Through my work I touch on the subtle and intuitive part of life. Those things we all feel, go through and see all around us, often without giving them much notice, attention or importance.
I am interested in exploring the connection and relationship between culture and nature and the human inner and outer experience within it. I use many different materials and means of creative expression (performance, film, sculpture and installation) and it is this concept that unites my whole body of work.
Myths, folklore, fairytales as well as my life experiences and everyday observations all inform my practice. The materials and their combinations I use in my work often say more than one can see at the first sight. I carry out an extensive research into their symbolic meanings, connections and uses in culture.
Symbolism is very important in my work as I believe that primal imagery and symbols hold a great power of communication which is understood by all people regardless of their language, nationality, age or education. I try to reach out to people on a subconscious and emotional level.
EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
Solo Exhibitions
2010 The Pilgrimage, performance, �umava Mountains, Czech Republic
2010 Between Heaven and Earth, Čajovna �U na�� mil� Pan�, Klatovy, Czech Republic
2010 Wild Horses, performance, Lake District, Cumbria, UK
2009 Devatero, performance, Hlavňovice, Czech Republic
2008 Into the light, St Gregory�s Centre for the Arts, Norwich, Norfolk
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015 Curious Call, Coburg House Art Studio Gallery, Edinburgh
2015 Coast to Coast, Union Gallery, Edinburgh
2014 Art in Shoeboxes, North Edinburgh Art Centre, Edinburgh
2013 Christmas Exhibition, Union Gallery, Edinburgh
2013 In the Company of Birds, Union Gallery, Edinburgh
2011 Plight of the Bumblebee, Union Gallery
2011 Rituals, K�ysirata Gallery, Turku, Finland
2011 Converge, Out of Blue Gallery, Dalmeny Street, Leith, Edinburgh
2011 Making Waves, Union Gallery, Edinburgh
2009 Time and Duration, performance, Mundesley, Norfolk
2009 Salt of the Earth, Salthouse, Norfolk
2008 Inaugural Exhibition, Tintype Gallery, London
2008 An Invisible Sun Within Us, Warehouse, Norwich, Norfolk
2007 Norwich Fringe Festival Art Trail, Norwich, Norfolk
2006 The Factory Show, The Old Bally Shoe Factory, Norwich, Norfolk
2006 Beyond Sentimentality, NUCA Gallery, Norwich, Norfolk
RESIDENCIES AND FUNDED RESEARCH
InCrops Project � 04/2010-02/2011
University of East Anglia in partnership with SCVA and local businesses, Norwich, Norfolk
Undertaking a site visit to a business partner that produces natural non food products. Viewing and learning about new materials, their properties and their production. Exploring the potential for these new materials, both in terms of the possible impact on own creative work as well as developing some ideas for how these materials and technologies might present possibilities for other artists and associated businesses.
http://www.cultureofthecountryside.ac.uk/drupal/project/incrops
Rapid Arts Residency - July - August 2009
Sea Change Arts, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in collaboration with Turku Arts Centre, Finland
Multinational collaborative artist residency at Turku in Finland (artists from Finland, Portugal, and England). This was an intense period (1 month) of collaboration work between musicians, sound artists, dancers, performance artists as well as visual artists. Part of the residency was also running creative and interactive workshops for local community groups such as Unemployment support centre, Community centre for the elderly as well as general public.
www.rapidarts.eu
Butley Mills Art Studios, Butley, Suffolk - August 2006
2 week long residency focusing on developing new ideas and work by responding to local landscape.
GALLERY EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROJECS
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
The Fruitmarket Gallery brings to Scotland the work of some of the world�s most important contemporary artists
Sensing the Landscape - 07/04/2014
Youth Art Workshop
Designing and delivering one-day art workshop for 14�17 year olds. Inspired by Tania Kovats: Oceans at The Fruitmarket Gallery, this workshop drew on the idea of understanding, observing and exploring the local landscape through a range of media to create installation and performance
Outreach Community Workshop � 28/04/2014 - 08/05/2014
Eagle Lodge Care Home
Phase 1 - Sea Memories
The aim of the workshop was to engage with the exhibition by the artist Tania Kovats, Oceans trough reminiscence and one�s personal experience of the sea. This could be cultural, visual or sensory. Inspired by the exhibition the participants were encouraged to make simple drawings and marks or collages that capture personal memories of the sea and coastline.
Phase 2 - Water Art
Building on the initial experience of the exhibition and further developing and exploring the themes of oceans, water and the landscape formed by them the second workshop focused on the sensory and material experience of the element of water exploring its potential as a creative material.
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, Norfolk
SCVA is a public art gallery and museum at the University of East Anglia (UEA) Norwich.
Culture and Countryside Project -03/2009-10/2010
Outreach project - schools and community centres around Norfolk and Suffolk
Designed and delivered creative workshops whose objective was to encourage pupils, their families and communities to reflect in new ways on their own cultural heritage, local environment and regional traditions. By studying and engaging directly with ritual and ceremonial objects from other cultures, they were at the same time gaining greater global awareness.
http://www.cultureofthecountryside.ac.uk/
Mundesley Encounters � 04/2010 � 09/2010
Outreach project - Mundesley village, North Norfolk coast
Designed, choreographed, directed and also took part in a performance (Time and Duration, 2009) that involved the local community. It explored issues affecting local countryside such as coastal erosion which is changing and transforming the way people live. It was designed for people to reflect on dealing with time and memory, unstoppable change, continuous movement and repetition.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/norfolk/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8244000/8244235.stm
http://www.cultureofthecountryside.ac.uk/
Enquire Project - 09/2008 � 03/2009
Eastern Cluster partners for Engage
Training and delivering gallery based and outreach workshops with a cross section of school groups and young offenders and nurture groups. Regional projects were organized collaboratively with Fruitful Arts, Outpost Gallery, Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, Kings Lynn Art Centre and Norfolk Schools. The partnership developed capacity amongst galleries, schools and artists to address the government�s Cultural Offer �Find Your Talent� needs.
http://www.en-quire.org/projects/phase.aspx?p=3#c2
Creative Partnerships Norfolk
Norfolk and Norwich festival, Norfolk County Council Children Services
Creative Partnerships Project � Sundial and Wind Vane � 10/2009-04/2010
Diss Infant and Nursery School with Children's Centre, Norfolk
Creative project based on employing children in using variety of natural materials and exploring and combining them through various scientific and natural processes. The results of the experiments were used in final permanent outdoor installation in the grounds of the school.
http://www.creative-partnerships.com/
Norfolk County Council
County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 2DH
Additional Learning Support Assistant - 09/2009 � 06/2010
Wensum lodge, Norwich, Norfolk
Level 3 / 4 Diploma: Foundation Studies in Art and Design and Media
Supporting a number of students on BTEC Art Foundation course. This included students with dyslexia and dyspraxia as well as a student with cerebral palsy and hard of hearing. The duties included note taking during lectures, photocopying, one to one individual support with critical studies assignments and text based work. Supporting students on a practical basis and also assisting them in studio work.
QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
2004 � 2007 � BA(Hons) Fine Art, Norwich School of Art and Design, Norwich, Norfolk
2002 -2004 � HNC in Fine Art, Richmond Adult Community College, Richmond, Surrey
2001 -2002 - Access to Art&Design and Photography, Spelthorne College, Ashford, Middlesex
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