Sue Purcell
Sue Purcell
Sue Purcell

Statement

After leaving school at 15 and working in industry for 6 years, I did a Foundation Course in Art & Design at Mid-Cheshire College of Art and Design in Northwich, and subsequently did a 3-year Textile Design Diploma course at Derby Lonsdale College. On completion of my course in the early 1980s I moved to Wales to work in Laura Ashley's textile design studio, for most of the time as Senior Colourist on the dress ware print collections.
I left Laura Ashley in 1991 to do a Post-Graduate Diploma in ‘Studio Studies - Painting and Printmaking’ at the School of Art, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
I have exhibited in art centres, galleries, in Wales & England, and have twice been an Artist in Residence at the ‘Nature in Art’ gallery in Twigworth, Gloucestershire.
I have undertaken many commissions, for both individuals and commercial companies, producing paintings, banners and surface-pattern designs for wrapping paper. I enjoy experimenting with different materials, both traditional and contemporary.
As a workshop leader I have worked for many organisations, including Oriel Davies Gallery in Newtown, Arts Care, Celfogwmpas in Llandrindod Wells, Compton’s Yard Trust in Llanidloes, and Community Arts Rhayader and District (CARAD), delivering workshops and recently as project manager for a ‘Youth in Action’ project that included producing public art in Llanidloes. I have collaborated with the Dragon Collective, a Wales-based music and arts organisation, on many projects since 1996.
Alongside developing my own work, I am a home tutor for art, design and textiles through ‘People Services’ for Powys County Council, and am currently available for mentoring.

Art Education
 
1993-1995     Postgraduate Diploma in Studio Studies,
(Painting, drawing & printmaking) School of Art, The University of Wales, Aberystwyth
1978-1982     Diploma in Textile Design (Pass with Credit), Derby Lonsdale College of H.E.

Solo Exhibitions

Dec. 2009            Look Just Look, Art by the Yard, Great Oak Café, Llanidloes, Powys.
2002               Synthesis, Art by the Yard, Great Oak Café, Llanidloes, Powys.
1996-1997     Reflect, Elan Valley Hotel, Rhayader, Powys.

Group Exhibitions

2010               The Big Draw, Ceredigion Museum & Art gallery, Aberystwyth, Dyfed.
Palace Arts Fair, Fulham Palace, London.
Above Beneath Beyond – Kate Hammersley Kathy Packwood Sue Purcell
Exhibition & Residency at Nature in Art, Wallsworth Hall, Gloucester.
2007/08/10   Terri Sweeney and Sue Purcell, Green Fair, Minerva Arts Centre & Llanidloes Community Centre, Llanidloes, Powys.
1998               Different Aspects, Kathleen Packwood and Sue Purcell, Gateway Galleries, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
2006               Designer Makers, Minerva Arts centre, Llanidloes, Powys.
2003               Wales Spring Fair, North Wales Conference Centre, Gwynedd.
2001&2002            Wales Spring fair, Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells, Powys.
1999               One year on, Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells, Powys.
1996               Kathleen Packwood and Sue Purcell,
1992               Chris Fields and Sue Purcell, Theatre Hafren Gallery, Newtown, Powys.
1997-1999            Druidstone Hotel, Pembrokeshire.
1997               Wildlife Art Exhibition, Christie’s, London.
1995               On the Surface, Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire.
1995               Borderlands, Bleddfa Trust, Powys.
1995               Fecit, Pinxit, Impressit, The University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
1994               When Words Fail, The Deffett Francis Gallery, Swansea, W. Glamorgan.
1994               Fresh Art, Business Design centre, London.
1992-1993     Nature in Art, Wallsworth Hall, Twigworth, Gloucester.
1992               Helen Sydney and Sue Purcell, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Ceredigion and touring exhibition for High Schools in Dyfed

Residencies / Commissions / Public Art

Ongoing          Paintings, private clients
2010               Artist in Residence, Nature in Art, Twigworth, Gloucester.
2008               Mosaic, pebble/slate/glass, Severn Porte Park, Llanidloes
2005              Graphics, wine bottle labels, Penarth Vineyard, Powys
1995-2000     Textiles, backdrops, Dragoncollective, Music venues
1993               Artist in Residence Wallsworth Hall, Twigworth, Gloucester
1986               Textiles, altar frontal and runner, Morley Retreat and Conference centre, Derby

Awards

2001               Oppenheim, John Downes Trust, London towards producing new work        

Self employed artist & designer:

Own business: Mixed media paintings and greetings cards.
2008 – 2009 Project manager Compton’s Yard Trust, Llanidloes.
Youth in Action Project. Organising art workshops for ages 16 – 25 to create public art within town of Llanidloes, Powys

I have worked for many local organisations, colleges and art centres, either teaching
visual art or delivering workshops for people of all ages and abilities:
Oriel Davies, Newtown, Arts Care-Carmarthen, Community Arts Rhayader & District,
Dragon Collective-Mid Wales, Minerva Arts Centre,  Compton’s Yard Trust - Llanidloes,
Radnor Small Holding Project, Crossgates  Plays Scheme & Celf o gwm pas – Llandrindod
Wells, Play Radnor, Hay-on-Wye Youth  Club, Replay Now,  Coleg Powys - Newtown,
Friends of Cardigan Bay - Aberystwyth,  Rural Response - Tenby wells, Gateway
Galleries - Shrewsbury, Nature in Art, Gloucester.

1994            SURFACE PATTERNS - clients include W. H. Smith, John Lewis Partnership

Part-Time Employed Lecturer and Complementary Education Tutor
2005 - 2010 Art & Design / Textiles, Home tutor, Powys County Council
2005 - 2009 Drawing & Painting - evening classes, Coleg Powys, Newtown, Powys
2002 - 2009 Creative Communication, O.C.N. Coleg Powys, Newtown, Powys.