Nike Savvas, Chroma Haze, 2020, painted steel installation, dimensions variable, photo Silversalt Photography
In the latest issue of Artist Profile (Issue 56), NIKE SAVVAS and GUAN WEI spoke with Michael Young to understand the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on artists who practice between studios in Australia and overseas.
“Even though living in Sydney with her husband, Savvas commutes regularly between Sydney and a studio in London, and has done so for many years. “I find the creative mix in London exciting and my work feeds on this. I react to the energy of others, and the energy of engagement and activity that opens my work to invention. Living in London has become part of my process. I spend between three to four months a year, there,” she said. Last year she headed to London for a working visit that would last just several weeks, or so she thought. Ten months later she was still there, trapped in a country where the borders had slammed shut and where the Covid death rate was escalating exponentially, and with a health service was on the verge of imploding.”
Young's essay is now freely available online here >