Tina FiveAsh

The Dead Become Angels

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The Dead Become Angels, 2024
Giclée Fine Art Print mounted on Aluminium
140 x 108cm, edition of 5 + 2 AP
*Also available in smaller version: 110 x 87cm, edition of 5 + 1 AP

Drawing from the spiritual mystery of near-death experiences, The Dead Become Angels is part of a major series of works which explores concepts of immortality through the appropriation of literacy references to the afterlife embedded in popular culture. My method is centred around ‘manipulation of reality’ in my use of digitally-constructed neon text, superimposed onto photographic imagery of architectural structures and scaffolding, which direct the viewer’s consciousness towards the contemplation of otherworldly subjects.

The practice of Tina FiveAsh Ph.D spans more than three decades. Investigating intersections between art, science, and spirituality, Tina is known for her powerful, cinematic still images and animated lenticular works that transform fiction into otherworldly realism. Tina is the recipient of multiple awards including the Blake Art prize (Finalist 2022, 2016), Olive Cotton Award (Highly Commended 2017, Winner People’s Choice 2013), National Photographic Portrait Prize (Finalist 2016), and the Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award (Finalist 2016, Highly commended 2007). She has exhibited worldwide and her work held in several public collections including the Australian Artbank Collection, Art Gallery of Ballarat, National Gallery of Australia, and the Whitford Fine Art Gallery in London.