Approved: 27.03.2007

Del Whitticase

Artist, Arts development worker, Community worker, Maker

Approved: 27.03.2007

The physicality of sculpture, from the making process to the finished work, plays and integral part in shaping my practice. Environmental and architectural elements, along with material properties, aesthetic qualities and the manipulation of scale, are all important factors in my work.
My public commissioned work has a strong connection to site and context, while my gallery work deals increasingly

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  • Location: Glasgow, Scotland
  • Contexts: Public art
  • Artforms: Drawing, Installation, Metalwork, Mixed media, Sculpture
  • Tags: 2 dimensional, civic space, installation, spatial, 3d object, architecture & environment, arts and health, community engaged, digital photography, light work, site specific, assemblage, cardboard sculpture, large scale, recycled materials
 

Artist Statement

The physicality of sculpture, from the making process to the finished work, plays and integral part in shaping my practice. Environmental and architectural elements, along with material properties, aesthetic qualities and the manipulation of scale, are all important factors in my work. My public commissioned work has a strong connection to site and context, while my gallery work deals increasingly with notions of real and imagined space. Themes of duality and opposition are used to examine the tension between the built environment and the natural world. In addition, the relationship between public and private, personal and shared space is used to explore my relationship with the modern urban environment.

CV & Education

Qualifications and training 1993 - M.A. Fine Art Sculpture, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland 1985 - B.A. Hons. Degree Fine Art Sculpture, Loughborough College of Art and Design, Loughborough Solo exhibitions 2013 - Internal Dimension, Briggait Gallery, Glasgow 2008 - Somewhere between falling and walking, Old Marchon industrial site, Whitehaven, Cumbria 2007 - System, Trinity Church, Inverness 2006 - Quantum, Glasgow Sculpture Studios Gallery, Glasgow Group exhibitions 2011 - 2 Person exhibition, Glasgow Project Room, Trongate 103 2011 - Economies of resistance, Wolstenholme Creative Space, Liverpool 2007 - Kilkenny Arts Festival, Kilkenny, Ireland 2007 - Los Olmos, Centro Cultural Palacio, Soria, Spain 2007 - Scottish Society of Artists Open Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh Residencies 2011 - Reflections, Invergordon Off the Wall, Invergordon, Easter Ross 2007 - South Whitehaven Artists Residency, Copeland Borough Council, Whitehaven, Cumbria 2007 - The Other Side of Air, Merkinch, Inverness 2005 - Lead Artist for Fusion Project, West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven, Cumbria 2005 - Lead Artist for Project Shed community project, Millom Seconary School, Haverigg Prison, Millom and Haverigg, Cumbria Private commissions 2003 - Sanctum, Aislinn Young Addiction Centre, Kilkenny, Ireland Public commissions 2012 - Bubblefield, Invergordon Community Hospital, Invergordon, Easter Ross 2012 - Plaza, Whitehaven Civic Hall, Cumbria 2010 - Haig Pit Mining Museum entrance gates, Haig Pit Mining Museum , Whitehaven, Cumbria 2002 - Tall Stories, Per Cent for Art scheme, Hanover Square, Carlow. Ireland 2000 - Point of Contact, Lough MacNean Sculpture Trail , Co. Fermanagh 2000 - Stack, Peoples Millenium Forest Project, Co. Wicklow, Ireland Corporate commissions 2004 - Trace, McCarthy Developments, Harty's Quay, Rochestown, Cork, Ireland Competitions, prizes and awards 2007 - Glasgow City Council Visual Arts Grant, Glasgow City Council, Glasgow 2004 - Carlow County Council Arts Office Award for Professional Artists, Carlow Co. Council, Carlow, Ireland 2002 - Go See Award, Arts Council of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland Educational experience - tertiary 2002 - Part-time lecturer in Fine Art, Ormonde College, Kilkenny, Ireland 1998 - Part-time lecturer in Fine Art, Mid- Warwickshire College, Leamington Spa 1994 - Part-time lecturer in Fine Art Sculpture, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland