Tiger print is a pattern that exists on many consumer goods, due to the connotations of ‘wildness’ but mostly desire for something rare. There has been a resurgence of this print in consumerist culture. In speculation, this trend is to protect and celebrate the endangered species, the tiger.

Oil is fast becoming a scarce and disruptive item due to its role in global warming. Both objects share a level of scarcity and become tiger oil.

Lucy Wheeler is a multidisciplinary artist that uses digital art processes and emerging technologies. She graduated from University of the Arts London with a First Class Honours in BA Fine Art. Since she has exhibited across various art spaces across London including Wimbledon Space, APT Gallery and British Film Institute.

Lucy Wheeler has engaged in various collaborative virtual reality projects at the Tate Exchange, Tate Lates at Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Somerset House and the British Film Institute.

Wheeler is the co-founder of The Immersive Kind Collective: a knowledge exchange and arts and social enterprise which promotes social and digital inclusion across the creative tech industry and arts and culture sector.