Aniela Murphy (b. 1987) is a London-based contemporary painter whose abstract work explores the psychological transitions of matrescence and early motherhood. Returning to her practice after an 18-year hiatus, she examines the duality of the domestic sphere, navigating tensions between comfort and confinement, presence and absence.

Working within strict temporal and physical boundaries, she subverts traditional methods by using discarded household paint, applied with cosmetic brushes. This deliberate pairing merges the language of home-building with tools of personal scrutiny in a world of impossible beauty standards. The resulting works trace the slow erosion and reshaping of identity, holding tenderness and loss together to honour the fragile resilience within the margins of parenthood.