My practice is strongly influenced by science and explores notions of identity and individuality through repetition often juxtaposing microcosim and macrocosm adjusting as if with the lens of a microscope.
My practice is strongly influenced by science and explores notions of identity and individuality through repetition often juxtaposing microcosim and macrocosm adjusting as if with the lens of a microscope.
I am attracted by the everyday made beautiful, by the infinitesmal that surrounds us, the world within a world, invisible to the naked eye. My work aims to provoke uncertainty in the viewer, to tease their cognitive senses by simultaneously revealing and not revealing. All about perception, the visual overwhelms analysis, the 'how' or 'why' relegated, as the art invites the viewer into a silent dialogue with it.
email: [email protected]
http://www.pamelaschilderman.com
Education: Goldsmiths 2004
Pamela Schilderman Dutch/Brazilian artist born in Rotterdam 1982. Her current project EcologyNOW is a collaboration between the University of Birmingham, the Lapworth Museum of Geology and herself; it is touring museums in the Midlands and Northern England.
Solo Shows
2022 Casket, Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre
2018 Casket, Russell – Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth
2017 Casket, Maidstone Museum & Art Gallery
2017 Casket, Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
2016 Needle, Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre
2014 The Harold Thomas Collection, Oxford Natural History Museum
2014 The Harold Thomas Collection, Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery
2014 The Harold Thomas Collection, Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
Two-Person Shows
2020 Fool’s Gold, Rugby Art Gallery & Museum
2004 Amelia Plover, St Pancras Church Crypt, London
Selected Group Shows
2023 For Man is Coming Here, Bury Art Museum and Sculpture Centre
2023 Self Portraits Make Me Smile, The HEART of Art Gallery, Shipley
2018 About Face, Rugby Art Gallery & Museum, Rugby
2017 Emancipation? Attenborough Centre, Leicester
2017 Finding A Face, New Walk Museum, Leicester
2015 CONNECTED, Online Gallery Curated by Lauren Cookson
2014 Mid-lands, Stryx Gallery, Birmingham
2013 Made in Warwickshire, Warwick Museum, Warwick
Funding & Awards
2023 MagGenome Business Sponsorship
2022 Arts Council England Awards for All supported by the National Lottery
2022 The Eaton Fund
2022 CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #15
2021 A-n Artists Bursaries Time, Space, Money
2019 Arts Council England Awards for All supported by the National Lottery
2019 Rugby Community Grant
2017 Arts Council England Awards for All supported by the National Lottery
2016 The Wigley Group business sponsorship
2016 Anglia DNA business sponsorship
2016 The France Brodeur Young Artist Award
2013 Arts Council England Touring Grant supported by the National Lottery
2013 The Gane Charitable Trust
Artist Residencies
2019 AA2A Project, De Montfort University, Leicester
2009 Stundars Open Air Museum, Solf, Finland, FI
2009 Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales
2008 Kunstenaarslogies, Amersfoort, The Netherlands, NL
2007 Camac International Centre for Art & Science, Marnay-sur-Seine, France, FR
Selected Publications
2020 Q & A with artist Pamela Schilderman by Anneka French, New Art West Midlands
2017 Studio International Interview by Anna McNay, Editor Miguel Benavides
2017 Q & A with artist Pamela Schilderman by Annabel Clarke, New Art West Midlands
2017 Casket, Pamela Schilderman, Steers Printing
2014 The Circles Issue, Here Comes Everyone, Editor Gary Sykes-Blythe