BOYARDE MESSENGER

Boyarde Messenger - Photographer

Boyarde Messenger was born in London 1980. After studying a BTEC Foundation in Art at Wimbledon School of Art in 2000 in Art, then 'flipping the coin' for direction, she then gained her BA Hons Photography at Bournemouth Arts Institute in 2003.

She is described as an Environmental Portraitist; her working background is primarily commercial, having photographed numerous international album and singles covers for established and up-and-coming artists, directing music videos, working with brands such as Smirnoff Vodka, J&B Whiskey, and working as a film stills photographer. Boyarde continues to work commercially whilst also focusing on her own projects, finding that the gallery space is where she can truly express herself.

Boyarde has three main areas of work, firstly her recently-made second home of Belize in Central America, secondly her fascination with the female form and Scopophilia: the pleasure of looking. And thirdly her love of Pop Art and the aesthetic.

In all her series surrounding the female, be it her 'pop art' approach, or her more traditional take on it, from every different viewpoint, her images highlight her playful personality, liberating the object of desire, still taking pleasure from the aesthetics of the female form, injecting it with humour, frivolity and mischievousness, yet still confirming the vital balance between power and vulnerability.

Her Belize work, stems from discovering a whole new world of inspiration across the continent feeding her fantasy, from the beautifully un-done landscape to the fiercly proud and free spiritedness of the people, her images work on creating a narrative and an 'open' film still. In particular this comes through in her Night Prowl Series, cinematic in style, huge void spaces filled with human interaction with major influence from Eduard Hopper.

For all commercial job enquiries, please contact Boyarde at boyarde@boyarde.com.

Art is available to purchase, please contact Boyarde directly at boyarde@boyarde.com with all enquiries, or alternatively:

Boyarde's art work is represented by The Cynthia Corbett Gallery www.thecynthiacorbettgallery.com

For more information on Boyarde's art work exhibited with The Cynthia Corbett Gallery,
call Celia Kinchington +44 (0) 20 8947 6782
Email celia@thecynthiacorbettgallery.com or visit www.thecynthiacorbettgallery.com

EXHIBITIONS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• Arndean Gallery, Cork Street W1, London represented by the Cynthia Corbett Gallery [May 2009]
• French Connection, Placencia, Belize [March 2008]
• Click Studios, Chelsea, London [November 2007]
• The Chelsea Arts Club, Chelsea, London [November 2003]

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• Red Dot, Miami, represented by the Cynthia Corbett Gallery [December 2008]
• Red Dot, London, represented by the Cynthia Corbett Gallery [October 2008]
• Slick, Paris, represented by the Cynthia Corbett Gallery [October 2008]
• The Affordable Arts Fair, New York, with the Cynthia Corbett Gallery [June 2008]
• Galleria, with Rubicon Art, Pall Mall, London [April 2008]
• The Affordable Art Fair, London rep. by the Cynthia Corbett Gallery [March 2008]
• Galleria, with Rubicon Art, Pall Mall, London [January 2008]
• Artspace Galleries, Mayfair, London [December 2007]
• The Bedales Gallery, Hampshire [Sept/Oct 2007]
• The Chelsea Arts Club, Chelsea, London [August 2007]
• The Air Gallery, Mayfair, London [August 2007]
• Artspace Galleries, Mayfair, London [May/July 2007]
• The Air Gallery, Mayfair, London [March 2007]
• 8 Club, with GC Fine Art, Bank, London [April 2007]
• The Lennox Gallery, with GC Fine Art, Chelsea, London [December 2006]
• The Troubadour Art Gallery, London [April & May 2006]
• The Glass House Gallery with the Cynthia Corbett Gallery, London [January 2006]
• The Arts Bar, Philbeach Town Hall, London [December 2005]
• The Oxo Tower, with Observer Food Monthly, London [September 2005]
• The Brick House, Atlantis Gallery, Brick Lane, London [July 2003]
• The Arts Institute At Bournemouth, Wallisdown, Bournemouth [March/July 2003]
• The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Wimbledon, London [September 2001]
• Wimbledon School Of Art, Wimbledon, London [June 2000]
• The Bedales Gallery, Petersfield, Hampshire [July 1998]