artists / curators / writers

Imogen Welch

Date of birth 28.Feb.61
Place of birth Chichester
Country of residence United Kingdom

My work is mainly 3D and my practice normally involves the transformation of objects by the addition of everyday materials or substances, making the ordinary ‘uncanny’ and taking the familiar into new territory. The recycling of Found Objects taps into their history and our memories. Each component carries its own meanings and associations which they bring to the finished artwork. I am excited by the idea of taking a now worthless, previously useful object, and painstakingly, meticulously making it still useless but a work of art.

Other concerns include the nature of the art object and sculpture’s history - as well as the social commentary surrounding commercialism. I address environmental issues via my reclamation of redundant manufactured objects in a society caught up in a cycle of accumulation and rapid disposal of possessions. The works in my recent series Money Puzzle are collages made from decommissioned bank notes shredded by the bank of England. The obsessive act of reconstructing elements of the currency inspires the child in viewers who wonder whether it would be possible to pass off the money.

Selected Exhibitions
2007 Hertfordshire Open
2006 Hertfordshire Open
2004 Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Exhibition. Surface Gallery, Nottingham, 3D & installation open

Group Exhibitions
2007 RCA Secrets, Royal College of Arts. Artists @ the Paper Trail, Hemel Hempstead. Sketch book circle, South Hill Park, Bracknell. Random, 435 Gallery, Slough. From the Ordinary to the Extraordinary, Watford Grammer School for Girls.
2006 The Fantastic, Stoke Newington. RCA Secrets, Royal College of Arts.
2005 Octagon, High Wycombe. Brainstorm, Artisjustaword lollapalooza, Oxford. Hertfordshire Open.
2004 WRAP show, Watford. Hospart, Watford.
2003‘Surprise Surprise’, Touring six schools and Wycombe Museum

Exhibitions On The Surface, 13.Dec - 18.Dec.08, Parlour Project Space Gallery, Start Your Collection 2008!, 01.Aug - 20.Sep.08, Contemporary Art Projects

News / reviews Central St Martins BA - Fine Art, Imogen Welch, commentart.com, 24.Nov.08 , Westminster BA Mixed Media Fine Art Degree, Imogen Welch, commentart.com, 24.Nov.08 , Zoo Art Fair - is it what is was, Imogen Welch, commentart.com, 21.Oct.08 , Chelsea MA Degree Show 2008, Imogen Welch, commentart.com, 22.Sep.08 , Wimbledon MA Fine Art show 2008, Imogen Welch, commentart.com, 13.Sep.08 , UEL Fine Art MA show 2008, Imogen Welch, commentart.com, 09.Sep.08 , Central St Martins MA Degree Show 2008, Imogen Welch, commentart.com, 04.Sep.08 , Goldsmiths MFA Fine Art Degree show - 2008, Imogen Welch, commentart.com, 15.Jul.08 , RCA - MA Sculpture show -2008, Imogen Welch, commentart.com, 01.Jul.08 , Wimbledon BA Degree Show, Imogen Welch, commentart.com, 28.Jun.08 , Byam Shaw Degree Show BA Fine Art - 2008, Imogen Welch, commentart.com, 27.Jun.08 , Camberwell Degree Show BA Fine Art - 2008, Imogen Welch, commentart.com, 24.Jun.08 , City & Guilds School Degree Show BA Fine Art - 2008, Imogen Welch, commentart.com, 24.Jun.08 , Goldsmiths BA Fine Art Degree show - 2008, Imogen Welch, commentart.com, 17.Jun.08 , Chealsea BA Fine Art Degree show - 2008, Imogen Welch, commentart.com, 17.Jun.08 , Fine Art degree show - London Metropolitan 2008, Imogen Welch, commentart.com, 12.Jun.08 , MA degree show Royal Academy Schools 2008, Imogen Welch, commentart.com, 12.Jun.08 , Slade MA / MFA Degree show 2008, Imogen Welch, commentart.com, 10.Jun.08 , RCA - Fine Art MA show, Imogen Welch, commentart.com, 09.Jun.08 , Fine Art Degree Show UEL 2008, Imogen Welch, commentart.com, 03.Jun.08 , Fine Art Degree Show 2008 University of Hertfordshire, Imogen Welch, commentart.com, 27.May.08 , Slade BA Degree Show 2008, Imogen Welch, commentart.com, 22.May.08