blooms, each 150 × 250cm, both exploring beauty as something that insists on itself even in difficult conditions.