Armani.com

Born in 1978, Pam Glew is a contemporary artist who is best known for her unique bleaching technique on national flags. She uses dye and bleach to deconstruct and distress vintage materials in her own breed of painting.

Heavily inspired by film, her strong cinematic paintings often reference contemporary culture with images of models, actresses and musicians. By using national flags the artist plays with our notion of icons, patriotism and the culture of heritage.

The artist has invented her own unique painting process. A flag is sourced or created from linen, dyed black and painted freehand using a bleaching technique. The image is often re-bleached many times to create a lighter image, highlighted with ‘burn out’ medium to produce even more contrast. After each bleaching the material is washed to remove the chemicals and re-constructed to restore the flag and complete the image.

As a British artist she has shown widely in the UK and her large-scale work has been showcased in Paris, Amsterdam, LA, Korea, Cologne, Dallas and Sydney in 80 group exhibitions and 5 major solo shows. Previous solo exhibitions include Beautiful & Damned London, 2011; Circus London, 2010 and Luminaries Sydney, 2010.

She has exhibited in numerous urban, traditional and site-specific exhibitions, alongside such disparate artists as Damien Hirst, Banksy and Peter Blake. Her work is keenly collected by contemporary art buyers worldwide and has been commissioned by brands such as Red Bull, Ralph Lauren, MTV and Mitsubishi Bank.

Pam continues to exhibit in numerous charity exhibitions for causes including Teenage Cancer Trust, Big Issue and Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund and recently raised $20000 for an artwork auctioned for MTV Staying Alive Foundation.