I am Very pleased to be Visual Artists South West artist of the month. You can read the interview and explore the website here
Bankley Open
Private View and Prize Giving: Fri 7th October 2016, 6-9pm
Exhibition continues 8th – 29th October 2016
Open Saturdays and Sundays 12-4pm
Bankley Studios & Gallery
Bankley Street
Levenshulme
Manchester
M19 3PP
Shortlisted artists:
Patricia Azevedo and Clare Charnley / James Bloomfield / Andrew Brooks / Alice Chandler / Paul Crook / Claire Curtin / Ania Glinkina / Daniel Goodwin / Ana Mendes / Donal Moloney / Laura Moreton-Griffiths / Isabel Moseley / Mandy Payne / Andrew Robinson / Corinna Spencer / Ruby Tingle / Jason Thompson / Gideon Vass / Helen Wheeler / Emily Whitebread / Chen Yin Ling
Anthology 2016
5 August – Saturday 20 August 2016
Charlie Smith Gallery, London
EC1V 9DR
Paint Her To Your Own Mind
10th July 16 – 30th September 16
By Volume VI of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Lawrence Sterne Trust
Shandy Hall
York
YO61 4AD
Cruel And Tender
Vacuous at Studio 1 Gallery, London
Preview 24th August 6-9pm
25th August – 11th September, 2016
London
SW18 1ES
Europa
Transition Gallery ShopSpace
London
E8 4QN
17 – 25 June 2016
Gallery open: 17, 18, 19, 24 & 25 June, 12-6pm
Preview Tuesday 14 June 6-9pm
Corinna Spencer – French Chair, 2016, acrylic on found postcard
Europa features a plethora of European themed works by a diverse group of artists. The exhibit looks at what Europe means to the artists involved in the weeks before and after the EU Referendum.
Europa is an idea originated by Luci Eyers whose Tranzine updating the myth of Europa will be launched at the opening of the exhibition. The exhibition is staged in Transition’s ShopSpace and features paintings, sculptures, collages, pottery, badges, stickers, postcards, drawings, games, zines and pamphlets, all with a European theme. Participating artists come from the UK and all corners of Europe, including many non-British citizens now living in the UK. Each contributes a very personal look at the European idea whether political, allegorical, idealistic, practical or cynical.
The work on show (and for sale) ranges from Kirsty Harris’ in/out balloons and Henrietta Armstrong’s pottery vessel inspired by the Neolithic Beaker folk to Paul Jex’s erased polling card, Bridgette Ashton’s View Master reel of stereoscopic photographs of handmade gingerbread depicting famous landmarks of Europe, Amy Pennington’s The Biased Wheel Of Staying In The EU game and Olha Pryymak’s paintings inspired by social media coverage of the conflict in Ukraine. Also on show are Susie Hamilton’s painted classic European fiction book covers, Jenny Campbell’s deconstructed Europa sculpture and numerous paintings, postcards and zines examining subjects such as booze cruises, twin towns, European film, a Rubens painting dedicated to European peace and archetypal European symbols.
The participating artists are: Karen Apps, Henrietta Armstrong, Bridgette Ashton, Tom Banks, Madison Beach, Siobhan Belingy, Jenny Campbell, Violet Frances Cato, Annabel Dover, Luci Eyers, Carlo Formisano, Archie Franks, Patrick Galway, Felix Gannon, Thomas Goddard, Susie Hamilton, Kirsty Harris, Stephen Harwood, Anoushka Havinden, Georgia Hayes, Ivaylo Hristov, Antonia Jackson, Paul Jex, Paul Johnson, Laura Keeble, Elizabeth Kwant, Delaine Le Bas, Alastair Levy, Em Lockren, Cathy Lomax, Evariste Maiga, Mia Maric, Alex Michon, Christina Mitrentse, Kate Murdoch, J A Nicholls, Suzanne O’Haire, Tony O’Keefe, Lucienne O’Mara, Jane Oldfield, Ross Patrick aka ASL, Alex Pearl, Amy Pennington, Olha Pryymak, Leah Rainey, Adele Reed, Matt Rowe, Anne Ryan, Alli Sharma, Alison South, Corinna Spencer, Charlotte Squire, Helen Stratford and Lawrence Bradby, Mimei Thompson, Patricia Thornton, Katherine Tulloh and Tim Barnes, Tisna Westerhof
Écriture Féminine
20 FEBRUARY – 5 MARCH, 2016
Open View on Saturday 20 February, 1 – 5pm
Edgar Modern
Bath
BA1 2EE
Emma Copley / Toni Cogdell / Henrietta Dubrey / Roxana Halls / Rachael Read (Rain) / Corinna Spencer / Caroline Yates
Edgar Modern will be holding a multiple artist exhibition in February 2016 entitled ‘Écriture Féminine’ and curated by recent MA Curating graduate, Jennifer Dudley.
