Ongoing

Working on the second part of Riot for One Island - Many Visions, inspired by Maritime Sunburst Lichen growing on the rocks at Tout Quarry.

Riot is a site-responsive installation, created from recycled materials including ocean waste, to be placed on rocks in the quarry. It’s also a wearable sculpture. I’m raising funds to work with a dance/choreographer leading to a performance at the quarry during the show. Let me know if you can contribute. Any amount much appreciated, however small.

I’ll be taking part in a Pecha Kucha, Tuesday 17 June, 6.30-8.30pm, Stroud Valley Arts, 4 John Street, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 2HA. £3 cash or card on the door. ‘8 visual artists present their work in the brilliant 20x20 pecha kucha format: Emilie Sandy; Fiona Campbell; Jessica Akerman; Risée Chaderton-Charles; Sam Marsh; Albie Luca; Deborah Cox; Tilly Geoghegan

Sack is on show at Insert There, curated by Roger Clarke, 'The Street’, Locksbrook Campus, Bath Spa University BA1 3EL, part of Fringe Arts Bath Festival ‘25. FAB runs until 7 June. Visit all works

Some of my work is showing in the Round Tower, Black Swan Arts, 2 Bridge St, Frome BA11 1BB, part of Frome Community Education Tutors Art Exhibition, until Saturday 7 June. I’ll be there on 4 & 6 June, 10-1 if you want to say hello.

Last chance to book my upcoming Eco Sculpture Course with Frome Community Education, Wednesdays, 2-4pm, starting on 4 June for 5 weeks. Makers’ Yard, 37 Lower Keyford, Frome BA11 4AR. Book here

II’ll be leading a one-day Eco Sculpture workshop at the Hidden Cabin, The Grange, Charlcombe Lane, Larkhall, Bath BA1 8D;, on Friday 25 July, 10am-3.30pm. Book here

More workshops coming soon.

Visual Arts South West is calling on everyone working in the visual arts to write to their MP asap to urge them to champion our sector in the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review. This is a critical moment — big decisions are being made that will shape public investment, livelihoods, and the future of our sector for years to come. Outcomes will be announced on 11th June

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Glut

For the past few weeks I've been working on 'Glut', a set of wrapped, woven and sutured forms made from found and recycled materials (fabric, plastic, sponge, twine, sisal, foam, copper wire, linseed oil, wax).   It's first public showing will be at an exhibition 'Continuum', part of Fringe Arts Bath, an arts festival coming up soon.  The work relates to issues of waste, our relationship with matter, nature and ourselves.  Its labour-intensive process and use of recycled materials is an important element in the work.  'Continuum' will showcase artwork by MA students from Bath Spa University.  Varied practices including sculpture, painting, installation and performance.  The exhibition addresses the issue of change.  During the exhibition, I will continue to make elements for the work in situ.

6 New Bond Street Place; 25 May (opening night) - 10 June;11am – 6pm daily.

I have also been making some small, temporary artworks for a curated environmental art project in Bath. ‘ABC Bath’ (Art Breeds Conscience) runs from 11 – 31 May in the Walcot area of Bath;  Initiated by MA Curatorial Practice student Beatriz Nogueira, the project aims to bring environmentally friendly art onto the streets and parks of Bath, in the hope that it will encourage its audience to question current issues – waste, factory farming, pollution of our air, land and seas.  Instagram – @abcbath; Twitter – @AbcBath; Website – bathabc.wordpress.com

'Glut (ii)' is made from recycled materials.  I dyed cotton, silk & linen naturally using avocado pits.  Other materials include sponge, twine, copper wire, wax.  I am concerned with factory-farming methods and animal welfare.  Animals are treated as commodities, over-crammed and over-produced.   I have been affected by reading 'Planet of Slums' (Mike Davis), and the film 'Our Daily Bread' (Nikolaus Geyrhalter).  

Do visit!

Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions and Projects 2018

I am excited to be involved in the following exhibitions and projects this year: MA Walcot Chapel Residency, Bath; 12-18 February

The Cotswold Sculpture Park, The Paddock, Somerford Keynes, Cirencester GL7 6FE;  1 April – 30^thSeptember, 10.30am-5pm (closed Tues and Wed), admission £5.  http://www.elementalsculpturepark.com/

Sound Bites Talks on Beatrix Potter's 'Absidia' drawing, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Bruton, 10 March  & 27 April, 2pm; part of 'The Land We Live in - The Land We Left Behind' exhibition.

Talk 'Art from Scrap' at The Ocean Matters, Bristol Aquarium, Bristol (organised by Bath Spa university); 4.30pm, 26 May.  Event: 26-27 May.  Exhibition will be extended for longer.  A1 mounted photographic prints of various artworks displayed to highlight the plight of our oceans. https://oceanmatters.weebly.com #oceanmatterstoartanddesign

'ABC Bath’ (Art Breeds Conscience), Walcot St and surrounds, Bath; 11 – 31 May. Initiated by MA Curatorial Practice student Beatriz Nogueira, the project aims to bring environmentally friendly art onto the streets and parks of Bath, in the hope that it will encourage its audience to question current issues – waste, factory farming, pollution of our air, land and seas. Instagram - @abcbath; Twitter - @AbcBath; Website - bathabc.wordpress.com

Continuum, FAB Festival (Fringe Arts Bath), 6 New Bond Street Place, Bath; 25 May (opening night)- 10 June;11am - 6pm daily.  Artwork by MA students from Bath Spa University. Varied practices including sculpture, painting, installation and performance.  The exhibition addresses the issue of change.  I will be working on a piece, which will grow throughout the festival period.

WE ARE ALL ... FOUR WORDS MEETS PARIS 1968, Media Wall, The Commons Building, Bath Spa University, Newton Park, Bath.  1-17 May.  500 submitted/selected slogans animated into a one-hour sequence with programmed screenings and talks  http://alandunn67.co.uk/weareall.html @MediaWallBSU

WE ARE ALL poster

The Rubbish Art Project, old HSBC Bank, Shepton Mallet, a new venture creating art with the community for the town using scrap materials.

SAW Residency working with PRU teenagers, Bridgwater and Taunton College; 19 - 27June, making artworks from reclaimed materials particularly metals.

Making headdresses with All Hallows Prep School pupils for an exhibition ‘All the Fun’, Silk Mill, Frome; 23 June

Summer Show, Atkinson Gallery, Millfield School, Street; 25 June - 3 Aug

‘Ingruttati Palermo’, Manifesta12 collateral event 5x5x5. 10 day workshop and exhibition as part of Manifesta Biennale (supported by Bath Spa University Enterprise Showcase Fund). The exhibition is in Crypt of Chiesa Parrocchiale SantaAgnese, Piazza Danisinni, 90134 Palermo, Sicily and runs throughout Manifesta12, 27 July - 4 November 2018 (by appointment)

Evolver Prize, ACE Arts, Somerton; 28 July - 25 August

Up Late, Holburne Museum - collaboration with Bath Spa University; Friday 31 August, 5-9pm

MA Show, Bath School of Art & Design, Sion Hill, Bath BA1 5SF; 22 - 26 Sept, 9am-5pm. Private View Fri 21 Sept, 6-9pm, all welcome!

Visions of Science, Andrew Brownsword Gallery, The Edge, Bath University, BA2 7PD, open 15 Sept - 13 Oct Tues-Sat, 11-5

Line and Point, Centrespace Gallery, 6 Leonard Lane, Bristol BS1 1EA; 27 Oct - 31 Oct, 10am-6pm daily.  Private View Fri 26 Oct, 6-9pm.  All welcome!

Residency and Solo Exhibiiton (title TBC), The Cells, Town Hall Arts, Trowbridge, April – May 2019

Incendiary, Landsdown Gallery and SVA, Stroud, 4-10 February 2019

Marks Hall Sculpture, Essex, 20 July – 1 September 2019

Reformation, Bishops Palace, Wells, July – October 2019

More info to follow