{"product_id":"cecilia-reeve-like-a-moth","title":"234. Cecilia Reeve - Like a Moth","description":"\u003cp\u003e2026\u003cbr\u003eOil on Canvas\u003cbr\u003e17.78 x 17.78 cm\u003cbr\u003eSigned on Verso\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCecilia Reeve is an artist working across animation and painting. She creates oneiric narratives that explore longing, contemplation, and human connection through cinematic scenes that hover between the compelling and the unsettling. Using careful composition, movement, and colour, her work evokes emotional and psychological states that unfold through atmosphere rather than direct explanation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInfluenced by Magical Realism and theories of the unconscious, Reeve’s work reflects a desire for connection in an era increasingly shaped by isolation and disconnection. Her paintings and animations operate according to their own internal logic, drawing viewers into suspended, dreamlike spaces where meaning emerges through recurring symbols and allegorical fragments. Hands, shadows, bodies distorted through water or fabric, and moments of contact between figures, animals, and nature recur throughout the work, charged with intimacy, ambiguity, and tension.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNarrative plays a central role in her practice. Her paintings explore how stories can exist within a single image, while her animations extend this language over time through layered sequences of moving images. Layering also forms a material thread across both practices: animations are built through compositing different materials and techniques, while her cinematic oil paintings emerge through thin layers of paint. Whether through slow-moving animation or the stillness of a painted scene, movement and interruption remain central, suggesting something unfolding just beyond the frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReeve completed a BA in Illustration at the University of Brighton (2014–2018), before undertaking an MA in Animation at the Royal College of Art, London (2021–2023).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecent exhibitions include \u003cem\u003eWhat the Water Gave Them\u003c\/em\u003e at Twilight Contemporary, London (solo, 2025) and \u003cem\u003eSleepwalking\u003c\/em\u003e at Soho Revue, London (solo, 2025).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards and distinctions include the ArtsThread Global Graduation Award in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.gucci.com\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"\u003eGucci\u003c\/a\u003e for Film\/Animation (2023), and a Vimeo Staff Pick for \u003cem\u003ePorous\u003c\/em\u003e (2025).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AOAP Projects","offers":[{"title":"UK insurance +£15","offer_id":57733113905526,"sku":null,"price":540.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Europe insurance +£25","offer_id":57987703570806,"sku":null,"price":550.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rest of World insurance +£35","offer_id":57987703603574,"sku":null,"price":560.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2714\/0060\/files\/Artwork234.jpg?v=1779793990","url":"https:\/\/aoapprojects.com\/products\/cecilia-reeve-like-a-moth","provider":"AOAP Projects ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}