Falmouth School of Art student exhibition at Porthmeor Studios, St Ives

Following a month long residency at the historic Porthmeor Studios in St Ives, six second year BA(Hons) Fine Art students are opening their studio space to the public for an exhibition of their resulting work.

Olivia Brelsford-Massey, Holly Doran, Sofia Fernandes, Samuel Morris, Sophia Rosenthal and Edward Spencer were selected for the opportunity of a month long artist residency at Portmeor Studios. With the cost of studio hire and a materials bursary funded by Falmouth School of Art, the residency will provide these students with an invaluable experience of working within a professional studio culture.

As well as being home to acclaimed contemporary artists, Porthmeor Studios has a long history of prestigious inhabitants. The studio provided for this student residency – Studio 5 – has perhaps the most compelling heritage of any artists’ studio; it appears to have been constructed around 1895 for Olsson’s School of Marine Painting, but is best known as the studio used for 50 years by two of the most influential painters of their generation – Ben Nicholson, followed by Patrick Heron.

The residency is delivered by Falmouth School of Art in partnership with Borlase Smart John Wells Trust, as part of a series of residencies and professional practice opportunities offered to students studying BA(Hons) Fine Art at Falmouth University.

The exhibition will feature an Opening Evening on Saturday 28 July between 5-9pm, and continue with two further days on Sunday 29 and Monday 30 July between 10am – 5pm.

Fine Art Alumni showing at Belgrave, St Ives. Exhibition runs 2 to 23 April.

Recent Fine Art Alumni Sarah Woods and Jack Paffett are showing their work at the Belgrave St Ives from 2 to 23 April 2018. The exhibition is entitled Artscape: New Contemporary Painters and Sarah and Jack will be exhibiting alongside Jack Watson.

Sarah Woods: FSA Alumni BA(Hons) Fine Art

Jack Paffett: FSA Alumni BA Fine Art

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The New Contemporary Painters will be shown in conjunction with the key St Ives Modernist W.Barns-Graham: A Unique Collection of Works on Paper.  This is an exciting exhibition of previously unseen wave/line works by the artist, that have been held in a private collection since the 1970’s.

W. Barns-Graham

Simon Averill – 444 paintings at Anima-Mundi

 

Falmouth School of Art Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, Simon Averill, is exhibiting at Anima-Mundi in St. Ives from 10 June.

Simon has lectured at Falmouth since 1989, and has exhibited his work widely in selected exhibitions in the UK and internationally.

“My paintings are a response to time spent within nature; I’m drawn to the commonplace, the unnoticed. I try to capture the fleeting and the transitory; the effect of light – not only how it appears, but also how it behaves…I am also interested in the psychology of decision making within the creative process and my work investigates the relationship between spontaneity and control. My paintings allow these seemingly disparate ideas to co-exist side by side.”

Next month, Simon with be co-delivering Falmouth School of Art’s Abstract Painting Summer Intensives.

Also showing, on the top floors of the gallery, is artist Youki Hirakawa‘s ‘Secret Fire’.

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Lecture by Tate Britain’s Dr. Chris Stephens

Booking is now open for the next Falmouth School of Art lecture, by Tate Britain’s Head of Displays and Lead Curator of Modern British Art, Dr. Chris Stephens.

Book tickets: The Falmouth School of Art Eventbrite.

Visiting Professor of Art, Simon Fujiwara, returns.

The Falmouth School of Art is delighted to welcome back Visiting Professor of Art Simon Fujiwara, for a Professorial lecture.

Fujiwara’s previous lectures at Falmouth have proved very popular with students and staff from across the School, as well as members of the public, and he joins us this year from opening his curated section of the History Is Now exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in London.

Whilst in Falmouth, Fujiwara will also work with BA(Hons) Fine Art students.

Guido Lanteri-Laura wins the Midas Award 2014

Guido Lanteri Laura has been announced winner of the prestigious Midas Award at a private view held at Newlyn Art Gallery on Friday 17 October. The award was presented alongside the exhibition launch, which showcases work by all of the finalists, recent BA(Hons) Fine Art graduates Guido Lanteri Laura, Laura Adams, Calum Armstrong, Diana Bechmann and Jon Doran. Also opening was Existed, the solo exhibition by last year’s winner, Marc Messenger.

Much of Guido’s work consists of primitively edited films in which physical acts and performances can be represented in a way that create moments of doubt within the mind of the audience. These moments of doubt have the ability to not only send the protagonist into a different world, but simultaneously send the audience there with him.

Guido comments, “I was shortlisted for the Midas Art Award from the degree show, and it’s fantastic to win. Now I’ve won this award, I will look to continue my work and aim to apply for a place at the Royal College of Art in the new year”. He receives a prize worth £1,500, a year’s mentoring from an art tutor based at Falmouth, and the opportunity to stage his own solo exhibition at the Millennium Gallery, St. Ives in the autumn of 2015.

The exhibition is on at Newlyn Art Gallery in Penzance until 15 November. The gallery is open to the public from Tuesday to Saturday, 10am – 5pm, and entry is free, donations welcome. Alongside the finalists’ exhibition, paintings by Caroline Pedler will also be on display in The Picture Room from 18 October to 15 November. All works are for sale.

The Midas Award 2014

Midas Award Shortlist – Calum Armstrong, Laura Adams, Diana Bechmann, Guido Lanteri Laura and Jon Doran

Five artists were selected from this year’s degree shows at Falmouth University for this group exhibition, which runs at Newlyn Gallery from 18 October to 15 November. The shortlisted artists, Laura Adams, Calum Armstrong, Diana Bechmann, Jon Doran and Guido Lanteri Laura will present their work in the upper gallery.

