Entries tagged with "Printmaking"
Artist
Kay Robinson
Kay Robinson BA (Hons), AFAS
Fine Art Printer-Painter
Working as a Fine Art printmaker, I have been developing a body of small scale linoprints. The basis of my work is minimalising the environment to represent the small important detail often missed. I prefer to use a reduced palette of bold colours, giving subtle suggestions and allowing the viewer to find their own viewpoint.
2011
31st Mini Print International of Cadaques, Spain (touring) Girona, Spain; Wingfield Barns, Eye, Suffolk; Bages, France; Pineda de Mar, Barcelona, Spain
10th Lessedra World Art Print Annual – Mini Print 2011, Sofia, Bulgaria
8th International Miniature Print Biennial 2011, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Connecticut, USA
Chester 9th Open Art Exhibition, Grosvenor Museum and Art Gallery, Chester
“Small Print: Big Impression” Leicester Print Workshop Exhibition (touring): New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester; 78 Derngate, Northampton; Rufford Craft Centre, North Nottinghamshire; Gallery Top, Nr Matlock, Derbyshire; mac, Birmingham
A4 International Contemporary Printmakers Competition, The Exchange Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall
7th British International Mini Print Exhibition (touring): The Brindley, Runcorn, Cheshire; Kirkby Gallery, Knowsley, Liverpool
Wren Gallery, Warrington Museum and Art Gallery, Warrington, Cheshire
2010
A4 International Contemporary Printmakers Competition, Penryn, Cornwall
7th British International Mini Print Exhibition (touring): Beverley Art Gallery, Yorkshire; Borough Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle-under-Lyme; The Brindley, Runcorn, Cheshire
30th Mini Print International of Cadaques (touring): Girona, Spain; Wingfield Barns, Eye, Suffolk; Bages, France; Pineda de Mar, (Barcelona), Spain
“Made to Fit” 14th Women’s Work Exhibition, Willis Museum, Basingstoke
CAN at Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham
2009
“In the Picture” Warrington Museum and Art Gallery, Warrington
29th Mini Print International of Cadaques (touring): Girona, Spain; Pineda de Mar, (Barcelona), Spain; Bages, France; Wingfield Barns, Eye, Suffolk
Chester 8th Open Art Exhibition, Grosvenor Museum and Art Gallery, Chester
P-Art-ners Exhibition, Grosvenor Museum and Art Gallery, Chester
“Little Women” 13th Women’s Work Exhibition, Weyhill, Andover, Hampshire
7th British International Mini Print Exhibition (touring): Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth; Gracefield Arts Centre; London Print Studio, London; Melton Library Art Gallery, Liecestershire; The Ropewalk, Barton on Humber; Aberdeen Art Centre, Aberdeen; Gracefields Art Centre, Dumfries
Associations and Memberships
Associate Member of the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers (1999-2001)
Member of the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers (2002-2004)
Member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts (2000 – 2010)
Member of the CAN/PAC (Cheshire Artists Network/Professional Arts in Cheshire)
Member of The Armed Forces Art Society
Private collections
Manchester Art Gallery Patrons Loans Collection
Warrington Museum and Art Gallery Private Collection.
Represented by
Comme Ca Art Ltd, Manchester
Published by Indigo Art Limited, Liverpool (www.indigoart.co.uk)
Residencies
1998 Cheshire and Wirral Federation of Youth Clubs
1999 SEEN Project, Dorin Park, Chester
2000 WOW Festival Conference, Warrington
2000 Woodfield County Primary School, Chester
Publications
Who’s Who in Art (33rd edition) Hilmarton Manor Press
(Editor: Charles Baile de Laperriere) ISBN 978 0 904722 42 0
Dictionary of International Biography (2010) 35th Edition, IBC Cambridge
(Editor: Sara Rains) ISBN 978 1 903986 35 6
World Who’s Who of Women (15th Edition), IBC Cambridge
(Editor: Sara Rains)
The Public Catalogue Foundation www.thepcf.org.uk
BBC “Your Paintings” website www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/kayrobinson
Previous Exhibtions
Manchester Academy of Fine Art Open 2008, Bury Art Gallery
28th Mini Print International of Cadaques (touring): Girona, Spain; Pineda de Mar, (Barcelona), Spain; Bages, France; Farley’s Yard, East Sussex
“Art in the Gardens” CAN exhibition, The Brindley Arts Centre, Runcorn, Cheshire
Armed Forces Art Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Cancer Research UK’s Art for Life Christies’s, Piccadilly, London
Chester 7th Open Art Exhibition, Grosvenor Museum and Art Gallery, Chester
P-Art-ners Exhibition, Museum am Burghof, Lorrach, Germany
Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Chester Invited Artists, Senigallia, Nr Ancona, Central Italy
National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers - Atrium Gallery at Whiteley
Manchester Art Fair, GMEX
Finalist in The Indigo Art Prize, Indigo House, Liverpool
“Landscapes” - solo exhibition at the Warrington Museum and Art Gallery
“Extremes” - WVAF Exhibition at the Warrington Museum and Art Gallery
FreshArt Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington, London
Sixty-ninth Annual Exhibition, National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers - Westminister Gallery, London
PAC at the Williamson, Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead
Undergraduates’ Exhibition, Grand Hall, Albert Dock, Liverpool
Finalist in the Mercury Music Prize, National Art Competition, London
Finalists’ Exhibition Mercury Music Prize, Air Gallery, Mayfair, London
National Student Print Open 1998, Storey Gallery, Lancaster
Degree Show, Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead
Blackthorn stable artist, Gottingen, Cologne, Germany
PAC exhibition (invited artist), Sens, France
Printmakers Council, Falmouth Art Centre
The Wirral Print Fellowship Award 1999, the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead
Artists for Amnesty exhibition, Chester
Chester Christmas Exhibition of selected artists, Grosvenor Museum, Chester
National Print Exhibition 2000, the Mall Galleries, the Mall, London
Blackthorn Exhibition, Museum of the South West, Midland, Texas, USA
Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2000, Piccadilly, London
Christie-Wild International NYAD2000 Exhibition, dfn Gallery, New York, USA
Nexus Galleries, 2000, Edinburgh
Artist
Frances Seba Smith
Frances Seba Smith was born in Montreal, Canada. She studied at Ecole des Beaux Arts Montreal and, after graduating, worked as a graphic designer. In 1982 she gained a First Class Honours Degree in Fine Arts from Staffordshire University. Frances has exhibited her work extensively throughout the UK and abroad. She has work in permanent collection at the Grosvenor Museum and Art Gallery, Chester; Museum of Fine Arts Malta; St. Paul Minnesota Art Museum USA; British Midland Airways Manchester; Great Universal Stores Head Office, London; Chepstow House, Manchester and Masterworks Foundation, Bermuda.
