Adrien Broom

Citing childhood memories as an important catalyst, she makes use of period costumes to compose images that are often derived from fairy tales, but "It's a little darker than my reality as a child, drawing on my adult vision of the beautiful and bizarre.

"[1] When composing fantasy-based scenarios on a miniature scale, Broom constructs sets in her studio using malleable and found objects.

"[10] In her miniature dioramas, Broom uses both overt narrative and enigmatic imagery, with references to classical art as well as existential literature.

[10] Working at Erector Square in New Haven, Broom often supplements her studio's ample natural light with artificial illumination.

[15] For a series of works in 2016, Broom designed a specially illuminated dress for a model she photographed in the vast interior of Wentworth Woodhouse.