Last year’s winner, Marc Messenger, will present Existed, a solo show of miniature sculptures, inspired by Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging. Each piece is created from a mix of materials including wood and steel, combined with natural elements such as flowers, moss, and seaweed. The installation, comprising one hundred sculptures, will be in the lower gallery.

Work from this year’s shortlisted artists includes Mindscape, an atmospheric animation by Laura Adams set in a dark and mysterious building where strange occurrences take place. Calum Armstrong’s architectural sculptures, made with clay, sand and straw, will buttress the gallery walls and push up against the ceiling. Diana Bechmann’s intricately carved plaster sculptures feature life size figures, shrouded and bound in fabric. Jon Doran’s series of paintings feature young people finding their way through woodlands, paused at the fork in a path or tentatively stepping into a stream. Guido Lanteri Laura’s film Modo Del Abeglia, features his alter ego, Jean-Pierre Lanteri, performing gravity-defying actions in the forested mountains of his ancestors.

The 2014 winner, announced on Friday 17th October at the private view, will receive a year’s supply of art materials, professional mentoring and a solo show at Millennium Gallery in the autumn of 2015, providing the opportunity to present work in a high-profile professional venue.

Private View & Award Ceremony Friday 17th October 7.30 – 9.30pm

Falmouth graduate shortlisted for Bloomberg New Contemporaries

(c) Stacey Guthrie

Chosen from 1,400 submissions via an anonymous selection process, 2013 BA(Hons) Fine Art graduate Stacey Guthrie will be informed of the outcome of Bloomberg New Contemporaries by mid-May.

Founded in 1949 as the ‘Young Contemporaries’, the Arts Council sponsored exhibition helps to launch promising artists. The annual selection is made by artists and writers who are often previous winners themselves.

Stacey said, ‘I am delighted to have been shortlisted for Bloomberg New Contemporaries. Since graduating it’s been a whirlwind of activity and it feels great to be representing Cornwall and being part of showcasing the great wealth of creativity and talent we have down here.’

Stacey, who lives in West Cornwall, is also involved in a current exhibition with Millennium Gallery, St. Ives, and Spectrum, the autism charity. The exhibition, ‘I’ (Passing Through the Veil of Solitude) runs until 20 April at Telegraph House in Truro.

Exhibition by Falmouth Fine Art Senior Lecturer Simon Averill

Senior Lecturer on BA(Hons) Fine Art, Simon Averill, has a new exhibition – Splitter – opening at Millennium Gallery in St. Ives on 7 February.

‘I’m trying to imagine light as something tangible; as if you could pick it up and hold it in the palm of your hand; this is the territory where what has been seen, memory and the imagined co-exist’ (Simon Averill, 2014).

Splitter, (c) Simon Averill

The Millennium Gallery’s website hosts an online exhibition catalogue, which includes an introductory essay by fellow Falmouth Fine Art Senior Lecturer, Gillian Wylde.

The exhibition runs until 11 March.

nb: The Millennium Gallery is now Anima-Mundi

Fine Art Graduate invited to show in London Exhibition

Congratulations to Sam Houston, BA(Hons) Fine Art graduate, who has been invited to show a piece of work titled Persist in the ‘Federation of British Artists Futures‘ exhibition, taking place at the Mall Galleries, London.  The exhibition features ‘outstanding art graduates from 2013’. “I’m delighted to be selected for this exhibition, and I’m really looking forward to it,” said Sam.  He added that the exposure gained from the ‘Now Falmouth’ exhibition, which also took place in London, organised by his fellow Fine Art students, secured his invitation into the FBA Futures exhibition.

‘Persist’ by Sam Houston

Since graduating from Falmouth, Sam has been continuing his practice, exhibiting in galleries nationwide.  In February, Sam will be exhibiting among fellow Fine Art graduates in an exhibition titled ‘New Beginnings’ at Porthminster Gallery in St Ives.  Sam said “I’m really excited to return to Cornwall and see everyone again,” adding, “Falmouth gave me the knowledge and confidence to keep working and experimenting, and time is showing that hard work does pay off eventually.  Falmouth’s reputation has helped me along the way, and I have to thank all the tutors for all their support”.

The FBA Futures exhibition takes place between 21 January – 25 January 2014.   Work online from 17 January at: http://mallgalleries-shows.com/

The ‘New Beginnings’ exhibition takes place between 08 February – 01 March 2014.

Graduate to Exhibit Alongside the Godfather of Pop Art

This month will see alumna Mirjana Smith exhibit alongside the highly acclaimed artist Sir Peter Blake at the Porthminster Gallery in St Ives. Peter Blake made a name for himself in the 1960s with collages juxtaposing images from popular culture, such as advertising slogans, comic strips and poster images of Marilyn and Elvis alongside bold geometric patterns. His most iconic work includes The Beatles’ 1967 album cover for Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band.

Mirjana emerged into the art and craft world after graduating from Falmouth in 2011 where she had focused on assemblage art from found objects. The use of second hand and discarded objects is paramount in Mirjana’s work. She constructs her pieces from bought, found and discarded teapots, kettles and other kitchenalia, combining these with unusual joining methods to create quirky, original and witty characterised assemblages.

Sir Peter, who is 81, overcame ill health to make it down to the private view of his colourful limited edition silkscreen prints, and during his visit bought a piece by his fellow exhibitor Mirjana. “He is starting to collect her work, which is wonderful because she’s a young Cornish artist who’s just starting out,” said Gallery Manager Claire Pearce.