Tangled

Tangled: a mixed media exhibition from mother and daughter Emma Shankland and Alba Shankland Ameti explores growing up—and growing into yourself—when life feels unclear and unstable. It sees time and ageing not as neat milestones, but as a messy process of change, confusion, and becoming, shaped by judgement, pressure, and the search for identity.

At the core of Tangled is self-perception: overthinking, fear, dependence, and the struggle of trying to understand your own mind without being shown how. Through lived experiences of depression, anxiety, PTSD, and AuDHD, the artist’s work captures the feeling of constant mental noise—racing thoughts, emotional overload, and being out of sync while craving clarity.

The artworks in Tangled combine embroidery (Emma) and scenic art (Alba) to explore memory, time, and shared history. A dark, natural colour palette of browns, blacks, tans, greys, and muted orange tones reinforces themes of ageing, memory, and lived experience.

Tangled…