TRINA O'HARA
Reimagined Archetypes

Reimagined Archetypes places the contemporary woman in the company of objects drawn from Classical sculpture—the trident, the caduceus, the lyre—yet each portrait appears as a photographic negative. This reversal is a purposeful disruption. By inverting the image, I unsettle the familiar and expose the inherited ways of seeing that have long confined women to silhouettes: the muse, the heroine, the seductress.

Here, the female body is approached through the echo of antiquity, not as marble fixed in time, but as a living force. In the presence of archetypal objects, these women breathe new meaning into these relics with their own gesture, will, and individuality.

Reimagined Archetypes invites viewers to move beyond the familiar language of the Classical world and to witness women—resilient, luminous, and wholly self-possessed.

Author
Trina O’Hara is an Australian painter and photographer based in Perugia, Italy, with a deep foundation in classical techniques and academic training. She studied at institutions including the Angel Art Academy in Italy and the Flemish Classical Atelier in Bruges. She spent seven years copying, in paint, every known Caravaggio painting to master his use of light. Trina holds a BA (Hons) in Fine Art, a Master’s in Contemporary Art, and recently published her first photography book titled Body of Work: artist.camera.museum. Trina seeks to preserve the technical ideals of the Old Masters while seeking new conversations in the present.

Website
https://trinaohara.com/

Instagram
@trinaoharapainter

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