Naomi portrays a fragmented mythology using recurring symbols as an aid to unveil previously forgotten memories. Her intimate iconography reconciles her experience of loss, inviting ever-evolving reinterpretations of a personal mythology. The titles are mediated from conversations with her mother before she passed, and now late-night ones shared with her sister. The imagery is inspired by these not as a literal depiction, but an embodiment of the sensations that memories provoke but cannot put into words. Naomi is interested in how painting, combined with text fragments, empowers the re-experiencing of a moment.

In the work people emerge as otherworldly beings, perhaps they are ghosts, gods, or vessels. Naomi uses the medium of watercolour on stretched cotton, its sensitivity allows the work to hint at a forms perceptible outline without reducing it to a fixed image or narrative. The space embodies an unearthly presence, appearing and disappearing simultaneously.

Naomi Boiko-Stapleton completed her BA in fine art painting at Brighton university in 2022, she has exhibited in group exhibitions across the UK including at the Saatchi gallery as well as internationally. In 2023 she took part in the Good eye projects spring residency and later that year was the overall winner for the 2023 Delphian open call. In 2024 she has an upcoming solo show with Delphian Gallery.