PORTFOLIO OVERVIEW
NOD TO ARTE POVERA
COVID HOUSE EXHIBITION 2019 Approx 120 X 90 X 20 cm
Referencing the Arte Povera movement.
Working with fabrics belonging to my mother, my daughter, and myself.
MARIE SCHWARZ R.I.P
GBMET CORRIDOR EXHIBITION 2018 Size 200 X 120 cm approx
Five found separate tree sections, goose feather and paper cocoon, household metal ball-chain, circular blessed Mother’s Rosary, sensor lights.
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BOARDS THREE & FOUR OF FOUR BOARDS LEADING TO A MOTHER
COVID HOUSE EXHIBITION 2019 Size 70 X 90 cm approx
Based on the Arte Povera movement. Items were collected relating to my family stories. They span my mother's lifetime from my perspective.
SKETCHBOOK
NOTES FOR MARIMORIAL 2019 Approx 60 X 40 cm
Sketchbooks for me are numerous and are crucial for exploring ideas in detail.
MARIMORIAL
COVID HOUSE EXHIBITION 2019 Approx 110 X 55 X 45 cm
This work encompasses ideas of previous experiments, validating my own grief memories.
Encasing them for eternity like a treasure time capsule.
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CAIRN OF STONES
PALLANT HOUSE EXHIBITION 2018 Approx 22 X 30 X 45 cm
paper, mixed media inclusions
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My 'stones' trace the invisible footfall of all who have passed through the doors of
Pallant House since 1712.
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BOTTLENECK
NEW ENGLAND HOUSE OPEN STUDIOS 2018 Approx 150 X 140 cm
This Painting is based on an area in Brighton called The London Road. A vibrant shoot
of a road, a bottleneck.
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MOONLIGHT OVER PALLANT HOUSE - THEN
PHOENIX GALLERY EXHIBITION 2019 Approx 64 X 58
Within this painting I trace the imagined fabric of Pallant House since it was built. A continued journey of mixing detritus and paint.
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PLAYS - MY HEAD IN A POT
COVID 19 HOUSE EXHIBITION 2020 Approx 27 X 23 X 27 cm
An experiment in acrylic paint skins, paper & paint inclusions, acrylic paint forms, recycled cardboard and canvas head base.
THIRD PORTRAIT INGREDIENTS OF A MOTHER
GBMET ASSESSMENT EXHIBITION 2019 Approx 160 X 60 cm
Sphere explorations evolved into this head, using household and personal detritus within a Bricolage method. There are 54 inclusions.
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BODYBAG NUMBER ONE
GBMET CORIDOOR EXHIBITION 2019 Approx 200 X 55
This work evolved from collected household bedding. The colour palette references my mothers life colours. The beginnings of a grief portrait.
HOME
FABRICAS RESPONSE MAGAZINE 2018 Approx 20 X 30 cm
Volunteering on the HOMES exhibition by Harley Weir, I contributed to the Fabrica exhibition magazine. Home to me was the idea of my mother.
MONOPRINT
COVID 19 HOUSE EXHIBITION 2020 Approx 20 X 30 cm
Monoprint detail on collected shopping lists and receipts. Part of a larger work based on four generations of women in my family.
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MONOPRINT
COVID 19 HOUSE EXHIBITION 2020 Approx 20 X 30 cm
This work encompasses ideas of parental loss, playing within the parameters of my grief portraits.
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BODYBAG NUMBER TWO
COVID 19 HOUSE EXHIBITION Approx 130 X 40 X 30 cm
Weeks of collecting household and personal detritus, resulted in this work.
It references the idea of collective societal grief.
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THE FIRST BUILDING OF BOARD NUMBER THREE - GRIEF
COVID 19 HOUSE EXHIBITION Approx 70 X 90 cm
Board Three documents my birth to my start in Trinity College to train as an actor, a span of seventeen years.
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BALANCE BIKE ONE/ FECKIN NIGHTIE
COVID 19 HOUSE EXHIBITION Approx 80 X 50 cm
This work is constructed to celebrate a moment in time. It also recognises a different type of loss. Parental loss.
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PLAYS WITH GRIDS AND SPHERES
STUDIO EXPERIMENTS 2018 Approx 23 X 23 cm
Central to my work is the idea of play. There are no mistakes,
just endless possibilities.
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