Celine Siani Djiakoua
Biography Céline Siani Djiakoua is a visual artist, performer and jewellery maker. She was born in Nantes, France. She first studied Psychology (MA) and had a personal interest and experience in Psychoanalysis. She trained and worked as a schoolteacher and was going to become a psychologist when she moved to the U.K. in 2001. Since then she has followed her passion for Fine Art, graduating from Staffordshire University in June 2009. She is now based in Nottingham. In 2009/10, she received a bursary from Longhouse (West Bromwich) to develop an “Action Research”. Since 2009, she has...
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Elisabeth Sparks
Statement My work explores the physicality of the human body, its relationship to environment and the tension of the dynamic between the two. I attempt to make art that offers a heightened sensory experience using this as a strategy for drawing the viewer in to engage with the ideas behind the work. Recently I have been experimenting with layering felt around the body, using it like an outer skin, an exoskeleton which we can reconfigure as we respond to exterior or interior elements. By placing these garment structures in different contexts I can explore bodily...
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Statement After graduating in 1995, my paintings were abstract with ambiguous figurative elements. The work has since developed in a more figurative direction whilst retaining the painterly qualities of the earlier abstract work. Current work explores the many aspects of play. Earlier paintings were based on playground politics and personal memories of primary school and focused on group dynamics and isolation. The ideas are further developed in ‘How to Save a Donkey, ‘Not a Stag Party’ and ‘Coast’ where the playground becomes more theatrical and allows the imagination to...
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Duncan Allen is a multi-disciplinary artist from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, currently training to be a wrestler (under the name Doctor Cravern) and recently presented video at Nottingham Contemporary. In 2008 Duncan achieved a first class honours in Fine Art BA(Hons) from Nottingham Trent University. Duncan has lived in Rotterdam for over a year to study at Willem de Kooning Academie as part of an exchange programme, during which time he Performed at De Player and exhibited at Blaak 10 and in Amsterdam at Pa//////kt. His work has also been shown in Scotland and Switzerland. Duncan...
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Biography In 2008 Beth Shapeero graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a first class degree in Fine Art. The following September she became one of the founders and directors of Backlit Gallery and Studios, an artist led, grass roots experimental hub for artists in Nottingham. Since graduating Shapeero has taken part in a number of exhibitions across the UK including ‘Making the Future II’ at the Bonington Gallery, Nottingham in 2008, ‘BASE:’ at Coexist in South end-on-sea 2009, ‘We Are Here’ at The Wallner Gallery, May 2010, Lakeside in Nottingham and most recently...
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