Looking Back | Moving Forward, ICP, Preston, 15th-24th March 2016

Over and over...jump in, digital print on wallpaper, 2016 Looking Back | Moving Forward  In Certain Places Project Space, Preston  Opening Tuesday 15th March 5-7pm, continues until 24th March 2016 Looking Back | Moving Forward will show new sculptures and drawings by artist Jenny Steele from her recent research project, which has investigated Seaside Moderne architecture across the North West of England and Scotland. Seaside Moderne was a style of modernist architecture built in the 1930s between World War I and World War II, during the mid-war leisure boom.  During the 1930s, everyday workers were newly allocated annual holidays in the United Kingdom, and used these to travel to the seaside to enjoy themselves away from everyday work toils. Palaces of fun, such as the Blackpool Casino and The Midland Hotel were built to house swathes of people, offering a glamorous place to relax within uplifting and optimistic design. Jenny Steele has created new work specifically designed for the In Certain Places Project Space, which reflects on the design of the The Midland Hotel, Morecambe, The Blackpool Opera House, The Carron Restaurant and Outdoor Swimming Pool, Stonehaven. LOOKING BACK|MOVING FORWARD is kindly supported by Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England, University of Central Lancashire and Johnstone’s Paint. Open Event: Tuesday 15th March 2016  5-7pm Viewing times: Wednesday 16th- Thursday 17th March 11-5pm Tuesday 22nd, Wednesday 23rd & Thursday 24th March 11-5pm Other viewing times by appointment, and for further information please email: jennysteelestudio@gmail.com Address: In Certain Places 38 St Peter's Street University of Central Lancashire Preston PR1 2HE www.incertainplaces.org  Map In Certain Places is a 15 minute walk from Preston Rail Station.

Open studio for Manifest Festival, Rogue, 10th-12th July 2015

I am looking forward to opening my studio at Rogue in a few weeks, as part of Manifest, an artist-led festival, showcasing the talent of North West contemporary artists in a series of exhibitions and events across Manchester and Salford.

Designed to take advantage of the increased creative and media spotlight on the city as a result of the Manchester International Festival, Manifest will give visitors a flavour of some of the artistic activity taking place across the two cities all year round.

Rogue will be holding an additional Open Studios event over the weekend of July 10^th – 12^th. The opening party will be on Friday July 10^th from 6 till 9pm and the studios will be open to the public from 12 – 5pm on Saturday July 11^th and Sunday July 12^th.

I will be showing some research in progress from my Looking Back|Moving Forward project and drawings from my solo project The Fair at Glasgow Open House Art Festival.

Hope you can make it! 

The Fair, a multi-site solo project for Glasgow Open House Art Festival, 2nd-4th May 2015

The Fair #6, Screen print and pencil on card, 10.5cm x 40.1cm, 2015

The Fair #7, Screen print and pencil on card, 10.5cm x 40.1cm, 2015

The Fair is a long established Glaswegian holiday taking place in the last fortnight of July.  Businesses and organisations closed; families travelled ‘doon the water’ to Lancashire seaside resorts of Blackpool and Morecambe, which acted as sites of enjoyment and glamour from everyday work. ‘The Fair’ is a multi-site exhibition across five artist’s homes, where artist Jenny Steele has created drawings reflecting on ‘seaside moderne’ buildings; Blackpool Casino and Midland Hotel, Morecambe.  Souvenir drawings were posted to inhabitants, allowing them to decide how to position the drawing in their own home.  A publication of the project will be produced post festival.

Opening times: Sat 2^nd – Mon 4^th May 2015 12pm – 6pm

Sites:

Venue 9, 3/2 Montague Projects, 34 Montague St, Glasgow, UK, G4 9HX

Venue 31, 6F Claythorn Park, Glasgow, G40 2HY (Sun 3^rd May 3 – 4.30pm only)

Venue 39, 62 Nith Street, Riddrie, Glasgow, G33 2AF 

Venue 55, Flat 0/1, 54 Carnarvon Street, G3 6HP, Glasgow

Venue 56, 2/2, 78 Kingarth Street, Glasgow, G42 7RW

For more information & maps for Glasgow Open House Art Festival 2015: www.glasgowopenhouse.co.uk

For more details on The Fair: www.glasgowopenhouse.co.uk/map?v=9&e=the-fair

The Fair is part of a year-long project LOOKING BACK| MOVING FORWARDS by artist Jenny Steele researching into seaside moderne architecture in North West England and Scotland (https://lookingbackmovingforward2014.wordpress.com). The project is supported by Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England.

