Artist Statement
Through photography of urban details, specifically pavements, I became interested in hard, sharp edges found on roads contrasted with the durable viscosity of road paint. I decided to use the road paint as a starting point for an investigation into the potentiality of the paint and the possibilities of painting as an object. My works are constructed by pouring thermoplastic screed (road paint) through a series of punctuated boards catching the paint underneath in a variety of ways. I engage with drawings and collages of grids inspired by drain hole covers and grates and have sought to incorporate all these threads into the work potentially furthering the tension between fluidity and structure.
CV & Education
Qualifications and training
2011 - BA Fine Art Degree, Cardiff School of Art and Design, Howard Gardens, Cardiff
2008 - Foundation Diploma, Cardiff School of Art and Design, Howard Gardens, Cardiff
Solo exhibitions
2012 - Amber Mottram: Art in The Bar, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
2012 - Monopours, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown
2012 - Pothole Cardiff, Arcade Cradiff, Chapter/Back alleys/Arcade Cardiff
Group exhibitions
2012 - Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, Battersea Art Fair, London
2012 - Y Lle Celf, Eisteddfod, Bridgend
2011 - Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, Hampstead Art Fair, London
2011 - RWA Autumn Show, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2011 - Somebodys People, The Dairy, Cardiff
2011 - Surface Sculptural, Slunks Hair Salon, Whitchurch Road Cardiff
2009 - Becoming, Ty Oriel Coch, Cardiff
2009 - Hans Brinker Award, Hans Brinker Hostel, Amsterdam, Holland
Residencies
2006 - Experimentica, Basement Space Llandaff Road, Chapter Art Centre, Cardiff
Projects
2012 - Pothole Cardiff, Chapter Arts Centre/Arcade Cardiff, Throughout the city
Other
2010 - Studio Assistant, Sean Edwards studio, Aberystwyth
