Artist statement
Concepts
My current work involves creating constructed arrangements, reminiscent of stage sets, which I then paint from. This process allows me to use different collage elements, such as my own photographs or found images from books and magazines, as well as three-dimensional models I have made of real or imagined buildings and architectural details.
There is a narrative element to much of my work. I am inspired by everyday things that I find around me, and how these things express bigger ideas; graffiti on a wall in a street communicates one person's political dissent, and the design and imagery of a tiny postage stamp can encapsulate a nation's ruling ideology.
In terms of theme, I am interested in modernism, architecture, history and the landscape of modern philosophical and political thought. My work enables me to process my thoughts about these themes and create a response.
Influences
Modernism, architecture, history and politics, iconography
Solo exhibitions
- 2009 Geheime Verfürher/Hidden Persuaders, Laura Mars Grp., Berlin, Germany
- 2009 Hidden Persuaders, Permanent Gallery, Brighton
- 1992 One Person Show, Maze Studios and Galleries, Brighton
Group exhibitions
- 2011 Memory of a Hope, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool
- 2011 HOUSE Open, Regency Town House, Brighton
- 2011 Home Project, Traveling Motionless, Quay Arts Centre, Newport, Isle of Wight
- 2010 Zipor, Ziporim, Ziporra, Galerie Lichtpunkt, Münich, Germany
- 2010 Hotel, The Artists Residence Hotel, Brighton
- 2010 Platonic, Kaleid Editions, London
- 2009 Collaged: Tracey Eastham with Louise Bristow, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston
- 2009 Papieroffensiv, Public Space, Berlin, Germany
- 2009 Floorplan, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton
- 2009 Hinterlands, Trafalgar Works, Portslade
- 2008 Not For Your Eyes, Wolstenholme Projects, Liverpool
- 2006 Near Distance, Arena Gallery, Liverpool Biennial
- 2005 Voyager III, Maze Studios group show, Office de Tourisme and Musee Boucher-de-Perche, Abbeville, France
- 2005 Underworld (Voyager IV), Fringe Gallery, Brighton
- 2005 Emergency2, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
- 2004 Voyager, Maze Studios group show, Office de Tourisme, Abbeville, France
- 2004 Voyager II, Maze Studios group show, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton
- 2003 Front Room, King Henry's Road, Lewes, East Sussex
- 2003 immaculate heart, Chapel Arts Centre, Newhaven
- 2003 Pure, Catto Contemporary Gallery, London
- 2001 Housebound, Maze Studios group show, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton
- 2000 Parlour, Flat 4, 14 Lansdowne Place, Hove, East sussex
- 1999 Foreign Bodies, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton
- 1999 Night and Day, Gardner Arts Centre, Sussex University, Falmer
- 1998 Brighton Up!, Brewery Arts, Cirencester, Touring to Black Swan Guild, Frome, Cirencester
- 1997 New Contemporary Printmakers, The Charleston Gallery, Charleston, Near Firle, Lewes, East Sussex
- 1997 Osaka Triennale 1997, Print, Osaka, Japan
- 1995 Heads and Figures, James Hockey Gallery, Surrey Institute of Art and Design, Farnham
Residencies
- 2007 Animateur in Residence, Fabrica, Brighton
