Naomi Edmondson

If you haven’t heard Naomi Edmondson’s name, there’s a good chance that you’ve seen her words – painted on public walls at a size that very few canvases or studios could accommodate. Survival Techniques, her ongoing public art project, started at a more personal scale; a list of phrases written in a notebook to lift her own spirits during a difficult time. Today, it has taken the form of a monumental, ongoing project that traverses the world in both gathering and sharing survival techniques with the power to bring a little levity to a difficult day.

By rejecting the domestic scale and scope that defines most art today, Edmondson’s work joins a rich artistic lineage that ranges from religious frescoes to modern street art. It is also, by nature, open to all, encountered freely in public spaces rather than confined to galleries. Naomi takes commissions for murals around the world, and is constantly expanding her series of messages of hope and relief.