Artist’s CV
“Thunderously eye-catching, Abigail Norris’s dead animals have armatures that work like real skeletons and hides stitched from real fur. A powerful lament for the despoliation of nature.”
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
Past & Present, Brun Fine Art Gallery, London 2023-24
Amydst The Muttren Trees, Artist’s Garden, Temple, London 2023
Light Being,
Lychee One, London 2023
BBA Artists Award,
Kühlhaus Gallery, Berlin 2023
Meat Market #1, Deptford, London 2023
Amphorae,
Newhaven Art Space, Sussex 2023
Alternative Airport,
RuptureXibit, Hampton Wick, London 2023
Awe and Wonder, Chaiya Art Award, Oxo Tower, London 2023
Unladylike, DContemporary Gallery,
London 2023
The Artists Garden,
Temple, London 2023
Artworks Open, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London 2022
MUD, ArtWave, Sussex 2022
RCA Degree Show, Royal College of Art, London 2022
We Won't Stop Showing, SET Woolwich, London 2022
Lapped Seams and Silver Linings, The Prick & Stitch and Vent & Pound Alliance, Standpoint Gallery, London 2022
Lost-Wax for Lost-Species II, Birmingham City University, Birmingham 2022
Naturisms, RCA Students and Alumni Group Show, London 2021
Lost-Wax for Lost-Species I, Founders Hall, London 2021
First Impressions, Safehouse 1 & 2, London 2021
Sew it Seams, The Prick & Stitch Alliance, Standpoint Gallery, London 2021
WIP, Royal College of Art, London 2021
Aegis, Rottingdean Windmill, Sussex 2018
The Mother, Rottingdean Windmill, Sussex 2018
Waldemar Januszczak
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
Past & Present, Brun Fine Art Gallery, London 2023-24
Amydst The Muttren Trees, Artist’s Garden, Temple, London 2023
Light Being,
Lychee One, London 2023
BBA Artists Award,
Kühlhaus Gallery, Berlin 2023
Meat Market #1, Deptford, London 2023
Amphorae,
Newhaven Art Space, Sussex 2023
Alternative Airport,
RuptureXibit, Hampton Wick, London 2023
Awe and Wonder, Chaiya Art Award, Oxo Tower, London 2023
Unladylike, DContemporary Gallery,
London 2023
The Artists Garden,
Temple, London 2023
Artworks Open, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London 2022
MUD, ArtWave, Sussex 2022
RCA Degree Show, Royal College of Art, London 2022
We Won't Stop Showing, SET Woolwich, London 2022
Lapped Seams and Silver Linings, The Prick & Stitch and Vent & Pound Alliance, Standpoint Gallery, London 2022
Lost-Wax for Lost-Species II, Birmingham City University, Birmingham 2022
Naturisms, RCA Students and Alumni Group Show, London 2021
Lost-Wax for Lost-Species I, Founders Hall, London 2021
First Impressions, Safehouse 1 & 2, London 2021
Sew it Seams, The Prick & Stitch Alliance, Standpoint Gallery, London 2021
WIP, Royal College of Art, London 2021
Aegis, Rottingdean Windmill, Sussex 2018
The Mother, Rottingdean Windmill, Sussex 2018
EDUCATION:
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London, UK 2022
Post Graduate Certificate in Digital Arts & Multimedia Design, Sussex University & Lighthouse, Brighton 1999 - 2000
AWARDS:
Ingram Prize Winner 2023
Mark Tanner Sculpture Award Finalist 2023
BBA Artists Award Finalist 2023
Awe & Wonder Artists Prize Finalist, 2023
YSP/RCA Graduate Award Winner 2022
COLLECTIONS:
The Ingram Collection
FAIRS:
London Original Print Fair 2024, Julian Page, Somerset House
TALKS:
Tate Lates: Soft Sculpture and Material Matters. Tate Modern, London 2023
RESIDENCIES:
Body & Place, The CoLab, Owlpen Manor 2023
Royal College of Art & Yorkshire Sculpture Park, The Artist’s Garden residency, London. December 2022 - March 2023
Lapped Seams and Silver Linings, The Prick & Stitch and Vent & Pound Alliance, Standpoint Gallery residency 2022
