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With a significant historical consciousness, Young explores the nature of animals and man’s relationship to the non-human world. Whilst her watercolour landscapes evoke the legacy of ‘wilderness’, her oil paintings engage with the claustrophobic interior landscapes of zoos; drawing on a historical trajectory that informs us of zoo menageries of kings and emperors, obsessive specimen collection and presentation, and colonial imperialism.
She lives and works in London and studied at the Royal College of Art. In 2006 she won The Gilchrist Fisher Award. Recent exhibitions include: John Moores 23, The Walker, Liverpool; Between Worlds, Sartorial Contemporary Art, London; ArtFutures, Bloomberg S |
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Merrell creates seductive dreamlike scenarios reminiscent of theatrical staging and fantastical still life compositions. In the past she used model trees, animals and buildings as visual references. Eventually, the restrictions imposed on by available props led her to create scenes based on beautiful postcards and tapestries and any other place where she could find fabulous, fairy-tale imagery. She lives and works in London and studied at the City and Guilds of London Art School. Selected exhibitions include: 2005 Brixton Open, Betty Morton Gallery; Sussex Open:Word-Fantasy Imagination Tale. 2004: The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London; Open Market, Shopfront Gallery, Brixton. |
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Wilmot is a painter who revels in the medium. Playing with paint to create claustrophobic scenes, she generates a tension between the gestural handling and her sleek subject - the ultimate consumer object - the car. Her painterly technique constructs work which is dark and foreboding, frequently heading towards abstraction.
Wilmot’s paintings are generally flat with passages of glossy, built-up areas and with visceral areas of crusty paint. |
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Education:1982 Trident Fellowship; 1981 Royal College of Art; 1977 Central School of Art and Design.
Selected Exhibitions: Singer Friedlander Watercolour Competition (Prize) 2004, 2005; The Cut Gallery, Halesworth 2004; Chisenhale Artists, Jack Dash House, London 2001; Peter de Francia, Painter and Professor, Camden Arts Centre, London 1987; Gallery Artists, Danielle Harrisson Gallery, London 1985; Six Painters, Imperial College, London 1980; John Moores, Liverpool 1980. |
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Education: 1989 Birbeck College, U.C.L. London (BA in Philosophy); 1984 Central St. Martins, London (BA in Fine Art); 1981 Chelsea School of Art, London.
Selected Exhibitions: 2003 Atlantic, Fosterart, London. 2002 Out of Site, Howard Scott Gallery, New York. 2000 Arrivals and Departures, M-13 Gallery, New York. 1994 Figure of Eight Gallery, London. 1992 Patricia Brown, London. 1991 R.J. Hava, Los Angeles. 1988 The Showroom, London. |
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