‘Add Balance to the equation’
curated by Lloyd Gill
CARINA TRABERG + JORUNN MAELAND + JAYNE SMITH + IAIN ANDREWS + HELOISE GODFREY + CATHY BIRD + SANDRA BOREHAM + LLOYD GILL
This exhibition at the Lloyd Gill Gallery is titled 'Add balance to the equation'. This exhibition will delve into the dichotomies between Art concepts of order - randomness, nature - manmade, illogical - logical, balance – precariousness, real – imaginary and actual - virtual. The exhibition will show the extremeness of one amplifying and accentuating idea to its opposing partner. These collisions of opposites are representing the complexities of the modern world. Many of the Artists on show are interested in ontological philosophies, epitomised by films such as; ‘the Matrix’, ‘how do you define what is real?’, in particular the Danish Artist Carina Traberg whose sculptural work parodies this aesthetic. There will be many different works on show including; painting, video and sculpture. The Lloyd Gill Gallery is very pleased to be showing the participating
Artists.
Carina Traberg: Born: 1978 in Skanderborg, Denmark. Lives
and work in London, UK. Carina studied at The Funen Academy of Fine Art during
1999-2004 and at Chelsea College of Art and Design Postgraduate diploma during
2006. At the moment Carina is working with paper – photo and card collages
describing a different kind of reality. One which may seem real but isn't,
one that is on the edge between reality and imagination. Carina works with
abstracting and extending the two-dimensional, inspired by Minimalism and
also Ottoman Miniature paintings in that the image is created without an illusion
of a
third dimension.
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Door
In The Floor, Cardboard and paper on canvas, 30x30 cm, 2008
Jorunn Maeland: Born in Norway, lives and works in Norway.
Jorunn has studied at Rogaland Art School (KIR) – for a Foundation in
Art (Norway) during 2002 – 2004. Jorunn continued her studies at Goldsmiths
College (University of London) for a BA in Fine Art. (UK) during 2004 –
2007 and is recently studying at the University of Stavanger (UiS) for a PPE,
Art and Craft. (Norway) during 2008. Jorunn is genuinely interested in the
artist as anthropologist. Jorunn likes to search in her own culture for subjects,
to look in the everyday for all the things that are lost, soon to be, or new
and undiscovered. Jorunn finds it vital to physically do art objects out of
her research; to directly engage with the subjects makes her active in her
own investigation.
Chaos/Order,
Fabric paint on paper on stretcher, 70cm x 70cm, 2007
Jayne Smith: Jayne has come from a background of arts and
crafts, having had experience in craft design, special paint effects and interior
design. She studied fine art with KIAD, at both Maidstone and Canterbury colleges,
before moving to Cornwall in 2005 where she is continues her studies at Falmouth.
Jayne’s inspiration comes from an exploration of spaces situated on
the outer edge of our environment.
Empty, neglected and sometimes derelict, these sites exude feelings of melancholia;
this is something that her work aims to tap into, following in the tradition
of the Romantics.
In
Transience, Acrylic on canvas,35cm x 45cm, 2008
Iain Andrews: Lives and works in Manchester. Iain has studied
at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, for an BA(Hons) Fine Art
during 1993-1996, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth for an MA Painting
during 1996-1997 and Sheffield University, PG Dip. Art Psychotherapy during
1998–2000. Iain’s paintings begin as a dialogue with an image
from art history – a painting by an Old Master that may then be rearranged
or used as a starting point from which to playfully but reverently deviate.
My recent work is concerned with the struggle to capture the relationship
between the spiritual and the sensual, apparent opposites that are expressed
in my work
through the conflict of high narrative themes and sensuous painterly marks.
The sheer enjoyment of making these marks is not intended to be a Dionysian
pursuit that drowns out the appearance of the real through a curtain of
subjective, expressionistic gestures, but rather an attempt to transform and
redeem the form through the act of
making.
Jacob's
Ladder, Acrylic on canvas, 90cm x 60cm, 2007
Heloise Godfrey: Lives and works in Wales. Heloise studied
at the University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC), for an Art and Design
Foundation Studies and gained a Distinction grade during 2003 – 2004.
Heloise then continued
her studies at the University of Leeds, English Literature and Language BA
Hons and gained a First class degree during 1997 – 2000. Heloise is
fascinated by narrative and motif – with the stories individuals and
cultures tell themselves. I am especially interested in how the body can be
the forum through which we tell and discuss
our stories. My most recent works are drawings exploring the concept of ‘metamorphosis’,
of how bodily changes affect our sense of who we are.
Accident,
Mixed media, 65cm x110cm framed, 2007
Cathy Bird: Lives and works in Kent, England. Cathy completed
a Higher National Diploma at Hammersmith (now Chelsea Collage of Arts) and
recently completed a Masters in Fine Art at Canterbury University in 2007.
After graduating, Cathy went back to my home in Africa and painted for several
years. Then in the Gambia, ran a Batik Co-operative. After Cathy’s return
to the UK, Cathy spent most of her time teaching Art and decide to take up
painting seriously again in 2002.
Since Cathy completed her MA, Cathy’s work has moved towards installation
and drawing dealing with my own philosophical concerns.
I am exploring significance within the mind and the symbolism we ascribe to
past/present, absence/presence. The act of drawing is an extension of this.
She,
Pencil on paper, Framed 52cm x 52cm,2007
Sandra Boreham: Lives and works in Falmouth, Cornwall. Sandra
completed her Foundation in Art and Design, At Falmouth School of Arts and
Design during 1990-1991. Sandra continued her studies and completed a BA in
Fine Art (sculpture) at Falmouth School of Arts and Design during 1991-1994.
The inspiration for Sandra’s work
Comes from nature. Sandra’s work is celebratory and is underpinned by
an exploration of spiritual growth. Sandra Tries to be with, and work with
the energy of the Tai chi dance: Masculine / feminine / soft / hard, etc.
Sandra’s Work is influenced by alchemy and reflects the vibrancy of
life and the natural order of decay and death.
La
Custodia(guardian) Yemaya, Mahogany, bronze, perspex and feathers, Triangle
3’x 12”, wood: including the bronze piece, H101/2” x W61/2”
x D6”, 2002
Lloyd Gill: Lives and works in Weston – Super –
Mare, Somerset. Lloyd completed a BTEC National Diploma in Foundation Art
and Design at Hans Price Gallery, Weston Collage in 1999, where Lloyd won
the Governor’s prize For outstanding achievement in the creative Arts
1999. Lloyd continued his studies at University of Wales Institute
Cardiff (UWIC) during 1999 – 2002 for a BA in Fine Art. Lloyd received
the Harry Walker RWA Memorial Young Artist Prize 2002 at Victoria Art Gallery,
Bath, while participating in their annual group exhibition. He later received
a publication with ‘Funds Europe’, a finance magazine based in
Europe, through winning an online exhibition prize with London Art.com. Lloyd
has exhibited throughout the UK, and has his work in private collections
in the UK, Ireland, Spain and USA. According to Lloyd this body of work started
in 2006 where Lloyd introduced figuration within his abstracted arrangements
of architecture. The figures are in a dreamlike state of mind, where the subconscious
thought provokes irrational, illogical reasoning. The paintings are renditions
of parallel worlds fusing together through every day choices you and I make
every minute. This work provides an
intermissive level between the dichotomy of actual - virtual and is attempting
to gain further understandings of ontological reasoning.
Subconscious
Singularity I (detail) , Acrylic and collage on canvas, 150cm x 72cm, 2006,
photo credit: Chris King
Private View: Saturday 8th March 2008, 7 to 10pm
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