For more information, please contact the artist Jenny Steele via email: jennysteelestudio@gmail.com or mobile: 07870701339.

Curioseaty, East Street Arts Patrick Studios, Leeds

'Promenade#1', 2014, Screen print on Fabriano

 A print of 'Promenade#1' is included in the Curioseaty  at East Street Arts Patrick Studios, Patrick Studios Project Space, St Mary's Lane, Leeds, LS9 7EH, 24th-29th March 11-5pm.  For more information: http://www.hondartzafraga.com/. 

#1, ny space, manchester

'Curtain', (detail), 2014

I will be showing a new work in this show in December at ny space in Manchester:

#1

James Hutchinson, Rachel Goodyear, Jenny Steele and Noel Clueit

13th/14th Dec and 20th/21st Dec 2014 (open Sat 11-5pm and Sun 11-4pm)

Available by appointment w/c 22nd Dec 2014 ny.manchester@gmail.com 

ny space

Faulkner House

New York Street

ManchesterM1 4DY

Rogue Open Studios 19th -21st Sept 2014

I will be showing new sculptural work in the Rogue Open Studios. Hope you can make it to the opening on Friday 19th September 6pm-9pm!

Leeds International Artists Book Fair, The Tetley, 7th-9th March 2014

'Manchester Four Ways', 2013, Screenprint and drawing on card and plywood.

PAPER will be showing some of my Artists Books, alongside other PAPER artists bookworks this Friday 7th- Sunday 9th March 2014 at the Leeds International Artists Book Fair at The Tetley, Leeds.

The fair is open Friday 7th March (6-9pm), Saturday 8th March (11am-6pm) and Sunday 9th March (11am-5pm).  For more information visit the PAGES Leeds International Artist Book Fair site here.

Rogue Open Studios 27th-29th September 2013

It is that time of year again... Rogue Open Studios open on Friday 27th 6-9pm, and open Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th 12-5pm.  I will be showing some new sculptural work and drawing.

Rogue Studios

66-72 Chapeltown Street

Piccadilly

Manchester

M1 2WH

Hope to see you there!

Access All Areas, Manchester School of Art, PV 27th Sept 6-8.30pm

 

‘Access All Areas’ displays work from the five artists upon the 2011/12 AA2A scheme at Manchester Metropolitan University; Mark Beecroft, Julie Cassels, Rachel Goodyear, Bethan Hamilton and Jenny Steele.

AA2A is a national set of schemes hosted in visual art departments in Higher and Further Education institutions that provide access for practicing artists to specialist workshop and support facilities.  This opportunity allows artists access to equipment which may be difficult or expensive for them to source independently, allowing them to realise a project or period of research.  In exchange, artists bring ideas and experience to the students and institution.

2011/12 AA2A artists would like to thank Manchester Metropolitan University for generously providing access to postgraduate lecture programmes, the library and the range of workshops, in addition to a grant towards the costs of materials. 

Mark Beecroft
Mark Beecroft’s practice is an exploration of process, working with predetermined systems and mathematical forms. Mark has used his time on the AA2A scheme at Manchester School of Art to develop skills in digital fabrication, working with laser cutting technology. Beginning with patterns created from handmade mathematical models he has created digital files, which have been laser cut in a range of materials. These pieces are then ‘played’ with, experimenting with different configurations before being assembled by hand. The results are a series of sculptural forms that unite digital technology and handmade craft.

