Hazel Welsh Gelman
tel: 0208 6998909
mob: 07727 2570 85
e-mail: hazelwelsh@yahoo.co.uk
Statement
Hazel Gelman was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. When describing a physical system by representation various possible states can be predicted. Depending on how you observe it, the states that you see in one representation may not be the same in another representation. Spontaneous transitions occur in dynamic systems and a transient event can be made visible, although its position may be only one of various possible results. I find Inspiration in New Science , for instance particle physics and the science of complexity and chaotic systems, Chinese and Japanese art, the Tao, animation and Kabuki Theater.. I admire the insight of Joseph Beuys , who felt intuitively that paint had its own reality and it didn't represent something else, Mondrian's understanding of the horizontal and vertical fields of force and his science/nature abstraction and Fontana's conception of aesthetics being compared to nature in which 'change is the essential condition of existence'. I mainly use acrylic paints and have been experimenting with gels and texture mediums, recent work is in enamel and oil. By investigating the nature of materials my work relates to science in its methods, surfaces are created in the spirit of experimentation, matter becomes energy and a complex relationship follows when time is crucial.
BA hons FINE ART, DAADS
Studied
Hertfordshire University, St Albans 1991-1992 (direct entry)
Guildhall University, London 1988-1990
St Martins School of Art, London 1984-1987
Solo Exhibitions
2005 Aug/ Oct 'Paintings' Namaste 'Chill Out' Cafe 61 Denmark Hill Camberwell London
Group Exhibitions 2004
Aug RAS Ridley Art Society Group Show Gallery 47 47 Great Russell St Bloomsbury WC1B London 2003 Aug RAS Gallery Artbank 114 Clerkenwell Rd EC1M FSA London
July 'Pix and Mix' Film, Digital Images Arcola Theatre 27 Arcola St E8 2DJ Dalston Kingsland London
July Digital Fine Art Tower Hamlets College Poplar High St E14 OAF London
2002
Aug RAS Gallery Artbank 114 Clerkenwell Rd EC1M FSA London
2001
Aug RAS Gallery Artbank 114 Clerkenwell Rd EC1M FSA London
2000
Aug RAS Atrium Gallery3rd floor Whiteley's QueenswayW2 4YN London
1999 Aug RAS Atrium Gallery 3rd floor Whiteley's Queensway W2 4YN London
1998
Aug RAS Art Connossieur Crawford St W1 London
1997
Feb 'First Istas' Shopping Trolley Art Exhibition performance with Martha Aitchison Royal Academy Cork St Burlington House
Piccadilly W1V London
May 'Check Out' selected works Waterman's Art Gallery 40 High St Brentford W8 0DS London
Aug RAS Art Connossieur Crawford St W1 London
Aug Field Study Geelong Victoria 3220 Australia
1996
Jan 'Break the Silence' 12 noon Marcel Broadhaers silence reworked with David Dellaflora Speakers Corner Hyde Park London
Jan 'Homage to Joseph Beuys' Porto San Georgio Italy
April 'Contingent Lots' Auction Flags Project ACAVA
artists included Anish Kapoor and Gavin Turk Riverside Studios Crisp Rd Hammersmith W6 9RL London
Aug 'Bad Hair Day' Donation for Patricia Collins 287 Kentish Town London Dec 'Shop Trolley Art' Performance with Martha Aitchison 'The Glades' Bromley shopping mall Kent
1995
Aug 'Holy Cow' Antique and Contemporary Art Fair Southlands College 65 Parklands Wimbledon London
Aug/Sep 'Summer Collaborations' Whiteley's Atrium 3rd Floor
Bayswater Queensway WZ 4YN London
Sep Fulham Palace Bishops Park SW6 6EA London
Oct Painting Installation 'Accumulated Relations' Wimbledon Library Gallery Wimbledon Hill Rd SW19,TAR London
Nov The Studio Art Fair Commonwealth Institute Kensington High St W8 London
1993
July Riverside Artist's Group Small Mansion Art Centre Gunnesbury Park.Pope's Lane W3 8LQ London
1992
DecGroup Show Margaret Harvey Gallery Hertfordshire University 7 Hatfield Street St Albans Hertfordshire
1992
June 'Homage to Gertrude Bell' archaeologist and explorer Private Gardens Rounton Grange Former Home of Gertrude Bell
North Yorkshire Hertfordshire
1990
May Selected works
Foyer Gallery London Guildhall University Aldgate East Whitechapel E1 London
1990
June Installation 'Medicine Woman,Tigris and Euphrates London College of Furniture 41/71 Commercial Rd Whitechapel E1London
Awards
Owen Rowley Prize overall prize-winner for final year work at London Guildhall University in 1990
(now Metropolitan University).
London Arts Council Award 2006.
Residency
Offered a residency in the National Gallery of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, solo show of studio work.
Part of the program included giving talks to students and visitors to the gallery.
Panels and Committees
2004/200522nd June Panel Member Judging Student's Award
Metropolitan University Aldgate East Whitechapel E1 London
2004 Ridley Art Society Member of Committee Meeting Room
Kensington Central Library Phillimore Walk W8 7RX London London
1996 Riverside Artist's Group Steering Committee Riverside Studios Crisp Rd Hammersmith W6 9RL London
Open Studios 1996 - 2002 Took part in twice yearly 'Open Studio' events in Wimbledon. One of the founder members of the studio group. Initiated and co-ordinated first studio shows, liaised with Merton and Wandsworth Arts Officers and arranged publicity in Festival brochures for studios.
2007 ASC Open Studios part of "Arts Unwrapped" London.
Collections
National Gallery of Bulawayo
Private collections in the UK, Europe and Zimbabwe.
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