Theadora Ballantyne-Way’s imagery is partly informed by electronic club culture and her previous occupation as a visual jockey (VJ), producing collaborative live, visual performances. Working primarily in printmaking and photomontage, her artistic practice is also heavily influenced by the Surrealist movement and the concept of animism - the belief that objects possess a distinct spiritual essence or soul.

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In much of her practice, mundane utensils become monumental industrial components; a transformation that elevates them into objects of aesthetic consideration and bizarre emblems of middle-class terror.  Her enlargement of these objects are as much a critique of consumer habits as they are a celebration of the surreal – a playful conceit on the rich history of the English pastoral.

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Probing at our sense of perception, her use of the textures and antiquated processes of traditional printmaking produces a false sense of legitimacy; one that is at odds with most contemporary image production.

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Her work has been widely exhibited in the UK, including at the International Original Print Exhibition at Bankside Gallery, London, and the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, on several occasions. She has also exhibited in Kyoto, Japan with Goldsmiths University in 2019 and won first prize at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Print Prize in 2022. Her work has been included in publications including Printmaking Today and is held in several notable collections including the V&A Museum, London​. Theadora is also the director of Argento Editions, a fine art studio where she works with internationally renowned artists to realise their printmaking ambitions.