French writer Hélène Cixous first coined the term ‘écriture féminine’ in her seminal essay, ‘The Laugh of the Medusa’ (1975), in which she asserts: “woman must write her self: must write about women and bring women to writing, from which they have been driven away as violently as from their bodies”. Based in literature, yet applicable to the visual arts and other forms of self-expression, écriture féminine is the concept of women being empowered to represent themselves and their histories, thus creatively exploring their social roles and status in the world.
This multiple artist exhibition will explore contemporary depictions of women writing her self, outside of the art historical tradition of the ‘male gaze’. Includes work from Edgar Modern artists Henrietta Dubrey, Roxana Halls, Toni Cogdell and Rachael Read (Rain) as well as two exciting guest artists: Corinna Spencer, Caroline Yates, and Emma Copley.
Read more about the exhibition on our gallery blog
(image: Corinna Spencer, Goyas Women, 2015)
Home Time
Private View: Friday 19 February 6-9pm
20 February – 12 March 2016
Transition Gallery
London
E8 4QN
Alex Michon / Kate Murdoch / Alex Pearl / Corinna Spencer
organised by Corinna Spencer
In this era of generation rent, political inertia in affordable house building has caused a psychological shift in the home is where the heart is ideal. A troubling sense of unease now resides behind closed doors. Reflecting on this disorientating dislocation, by picking over treasured knick-knacks, considering family histories, looking forwards at sci-fi solutions or clinging to the wreckage of lost utopias, Home Time asks its artists to make responses to the objects which they surround themselves with.
Alex Michon uses broken glass as a metaphor for impermanence, unease and the domestic chaos caused by using her flat as both home and studio. Utilising, furniture, text and discarded dresses she proposes an elegy for the ever-declining belief in and provision of sustainable social housing.
Kate Murdoch is an artist whose work reflects a fascination with the passage of time, the permanence of objects and the fragility of existence. It is human nature to surround ourselves with objects; they provide us with a sense of self and reveal our connections to the wider world. Often loaded with meaning, objects reflect both our internal emotional world and the external image we present to others. From the mundane to the meaningful, they are steeped in social and political history and part of our identity.
Alex Pearl makes mini epic films, video installations, games, photographs, objects, blogs and books with his work nodding toward the structures and images of science fiction and the idea of the artist as evil-genius or crackpot-scientist. For Home Time he looks at the futurist visions of Tex Avery and Le Corbusier. Pearl is currently studying for a PhD that looks at a New Materialist take on mechanical breakdown and anthropomorphism.
Corinna Spencer’s work centres on obsessive love, death and mourning, explored through intimate portraits. For Home Time Spencer looks back at her own family, who are currently scattered over two countries, and in particular her mother. This dispersed family has led to a sense of impermanence and searching for home which feeds Spencer’s compulsion to look backwards to a deceptively simple past.
(image: Kate Murdoch, Every Mothers Son, 2016)
The Names
16 January – 6 February 2016
Friday & Saturday 12-6pm
Transition Gallery
London
E8 4QN
The Names features a number of small works; each one is about the name / signature of the artist who made it. From Duchamp’s subversive R.Mutt to Josh Smith’s shameless painted autographs, artists have cavorted with the significance of the signature. As a rule, in the early 20th century, the signature was a vital addition to the front of an artwork, embedding the artist’s identity into the work with showy authentication. In contemporary art, however, the signature is generally discretely placed on the back of an artwork and a prominent signature has become the signifier of very bad, amateur taste.
Denying the name on the front of the work is an art world game. The value of an artwork depends upon its maker – so excluding the name means only those in the know, know for sure the veracity of the work.
In contemporary culture ‘bad taste’ can quite legitimately be resurrected and become a sign of the most adventurous tastemakers. Thus, there are now artists who knowingly embrace the potential of the signature by signing their work prominently and defiantly on the front.
The Names first appeared at Sluice Art Fair in October 2015. It will be reimagined at Transition Gallery in January 2016 with 18 additional artists.
