Approved: 16.12.2011

Tracy Satchwill

Artist, Film-maker

Approved: 16.12.2011

Tracy Satchwill is a multidisciplinary artist working across moving image, sound, performance and digital processes to explore, through a feminist perspective, historical and contemporary behaviours and perspectives. Her artwork derives from historic narratives and fairytales, which are playful and at times theatrical yet full of multifaceted messages that highlight social issues. Her central concerns

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    Artist Statement

    Tracy Satchwill is a multidisciplinary artist working across moving image, sound, performance and digital processes to explore, through a feminist perspective, historical and contemporary behaviours and perspectives. Her artwork derives from historic narratives and fairytales, which are playful and at times theatrical yet full of multifaceted messages that highlight social issues. Her central concerns are the perceptions of women, exploring women’s history and questioning whether historic thoughts and beliefs are still deeply rooted in our society today. Accused witches, hysterical suffragettes and frustrated housewives have all played a part in her artwork. 

    Satchwill works in new media and first discovered a love for digital collage, creating compositions rich in costumed figures, artefacts and architectural pieces, combining a wide range of materials including photography, archives, mixed media and film. The brightly coloured feminine works are delicately overlaid with textures, markmaking, patterns, text and found objects. Her skills in digital collage has enabled her to explore other digital technologies and techniques such as green screen filmmaking, collage animation and of late augmented reality.

    Satchwill’s practice is ideas based and concepts are foremost to the development of her artwork, generated from deep research on themes and philosophies. Her ideas are sparked from site visits, ideologies and/or reading around an era. Her influences vary from Surrealism, Dadaism, Pre-Raphaelites, Eastern European filmmakers to more contemporary artists such as Shana Moulton, Cindy Sherman and Rachel Maclean.

    Recently Satchwill has been creating allegoric narratives based in imaginary worlds, which reflect on historical experiences but are within a contemporary context, drawing on the methods of writer Margaret Atwood; ‘if I want to create an imaginary world, I want the toads in it to be real’. Satchwill has a fascination with social science fiction and at an early age was mesmerised by the stories of Brave New World and 1984. She is excited to combine this interest with her love of history to develop new narratives that combine both fantasy and reality.

    CV & Education

    Tracy Satchwill

    Born 1968, London
    Lives and works in Norwich

    EDUCATION
    2017 MA Communication Design (Distinction), Norwich University of the Arts
    2010 BA (Hons) Illustration: Design (2:1), University of Plymouth 

    SELECTED SCREENINGS
    2020 Screening of Water Marks at Montreal International History Film Festival (online)
    2020 Screening of A Home and a Husband, International Film Week, Elysium Gallery, Swansea (online) 
    2020 Screening of Girls will be Girls at FaB Festival (online) 
    2020 Screening of I Died for Beauty on SVOX.TV Film and Video Arts channel (online)
    2019 Screening of Water Marks at Norwich Film Festival, Norwich
    2018 Screening of Hysterical Females at The Video Art Film Club, Leyden Gallery, London
    2018 Screening of Hysterical Females at Ilfracombe Film Festival, Ilfracombe
    2018 Screening of Hysterical Females at Wo/, Vane Gallery, Newcastle 
    2018 Screening of Hysterical Females at Suffrage! Education, Activism and Votes for Women,
    Royal Holloway University

    SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
    2016  A World of Tales, Anteros Art Foundation, Norwich
    2015  Magna Carta Women tour:- Guildhall London Art Gallery, Royal Holloway University, Brunel University, Sarum College, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Surrey History Centre & others 
    2014  A World of Murder & Mayhem, Haddon Galleries, Torquay
    2013  A Ticket to Devon, Nicky Stevenson Gallery, Brixham
    2013  Agatha, a life of ladders and snakes, Burgh Island Hotel, Bigbury-on-Sea
    2012  Victims, Suspects & Murderers, Kitchen Gallery, Cockington
    2012  Truth or Fallacy, Harbour House, Kingsbridge
    2011  Women to Remember, Greenway National Trust, Greenway
    2010  Agatha Christie, a life of ladders and snakes, Torre Abbey, Torquay

    SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
    2019 Co-op(t) presents: Arty Party 2: Integrate, The West Indian Centre, Coventry 
    2018  Suffrage! Education, activism and votes for women, Royal Holloway University, Egham
    2017  New, NUA, Newest, East Gallery, Norwich
    2016  Stopjectify, Gallery Different, London 
    2016  Cley16: In Norfolk Now, Cley-next-the-sea, Norfolk
    2014  The New Georgians, Orleans House Gallery, Richmond
    2014  Delamore Arts, Cornwood, Ivybridge 
    2012/3  Art at the Top, Empire State Building, New York 
    2012  Slick Brussels, Wild Gallery, Brussels
    2011  Life as Theatre, Mint Hotel, Westminster, London
    2011  Young Masters, The Sphinx Fine Art Gallery, London 
    2011  Works on Paper, Science Museum, London
    2010  Young Masters Revisited, The Old Truman Brewery, London 
    2010/1  Exhibitionism: The Art of Display, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, London

    SELECTED ART FAIRS
    2020 Contemporary and Digital Art Fair (online) (with Artizan Gallery)
    2013 The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London (with Cynthia Corbett Gallery
    2012 Art Wynwood, The Art Miami Pavilion, Miami (with Cynthia Corbett Gallery)
    2012 London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London (with Cynthia Corbett Gallery)
    2012 Art Palm Beach, County Convention Center, Palm Beach (with Cynthia Corbett Gallery)
    2011 The Affordable Art Fair North, Hampstead Heath, London (with Cynthia Corbett Gallery)

    COMMISSIONS
    2020 Epilepsy and Me (editorial illustration), Wellcome Collection
    2020 Frontage (public art), North Lincolnshire Museum
    2020 Llywelyn the Last (film), National Trust
    2019 The Yag House (film), North Lincolnshire Museum, 
    2019 Making East London (film), University College of London
    2019 So What Next? (animation), Norwich University of the Arts
    2018 Water Marks (film), Wells Maltings Trust, Wells next the sea
    2018 Ipswich and the Armistice (film), Ipswich & Colchester Museums, Ipswich 

    RESIDENCIES
    2020 Transient, online 
    2020 North Lincolnshire Museum, Scunthorpe
    2019 BLOC_LAB Residency, Lowestoft, Norfolk

    GRANTS & BURSARIES
    2020 Bursary for mentorship programme with Collusion and NUA
    2019 Bursary for the a_n coaching programme
    2019 StartEast grant
    2015 Royal Holloway University grant
    2014 Arts Council England award 

    AWARDS
    2018 Shortlisted for RSA Moving Picture Award 

    SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
    2015 Article: My Magna Carta Tribute, My Weekly
    2015 Article: This Woman’s Work, Devon Life
    2014 Article: Capturing History in my Garden, English Riviera magazine
    2014 Article: Beat chats with artist Tracy Satchwill, Beat Magazine
    2014 Article: Take Art, Places Magazine
    2013 Image: Exeter Living
    2011 Image: Aesthetica Creative  Works Annual 2012, Aesthetica Publishing
    2011 Image: Images 35 Best of British Illustration 2011, AOI Publication 

    TEACHING
    2018 Visiting Lecturer, Norwich University of the Arts
    2016 Workshop Instructor, Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk
    2013 Workshop Instructor, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey 
    2013/4 Visiting Lecturer, Kingsbridge College, Devon
    2011/3 Visiting Lecturer, South Devon College, Devon
    2010/3 Workshop Instructor, Create Workshops, Devon 

    COLLECTIONS
    Royal Holloway University of London
    Works held in private collections

    PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
    Project management, marketing, administration and education