Sew it Seams, The Prick & Stitch Alliance, Standpoint Gallery residency, 2021
Room 13 International, Filmmaker Residency, West Rise School, Eastbourne. 2007 – 2011
COMMISSIONS:
City Collective, Edge and Shift - Community film installation with Maria Patterson, The Regency Town House, House Festival, Brighton 2015
This is Always the Result - Film collaboration with Gus Watcham & Mark C Hewitt. Arts Council England, Brighton 2015
Shamal - Film for live performance, collaboration with Rachael Gadsden, Liberty Festival, London 2015
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London, UK 2022
Post Graduate Certificate in Digital Arts & Multimedia Design, Sussex University & Lighthouse, Brighton 1999 - 2000
AWARDS:
Ingram Prize Winner 2023
Mark Tanner Sculpture Award Finalist 2023
BBA Artists Award Finalist 2023
Awe & Wonder Artists Prize Finalist, 2023
YSP/RCA Graduate Award Winner 2022
COLLECTIONS:
The Ingram Collection
FAIRS:
London Original Print Fair 2024, Julian Page, Somerset House
TALKS:
Tate Lates: Soft Sculpture and Material Matters. Tate Modern, London 2023
RESIDENCIES:
Body & Place, The CoLab, Owlpen Manor 2023
Royal College of Art & Yorkshire Sculpture Park, The Artist’s Garden residency, London. December 2022 - March 2023
Lapped Seams and Silver Linings, The Prick & Stitch and Vent & Pound Alliance, Standpoint Gallery residency 2022
Sew it Seams, The Prick & Stitch Alliance, Standpoint Gallery residency, 2021
Room 13 International, Filmmaker Residency, West Rise School, Eastbourne. 2007 – 2011
COMMISSIONS:
City Collective, Edge and Shift - Community film installation with Maria Patterson, The Regency Town House, House Festival, Brighton 2015
This is Always the Result - Film collaboration with Gus Watcham & Mark C Hewitt. Arts Council England, Brighton 2015
Shamal - Film for live performance, collaboration with Rachael Gadsden, Liberty Festival, London 2015
The Four Fridas - Film for live performance, collaboration
with Rachel Gadsden, Greenwich & Docklands International Festival 2015
Zones of Avoidance - Film collaboration with Maggie Sawkins and Mark Hewitt. Winner of the 2013
Ted Hughes Award for New Digital Work in Poetry 2014
Heads Up - Documentary film collaboration with Sarah Pickthall. Creative Case for Diversity, Arts Council England 2013
WORKSHOPS & LECTURES:
The Debris of Chaos - Collaborative Workshop with Marita Pappa, BA Fine Art, Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), London 2022
Artist Talk, Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), London 2022
Ideas Lab - Workshop and Artist Talk with Jacob Talkowski, BA Fine Art, University of Gloucestershire 2021
Artist Talk, Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), London 2022
PUBLICATIONS
Sunday Times - Forget the Summer Exhibition - meet the 5 art stars of the future, Waldemar Januszczak 2022
Zones of Avoidance - Film collaboration with Maggie Sawkins and Mark Hewitt. Winner of the 2013
Ted Hughes Award for New Digital Work in Poetry 2014
Heads Up - Documentary film collaboration with Sarah Pickthall. Creative Case for Diversity, Arts Council England 2013
WORKSHOPS & LECTURES:
The Debris of Chaos - Collaborative Workshop with Marita Pappa, BA Fine Art, Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), London 2022
Artist Talk, Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), London 2022
Ideas Lab - Workshop and Artist Talk with Jacob Talkowski, BA Fine Art, University of Gloucestershire 2021
Artist Talk, Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), London 2022
PUBLICATIONS
Sunday Times - Forget the Summer Exhibition - meet the 5 art stars of the future, Waldemar Januszczak 2022