We are a large studio group that is part of the forward-looking and dynamic creative infrastructure for artists and craftspeople based in the historic town of Colchester in Essex.
Gary Winterford
Profile
rising (diptych)
Ctrl-Alt-Delete
finland lost
emelia lost
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tower imagined (detail)
ian
horizon imagined
blue (silkscreen)
STATEMENT:
Personal Statement – Sadness Violence Sublime
I take inspiration for my large scale canvasses from looking at the relationship between abstracted space and the human form to create daydream-like imagery.
By allowing exaggeration and distortion to play a role edges my work towards the idea of the breakdown of society, and highlighting its unseemly underbelly.
Notions of sadness, violence, nihilism and the sublime are also prevalent when constructing my paintings.
CV:
BA (HONS) Class 1 Art & Design – Fine Art, University of Essex/Colchester Institute 2004-2007
Foundation Art & Design, Colchester Institute, 2003 -2004
BTEC National Diploma Art & Design, Colchester Institute, 2002 – 2003
Awards/Shows/Exhibitions/Projects
‘The Marina’, Brightlingsea Harbour 2010 (group)
‘Coffee House’ Show, Brightlingsea 2009 (group)
‘visions of the lost’ exhibition Naze Tower Gallery 2009 (solo)
‘I want me to be nothing’ exhibition Benham Gallery 2009 (solo)
Cuckoo Farm Open Studios show 2009
‘Coffee House’ show, Brightlingsea 2009
Cuckoo Farm ‘Winterlights’ exhibition 2008
Surrounds: Outside exhibition 2008
‘Yours Mine Ours’ exhibition, University Gallery Colchester 2008
Bob Russell MP commission project 2007
Cuckoo Farm ‘Winterlights’ exhibition 2007
Cuckoo Farm ‘Naze Tower’ autumn exhibition 2007
Cuckoo Farm Open Studios 2007
Independent Fine Art Show, Dray Walk London 2007
Graduation Degree Show, Hay Gallery Colchester 2007
‘Coffee House’ Show, Brightlingsea 2007 (solo)
Celeste Art Prize 2007
Professional Practice Show, Hay Gallery Colchester 2006 curated by Mark Wilshire RCA
Fine Art Group Show, Life Gallery Colchester 2006
‘Coffee House’ Show, Brightlingsea 2006 (solo)
Terry Sutton Colchester Mayor’ commission project 2006
Self-Initiated project, Little Holland Hall 2006 (solo)
‘Portraits at the Minories’ Show, Firstsite Gallery Colchester 2006
‘Spring into Life’ Show, Life Gallery Colchester 2006
Colchester Art Society Autumn Show, Les Livres Gallery Colchester 2005
Colchester Art Society Fine Art Open, hay Gallery Colchester 2005 (awarded Best Painting)
Colchester Art Society Fine Art Open, Firstsite Gallery Colchester 2004
Colchester Art Society Fine Art Open, Hay Gallery Colchester 2004
Other work has included acting as a curatorial assistant at the Colchester Institute, where my role was to advice and assist both 2nd & 3rd year degree students prepare exhibitions at the Octagon Gallery, and the Truman Gallery in London.
I am also a participating member of the Colchester Art Society and The Society of Catholic Artists, which is based in London.
I am currently employed as Senior Arts College Technician at Clacton County High School.
Prop Designer/painter, ‘Guys & Dolls’, West Cliff Theatre, Clacton-on-Sea 2007
Set Designer, ‘The Wizard of Oz’, West Cliff Theatre, Clacton-on-Sea 2006
Drawing Workshop, St Clares RC Primary School, Clacton-on-Sea 2003
I have CRB clearance