Artist statement
In my work I strive to create a particular effect by combining a sense of the 'beautiful' with the 'grotesque'. I am interested in the uncanny and often try to convey an unsettling feeling or some kind of undercurrent to my work. My ideas are explored through the process of drawing, painting and photography, and often reference the autobiographical. Balanced between representation and abstraction my paintings executed on Melinex aim to create a visual tension between the sensory qualities of a tactile and lustrous surface against opposing textures painted on the reverse. By simultaneously working with earth coloured inks and utilising the plastic nature of the support allows these paintings to convey elements of resilience and decay.
Qualifications and training
- 2005 First Class Honours degree BA Fine Art, University of Hull, Scarborough Campus, England
- 2001 Art & Design Foundation Studies, Greenwich Community College, London
Solo exhibitions
- 2007 Fragile Nature, Back o' the Shop Gallery, Terrington, York (more info)
- 2006 Surface Tension, Grosmont Gallery, Grosmont, North Yorkshire
Group exhibitions
- 2013 Push // Pull, Kirkleatham Museum, Redcar (more info)
- 2013 Art & Protest, Guerilla Galleries, The Daniel Libeskind Space, London
- 2013 Art in the Priory, Priory Arts, Wetherby (more info)
- 2013 100% NUDE, Guerilla Galleries, London (more info)
- 2012 Print 2, Duckett and Jeffreys, Malton (more info)
- 2012 Bodies, Cultivate, Vyner Street, London (more info)
- 2012 North East Artists, The South Street Gallery, Scarborough (more info)
- 2011 Winter Exhibition, Woodend Art & Craft Gallery, Scarborough (more info)
- 2011 Christmas at Barefoot, The Barefoot Gallery, Boston Spa, Leeds (more info)
- 2011 Gifted, Studio Eleven Gallery, Hull (more info)
- 2011 Bodyworks, The Barefoot Gallery, Boston Spa, Leeds (more info)
- 2011 North Yorkshire Open Studios Exhibition, Pannett Art Gallery, Whitby (more info)
- 2011 Angela Chalmers, The Butterfly Rooms, Saltaire (more info)
- 2011 Feature Artist: Angela Chalmers, The South Street Gallery, Scarborough
- 2010 Pindar East Coast Open, Scarborough Art Gallery, Scarborough (more info)
- 2009 Summer Exhibition, The South Street Gallery, Scarborough (more info)
- 2009 Cluster Approving Association, turn-berlin Gallery, Berlin (more info)
- 2009 MINI ART SHOW, The South Street Gallery, Scarborough (more info)
- 2008 LINKED, Pocklington Arts Centre, York (more info)
- 2008 Exit Velocity, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull (more info)
- 2008 From Studio to South Street, The South Street Gallery, Scarborough (more info)
- 2008 North Yorkshire Open Studios, Pannett Art Gallery, Whitby (more info)
- 2007 Artists Show 2007, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds (more info)
- 2007 Woman is not a Sex Symbol, Blandscliff Gallery, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
- 2007 Indwelling: Living in a Female Body, Cooper Union, New York, USA (more info)
- 2007 Ferens Open, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, East Yorkshire
- 2006 Body, Alex May Gallery, Bridlington, East Yorkshire
- 2005 New Journeys, Grosmont Gallery, Grosmont, North Yorkshire (more info)
Competitions, prizes and awards
- 2006 Celeste Art Prize (Shortlisted), Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London
Other
- 2012 Saltburn Arts Fair, Saltburn Arts Fair, Saltburn-by-the-Sea (more info)
- 2011 North Yorkshire Open Studios, The South Street Gallery, Scarborough (more info)
- 2009 North Yorkshire Open Studios, The South Street Gallery, Scarborough (more info)
- 2008 Secret Art Sale, in support of 'Shelter', Levitt Bernstein at Shelter's Headquarters,, London
- 2007 NewcastleGateshead Art Fair 2007, Gateshead Quays, Tyne and Wear
- 2006 York Freedom Auction, Bishopthorpe Palace, York (more info)
