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Drawings and Other Objects

Images and ideas are taken from repetitive acts that are usually considered in relation to domestic or social activities, and which I rethink in relation to art-making. Inventories, mantras and ship spotting have all been starting points for this but most often it is actions that relate to dress and dressing that have been used to inform the shapes in my work.

Using paper, fabric and clay, I re-enact actions associated with the wearing and laundering of clothes borrowing from both historical and contemporary customs. In these works, actions such as folding, wrapping or curling are displaced from their usual context to reveal other visual possibilities for how they can be considered and understood. Presently I am working with printmaking techniques to document the changing nature of these shapes in order to further explore the nature of this displacement.

My art practice informs and is informed by projects, workshops and events that I have led with galleries, museums and other organisations, which has included the British Museum, Camden Arts Centre, Cartoon Museum, LSE Archive, National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, National Film and Television School, Royal College of the Arts, Tate Modern, Turner Contemporary, Whitechapel Gallery and Wigmore Hall.





2011
 

Commissions


ARE WE NEARLY THERE YET, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London

2008
 
LET ME TELL YOU, Creative Connections, Whitechapel Gallery, London
RELIGION AND PLACE, Artist Commission, The Building Exploratory, London

2007
 
A YEAR IN THE LIFE, Creative Connections, Whitechapel Gallery, London




2011




Solo Exhibitions


CIRCUS, Landguard Fort, Felixstowe




2012




Group Exhibitions


THE SKETCHBOOK PROJECT WORLD TOUR, Brooklyn Art Library, USA, Canada, London
INCLUSIONS, The Stone Space, London

2011
 
CAFE GALLERY OPEN, Cafe Gallery Projects, London
MAGNET OPEN ART PROJECT, Art Concord, Concord, New Hampshire, USA
RARITIES 2011, Hastings and St Leonards Pier, Hastings
RADICALS AND NON-CONFORMISTS, National Portrait Gallery, London
FLOCK, City of London Festival, London

2010
 
LONDON HIVE, 99 Bishopsgate, London
FAKE MODERN, Camden Arts Centre, London

2009
 
MILE END ANCESTORS, Mile End Pavilion, London
HIDDEN TALENTS 09, National Portrait Gallery, London

2008
 
LET ME TELL YOU, Whitechapel Gallery, London
RELIGION AND PLACE, Whitechapel Ideas Store, London

2007
 
A YEAR IN THE LIFE, Whitechapel Gallery, London
MY SPACE, National Portrait Gallery, London

2006
 
SEFTON OPEN 06, Atkinson Art Gallery, Liverpool
HIDDEN TALENTS 06, National Portrait Gallery, London
PRESENCE, The Wine Gallery, London

2005
 
SEFTON OPEN 05, Atkinson Art Gallery, Liverpool

2004
 
#20 BERMONDSEY Open, Café Gallery Projects, London

2003
 
COLOURED, Trafik, London




2012
 

Residencies


CREATING FOR A CHANGE, Rural Residency, Suffolk

2011
 
ART IN THE FORT, Landguard Fort, Felixtstowe

2007
 
CREATIVE CONNECTIONS, Whitechapel Gallery, London

2006
 
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Sebright Primary School, London
CREATIVE CONNECTIONS, Whitechapel Gallery, London




2012
 

Projects


GIFTED BY NATURE, Tate Modern, London
CURIOUS MINDS FOR INFANTS AND JUNIORS, Camden Arts Centre, London

2011
 
INSIDE ART, Feltham Young Offenders Institute and the National Gallery, London
IDEAS FOR EXPERIMENTS, Camden Arts Centre, London
THE NATURE OF SEEING, Natasha Freedman, Royal College of Art and the National Gallery, London
DRAWING THE CITY, City of London Festival, London

2010
 
EXPERIMENTS FOR CHANGE, Camden Arts Centre and Camden Council, London
THE MAKING OF DELAROCHE LADY JANE GREY, National Gallery, London
ALL ABOUT ME, Great Ormond Street Hospital and the National Portrait Gallery, London
CITY BEES, City of London Festival, London

2009
 
THEIR PAST, YOUR FUTURE, LSE Archive, London
ARTIST TALK, Turner Contemporary, Margate
IN WITH THE NEW, Camden Arts Centre, London
THE SPECTACLE OF LOOKING, National Gallery, London

2008
 
DOODLE YOUR WAY IN, Cartoon Museum, London
SUMMER SCHOOL, Tate Britain, London
THE BIG FLOOR DRAW, National Portrait Gallery, London
YOUNG MESSAGES, Southbank Centre, London

2007
 
CREATIVE CONNECTIONS, Whitechapel Gallery, London
RE-STAGING OITICICA, Tate Modern, London
MY SPACE, National Portrait Gallery, London




2011
 

Publications


KEYS TO CREATIVITY, Drawing resource written with Aliki Braine, National Gallery
WILHELM SASNAL: CONVERSATIONS AND ACTIONS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE, Whitechapel Gallery

2010
 
LOOKING WITH VIYKI TURNBULL: JIM HODGES AND BREDA BEBAN, Camden Arts Centre




2006
 

Education History


INTER-GALLERY TRAINING COURSE, Tate Modern, April 2006 – July 2006

2002
 
CULTURAL ENTERPRISE TRAINING, Free Form Arts Trust, February 2002-May 2002

1999
 
FINE ART PAINTING, BA (hons), Norwich School of Art, September 1996-June 1999
   

Collections


The Building Exploratory, London
Clapton Girls Technology College, London
Great Ormond Street Hospital
West London Academy, London