Michael Ajerman / Phil Allen / Sarah Baker / Mike Bartlett / Sara Berman / Kirsty Buchanan / Andrew Bracey / Jenny Campbell / Brian Cheeswright / Paul Cole / Sarah Cleaver / Annabel Dover / Gordon Dalton / Sarah Doyle / Luci Eyers / Grant Foster / Archie Franks / Susie Hamilton / Russell Herron / Ed Hill / Paul Housley / Henry Hussey / Marie Jacotey / Jasper Joffe / Tash Kahn / Adam Kelly / Matthew Krishanu / Paul Kindersley / Delaine Le Bas / Damian Le Bas / Cathy Lomax / Enzo Marra / Chloe Manasseh / Alex Michon / Alex Pearl / Vera Portatadino / Michael Pybus / Harry Pye / Dallas Seitz / Alli Sharma / Corinna Spencer / Emma Talbot / Mimei Thompson / Joel Tomlin / Gavin Toye / Katherine Tulloh / Isaac Willis / Rose Wylie
Portrait Of A Lady & Nottingham Open 2015, Closing Ceremony
Portrait Of A Lady Continues until 17 January 2016
Nottingham Castle Open 2015
Prize Giving Party & Closing Ceremony*
Friday 6 November, 6 – 8pm
Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Nottingham
NG1 6EL
‘Spencer has never been boring. But it’s fair to say she is getting more and more interesting as she expands on monolithic series like this one, a fascinating, skewed take on traditional portraiture’ – Read more about Portrait Of A Lady on Mark Sheerins Criticismism
Portrait Of A Lady, a film by Juno Doran – watch HERE
The Names
Transition at Sluice_ Art Fair 2015
16 – 18 October 2015
Barge House Gallery
Oxo Tower
London
SE1
Michael Ajerman / Phil Allen / Sarah Baker / Mike Bartlett / Sara Berman / Kirsty Buchanan / Annabel Dover / Sarah Doyle / Archie Franks / Susie Hamilton / Russell Herron / Paul Housley / Henry Hussey / Marie Jacotey / Jasper Joffe / Paul Kindersley / Matthew Krishanu / Cathy Lomax / Alex Michon / Alex Pearl / Michael Pybus / Harry Pye / Dallas Seitz / Alli Sharma / Corinna Spencer / Mimei Thompson / Gavin Toye / Rose Wylie
Mourning Portraits
11 October – 7 November 2015
Opening Reception Sat 10 October 6-8pm
Closing Event – Sat 7 November, 6.30-8.30pm
The Salon at Automatic Sweat
2656 La Cienega Blvd
Los Angeles
CA 90034
The Salon (at automatic sweat) is pleased to present an exhibition of recent work by Corinna Spencer. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in the United States.
Love and obsession are central to Corinna Spencer’s work. Through portraiture she explores the effects and manifestations of fixation or romantic love from both sides of a relationship, whether real or fictional.
For The Mourning Women Spencer has focused on the effects of death and mourning. Inspired by Victorian Mourning photography Spencer blurs the line between the mourning and the mourned for. The loss and simultaneously the memento of love are present in these portraits.
Corinna Spencer lives and works in the UK and has exhibited nationally and internationally including New York and London. Recipient of the Nottingham Castle UK Open Solo Show Prize in 2014, Spencer’s solo show Portrait of a Lady, 1000 portraits commissioned by Nottingham Castle is currently on show until January 2016.
Portrait Of A lady – 1000 portraits
19 September 2015 – 17 January 2016
Nottingham Castle Open closing ceremony Friday 6 November 6-8pm
Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Nottingham
NG1 6EL
You can read about my installation of 1000 portraits when Yvette Gresle interviewed me for Writing In Relation.
Shelf Life
I will be taking part in Shelf Life at PS Mirabel, Manchester.
Portrait Of A Lady
19 September 2015 – 17 January 2016
Nottingham Castle Open closing ceremony Friday 6 November 6-8pm
Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Nottingham
NG1 6EL
You can read about my installation of 1000 portraits when Yvette Gresle interviewed me for Writing In Relation.
Salon 7
12 September 2015
6-9.30pm
The Old Lock Up Studio
Darbyshire
1000 Portraits
London-based art historian and art writer Yvette Gresle interviewed me for Writing In Relation ahead of my upcoming solo show at Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery.
Four of my Photo Booth Girls were chosen for the Nottingham Castle 2014 Open and I was subsequently awarded a solo show. The space in which I will be installing my paintings is large and so it’s a great opportunity to make a lot of work. I needed to set a target to work towards so I thought a lot about what would be a reasonable number of paintings to make in the time I had. 1000 seemed like a nice round number. I’m really open minded about the install options, and it would be great to do something a little unusual with some or all of them.…. [Read the rest of the interview here]
Lucy In The Sky
5 June – 5 July 2015
Preview Thursday 4 June 2015, 6-9pm
Gallery Open: Friday – Sunday 12-6pm
Transition Gallery
London
Brobirn / Emma Cousin / Aly Helyer / Adam Kelly / Neil Metzner
Organised by Corinna Spencer
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour
William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
With a whole cosmology of mega data and imagery now readily available at the touch of a screen, artists are free to make up their own worlds, hybridising versions of reality, mixing it up, musing, humouring, personalising and confounding as they go. Lucy in the Sky presents five very personal visions of the stuff that surrounds us.
More info about the artists on the Transition Gallery website here.
Heads
16 May – 21 June 2015
Yellow artist run space
Varese
Italy
