Ptolemy Mann (1972) is an artist and textile designer, and she is educated at Royal College of Art and Central St. Martins College of Art & Design in London. She is based in the UK and has exhibited and lectured worldwide. She has made several site-specific pieces, among these a commission for Tate Modern in London.
Ptolemy Mann explores the way that colour transitions from one hue to another through hand dyed and woven threads. Her work is like a visual diary of how colour moves and shifts between darkness and light. In 2022 Ptolemy Mann exhibited at the gallery together with Christina Augustesen at the exhibition The Golden Hour. The title refers to that very specific moment of warm light at the end of the day just before night falls. This moment acts as a metaphor for how the two artists had captured the changing colour of the natural sky. Mann showed a body of small hand dyed and woven works specifically exploring warmth and the golden tones of saturated sunlight. The intention was to introduce work that engages an audience in new ways of seeing and feeling colour; capturing that elusive moment ‘in between’ two colours. By celebrating unfamiliar techniques and materials it was the hope to highlight exquisite craftsmanship through intelligent art making.
- Ptolemy Mann: Citrine Yellow Ikat, 2024. Håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 43 x 43 cm. incl. frame.
- Ptolemy Mann: Treadpainting (Lundstrøm Blues), 2024. Akryl på håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Acrylic on hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 43 x 43 cm. incl. frame.
- Ptolemy Mann: Magenta Pink Ikat, 2024. Håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 43 x 43 cm. incl. frame.
- Ptolemy Mann: Red Teal Ikat, 2024. Håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 43 x 43 cm. incl. frame.
- Ptolemy Mann: Between Orange and Blue Ikat, 2024. Håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 43 x 43 cm. incl. frame.
- Ptolemy Mann: Petrol Minimalisme, 2024. Håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 44 x 44 cm. incl. frame.
- Ptolemy Mann: Green Turquoise Ikat, 2024. Håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 43 x 43 cm. incl. frame.
- Ptolemy Mann: Golden Ikat, 2024. Håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 43 x 43 cm. incl. frame.
- Ptolemy Mann: Hazy Ikat, 2024. Håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 43 x 43 cm. incl. frame.
- Ptolemy Mann: Hidden Geometry, 2024. Akryl på håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Acrylic on hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 43 x 43 cm. incl. frame.
- Ptolemy Mann: Lemon Pink Tread Painting, 2024. Akryl på håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Acrylic on hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 43 x 43 cm. incl. frame.
- Ptolemy Mann: Lemon Pink Ikat, 2024. Håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 43 x 43 cm. incl. frame.
- Ptolemy Mann: Tread Painting, 2024. Akryl på håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Acrylic on hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 43 x 43 cm. incl. frame.
- Ptolemy Mann: Tread Painting, Blue Gesture, 2023. Akryl på håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Acrylic on hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 43 x 43 cm. incl. frame.
- Ptolemy Mann: Red Green Ikat, 2024. Håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 43 x 43 cm. incl. frame.
- Ptolemy Mann: Petrol, Blue with Orange Stribe, 2024. Håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 43 x 43 cm. incl. frame
- Ptolemy Mann: Green Turqouise Tread Painting, 2024. Akryl på håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Acrylic on hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 43 x 43 cm. incl. frame
- Ptolemy Mann: Wilhelms Landscape, 2023. Akryl på lærred / Acrylic on canvas, 43 x 43 cm. incl. frame
- Ptolemy Mann: A Danish Landscape, 2023. Akryl på lærred / Acrylic on canvas, 43 x 43 cm. incl. frame
- Ptolemy Mann: Nordic Landscape, 2023. Akryl på lærred / Acrylic on canvas, 43 x 43 cm. incl. frame
- Ptolemy Mann: Inside Ordrupgaard, 2023. Akryl på lærred / Acrylic on canvas, 43 x 43 cm. incl. frame
- Ptolemy Mann: Danish Odyssey, 2023. Akryl på lærred / Acrylic on canvas, 43 x 43 cm. incl. frame
- Ptolemy Mann: Lundstrøm Blues, 2023. Akryl på håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Acrylic on hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 44 x 44 cm. incl. frame.
- Ptolemy Mann: Lundstrøm Viridian, 2023. Håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 43 x 43 cm.
- Ptolemy Mann: After Finn (Blue Grid), 2023 Håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 43 x 43 cm.
- Ptolemy Mann: Thread Painting (Juhl’s Threshold), 2023. Akryl på håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Acrylic on hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 43 x 43 cm.
- Ptolemy Mann: After Finn (Indigo Black Spectrum), 2023. Håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 44 x 44 cm. incl. frame.
- Ptolemy Mann: After Finn (Blue Spectrum), 2023. Håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 44 x 44 cm. incl. frame.
- Ptolemy Mann: Lundstrøm Citrine, 2023. Håndfarvet og vævet viscose / Hand dyed and woven viscose and mercerized cotton, 44 x 44 cm. incl. frame.
- Ptolemy Mann: The Blue Hour (Winter Light) 2022. Hand-dyed and woven viscose. 64 x 64 cm.
- Ptolemy Mann: The Golden Hour (Blue Light Rays), 2022. Hand-dyed and woven viscose. 44 x 44 cm.
- Ptolemy Mann: The Blue Hour (Ultraviolet dawn) 2022. Hand-dyed and woven viscose. 64 x 79 cm.
- Ptolemy Mann: The Golden Hour (Ochre Minimalism), 2022. Hand-dyed and woven viscose. 64 x 64 cm.
- Ptolemy Mann: The Blue Hour (Winter Solstice) 2022. Hand-dyed and woven viscose. 64 x 64 cm.
- The Golden Hour – Christina Augustesen & Ptolemy Mann 30.09 – 19.11.22 Photo: Jacob Friis-Holm Nielsen
- The Golden Hour – Christina Augustesen & Ptolemy Mann 30.09 – 19.11.22 Photo: Jacob Friis-Holm Nielsen
- The Golden Hour – Christina Augustesen & Ptolemy Mann 30.09 – 19.11.22 Photo: Jacob Friis-Holm Nielsen
- The Golden Hour – Christina Augustesen & Ptolemy Mann 30.09 – 19.11.22 Photo: Jacob Friis-Holm Nielsen
- The Golden Hour – Christina Augustesen & Ptolemy Mann 30.09 – 19.11.22 Photo: Jacob Friis-Holm Nielsen
- The Golden Hour – Christina Augustesen & Ptolemy Mann 30.09 – 19.11.22 Photo: Jacob Friis-Holm Nielsen
- The Golden Hour – Christina Augustesen & Ptolemy Mann 30.09 – 19.11.22 Photo: Jacob Friis-Holm Nielsen
- The Golden Hour – Christina Augustesen & Ptolemy Mann 30.09 – 19.11.22 Photo: Jacob Friis-Holm Nielsen
- The Golden Hour – Christina Augustesen & Ptolemy Mann 30.09 – 19.11.22 Photo: Jacob Friis-Holm Nielsen