Welcome to my website
The ideas and theories behind my artworks are directly influenced by research theories and evidence from my parallel career as a research psychologist. I am an artist working predominately with photography and this website showcases the main series of artworks and descriptions of their psychological influences.
The ideas and theories behind my artworks are directly influenced by research theories and evidence from my parallel career as a research psychologist. I am an artist working predominately with photography and this website showcases the main series of artworks and descriptions of their psychological influences.
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My art practice
“Once you know you don’t know, you can begin to explore” Elizabeth Fisher. Seeking to offer a positive and playful stance to states of not knowing and uncertainties, I make art works to invite contemplation and encourage shared dialogue. Landscape based, I mostly work with staged photography, but I also make short video works and mixed-media paintings that are floating, indeterminately scaled worlds that aim to celebrate ambiguity and multiple viewpoints. My studio practice is process led, hands-on and experimental. I take household substances and combine them with art materials onto board for mixed media works, or make them into small sculptures, which only exist to be lit and captured by the camera using macro techniques. Mostly still shot on film the resulting photographic prints, are shown large-scale and unframed, mounted on aluminium to enhance the intimacy of their viewing, Some exhibitions of the works are participatory, with people in past shows sharing their impressions of the work with each other in text pieces, or working together to solve a photographic jigsaw. |
For work in progress you can follow me on Instagram at catherine5524 and for articles and research I use twitter at catherinejacob5
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In Suspension, Photo Fringe 2020 exhibition online for next few months
Take/Make, the 9th Brighton Photo Fringe, took place in October 2020. Over 180 exhibitions are available online for the next few months to explore at 2020.photofringe.org. My solo show, In Suspension, which is celebrating the positivity of not knowing and uncertainties, can be viewed here. In Suspension is a collection of staged, photographic landscapes seeking to offer a positive and playful stance to the state of not knowing. Created in the studio just for the camera from small sculptures of household materials, these non-manipulated artworks are a body of floating, drifting indeterminate worlds hinting at the sublime. Brian and Roger Enos Mixing Colours video submission
In the first UK lockdown Roger and Brian Eno called out for short video projects to accompany their new album Mixing Colours. "When launching the website none of us expected so many people would collaborate and submit short films for the public to enjoy. As a result, we intend to keep this gallery up for at least a year to ensure there is plenty of time to explore it". All films can be viewed here at www.mixing-colours.com. My response was to the piece Quicksilver was called Running Tap, Kitchen Sink, and can be seen at https://www.mixing-colours.com/289ce26f4492 |
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Current studio works
My new Everyday Awe series is exploring the psychological impacts of wonder in our everyday experiences. I'm also researching and thinking about the impact of people leaving earth and travelling to mars in A Message from Mars, which is looking like it might become a book project. All these new works are made from photographing everyday household materials, or by making paintings which are created just for the camera. Lockdown worksDuring the current Covid crisis I've made photographic and video works. Photographic works were made in n response to call outs by Format Photographic Festival and Impressions Gallery regarding the #massisolationproject and under the hashtag #Covid19artistsathome. I've also made work in response to Groundwork Gallery's #doorstepenvironment challenge and sold with the wonderful #artistsupportpledge set up by artist Mathew Burrows to help artist make sales.
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Short biography
My work has been shown in institutions (including a solo show at mac, the midlands arts centre), commercial galleries (including Flowers Gallery, Sarah Mysercough Fine Art), at photo festivals (Herefordshire Photography Festival, Photo LA) and many artist-led spaces (Lewisham Art House, Whitstable Bienalle Satellite, APT gallery, Norwich Arts Centre, Elysium Gallery, Swansea). I've also held residencies at the Florence Trust (2002-3), on a working sheep farm in Constable country (Rural Idyll, 2011) and in 2006 I ran Viewfinder, a £10k landscape photography residency for Redbridge NHS Trust working with patients of a cancer ward. Memberships
Photoworks Photoworks champions photography. They are an international platform for artists and audiences, and a registered charity. Their website is https://photoworks.org.uk Axisweb Axisweb is an independent charity committed to providing a platform to support artists and profile what they do. s https://www.axisweb.org a-n The Artists Information Company Through advocacy and information and from the perspective of artists, a-n’s mission is to stimulate and support contemporary visual arts practice and affirm the value of artists in society. Their website is https://www.a-n.co.uk The Visual Artists Association The Visual Artists Association is a professional body for artists across the UK. Their website is https://visual-artists.org |