Julie Cassels
Julie Cassels’s uses the photographic image as her medium, the AA2A residency has enabled her to concentrate on the three dimensional aspect of her work in the form of digitally reconstructed objects. ‘Someone Else’s Things’, the latest series of work, considers the replication of an object and the relevance of its source. Drawn to rare or, potentially, obsolete ‘found objects’, she digitally reconstructs them; their associations consider the past, the future and possession. The main body of work carried out during the residency was a ‘virtual’ restoration project. A rare 17th Century bodice was digitally restored and then recreated using digitally printed fabric. The Whatcombe Bodice project is on show at the Gallery of Costume, Platt Hall, Manchester.    www.juliecassels.co.uk

Rachel Goodyear
My practice focuses on drawing, working predominantly with pencil on paper. The AA2A scheme has helped me to explore ways to subtly allow my drawings to slip out of the paper into the realms of sculptural form. However, rather than a fixed permanence that an object can suggest, I am finding ways to give my 3 dimensional forms the similar nature of fragility and fleeting moments my drawings on paper offer.  With drawing at its core I have been exploring the relationships between the imagined space of the paper and the real gravitational space we occupy. For Access All Areas, I will be presenting a collection of works that suggest a state or change or escape; graphite covered paper forms quietly explode from the chest of a life size porcelain bird, whilst drawings on paper attempt an escape from their 2 dimensional world like a papery ectoplasm.
www.rachelgoodyear.com

Bethan Hamilton
An exploration of the obese female body with a focus on mass, weight and disproportionate form through mark making. My project has been focused on the creation of ambiguous forms; indeterminate in sex, species or context, through drawing & printmaking. I sought to visualize a selection of these 2D forms as tangible 3D sculptural objects through a series of individual frames viewed within a 360°rotation.
Artists Access to Colleges has provided me with the time and freedom to make mistakes. Through the scheme I have learnt new skills and revived old interests, had access to an extensive range of facilities at Manchester Metropolitan University and met some kind and inspirational individuals. AA2A has changed the face of my practice for the better. I feel excited to be making art again.
www.bethanhamilton.co.uk

Jenny Steele
Jenny Steele’s practice explores our inhabitation within physical and digital architectures, through print, drawing and installation. During the AA2A scheme at Manchester School of Art, Jenny has focused upon her experiences as a new inhabitant, moving within city centre streets of Manchester and the architectural structures she encounters.  Access to book-making, printmaking, sculpture and digital editing facilities have allowed Jenny to explore her research further through still imagery and movement and sequence.  She has produced a series of editions of books, laser-cut wood block prints, screen-prints and animation as a result of time and generous access to a wide range of workshops.

www.jennysteele.co.uk

‘Access All Areas’

Exhibition of work from the Artists Access to Art Colleges Scheme 2011/12

PV Thursday 27th September 6-8.30pm

28th September - 5th October 10-4pm (excluding Sunday)

The Holden Cafe

Manchester Metropolitan University

Grosvenor Building

Cavendish Street

M15 6RB

For more information on the AA2A scheme (Artists Access to Art Colleges) please visit http://www.aa2a.org/.  

Paper Gallery, Manchester

I am delighted that the newly established Paper Gallery in Manchester has taken my prints and books for their micro-gallery at Mirabel Studios.  The gallery has been set up by artists Andrea Cotton, David Hancock, Nicola Smith and creative director Ian Smith.  To read more about Paper, visit their website  http://www.paper-gallery.co.uk/70882/about-paper.

Other artists work shown at Paper: 

Alice Bradshaw, Jenny Core, Andrea Cotton, Philip Davenport, Julie Dodd, Bethan Hamilton, David Hancock, Naomi Lethbridge, James Moore, Anna Puhakka, Leanne Richardson, Roshana Rubin-Mayhew, Richard Shields, Nicola Smith, Jenny Steele, Miranda Whall, Simon Woolham and Dawn Woolley.

The gallery has been open since 11th August 2012, but will have a formal launch on Saturday 1st September 2012 from 5.00pm.  The gallery is open every saturday 11am-5pm, or by appointment at the address below:

Paper Gallery
Mirabel Studios
14-20 Mirabel Studios
Manchester
M31PJ

'Directional 1', Photocopy of paper with cartridge paper tie. Book stands in two folded 3d parts placed together. Edition of 20. 2012.18cm x 10cm (folded), 84cm x 59cm (full size)
Photographs courtesy of Ian Smith @PaperGallery.

