Ingrid Berthon-Moine

Aphrodite’s Pinch references the birth of Aphrodite, goddess of love, sexual pleasure andfertility, born from the white salty sea foam produced by the sperm bursting out of thecastrated genitals of Uranus. The oyster alludes to the sea Aphrodite was born from andthe shape reminisces of the female genitalia. Painted in matt black, it points to Freud’sstatement on the sexual life of adult women as a dark continent for psychology! The fauxskin offers a bodily tactility to the piece while the trace of glittery salt left on the blackpaint suggests an impression of wetness. Sea or pleasure?...

Ingrid Berthon-Moine completed her MA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths University, London,UK, in 2017 and her MA in Photography at the LCC, London, UK, in 2019. Her work hasbeen the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions including at Fitzrovia Gallery,London, UK, 2022 (solo); Kelder Project, London, UK, 2018 (solo); La Boulangerie, Paris,FR, 2024; Hypha Studios, London, UK, 2024; Unit Gallery, London, UK, 2023; TJ Boulting,London, UK, 2022; Frieze Art Fair, London, UK, 2022; 55SP, Sao Paolo, Brazil, 2022;Drawing Room, London, UK, 2021; Galerie Paris-B, Paris, France, 2021; StadtmuseumMünchen, Munich, Germany, 2019.Berthon-Moine is the recipient of Hogchester Arts Residency, 2024; Unit 1 Gallery RadicalResidency VIII, 2024; a-n Artists Bursaries, 2023; the Jerwood 1:1 Fund, 2022; the LondonBronze Casting fellowship 2022; and the Barbican Art Trust residency, 2019.