Julian Claxton
Julian Claxton studied in Manchester, London and Bristol. His work mainly appears on social media, particularly Instagram as @pryddywyrd, @blu_rider and @gbekkenwand
Current exhibitions include: ‘Rituals of Self Realisation’, Annwfn Gallery, Brecon; ‘Foraging as Arts Practice, Haus-A-Rest, and; ‘Gothic Winter’, Phantasmal Gallery. Last year he showed in ‘Still Krazee!!!’ Portland, Dorset as part of the b-side Festival; ‘Seen and Unseen’, Cambridge Photography Gallery; ‘Weather Forecast’, Clapham and ‘Hive’, Bridgwater.
He had a solo exhibition, Black Camp, at Motorcade/FlashParade, Bristol (2012). Group exhibitions include ‘Are the Stones Standing Still’, Staffordshire Street, London and ‘El Jardín de Escultaras’, Portland (2024), ‘Wäscheleine’, Leintz , Austria (2021), Something Orange (2020), Skye 2, Spike Island (2017) Saga (Tamaran) (2016), Pandemic, Leeds (2013), Oriel Davies Open (2012) and Ways of Looking, Bradford (2011). His work has been covered in the Fortean Times. He was a Founder Director of Plan 9, Bristol and now co-runs Test Space as well as commissioning visual art for the Priddy Folk Festival.
Lived Experience
I now live at the edge of the village of Priddy, a fairly isolated spot in a wider rural environment. My recent work uses natural and discarded materials to produce objects that are left for long periods of time in the open environment. Some to weather and decay, others to be incrementally added to. These are then photographed as part of the series ‘pryddywyrd’ and ‘Pryddywyld’.
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