Elaine Tribley

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Artist statement

Born in Birmingham and now based in the east, Tribley works in the public realm and currently holds an Associate Artist position at firstsite in Colchester. Her work spans photography, drawing, sculpture and installation and operates on the boundary between fine art and graphic design.

Qualifications and training

  • 2008 MA Fine Art, St Martins School of Art & Design, London
  • 2005 BA Fine Art, St Martins College of Art & Design, London

Solo exhibitions

  • 2011 Mesopotamia, Interior Angle Gallery, Chelmsford
  • 2007 landscape & Englishness, Benham Gallery, Colchester

Group exhibitions

  • 2013 @southendairshow2013, The Beecroft Gallery, Westcliff-on-Sea
  • 2012 The Possibility of Envy, The Gallery Upstairs, Chelmsford
  • 2012 Arts in Parliament, Westminster Hall, London
  • 2012 Home, Mint Hotel in association with Whitechapel Gallery, Tower Hill, London
  • 2011 Invisible Dust, Sainsbury Centre of Visual Arts, Norwich
  • 2010 Wysing Arts Contemporary: Presents, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge
  • 2010 The Late Shift, Sainsburys Centre of Visual Arts, Norwich
  • 2009 Crittall Windows An Artists View, Braintree Museum, Braintree, Essex
  • 2009 No Man's Land, Elevator Gallery, Hackney
  • 2008 This Constant Cracking of the Surface, Bargehouse, London
  • 2008 InterAlia, Empty Shop Unit, Chelmsford
  • 2007 Leigh Art Trail, Quidity, Leigh on Sea
  • 2007 DIY, Nolias Gallery, London
  • 2007 Lost, Found and Imagined, Salt Projects, Forest Hill, London
  • 2006 Twisted / Cognitive / Sublime, Escape Bar & Art, London
  • 2006 Outside, Cuckoo Farm Studios, Colchester
  • 2006 Landmarks, Lethaby Gallery, London
  • 2005 Imagine a World....... Amnesty International, Bargehouse, London
  • 2005 Healing Arts, London College of Fashion, London
  • 2004 ie exhibition, Space Studios, London
  • 2004 An Invitation to Create, Gardens of Easton Lodge, Dunmow, Essex

Residencies

  • 2013 Research Residency, TAP, Southend
  • 2012 Landscape from Landscape, Boxted Primary, Colchester
  • 2011 Timeframe, Art Exchange, University of Essex, Wivenhoe
  • 2010 Vital Communities, Sawston, Cambridge
  • 2008 This is Me!, Cornelius Vermuyden School and Arts College, Canvey island
  • 2008 Gascoigne Story Project, Gascoigne Primary School, Barking
  • 2008 ArC2008, Bishop William Ward Primary & Heathlands Primary, Colchester
  • 2007 ArC 2007, Kings Ford Infants School, Colchester (more info)
  • 2007 Colchester 2020 School residencies, Mercury Theatre, Colchester
  • 2006 ArtStart: early years arts residency, Essex County Council, Primary and Nursery schools in Colchester
  • 2006 ArC2006, Kendall Primary School, Colchester

Public commissions

  • 2013 The Missing Piece, Various sites along High Street, Chelmsford
  • 2012 The Rainham Tokens, various sites in conversation area, Rainham
  • 2012 Piecing Together, Barking Hospital, Barking
  • 2012 Beacontree Medley, Beacontree Leisure Centre and Pool Complex, Dagenham
  • 2011 Story Markers, Various sites along High Street, Chelmsford
  • 2010 Mayesbrook Park Junior Nature Trail, Mayesbrook Park, Dagenham
  • 2010 Entrance Floor Designs, Barking Hospital, Barking
  • 2010 The Street Abbreviated, Guithavon Road, Witham
  • 2009 Word Wall, North Primary, Colchester
  • 2009 Number 10, Ollie Ford & Malcolm Izatt, Chelmsford
  • 2009 Time Machine, North Primary, Colchester
  • 2009 World at our Feet, Gascoigne Primary School, Barking
  • 2009 Pistachio Window Graphic, Tourist Information Centre, Colchester
  • 2009 England Turned Upside Down, Northamptonshire Museum & Art Gallery, Northampton
  • 2008 Hidden Art, Porters Avenue Health Centre, Dagenham
  • 2007 Alternative Route Finder, Public Art Sculpture, Garrison, Colchester
  • 2006 GenerART Signage, Firstsite Gallery & The Hythe Community Centre, The Hythe, Colchester
  • 2006 Transparent Shadows, Atrium Installation, Atrium, County Hall, Essex County Council, Chelmsford

Projects

  • 2012 Public Engagement Consultant for Untrue Island, Commissions East, Orford Ness
  • 2011 Creativity and Boys, Burnt Mills, Harlow
  • 2011 Education Consultant for Fleet, Commissions East, Landguard Fort
  • 2010 Three Towns Trail Co-Ordination, Braintree District Arts, Braintree, Halstead, Witham
  • 2010 Text and Image, ROH Creative Partnership Project, Burnt Mills, Harlow
  • 2010 Community Hospital Galleries Curation, Braintree Community Hospital, Braintree
  • 2009 ‘Windows’, artist curator for the Braintree Art Trail, Braintree
  • 2009 Natural Connections, public consultation project, Mayesbrook Park, Dagenham
  • 2009 Artists of the Future, mentoring project, Essex County Council, Chelmsford
  • 2008 Transitions, Epping Forest Arts, Chipping Ongar
  • 2008 Rainham Regeneration, Royals & Chafford School, Rainham
  • 2007 Abbey Green Creative Engagement Project, Abbey Green, Barking

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