Sally Grumbridge
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Colour is one of the main driving forces in Sally’s work. Often using life studies or photography as a starting point, her work explores the bounds between abstraction and figuration. She works mainly with oils but also uses drawing, mixed media and printmaking in a wide variety of format and size. By distorting or deconstructing figurative images, changing colours and using the effects of the medium to develop the composition, she creates an interesting ambiguity in her paintings and prints.
Personal experience, cultural or historical subjects are often her inspiration. She is currently researching the east-west clash of cultures during World War II and how western women used their creativity in order to get through long years of internment in the Far East. This will be a parallel series to a previous project, ‘Relative Journeys: River Kwai Revisited’ which told the story of the Thai Burma railway. Although born in Kuwait, Sally grew up in the UK and studied French at the Institut Français and at the Sorbonne, working both in London and Paris. She then studied for a degree in public art, specialising in painting and graduated from the University of Surrey, Roehampton with a 1st class BA (Hons) in 2002. Between 2004-6 she attended the London College of Communications where she studied graphic and experimental printmaking. Sally works from her studio in West London, participating regularly in exhibitions and undertaking commissions. Solo Shows Silwan, The Park Club, London, 2011 Apres ski and other works, Hogarth Gallery, London, 2009 Relative Journeys: River Kwai Revisited, Trackside Gallery, London, 2006 Encounters, Trackside Gallery, London, 2004 Group Shows Artists at Home Open Studios, London, 2011 Creations of Eve, Irish Cultural Centre, London, 2010 Artists at Home Open Studios, London, 2010 Boys in Blue, Artshed Arts, Ware, 2008 Creations of Eve, Morley Gallery, 2008 Christmas Exhibition, Trackside Gallery, London 2007 Artists at Home Open Studios, London, 2007 Elephant Proof, The Mall Galleries, London 2006 Artists at Home Open Studios, London, 2006 Pressure 2, Cottons Atrium, London 2005 Made in London, Eurobuilding 2, Madrid, Spain, 2005 Exposition des Peintures Europeénes, Forges-les-Eaux, France, 2004 Living Colour, Fountain Gallery, Hampton Court, 2004 Gallery Tavid, London, 2003 Fountain Gallery, Hampton Court, 2003 Riverside Studios, London, 2002 Hogarth Gallery, London, 2002 |
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