Holly Slingsby

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Artist statement

I am a London-based artist whose practice centres on the performative, employing live action, video and drawing. My recent work consists of investigations into the possibility of the divine. Creating collisions between deities and mythological characters from different cultural traditions, I explore the places where these overlap, and point to the potential existence of an otherworldly space. My actions with found and made objects are simple gestures that aim to provoke re-evaluation of ancient symbols in contemporary contexts.

Qualifications and training

  • 2010 MFA Fine Art Media, Slade School of Fine Art, London
  • 2006 BFA (Hons) Fine Art, The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford

Solo exhibitions

  • 2012 PROPS FOR THE SKY, SHIFT., London
  • 2009 It Was Gravity Which Pulled Us Down, Christ Church Spitalfields, London

Group exhibitions

  • 2013 Black Maria Showcase, Black Maria, London
  • 2012 LIPA, ICA, London
  • 2012 Art Licks Annual, ICA, London
  • 2012 SUPERNORMAL, Brazier's Park, Oxfordshire
  • 2012 LUPA 7, LUPA, London
  • 2011 Acoustic Sessions, shift. at Angus Hughes Gallery, London
  • 2011 POW!, FOLD Gallery, London
  • 2011 Parlour Principia, Swedenborg House, London
  • 2011 More Soup and Tart, The Barbican, London
  • 2010 Live Friday, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford
  • 2010 Babel, WW Gallery, London
  • 2010 Equal Night, The Dissenters' Chapel and Gallery, London
  • 2010 FEM 10, Gresol Art, Girona, Spain
  • 2009 Both Ends Burning, WW Gallery, London
  • 2009 Making Mistakes, Paradise Row, London
  • 2008 East End Collaborations, Queen Mary University, London
  • 2007 Zelda Rubenstein, Paradise Row/ 7-9 Princelet Street, London
  • 2005 Montana Butch, Great Eastern Hotel, London

Degree shows

  • 2010 MA/MFA Degree Show, Slade School of Fine Art, London
  • 2006 100 Degree Show, Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University

Competitions, prizes and awards

  • 2010 Sir Andrew Taylor Prize in Fine Art, Slade School of Art, London

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