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Platform Arts Award Recipient Announed

Posted: 23 Nov 2012 03:57 AM PST

INAUGRAL GRADUATE ART AWARD RECIPIENT ANNOUNCED

Artist Joella Wheatley was announced tonight as the inaugural recipient of the Platform Graduate Award 2012.

The 22 year-old was presented with the award at Modern Art Oxford by artist Lindsay Seers for her work -  a series of intense paintings that explore the mind as a channel for restructuring the concept of space.

 

Victoria Pomery, Acting Chair of CVAN and Director of Turner Contemporary said, " We look forward to seeing how Joella will build on this opportunity in her future career. CVAN would like to see Platform continue to develop closer working relationships between South East galleries and their local Higher Education institutions while providing opportunities to support and showcase new talent."

Wheatley was one of eight graduate artists shortlisted as part of the Platform Graduate Award 2012 - an inaugural mentor programme devised by the CVAN South East network, between galleries and emerging artists from the South East.

Chair of the Platform Award selection panel and Director of MK Gallery, Anthony Spira said the standard of work throughout the Platform project had been particularly high, highlighting the wealth of Fine Art talent in the South East. 

Over the last few months four flagship galleries - Aspex, MK Gallery, Modern Art Oxford and Turner Contemporary - have each provided a platform for 31 recent graduates from each of their local art colleges of which eight were shortlisted for the award.

Wheatley will receive a 12-month tailored programme of professional development from the four South East art galleries as well as £2,500 bursary towards further development of her practice.

About the Platform Graduate Award

This project has brought together the professional expertise of both the higher education and public gallery sectors for the benefit of young artists.

With support from tutors and course leaders, teams of curators and education specialists from the four participating galleries attended local Summer degree shows, each selecting a handful of promising graduates for inclusion in their Platform exhibitions. These have been taking place over the past few months with each selected artist being given the opportunity to work with professional teams during the installation and production of their shows. All mediums were considered and each have shown the rich variety and quality of work being produced by our next generation of artists in the South East. (Twitter HashTag: #platform2012)

Shortlisted Artists from around the South East region

Aspex: George Bills and Joella Wheatley Arts University College at Bournemouth Fine Art

MK Gallery: Marion Piper, Buckinghamshire New University and Karolina Lebek, University of Bedforshire

Modern Art Oxford: Cara George and Kamila Janska, Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford.

Turner Contemporary: Dominic Maffia, University for the Creative Arts and Naomi Eaton-Baudains, Canterbury Christ Church University

About Joella Wheatley

Arts University College at Bournemouth, BA (Hons) Fine Art

Joella Wheatley's intense paintings explore the mind as a channel for restructuring the concept of space. Using the combination of drawing and painting as a springboard for invention, she challenges the boundaries of a first hand experience by containing herself within an actual physical space for a certain amount of time. This drastically reduces the amount of normal social interaction, of reasonable mental stimulus of exposure to the natural world, where almost everything that makes life human and bearable is emotionally, physically and psychologically removed. When the things that our brain and body rely on to connect to and understand are taken away from us, this denies us the ability to ask questions and seek reasons for explanations that allow us to understand ourselves. Joella challenges the concept that a space is only defined by what you believe it to be. 

For further information please contact Gareth Colwell at Aspex Gallery gareth@aspex.org.uk 

Lost & Found: A call for artists

Posted: 23 Nov 2012 04:45 AM PST

Lost & Found

Call for Artists

February 2013

Lost & Found, the gallery's Young Person's Project  is back, and is on look out for exciting artists that would like to create a temporary, site-specific work to be exhibited in MK Gallery's Project Space during the month of February 2013.

 

Working with a brand new Lost & Found Committee, the artists practice should be relevant, accessible and appropriate for collaboration with a group of 15 – 24 year olds.

 

The chosen artist will be expected to submit an exhibition proposal following a two day consultation with the group. This proposal should include scope for the month-long exhibition, details of how the space will be presented and the rationale behind the work. Lost & Found will respond to the proposal with a series of related events

 

A set project fee of £1,000 is in place to cover consultation workshops, meetings and the conception and realisation of the work.  Material costs will be agreed in consultation with Lost & Found.

 

Expressions of interest should be submitted to vmayes@mkgallery.org no later than 5pm, 17 December 2012 and include:  Artists Information; Contact details; CV; exhibitions history; images of recent work; website details.

 

More information can be downloaded here

Book your stall at our Craft Fair

Posted: 23 Nov 2012 03:45 AM PST

Craft Fair

Hemmed In Preview & Christmas Party

Friday 14 December 2012, 5-10pm

MK Gallery is now accepting bookings for arts & crafts stalls to coincide with a seasonal Exhibition Preview and Christmas Party on Friday 14 December, 5pm-10pm; Artists, Crafts Persons, Jewellery Makers, Ceramicists, Designers, Photographers, Painters, Embroiderers are all welcome to submit requests.

If you think that your stall would stand out from the crowd, offer visitors an origional, preferabley handmade gift, and will be full of Christmas cheer then we would love to hear from you!

We anticipate that the stalls will be placed inside the Events Space opposite the gallery's main entrance, and the serving of food, drink, live music and general merriment will take place in the square.

If you would like us to consider your stall, then please fill out and submit this form and send it to vmayes@mkgallery.org by Monday 3 December 2012.
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