Artist statement
Samantha Donnelly's practice is primarily sculptural. She has a materials-led approach to making, underpinned by references to Art History and popular culture - specifically photography, TV, film and advertisements. Her work is made through questioning, rephrasing and reworking a range of sculptural matter, mass-produced household wares, imported fashion bargains and second-hand finds in the studio over a period of time. Her way of making gives the work a strong sense of time which mirrors conventions found in sources of popular culture (editing, cropping, elimination, montage, narration). This results in a fragmented / abstract / partial quality to finished work; some appearing relic-like and precious, whereas others are seemingly transient and momentary, on the edge of dissolve.
Solo exhibitions
- 2010 Chaste Glances Signify Missed Chances, SupercolliderHQ, Blackpool
- 2010 Compendium, Vitrine Gallery, London
- 2009 Sheer Sliver, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool
- 2009 Pietrasanta Residencies, Royal British Society of Sculptors Gallery, London (Two person show)
- 2008 Raven Plateau, Yorkshire Artspace, Persistence Works, Sheffield
- 2007 Unfold, Cornerhouse Projects, Manchester
Group exhibitions
- 2010 Black Hole Hums B Flat, Ceri Hand Gallery Pop-up Space, London
- 2010 Northern Futures, The Civic, Barnsley, Yorkshire
- 2010 Collagerie, Stew, Norwich
- 2009 Perhaps Nothing Perhaps Something, Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery, Leeds
- 2008 Future 50, PSL, Leeds
- 2008 Swap / Vaihto, The Cable Factory, Helsinki, and Bureau, Salford
- 2008 These Living Walls of Jet, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool
- 2007 25th Alum Exhibition, Triangle Artists Association, Brooklyn, New York
- 2007 Testbed 5, Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery, Leeds
- 2006 Purescreen #16 Beta Test, Castlefield Gallery at Bureau, Salford
- 2006 Visions in the Nunnery, The Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts Trust, London
- 2006 Paperworks, Bury Art Gallery, Bury, Lancashire
- 2006 700IS, Kompan, Fljotsdalsherao, Egilsstaoir, Iceland
Residencies
- 2010 Mercedes Fire, Summer School, Various venues, Ireland
- 2010 Standpoint Futures, Standpoint Gallery, Hoxton Square, London
- 2009 The Brian Mercer Bronze Scholarship, Pietrasanta, Italy
- 2007 Oneplace, Tatton Park, Cheshire
- 2006 Triangle Artist's Workshop 2006, DUMBO, Brooklyn, New York City
- 2006 Incydenty, Silesian Castle of Art, Cieszyn, Poland
Other
- 2010 Art Rotterdam, Netherlands, Represented by Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool
- 2009 Volta5, Basel, Represented by Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool
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