Christine Calow
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“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 |
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