Carol Coates
Carol Coates
Carol Coates

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
The Reading School, Reading –  Part-time Teacher of Art and Design.
Reading School is one of the top state schools in the country and I teach boys ages 11-16 in all aspects of art and design.

EDUCATION

PGCE Art and Design, Reading University 2004-2005.
BA Hons Fine Art 2.1 at BCUC 1999-2004.
Access to Art and Design,Bracknell and Wokingham College 1998-1999.
A Level Art at Guildford College (part-time) 1989-1990.
4 O levels in Commerce, English Literature, English Language and History, Lady Verney High School plus various secretarial and business qualifications and   teaching qualifications.

EXHIBITIONS

The Brick Lane Gallery, Shoreditch – Art in Mind exhibition August 10th – 22nd 2010-08-30
Henley Arts Trail Artistseye exhibition – 29th – 30th May 2010
ReOrsa  Project No. 4 group show 17th-19th September 2009
Slough Museum ‘Ideas Bank 2009’ 4th February – 28th March 2009
ReOrsa Project No. 3 – group show March 2009
Etcetera Gallery, Hackney – ‘We are Neophytes’ group show. 2007

SHORTLISTED FOR A-N ARTIST NEWSLETTER SIGNPOST COMPETITION A NATIONAL COMPETITION FOR GRADUATING ARTISTS 2004.

 My work in paint and print explores human relationships, family life and social issues. The emotional intensity and the psychological content of the work has been accessed through the development of a working process that enables me to work in a rapid and instinctive manner with analysis and critical decision making taking place before and often after the act of doing.
There is often a strong narrative to my work and drawing is an important part of the process. Sometimes ironic, my work can have elements of black humour whilst also dealing with deeper personal issues which in translation become universal.