'Transition Of Hope' is an exceptionally detailed digital collage with intricate layering of form and pattern throughout. Flora and fauna are used to imbue narrative, while the 'tondo', the circular form of the work, is a nod to the Renaissance masters. That tondo makes it compositionally unlike the square formats around it in her catalogue: a medallion of layered story. And the image carries real market depth: a framed original version on aluminium with silver leaf sold at £2,500, so this hand-signed edition of 25 is the accessible way into one of her signature compositions.

Alexandra Gallagher (b. 1980, Greater Manchester) is a British multidisciplinary artist whose practice navigates the boundaries between painting, collage, street art, printmaking and mixed media. Her work operates at the confluence of Surrealism and contemporary feminist discourse, interrogating visual and cultural constructions of femininity through a complex synthesis of symbolic imagery and psychological narrative. She has said: "The inspiration behind my work is our experiences as women in western society... but I didn't want to put something out there that's obvious or brutal, I wanted to create something beautiful out of something ugly, but still give a voice". Her accolades include Saatchi Showdown Surrealism Second Place Winner, Secret Art Prize Runner-Up 2016, London Contemporary Art Prize 2018 finalist, and shortlistings for the Rise Art Prize and Zealous X; her work was also widely featured on Grand Designs 2019.

Edition: 25
Signed: Yes, hand-signed and numbered by the artist (signed front and back on this edition)
Medium: Giclée on 310gsm 100% cotton rag paper, archival pigment ink
Paper size: 60 × 60cm
Year: 2020
Certificate: Accompanied by certificate of authenticity