#followingthemarketsquare event 24th/25th July, Harris Museum

Roll of Honour, Harris Museum, Preston

Next week, on Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th July 2012 from 10.30pm-4.30pm, I will be in the Education Room of the Harris Museum, Preston for the last two days of my residency. You will be able to see the research that I have made into the use of the Market Square through drawing, animation and also results from the survey. Those who drop in will also be able to contribute to the survey and view my drawing in progress which will reflect on the results of the survey.

Preston Remembers will also present information about their project in the space. You can learn more about Preston Remembers on their site http://prestonremembers.tumblr.com, and also view the video from Laurence Payot’s residency.  I hope to see you there!

Culture Cloud at New Art Exchange Shortlist

One of my prints has been shortlisted to the last 100 for Culture Cloud at the New Art Exchange in Nottingham.  From 4th June - 5th July 2012, voting will be open to shortlist the final 40 artists to be included in the show. To vote visit - www.artfinder.com/hello/theculturecloud. (ie.please vote for me!)

If you're lost, remember what you saw on the way

All above: Stills from 'If you're lost, remember what you saw on the way', Stop frame animation film, 2.40 mins

I have been working on an animation for the show at KRAAK this coming Wednesday 29th February 2012, 6pm until late.  For further details of the animation, please see our tumblr site -http://exhibitionkraak.tumblr.com/about.  Hope to see you there...    

EXHIBITION @KRAAK, 29th Feb 2012

Office Christmas Party - Thursday 15th Dec 2011, 6-9pm

I am showing a sculpture at the 'Office Christmas Party' exhibition at Ahmed & Carpenter, at Rogue Studios next Thursday from 6-9pm.  Other exhibiting artists include Annie Carpenter, Nick Crowe &  Ian Rawlinson, Daniel Fogarty, Dave Griffiths, Fran Blythe, Hannah Brown, Hilary Jack, Ian Hartshone, Jenny Steele, Kevin Burns, Liz West, Mark Kennard, Matt Bamber, Mike Chavez Dawson & Len Horsey, Ross McCarry, Taneesha Ahmed and Unravel - the longest hand painted film in Britain.  Hope to see you there!
 

MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY, 19th-29th October 2011, Hatch Space

‘Occupants Will Vary’ by Jenny Steele
2011 Pencil, pen and letter transfer on paper 120 x 260 cm

‘Schematic: Hatch Space 2011’ by Harriet Hill
2011 Felt, wire, expanding foam, paint 240 x 125 cm


MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY is a 2 person exhibition by Harriet Hill and Jenny Steele that explores the in-habitation and use of space within the built environment of the Faircharm Trading Estate and the Hatch Space studios themselves. MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY aims to record, reflect and celebrate the current activity in these mixed-use spaces within this heterogeneous community.

Jenny Steele exhibits a map, ‘Occupants Will Vary’, 2011, that charts movement and spacial use within the micro community of the Faircharm Trading Estate. For the past month, she has spent time questioning and observing the organisations and individuals that occupy this multi-functional block of units. The map ‘Occupants Will Vary’, communicates data regarding use of physical and digital space compiled through an online questionnaire, presenting a sample of potential usage at any one time. The work is informed by social anthropologist Timothy Ingold's research that highlights the static nature of maps, that are unrepresentative of physical in-habitation and movement.

Steele's practice considers our constant in-habitation of digital space by playing on metaphors of physical space, cartography, architecture and town planning. Through her multi disciplinary practice, she continually seeks ways in which to come to terms with the intangibility of the digital, and its clash with our embedded cognitive behaviour and cartesian perspectives. Steele is currently based at Rogue Studios, Manchester, and is the Artist in Residence at Manchester Metropolitan University for 2011-12. Steele is a graduate of Goldsmiths MFA (2007).

