Upon graduating from Newcastle University’s Fine Art BA(hons) earlier this year Carla Bromhead was awarded the Hole Editions Publishing Prize. Since then Carla has worked alongside Master Printer Lee Turner and been invited to feature in a major exhibition entitled the ‘Art of Science and Aging’ at the Hancock Museum in 2010. Carla Bromhead’s intricate drawings challenge the traditions of portraiture representation; testing the balance of presenting the visual physiognomy of the face whilst also consciously withholding information to confront assumptions the viewer may derive from the face and the face alone. By documenting the anonymous face from varying groups in society, Carla creates a neutral framework in which to translate, through delicate pencil work, faces that are often socially disregarded.