I have an ongoing project exploring a relationship with spaces and landscapes. Recent collaborative works explore the potential for images, sound and material relationships to become immersive visceral experiences of natural and abstract narratives. These extensions of the work into soundscapes and multimedia environments involving elements of improvisation and live painting are wilfully ephemeral and obscure.
Social media has become a (relatively unmediated) means to document the DNA of this work beyond the performance environment. My books offer alternative readings of some of these events. They are constructed to be read as alternative experiences, open to diverse responses, conveying a sense of the visual poetics of isolated natural and abstract landscapes and narratives.
Current work is a response to my relationship with a range of social, political and cultural landscapes and environments. Book works are often made using a variety of printing and containment methodologies. These are applied to self-generated texts, analogue & digitally printed/paper based media and other appropriated reconfigured ephemera. They are made to be held in the hands for more intimate tactile thumbing through viewing/reading engagement or opened up, extended and displayed freestanding in the round as physically expanded sculptural structures containing poetic, visually immersive non-linear narratives.
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SHOWS EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS
'New England'
Take A Butchers Gallery, Dusseldorf,
Germany
June 2017
'Once There Were No Borders'
Los Dave Solo
Coastguard Studio, Southsea
May 2017
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here project
including: Books and Broadsides
2008 - 2018
'Síður í Siglufjörður / Pages in Siglufjörður'
Contemporary artists’ books on the coastal environment
Herhúsið, Iceland
March 2015
'Under The Spotlight'
Coastguard Studio
January 2015
'Illustrated Menagerie'
University of Portsmouth
February 2015
Real Somerset, Open Exhibition
A2 Gallery, Wells UK
2014
Upfest: Urban Paint Festival
Bedminster, Bristol UK
2013, 2015, 2018
'BABE' Bristol Artists' Book Event
Arnolfini, Bristol UK
2006, 2009 & 2011
Room 237, Southsea UK
September 2012
Love Your Bike Project
Southsea UK
July 2010
CFPR Collection Exhibit:
The Lit & Phil, Newcastle upon Tyne
July 2010
'Deck Your Chairs' Custom Deckchair Project
Southsea UK
2009
Identity Books and Multiples
AKI, ArtEz, Enschede, Netherlands
May 2008
'Off The Page'
Greenhouse, St. Peter Port, Guernsey
November 2007 - January 2008
SIP at Paintworks
Spike Island Printmakers at Paintworks Gallery, Bristol
14th October – 29th October 2006
Bookmarks Project I, II, III
Stewart Center Gallery, Purdue University, USA
March 2006
International Artists' Book Exchange
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga USA
School of Art Media and Design UWE, Bristol UK
March – April 2005
Arcadia id est: Touring Exhibition 2005-2007
9 March – 25 April 2005
Full archive HERE
Bookmarks: Infiltrating the Library System
Bookmarks Project #1, UWE Bristol
2004
1st Seoul International Book Arts Fair, Korea.
COEX Pacific Hall, Seoul.
4th – 9th June 2004
'Transatlantic Book Trafficking' - International Artists' Book Exchange
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga USA
School of Art Media and Design UWE, Bristol UK
February – March 2004
LAB 03 (London Artists' Books Fair)
ICA Theatre Space, London, W1
28 - 30 November 2003
'The History Book That Never Was'
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston USA
April 2003
'The Wexford Artist Book Exhibition'
Wexford, Ireland
2003
David Kirby/Paperboy Press: Licking Grit From a Polished Floor
Solo Exhibition, UWE Bristol
19th May - 6th July 2003
Centre for Fine Print Research Contemporary Artists' Books,
UWE Bristol
July, 2002
‘If Pressed'
Sherborne House Dorset UK
March 2002
2nd Impact Printmaking Exhibition and Conference
University of Art & Design,
Helsinki UIAH, Finland
September 2001
'A Tale of Two Cities'
Off-Centre Gallery Bristol
10th May – 10th June 2001
'A Tale of Two Cities'
Centre For Book Arts New York USA
14th September – 28th October 2001
'Books By Artists'
UWE Bristol, UK
21 - 30 September 1999
London Artists' Book Fair
ICA Galleries, London
1999
Sculpture: Group Show
Ether Gallery, Southsea
1999
London Artists Book Fair,
Barbican Centre, London UK
April 1997
April 1998
MULTIMEDIA/PERFORMANCE
'A Sonic Memory Hole'
Calamity Cratediggers Event
Coastguard Studio
Southsea
November 2019
Friday Night Weird Dreams
Calamity Cratediggers Event
The Edge Of The Wedge
Southsea
August 2019
The Edge Of The Wedge
Southsea
August 2019
Calamity Cratediggers//MA of Illustration All-Day Fundraiser Event
Coastguard Studio
Southsea
September 2018
Coastguard Studio
Southsea
September 2018
The Front Room at The People's Lounge
Victorious Festival
Southsea
August 2018
Typewriter Tales 1 & 2
Southsea Coffee Co.
