Artist statement
I am interested in illusion, artifice and the manipulation of reality and perception primarily where recent history, memory and power collide. My work is process based, often taking the form of sculptural assemblages or installations that can easily be re-arranged and re-used to explore differing perspectives, while questioning how we ascribe meaning onto objects and images.
The restaging of images embodies the theatricality through which we view the past, and also provides a context to how we exist in the present. The objects act as stand-ins or props for absent actors, thier implied theatricality alludes to both the artifice of performance, art and imagery, and the artifice contained in creating history after the event.
Qualifications and training
- 2011 BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of the West of England, Bristol
Solo exhibitions
- 2013 Beneath a stereoscopic moon, SpaceCamp MicroGallery, Indianapolis, USA
- 2012 Two Minutes to Midnight, Here Gallery, Bristol
Group exhibitions
- 2013 Like a monkey with a miniature cymbal, Aid & Abet, Cambridge
- 2012 Beaten Black Blue Red Green and Gold, Clifton st, Cardiff
- 2012 Open Studios Exhibition, The Motorcycle Showroom, Bristol
- 2012 Idiot Joy Showland, Philadelphia Street, Bristol
- 2011 National Open, Motorcade/Flashparade, Bristol
- 2011 Zanne Andrea - Matthew Robbins, Backside Blackhole,The Motorcycle Showroom, Bristol
- 2011 The Mezzanine, Motorcade/Flashparade, Bristol
Residencies
- 2011 Zanne Andrea - Matthew Robbins, Backside Blackhole,The Motorcycle Showroom, Bristol
Competitions, prizes and awards
- 2013 AHRC Studentship for MFA Fine Art 2012-2013, Arts and Humanities Research Council, Bath Spa University
- 2011 National Open prizewinner, Motorcade/Flashparade, Bristol
- 2011 Shortlisted for Spike Island Graduate Fellowship, Spike Island and UWE, Bristol
- 2011 Emma Sullivan Award, UWE, Bristol
- 2010 Bristol Decorative and Fine Art Society Bursary, BDFAS, Bristol
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