Gillian Trotman  

Education: Surrey Institute of Art & Design - Fine Art Degree  2004

Gillian Trotman uses real maps and charts for all her works which are finished to a very high standard.  Each piece is individual and some are functional ( table, lamp and clock)

Restrictions Series:                     

This series of conceptual works evolved from the artist’s other ‘map – related’ pieces and continues to play on the juxtaposition between two and three dimensions as demonstrated by the map itself.

The inspiration for this series of works came from what was originally one small piece created for an exhibition in support of a
Breast Cancer charity.

The work is intended to be seen as playful, pleasing to the eye, and fun. However, at the same time the viewer is invited to make their own interpretation of the idea of the map as a three dimensional object and the new meanings that can associated with it in this situation, with regards to it’s representations of locations, territorial and/ or social rights and freedoms, or indeed ‘restrictions.’

'Reflections'    (A WORK RELATED TO THE JOURNEY AND THE USEFULNESS OF MAPS FOR THIS PURPOSE).

'Flat Earth Conspiracy'     (A PLAYFUL WORK INSPIRED THE INTERACTION THE MAP PLACES BETWEEN THE                                                       FLAT  IMAGE AND THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORLD).

'Personal Place'   (A WORK WHICH REINFORCES THE IDEA OF THE PERSONAL SPACE AND TERRITORIAL                                       CLAIMS  WE MAKE IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES OF THE SPACES WE USE).