2024 Grad Show

Mieke Uhryniuk-Smith

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VCD – Character Design & Illustration

www.mcfus.neocities.org

I am and artist and writer with an interest in drawing, comics and print media. I often use my work to explore anxieties related to bodily autonomy, loss, environmental damage and uncertainty surrounding the future, frequently using the uncanny and macabre to address and reckon with these anxieties. I am also interested in architecture, specifically the ways in which the banal, everyday aspects of built environments can be transformed through unusual lighting and framing.
I enjoy combining the recognizable, iconic qualities of architectural and scientific illustration with more abstract types of imagery to create work that is impactful and engaging yet subtle in its messaging and suggestion of narrative.

Twine I Pen on drawing paper, 2022.
Twine II Pen on drawing paper, 2023.
Exchange Pen on drawing paper, 2023.
Bannisters Pen on drawing paper, 2023.
Hilltop Pen on drawing paper, 2023.
Neither Here Nor There Pen on drawing paper, 2022.

Drawing

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Twine I Pen on drawing paper, 2022.
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Twine II Pen on drawing paper, 2023.
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Exchange Pen on drawing paper, 2023.
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Bannisters Pen on drawing paper, 2023.
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Hilltop Pen on drawing paper, 2023.
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Neither Here Nor There Pen on drawing paper, 2022.
The Shooting of Dan McGrew Illustrations for Robert Service's poem "The Shooting of Dan McGrew." Scratchboard with digital colour, 2023.
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed Cover Design Cover design for Mariana Enriquez's short story collection The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, featuring an embossed dust jacket. Procreate and Adobe Illustrator, 2024.
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed Cover Design Cover design for Mariana Enriquez's short story collection The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, featuring a fully illustrated hard cover. Procreate and Adobe Illustrator, 2024.

Book Illustration

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The Shooting of Dan McGrew Illustrations for Robert Service's poem "The Shooting of Dan McGrew."
Scratchboard with digital colour, 2023.
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The Dangers of Smoking in Bed Cover Design Cover design for Mariana Enriquez's short story collection The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, featuring an embossed dust jacket. Procreate and Adobe Illustrator, 2024.
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The Dangers of Smoking in Bed Cover Design Cover design for Mariana Enriquez's short story collection The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, featuring a fully illustrated hard cover. Procreate and Adobe Illustrator, 2024.
Come Back sample page
Come Back sample page
Come Back sample page
Come Back sample page
Come Back sample page

Come Back

Come Back is a forty page horror comic that tells the story of A., a woman who wakes up from a nap to discover that her hands have inexplicably changed position as she slept. These are some of my favourite pages.

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Taboo Part 1 An adaptation of a short story by Argentinian author Enrique Anderson Imbert of the same name. Silkscreen on mayfair paper, 2023.
Taboo Part 2
Animals Part 1 An adaptation of the instructions that came with a pack of origami paper. Silkscreen on mayfair paper, 2023.
Animals Part 2
Corridor Part 1 An adaptation of a nightmare. Silkscreen on mayfair paper, 2023.
Corridor Part 2

Four Short Comics

Four Short Comics is (unsurprisingly) a collection of very short comics adapted from a variety of sources. Each one was manually screenprinted and collected into a small book.

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Taboo Part 1 An adaptation of a short story by Argentinian author Enrique Anderson Imbert of the same name. Silkscreen on mayfair paper, 2023.
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Taboo Part 2
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Animals Part 1 An adaptation of the instructions that came with a pack of origami paper. Silkscreen on mayfair paper, 2023.
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Animals Part 2
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Corridor Part 1 An adaptation of a nightmare. Silkscreen on mayfair paper, 2023.
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Corridor Part 2
Unfathomable I Etching with aquatint on rag paper, 2022.
Unfathomable II Etching with aquatint on rag paper, 2022.
Substrate II Etching with spit bite, 2022.
Shifts Etching with aquatint on rag paper, 2022.
Accumulation Etching with aquatint on rag paper, 2022.
Infiltration Etching with aquatint on rag paper, 2022.

Unfathomable Accumulation

Unfathomable Accumulation is a series of etchings that address microplastics pollution- the environmental accumulation of plastic particles smaller than 5mm- and speculate on the future effects of this pollution.

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Unfathomable I Etching with aquatint on rag paper, 2022.
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Unfathomable II Etching with aquatint on rag paper, 2022.
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Substrate II Etching with spit bite, 2022.
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Shifts Etching with aquatint on rag paper, 2022.
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Accumulation Etching with aquatint on rag paper, 2022.
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Infiltration Etching with aquatint on rag paper, 2022.

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