Stephanie Homa’s work, in its innocent, child-like style, reflects the aesthetics of drawings made during childhood, taking the viewer on a nostalgic trip down memory lane. In this naïve manor, Homa, who is sometimes referred to as Cake, juxtaposes simple motifs of memorable objects such as animals, birds, trees and rainbows with man-made symbols like cars, helicopters and tall buildings that appear slightly more abstracted, attempting to create a tension between the two. The realms of nature clashing with the products of civilization are accentuated by a combination of the use of bright or pastel colours and the artist’s impulsive flow.
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Homa is inspired by automatism, a method which the Surrealists and Dadaists commonly used, where the artist strives to allow the impulses of the unconscious to guide the hand in matters of line, colour, and structure without the interference of conscious choice. By working in this way, a dreamlike atmosphere is created in her works, however a distinct central figure often appears, which is given symbolic importance.
Homa’s expressive freedom is an attempt to dispose of conventional drawing techniques, which is also apparent in the materials she works with, often using imperfect or used papers that have been folded or marked since their production. Despite this, her well composed collages with their precisely placed dots, stars and hearts suggest a well thought-out arrangement. Stephanie Homa was born in Germany in 1981. She studied textile and surface design in Berlin, graduating last year, and now lives and works in London where she has mainly been selling her work online.