Bobbye Fermie | Every Time A Bird Sings
Artist
Bobbye Fermie
This new series of watercolours on paper was created during the summer months, following a
period of profound loss. In these works, painting became a way for Fermie to reflect on and
process grief — not through narrative or representation, but through the quiet discipline of
material and gesture.
By paring back both palette and medium, Fermie arrived at a muted, near-monochrome
language that invites stillness. The restrained tones and minimal compositions offer space for
contemplation, creating a parallel reality in which absence, tenderness, and time coexist.
The act of painting itself became meditative: attending to the slow pooling of pigment, the soft
merging of lines, and the patience of waiting for paint to dry. Each work embodies this rhythm
— holding within it both movement and stillness, a moment of pause and an unfolding story.
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Date:
November 2025
Bobbye Fermie’s practice responds to themes of personal boundaries, social anxiety and belonging. The work consists of intricately built layers of collage and painting, depicting a female figure within her surroundings as a means of reflecting on 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 interior magazines to set designs.
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.
