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Christine Calow

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Christine Calow - Espacio Gallery
“I create richly coloured and textured paper collages and hand pulled limited edition silkscreen prints. My inspiration is derived from my travels, to countries as diverse as India and Greece. My collages and prints are not representations of places, but contain elements from observation mixed with my own emotional responses and experiences.

My work explores the interaction of abstract shapes and colour relationships, contrasting controlled, regular elements of structure with looser and more irrational mark making. Bold and expressive colour combinations and the visual effects of colours very close in tone have always excited me. I am fascinated by the ways in which colour can be used to define pictorial depth, to create mood and evoke emotion.

My collages are assembled from papers that I have printed or painted myself. I use fragments of old prints, and also print surfaces specifically to use in my collages. The process of silkscreen printing gives me the freedom to experiment with vibrant colour combinations and textures. I begin by printing areas of flat colour and then superimpose layers of textures and coloured marks, and sometimes text. The inclusion of text has become an important part of my work, as a way of directly conveying my experiences and thoughts, and as something visually interesting in it’s own right.”

Christine studied at Cambridge School of Art, followed by a degree in Printed Textiles at Loughborough College of Art and Design. She has worked as a fabric designer and printer, and has taught on Foundation Courses throughout the country. Christine has exhibited widely and her work is in private collections in the UK and abroad.

Solo Shows
Frameworks, Cottenham, Cambridge, 2012
Needhams Restaurant and Art Gallery, Witchford, Ely, 2012
Halesworth Gallery, Halesworth, 2005
Courtyard Gallery, Hertford, 2005
Toucan Gallery, Beccles, 2002
Head Street Gallery, Halstead, 2000
Halesworth Gallery, Halesworth, 1999
The Old Town Hall Gallery, Hemel Hempstead, 1998

Group Shows

Seeing Red, Espacio Gallery, London, 2017
Making An Impression, Bucks County Museum, Aylesbury, 2016
Urban Angles, Espacio Gallery, London, 2016
BBH Print Society, Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, 2016
Espacio Original Print Fair, Espacio Gallery, London, 2015
Form And Vision, Espacio Gallery, London, 2015
Colour And Materials, Espacio Gallery, London, 2015
BBH Print Society, Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, 2014
Espacio Original Print Fair, Espacio Gallery, London, 2014
Colourworks, Espacio Gallery, London, 2014
Surface, The Ark, Basingstoke, 2013
Elements Of Art, Espacio Gallery, London, 2013
Melange, Espacio Gallery, London, 2013
Espacio Original Print Fair, Espacio Gallery, London, 2012
BBH Print Society, Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, 2012
Divergence, Espacio Gallery, 2012
Cambridge Open Studios, Frameworks, Cottenham, Cambridge, 2012
BBH Print Society, Letchworth Arts Centre, Letchworth, 2011
Spring Open Exhibition, Runneymede Gallery, Windsor, 2011
Inspired by the Orient, Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, 2011
BBH Print Society, Boxfield Gallery, Stevenage, 2011
Hertfordshire Open Studios, St. Albans, 1997 – 2010
Autumn Art Fair, Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington, 2009
Margaret Harvey Gallery Open Exhibition, University of Hertfordshire, St. Albans, 1998 – 2008
Eastern Open, King’s Lynn, 2006, 2001
Driven to Abstraction, Bell Fine Art, Winchester, 2000
Gallery Artists, Hamilton Forbes Fine Art, London, 1995

Marusthali, mixed media on silk, 91.5 x 91.5cm
Kashi No.1, printed and collaged paper, 29 x 29cm
Kashi No.2, printed and collaged paper, 29 x 29cm
Udaipur, printed and collaged paper, 31 x 33cm
Indian Images No.1, hand pulled silkscreen print, 53 x 53cm
Pushkar, hand pulled silkscreen print, 46 x 48cm
Menites, hand pulled silkscreen print, 52 x 52.5cm
Blue Bay, hand pulled silkscreen print, 49 x 49cm
Purple Doorway, hand pulled silkscreen print, 43 x 39cm
Zorcos No.1, hand pulled silkscreen print, 29 x 29.5cm
Zorcos No.3, hand pulled silkscreen print, 30 x 28.5cm
Andros Study No.7, printed and collaged paper, 23 x 23cm

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