Emily Beza
Emily Beza
Emily Beza

Emily Beza is a British artist of Romanian parentage. She successfully completed her Masters Degree in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. She has exhibited in such diverse places as the British Embassy in Moscow, Gallery Dream, Seoul in South Korea, The Romanian Cultural Institute in London and The View Two Gallery in Liverpool. Her artworks feature in various Private and Public collections in the USA, UK, Norway, France, Romania and Hong Kong.

Statement

I have and continue to inspire myself from walking around. I immerse myself in the dynamic layering and juxtaposition of structure, movement, rhythm, speed, pace, hustle and bustle of various environments. I describe my work as a reactive and visual reiteration of my experience which then transmutes itself onto the canvas/paper as an imagined reality.
Some images with their austere often more formal, linear, (at times) grid-like façade which repress complex thinly rendered, elusive, background washes; tangentially allude to technology-based mediums such as computer-graphics and architecture in their own right.
More recent works develop more fluid, at times fraught as well as lyrical references, with a greater sense of dialogue between figure and ground. I will in due course (and have been beginning to) develop this language.
In my portraits, I emphasise the initial feelings evoked in the source material, and add elements of myself to the mix. The finished works thus become a series of highly complex self-portraits which have evolved in tandem with poignant experiences in recent years. This is prevalent whether the initial image is drawn from life, photographs or media-related ephemera.

By Emily Beza

Education
2002-2003 Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London.
MA Fine Art

1996-1999 The City & Guilds of London Art School, London.
BA Honours in Fine-Art/Painting

1995-1996 Chelsea College of Art & Design, London.
BTEC Diploma, Foundation Studies in Fine Art (Merit)

Awards
1999          Aidan Threlfall Memorial Award for Travel-The Goldsmiths Company

1998          The Conard Travel Award –The Skinners Company

Other

May 2000 The Stables Gallery & Arts Centre – London - Art Tutor, Adult Education
Workshop entitled “Learn with the Artists”:


2000          Art works were featured on the following Television Channels:
Carlton – “Young Gifted & Broke”

UK TV Living – “Real Dating”

2006          TVR Romanian Cultural and International Channels
                  Documentary entitled "Lumea Si Noi" (The World and Us) under the
sub-heading "Generatii" (Generations).

Exhibitions

2010            Edge – Group Show – Degreeart.com Gallery, London.

Art in Mind – Group Show – Brick Lane Gallery, London.

2008           Group show – Blackheath Arts Society, London.

2007          Creekside Artists Open Studios, London

Royal College of Art "Secret" exhibition

2006          Creekside Artists Open Studios, London

2005          Creekside Artists-Open Studios, London

Royal College of Art "Secret" Exhibition

“An Imagined Reality”- The Romanian Cultural Institute, London

2004         Creekside Artists-Open Studios, London

Dulwich Art Fair with VirtueArt, London

“En Route”, Gallery Dream, Seoul, South Korea

2003         Royal College of Art "Secret" Exhibition

MA Fine Art Degree Show, Central Saint Martins College of Art
& Design, Charing X Road, London

‘Touch & Go’, MA Fine Art Interim Show, Central Saint Martins College
of Art & Design, Space 44, London

2002         The Princess Margarita of Romania Trust – Charity auction at Le Gavroche
Restaurant, London

MakeAnDo-Open Studios, London

2001/’02  View Two Gallery, Liverpool

2001         The Princess Margarita of Romania Trust, The British Romanian
Chamber of Commerce, Ironmongers’ Hall, London

Amur, Saving Siberian Wildlife, The British Embassy, Moscow