Working in her bedroom getaway, Moreno's illustrations are made with felt tip marker on newsprint, an homage to analog techniques and folk art. The drawings in Rub appear to warp and crinkle, and with time will fade away. Contemporary references simulatenously insert themselves into her psychadelic and mutated worlds, from used nylons to archive Issey Miyake Pleats Please to juicy grapes and their vines to feelings of poise, anxiety, and colourful pterygotas. In Rub, one can observe vignettes of individuals bursting like a mudpot driven by nerves and zeal. Surrounded in lush patterns and green landscapes, the individuals hold their head high and dazzle through a tense grin, because why not?

Brie Moreno (1994) grew up in Ottawa and currently lives in London, England. Her work has been exhibited at Printed Matter in New York as well as at the Galerie du Jour - agnès b in Paris. She has worked with Art Gallery of Ontario, Bloomberg Businessweek, Novembre Magazine, Lagon Revue, and Breakdown Press.