Harriet Hill has created ‘Schematic: Hatch Space 2011’ as a response to the microcosm of Hatch Space Studios. The idea of the central space which acts as both a self contained gallery for public communication and an expanded corridor; an interstice with doors leading off into the autonomous artists’ studios beyond. The fixed nature of exhibits in a gallery contrasts with the life and activity in an artist’s studio and the shifting nature of the creative process. Both are spaces for thought and provocation. Hill takes this idea and the physical structure of the space and works viscerally, using materials specific to her practice. Out of this a piece evolves which is then drawn out into the space. This sets up a dynamic that seeks to question the fundamental relationship between the viewer, the object and the space that contains and defines them.

Through her practice, Hill explores ideas around the conflict between autonomy and belonging and the fact that we are drawn to that which is more powerful than ourselves – physical, social, political, theistic. This manifests in her work, through the notion that a physical entity – object, material, structure, space – can simultaneously incite both desire and repulsion. Hill is based in London, and is also a graduate of Goldsmiths MFA (2007).

MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY: 19th- 29th October 2011, Open Wed- Sun12-6pmOpen Day Event – Saturday 22nd October 2011, 12pm -6pm
South London Art Map Last Fridays – Friday 28th October 2011, 6-9pm

Multiple Occupancy at Hatch Space, runs from 19th -29th October 2011

Harriet Hill and Jenny Steele

19th- 29th October 2011, Open Wed- Sun12-6pm

Open Day Event – Saturday 22nd October 2011, 12pm -6pm

South London Art Map Last Fridays – Friday 28th October 2011, 6-9pm


'MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY' is a 2 person exhibition by Harriet Hill and Jenny Steele that explores the in-habitation and use of space within the built environment of the Faircharm Trading Estate and the Hatch Space studios themselves. MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY aims to record, reflect and celebrate the current activity in these mixed-use spaces within this heterogeneous community.

For MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY, Harriet Hill presents a sculptural work made as a response to the microcosm of Hatch Space studios. She works viscerally, with the particular, physical structure of the space and the idea of it as both a self contained gallery and an expanded corridor: a mutable interstice with doors leading off into the autonomous spaces of the artists studios.

Jenny Steele exhibits a map that charts movement and spacial use within the micro community of the Faircharm Trading Estate. For the past month, she has spent time questioning and observing the businesses, organisations and individuals that occupy this multi-functional block of units. The work is informed by social anthropologist Timothy Ingold's research that highlights the static nature of maps, that are unrepresentative of physical in-habitation.

For an Open Day event on Saturday 22nd October 2011, Hill and Steele have invited other artists to co-occupy the gallery space. Artists: Ahmed & Carpenter, Hannah Doyle, John Deller, Inigo Rousham, Lucia Serenkova, Penny Skerrett and Nicola Smith will show film and video works that explore themes of multiple occupancy from different perspectives. Frog Morris will perform poetry about the local community of Deptford, and Manchester based Matthew Bamber will bring a live streaming of his own studio to Hatch Space for the day.

Harriet Hill’s work investigates ideas around the conflict between autonomy and belonging and the fact that we are drawn to that which is more powerful than ourselves – physical, social, political. This manifests in her work, through the notion that a physical entity – material, object, structure, space – can simultaneously inspire both inclination and repulsion. Harriet Hill is based in London, and is a MFA graduate of Goldsmiths.

Jenny Steele's practice considers our constant in-habitation of digital space by playing on metaphors of physical space, cartography, architecture and town planning. Through her multi disciplinary practice, she continually seeks ways in which to come to terms with the intangibility of the digital, and its clash with our embedded cognitive behaviour and cartesian perspectives. Jenny Steele is currently based at Rogue Studios, Manchester, and is also a graduate of Goldsmiths MFA.

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Xiaonei Map, woodblock print on paper, 2010

Camden Arts Centre - Artists Practice Day (23rd July 2011), Redirection and Network Timeout Residency Presentation

'Redirection and Network Timeout' Residency Artists Talk at Camden Arts Centre, 23rd July 2011

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