I'm Amelia Brook

an artist based in the UK working with collage and acrylic paint to create bold, vibrant pieces that interrogate the imagery and status associated with social media, and its role in how women represent themselves in the public sphere.

My paintings challenge the visual representation of women found in mass media and social media—the imagery that we, as a turbo-consumer society, are constantly surrounded with. I dissect images of women sourced from social media and reframe them through collage and paint, approaching them from a place of aesthetic investigation.

Working primarily in acrylics with high-gloss varnish finishes, I create large-scale canvases characterised by fearless colour combinations—electric blues against vibrant oranges, deep pinks colliding with rich greens. Each piece pulses with energy while questioning the line between objectification and self-objectification in contemporary visual culture.

Self-objectification is something that, as a young woman who grew up using social media, I have personally experienced. My work is an attempt to make sense of how we curate, present, and consume images of ourselves and others in the digital age. The women in my paintings exist in that tension—simultaneously empowered and objectified, confident and consumed, controlling their image while being controlled by the platforms that distribute it.

The high-gloss finish I use isn't just aesthetic—it mirrors the polished, perfected nature of social media imagery while creating depth and luminosity that makes the colors sing. My subjects are often women in moments of leisure and self-presentation, but they're never one-dimensional. They're complex, contradictory, and completely contemporary.

Why Collect My Work?

My paintings are for people who want art that makes a statement while provoking thought. These aren't just decorative pieces—they're explorations of contemporary visual culture, questions about representation, and investigations into how we see and are seen in the digital age.

If you're drawn to work that's vibrant and confident while engaging with meaningful cultural questions, you're in the right place. My collectors appreciate contemporary figurative painting that doesn't shy away from colour or complexity.