Artist Statement
Concepts
Jolanta Jagiello is a welded metal sculptor. Her work is both functional and decorative, made from salvaged metal objects she comes across in her daily life. She is inspired by her metal finds to combine them into 'new' work.
Influences
Lost and found, Re-claiming and Re-cycling scrap metal
Career path
As an artist Jolanta Jagiello has exhibited in solo shows at the Changing Room Gallery, Fovea Gallery, and in group shows at Space Station Sixty-five, V&A, Ragged School Museum, The Knapp Gallery, The Synergy Gallery, John Lewis Watford, Morley Gallery, MoDA, Posk Gallery, Rickshaw Gallery and Nunhead Cemetery. She won a place on the AA2A scheme 2008-2009 at the University of Hertfordshire and was awarded a Crittall Bursary in 2009. Jolanta has presented her work in 'Found' as part of
[email protected] at the RBS, with an accompanying talk on her practice in April 2010. Jolanta has participated in the Braintree Arts Trail and in the Chelmsford Arts Trail in summer of 2010. She also exhibited her work as part of 'Inspired by Morris' at William Morris Gallery in December 2010.
Areas of work:
Curating
Exhibiting
Lecturing
Consulting
Workshops
CV & Education
Qualifications and training
2009 - City and Guilds Artist-in-Residency, Morley College, Lambeth North
Group exhibitions
2011 - Colourful Emotions, Rickshaw Gallery, Southwark
2011 - Open Exhibition, Posk Gallery, Hammersmith
2011 - Resting Peacefully, Mausoleum, Nunhead Cemetery
2011 - Woodland Wonders, Anglican Chapel, Nunhead Cemetery
2010 - 7 Artists, Posk Gallery, Hammersmith
2010 - Autumn White, Rickshaw Gallery, Southwark
2010 - Chelmsford Arts Trail , Allegro Music, Chelmsford
2010 - Chopin, Posk Galley, Hammersmith
2010 - Ethereal Material, Brent Artists Resource , Willesden Green
2010 - Found -
[email protected] Series, Royal British Society of Sculptors (RBS), South Kensington
2010 - Here Lies ART!, Anglican Chapel, Nunhead Cemetery
2010 - Imaginarium, New Maynard Gallery, Welwyn Garden City
2010 - Inspired by, V&A, South Kensington
2010 - Inspired by Morris, William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow
2010 - Spring, Rickshaw Gallery, Southwark
2010 - Take A Pew, St Augustine church, Honor Oak Park
2010 - Three Towns Trail, Braintree, Witham, Halstead, Essex
2010 - Winter, Rickshaw Gallery, Southwark
Public commissions
2009 - Crittall , Witham and Braintree Museum, Braintree
Competitions, prizes and awards
2009 - Cultural Leadership Proramme - Method, Solar Associates , London
2009 - Digswell Arts Trust Fellowship, Fairlands Farm, Stevenage
2008 - Artist Access to Art College (AA2A), University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
