Approved: 14.04.2009

Jill Townsley

Artist

Approved: 14.04.2009

My work is usually large in scale, often installation based or temporary, though the physical action applied to it's construction is generally of a domestic ‘hand-held' dimension, and always excruciatingly repetitive. Current work reflects a long-term interest in ‘The Role of Repetition Within the Process of Art Production'. I am interested in how subjective results of repetitive

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Artist Statement

My work is usually large in scale, often installation based or temporary, though the physical action applied to it's construction is generally of a domestic ‘hand-held' dimension, and always excruciatingly repetitive. Current work reflects a long-term interest in ‘The Role of Repetition Within the Process of Art Production'. I am interested in how subjective results of repetitive action, such as ‘failure through repetition', ‘temporality', ‘erasure' or ‘shifting authorships' have influenced the processes followed within the production of artwork, and how outcomes may (or may not) be contextualised within broader theories of repetition, culture and science. Recent work has utilised elements of time-laps animation or video, in the quest to reveal the repetition of process through time.

CV & Education

EDUCATION

2005-2010              PhD (practice-based) Liverpool University, supported a Gladstone Fellowship from Chester University.

1993-1995              MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art

1986-1989              BA (Hon) Embroidery, Manchester Metropolitan

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013                      Sisyphus: Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield

2012                      TOIL: Project 4 Gallery, Washington DC, USA

2010                      Moments of Repetition: The Nunnery, London

2004                      Bristles, Balls and Brass: University of Hertfordshire Gallery

1995                      5 Squared: Atrium Gallery, Coopers and Lybrand, London

1994                      Eroding Pythagoras: Angel Row Art Gallery, Nottingham

1993                      One line and a Diagonal: The Pearooms Gallery, Lincolnshire

1992                      Mathematics of the Eye: The Bonington Gallery, Nottingham

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020                       Plastic Matter: Art and Design Gallery, University of Hertfordshire

2019                       DATAMI: The Bozar, Centre fro Fine Art, Brussels

2019                       Resonance III Festival: JRC Italy, a SciArt and Eu funded project

2018                       Place, Space, Action: The Market Gallery, Huddersfield

2015                       Carbon Meets Silicon: Oriel Sycharth Gallery, Wrexham

2015                       ROTA Thought Positions in Sculpture: Huddersfield Art Gallery

2013                       Finalist: 7th International Arte Laguna Prize: Venice Arsenal, Italy

2012                       Upcycle: ATHICA: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Georgia, USA

2011                       Compulsive, Obsessive, Repetitive. Towner Contemporary, Eastbourne

2011                       Textures of Time: Frederick Parker Gallery, London

2010                       The Plazaprinciple, Leeds

2010                       Making and Unmaking, Repair and Repetition: Axis online. Curated: Helen Carnac

2009                       Winchester School of Art Research Anthology: Winchester Gallery

2008-09                  Second Lives – Remixing the Ordinary, The Museum of Art & Design, New York

2008                       Unnatural Histories: The Nunnery, London

2007                       Negotiated Positions: Chester University

2006                       The Same Difference: Stark Gallery, London

2005                       In-formation: The Foundry Gallery Vault, London

2004                       Fantastic Plastic: 20-21 Gallery, Scunthorpe

2003                       Venus Sapiens: Luke and A Gallery, London

2003                       Mirror II Nature: Mile End Art Pavilion London

2003                       Chairman’s Choice: The Nunnery Gallery London

2002                       The Chelsea Physic Garden Exhibition London

2000&2002             Art Futures: The Barbican, Contemporary Art Society, London

1999-2001              The Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden

1997-1998              Free to Move: Birmingham Craft Space, Touring

1997                       Exhibition: Addison Wesley Longmans, Harlow

1996                       Art at 100: Hammersons, Park Lane, London

1995                       Art Marathon (BBC): Derry, Northern Ireland

1995                       Chelsea Physic Garden: Summer Exhibition

1995                       Paris Selection (RCA): The Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris

1993-1994              Pan European FLEXIBLE Art: Germany, Holland, England, Poland.  

1993                       White Form: Turnpike Gallery, Lancashire

1992-1994              Crafts in Performance: Crafts Council Gallery, London & Touring

1989                       A.D. Graduate Exhibition: Aram Design Studio’s, London

COMMISSIONS

2011                       Sculpture: Clifford Chance offices. Washington DC

2011                       Sculpture: 'Till Rolls' Towner Contemporary, Eastbourne

(2002-03)               Sculpture: Chevron Texaco. Aberdeen

1999                       Sculpture: Private collection, Chelsea, London

1998                       Short-listed: Sculpture, Rotherham General Hospital

1997                       Short-listed: Sculpture, Roles Royce Headquarters, Crew

1996                       Short-listed: Sculpture, KPMG Headquarters, City of London

1996                       Sculpture: Wollaton Hall, Nottingham

1990                       Sculpture: Albion Wharf Building, Central Manchester

1988                       Textile Hanging: Manchester Metropolitan University

1987                       Wall Panel: St Mary’s Hospital Manchester

PROFESSIONAL POSTS

2018 - 2022             Artist Expert at SciArt - to the EU Commission

2009 - date              Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Arts, University of Huddersfield.

2006 - 2009             Lecturer, Winchester School of Art, Southampton University.