May & July 2018
'A Sonic Memory Hole'
Calamity Cratediggers Event
Coastguard Studio
Southsea
November 2017
'Cure Or Be Cured'
The Front Room at Southsea Castle
October 2017
'New Worlds'
The Front Room at Hunter Gatherer
Southsea
May 2017
'Not Waving But Drowning',
The Vulture Is A Patient Bird for The Front Room
The Loft, Southsea
April 2017
The Front Room Preview at
Trash Arts 10th Anniversary Show
Edge Of The Wedge, Southsea
April 2017
'Dark Darker'
Coastguard Studio, Southsea UK
September 2016
'This Is Not Boring':
Coastguard Studio, Southsea UK
July 2016
'Rumi So Yo', Southsea Fest
Coastguard Studio, Southsea UK
August 2016
COMMERCIAL MURAL WORK
Fledglings Pre-School,
Southsea,
August 2017
Devonshire Infants School, Southsea
2015, '16 & 2017
University Of Portsmouth
Trafalgar House - Eric Rimmington Mural
June 2016
Southsea Coffee Co - 2016
Lady Hamilton Cottage - 2015
Spinnaker Tower 10th Anniversary Celebration - 2015
Fernhurst Junior School, Southsea
2015
Comet Classics, Southbourne 2014
Trojan Cars, Portsmouth UK 2013
BOOK WORKS IN ARTISTS' BOOK COLLECTIONS
Ministry of Books
Artists' Book Collection
University of Portsmouth
Portsmouth UK
CfPR Artists’ Book Collection
Bower Ashton Art & Design Library
University of the West of England
Bristol UK
Artists’ Book Collection
Tate Britain Archive of Artists Books
Tate Gallery, London UK
Neil Crawford Private Artists’ Book Collection
Typo G London UK
PUBLISHED ARTICLES REVIEWS AND ESSAYS
Book Arts Newsletter: UWE Bristol UK
B.A.N. no.110, March-April 2017
http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/newsletters.html
Aspex Gallery Portsmouth
Ministry of Books Exhibit: Review February 2017
Strong Island: Created Local
Review by Tristan Savage
January 2012
Creative Portsmouth
Tricorn Books, 2011
ISBN 978 0 9567597 3 3
Strong Island: Stone Dead Forever
Review by Claire Sambrook
October 2010
Global Poetry System
South Bank Centre, London
Saga Of The South Sea Stones,
Interview and feature
July 2010
Artist’s Book Year Book 2003 - 2005
Impact Press 2003 ed. Sarah Bodman
ISBN 0 9536076 9 0
Artist’s Book Year Book 2001 - 2002
Impact Press 2001 ed. Sarah Bodman
ISBN 0 9536076 7 4
'Books By Artists' Exhibition Catalogue
Impact Press 1999 ed. Sarah Bodman
ISBN 0 9536076 07
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
PGCE Art and Design University of Brighton
MA Multidisciplinary Printmaking UWE Bristol UK
BA (Hons) Illustration University of Portsmouth
CAREER EXPERIENCE
Creator and curator of Portsmouth Artist Book Event
Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
March 2018
Victorious Festival: Southsea, Portsmouth UK
Independent Artist
Children's' 'Street Art' painting wall
August 2015
University of Portsmouth, BA Illustration:
Visiting LecturerJanuary 2015
Oaklands Secondary School, Waterlooville Hants UK
Visiting Artist
2014
Whiteley Junior School, Whiteley Hants UK
Visiting Artist
2013
Purbrook Park School, Waterlooville Hants UK
Teacher of Art, Photography, English and ICT
2008 - 2013
St Annes' School, Alderney, Channel Islands
Teacher of Art and ICT
2007 - 2008
Wildern School, Eastleigh, Hants UK
Teacher of Art
2005 - 2006
Portsmouth Grammar School, Hants UK
Teacher of Art and Photography
2001 - 2003
The Red Gallery, Southsea UK
Gallery Manager
1998 - 2001
MVC Hendon, Chichester, Bath
Retail Assistant
1991 - 1998
DRG Sellotape Products Ltd
R&D/Quality Control Laboratory Assistant
1981 - 1991
Artist’s Book Year Book 2017
Impact Press 2017 ed. Sarah Bodman
ISBN 0 9536076
Victorious Festival
Southsea
August 2018
Typewriter Tales 1 & 2
Southsea Coffee Co.
May & July 2018
'A Sonic Memory Hole'
Calamity Cratediggers Event
Coastguard Studio
Southsea
November 2017
'Cure Or Be Cured'
The Front Room at Southsea Castle
October 2017
'New Worlds'
The Front Room at Hunter Gatherer
Southsea
May 2017
'Not Waving But Drowning',
The Vulture Is A Patient Bird for The Front Room
The Loft, Southsea
April 2017
The Front Room Preview at
Trash Arts 10th Anniversary Show
Edge Of The Wedge, Southsea
April 2017
'Dark Darker'
Coastguard Studio, Southsea UK
September 2016
'This Is Not Boring':
Coastguard Studio, Southsea UK
July 2016
'Rumi So Yo', Southsea Fest
Coastguard Studio, Southsea UK
August 2016
COMMERCIAL MURAL WORK
Fledglings Pre-School,
Southsea,
August 2017
Devonshire Infants School, Southsea
2015, '16 & 2017
University Of Portsmouth
Trafalgar House - Eric Rimmington Mural
June 2016
Southsea Coffee Co - 2016
Spinnaker Tower 10th Anniversary Celebration - 2015
Fernhurst Junior School, Southsea
2015
Comet Classics, Southbourne 2014
Trojan Cars, Portsmouth UK 2013
BOOK WORKS IN ARTISTS' BOOK COLLECTIONS
Ministry of Books
Artists' Book Collection
University of Portsmouth
Portsmouth UK
CfPR Artists’ Book Collection
Bower Ashton Art & Design Library
University of the West of England
Bristol UK
Artists’ Book Collection
Tate Britain Archive of Artists Books
Tate Gallery, London UK
Neil Crawford Private Artists’ Book Collection
Typo G London UK
PUBLISHED ARTICLES REVIEWS AND ESSAYS
Book Arts Newsletter: UWE Bristol UK
B.A.N. no.110, March-April 2017
http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/newsletters.html
Aspex Gallery Portsmouth
Ministry of Books Exhibit: Review February 2017
Strong Island: Created Local
Review by Tristan Savage
January 2012
Creative Portsmouth
Tricorn Books, 2011
ISBN 978 0 9567597 3 3
Strong Island: Stone Dead Forever
Review by Claire Sambrook
October 2010
Global Poetry System
South Bank Centre, London
Saga Of The South Sea Stones,
Interview and feature
July 2010
Artist’s Book Year Book 2003 - 2005
Impact Press 2003 ed. Sarah Bodman
ISBN 0 9536076 9 0
Artist’s Book Year Book 2001 - 2002
Impact Press 2001 ed. Sarah Bodman
ISBN 0 9536076 7 4
'Books By Artists' Exhibition Catalogue
Impact Press 1999 ed. Sarah Bodman
ISBN 0 9536076 07
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
PGCE Art and Design University of Brighton
MA Multidisciplinary Printmaking UWE Bristol UK
BA (Hons) Illustration University of Portsmouth
CAREER EXPERIENCE
Creator and curator of Portsmouth Artist Book Event
Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
March 2018
Victorious Festival: Southsea, Portsmouth UK
Independent Artist
Children's' 'Street Art' painting wall
August 2015
University of Portsmouth, BA Illustration:
Visiting LecturerJanuary 2015
Oaklands Secondary School, Waterlooville Hants UK
Visiting Artist
2014
Whiteley Junior School, Whiteley Hants UK
Visiting Artist
2013
Purbrook Park School, Waterlooville Hants UK
Teacher of Art, Photography, English and ICT
2008 - 2013
St Annes' School, Alderney, Channel Islands
Teacher of Art and ICT
2007 - 2008
Wildern School, Eastleigh, Hants UK
Teacher of Art
2005 - 2006
Portsmouth Grammar School, Hants UK
Teacher of Art and Photography
2001 - 2003
The Red Gallery, Southsea UK
Gallery Manager
1998 - 2001
MVC Hendon, Chichester, Bath
Retail Assistant
1991 - 1998
DRG Sellotape Products Ltd
R&D/Quality Control Laboratory Assistant
1981 - 1991
Artist’s Book Year Book 2017
Impact Press 2017 ed. Sarah Bodman
ISBN 0 9536076
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