"I made these paintings from sketches and photographs taken whilst walking the dog. As walking and painting are non-verbal processes, I find the physical excercise of walking and the mental process of creativity are stimulated by the silence and the landscape. Back in my studio, the painting gradually emerges from the photos and the sketches; my imagination merges with the reality of the original scene and the work takes on a a life of its own."
Artist
Julia Midgley
Visit the new blog which shows recent small drawings :
http://juliamidgleydrawings.blogspot.com/
As a figurative artist I work predominantly on paper deriving subject matter from direct observation.
My work features in public, private, and corporate collections in the UK and abroad.
Drawing is the bedrock of my professional activity. The work reflects personal interests and events. It seeks to entertain, and intrigue, through its idiosyncrasy. Drawing informs my printmaking too, mainly etching with aquatint.
As a documentary artist I record activities as they take place and become a fly on the wall.
Reportage commissions/projects take the form of Residencies.
Artist
Ann Bridges
Working from sketch book studies and direct observation I create vibrantly coloured images combining painting and stencil-based printmaking processes. Layers of inks are applied directly to the picture surface using small hand held rollers. By wiping off areas that are not quite dry and drawing into the ink, hidden colours are revealed and the richness of the image is gradually built up. The finished pictures are usually described as print-based paintings or monoprints.
Most of my current subject matter is based on happy childhood memories of playing in the garden, walking through bluebell woods, making or buying cakes for tea, reading stories (especially the Princess and the Pea), picking and pressing flowers, pond dipping and playing with the contents of the button box.
Drawing is important to my practice, sketchbooks are always to hand for recording and documenting what I see around me.
Recent Residencies include a trip to South Africa to record a group of volunteers who were building dwellings in an orphanage and an Art in Nature residency in Wepre Park, Flintshire (2010).In May 2008 I produced a body of work in response to the history of 'The Ladies of Llangollen' at Plas Newydd. For two years (1999-2001) I worked as Artist in Residence at Chester Zoo, concentrating on the Aquarium, the Twilight Zone (bats) and the gardens.
With the support of a Lottery Project grant from the Arts Council of Wales in 2006 I was able to document the lifecycle of the silkworm through a series of drawings. An exhibition from this project has been on show at Chester Zoo and Macclesfield Silk Museum.
My work is exhibited nationally and internationally in group and solo shows.
The charity Paintings in Hospitals hold a number of works in their loan collection
Artist
Tracy Hill
I am a visual artist living and working in the North west of England . I currently work as a Senior Printmaking Technician and co-leader of Artlab Contemporary Print Studios at the University of Central Lancashire. My continued research into alternative acrylic based printmaking has led me to undertake research with The Bluecoat in Liverpool as well as initiating several collaborative exhibitions and research projects between other International printmaking studios.
In 2010 I completed a residency at The Centre of Contemporary Art in Preston and the resulting works were shown over a 4 week period. The Installation works from this residency were shown in the Liverpool Biennial at the Wolstenholme Creative Space, during the long night of the Museums.
During April 2011 I took part in the International residency programme at Pyramid Atlantic, Washington DC, the resulting works will be shown in Washington DC in December 2011.
Artist
Amanda Latham
Artist
Estella Scholes
Contemporary artist based in Crewe. I make paintings on canvas, original printmaking and artists books.
I run classes and workshops in a variety of media, including collagraph printmaking, adult education art classes, and staff development activities
I also make contemporary paintings for interior design schemes
Visit my website www.artestella-scholes.co.uk for further information and details of work, exhibitions, etc.
Artist
Moira Rae Carter
I have always found drawing the human form both fascinating and challenging, and I love the medium of print because of its ability to produce multiple images.
These original prints are not reproductions of drawings or paintings... each hand made plate being inked by hand and printed separately giving variation from print to print.... making each one an original.
Artist's Work
Lifelines by Tracy Hill
'Son up till son down' 3 artist books installation at The Centre for Contemporary Art Preston.
Artist's Work
Field of Vision by Tracy Hill
'Namurian Rocks' respond to the unique landscapes of Northern England, The physical elements experienced travelling through landscape and the visual language of maps captures a presence of place and significance of human presence.