THE
METHOD
Observations on the mechanics of a fractured psyche.
"I paint like a mind leaking…
thoughts slipping sideways,
emotions mutating mid-breath."
Chaos
as a
Language
The canvas is not a space for order. It is a biological imperative. My process begins with the rejection of the symmetrical.
I treat the oil stick as an extension of the nervous system — every twitch, every hesitation is recorded. The grit you see under the paint is the studio floor itself. The dust of the day is folded into the pigment.
"The texture is the record of the resistance."
Artist Statement
Influenced by abstract expressionism, my work dissects mental health, philosophy and the strange theatre of perception. Figures dissolve, meanings rot, logic stutters.
I use chaos as a language to exhume what's been buried too deep to name. The bizarre isn't aesthetic — it's evidence. Each piece is a nervous system on display, twitching between control and collapse.
I create to rupture clarity, to sit inside discomfort, and to feel violently, irrationally, unmistakably alive.
The work doesn't seek balance. It lives in the extremes, asking the viewer to sit within instability and witness how reality reshapes itself moment to moment.
- Abstract Expressionism 01
- Philosophy 02
- The Strange Theatre of Perception 03
- Mental Health — Language & Rupture 04
- Jean-Michel Basquiat 05
- The Body as Archive 06
Background
Maanya Patel is a London-based artist working in painting, mixed media, and sculpture installation. Born in Jamshedpur, India, her practice examines the collision between mental experience and physical reality — using the body as both subject and instrument.
She graduated from the Arts University Bournemouth (AUB), where her post-graduate work explored neural metaphor and the breakdown of visual logic. Her sculpture and painting practice has since expanded to include found objects, glass, and organic materials.
Education & Practice
- Post-Graduate Fine Art, AUB 2024
- Curated: Figli Del Mare by Lisa Moro 2024
- AR Installation: Walk Into the Canvas 2024
- Based in London & Bournemouth Current
Working With
- Oil stick on unstretched canvas
- Charcoal & acrylic
- Found cardboard & glass
- Rock salt & organic matter
To see clearly is to admit the rupture. My work exists in that split-second between the signal and the reaction. It is the nervous system pinned to the wall, still twitching.