Ange Bell
Anges værker fokuserer på temaerne oprindelse og tilhørsforhold, og det er denne bekymring, der har dannet grundlaget for hendes praksis. Uanset om man samler og arbejder ud fra fundne fotografier eller, som i de seneste måneder, arbejder ud fra selfies taget af Instagram-brugere.
Gennem malerhandlingen genvinder og genopliver hun, med tilføjet varighed og betydning, et øjeblik tabt i det øjeblik, det indtraf. Inden for portrætterne er der et ekko af det, der er tabt og søgt, det taler til tider til vores følelse af nostalgi, og andre til vores ønske om at blive set, anerkendt og værdsat. Handlingen med at hente og genoplive er kernen i hendes praksis, fra indkøb af materiale til selve maleprocessen.
Ange laver detaljerede studier i olie, og gennem en proces med at arbejde tilbage i overfladen og udforske markerings teknikker, forvrænger, eliminerer og manipulerer hun billedet for at skabe et visuelt sprog. Hun sigter efter at skabe et portræt, der ikke kun fanger en lighed, men som også har en livlighed og dybde samt ønsket om at skabe et maleri, som beskueren kan etablere et kommunikation spunkt med. Ange søger ikke at diktere en bestemt betydning gennem den præsenterede fortælling, men snarere efter at skabe dialog mellem subjektet og beskueren.
Hendes arbejde er i private samlinger verden over og er blevet udvalgt til adskillige udstillinger, herunder Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Royal Hibernian Academy, Royal Ulster Academy, og hun blev kortlistet for kunstnere og illustratorer Årets kunstner i både 2015 og 2016. Ange har vundet Royal Institute of Oil Painters Small Painting Prize, Jacksons Painting Prize Portrait-kategorien, Jacksons Painting Prize Tredjeplads og The Dry Red Press Award.
1975 Født i Belfast, Nordirland
EDUCATION
1999 Masters (Fine Art) - Norwich School of Art & Design
1997 BA Hons Fine Art (2.1) - University of Ulster
1994 Foundation Studies in Art - University of Ulster
EXHIBITIONS
2022
Space Gallery Denmark- New Beginnings
Royal Ulster Academy - Annual Exhibition
Well Hung Gallery - The Modest Magnificent
Boyle Arts Festiva - Boyle Arts Festival
Federation of British Artists - Award Winners Show
The Old School Gallery - False Starts Group Show
Mall Galleries - Royal Institute of Oil Painters
The Department Store Brixton - Contemporary British Portrait Painters Group show
2021
Mall Galleries - The Royal Institute of Oil Painters
Well Hung Gallery - Small Wonders Group Show
Online - Society of Women Artists
Mall Galleries - Figurative Art Prize
Online - Jacksons Painting Prize
Old Fire Station - Contemporary British Portrait Painters Group Show
2020
Mall Galleries - Royal Institute of Oil Painters
Online - ING Discerning Eye
Cass Art - Contemporary British Portrait Painters Perceptions
2019
Moniker Art Fair - Dynamite Gallery
Paxton Glew - Urban Miniatures Group Show
Affordable Art Fair - Well Hung Gallery Hampstead Heath
The Ned - By Ace Club Group Show
Dynamite Gallery - Group Show
Waluso Gallery - Semi Skimmed Gallery Group Show
Union London - By Ace Club Group Show
Online - Jacksons Painting Prize
Dynamite Gallery - Group Show
Dirty Old Gallery - Group Show
RHA Dublin - RHA Annual Exhibition
2018
Royal Ulster Academy - Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition
Mall Galleries - Society of Women Artists
Hang Tough Dublin - Group Show
Semi Skimmed - Group Show
Royal Hibernian Dublin - RHA Annual Exhibition
Worthing - Worthing Artists Open House
Affordable Art Fair - Jacksons AAF Hampstead Heath
Jacksons Art Supplies - Jacksons Open Painting Prize
Mall Galleries - Royal Society of British Artists
2017
Well Hung - Semblance
Royal Academy London - Summer Exhibition
Affordable Art Fair - Jamm Gallery AAF Battersea
Mall Galleries - Society or Women Artists
Jacksons Art Supplies - Jacksons Open Art Prize
Super Natural - Aureus Contemporary New York
APT Gallery - Creekside Open Selected by Jordan Baseman
Mall Galleries - Artists and Illustrators Artists of the Year 2016
2016
Mercers Hall - National Open Art Competition
Royal Ulster Academy - Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition
Open House - Worthing Artists Open House
iO Gallery - Group Exhibition
Mall Galleries - Society of Women Artists
Jacksons Art Supplies - Open 2016
Mall Galleries - Royal Society of Portrait Painters
Mall Galleries - Royal Society of British Artists
Mall Galleries - Artists and Illustrators Artists of the Year 2015
2015
West Sussex Art Society - Arundel Museum
Royal College of Art London - National Open Art Competition
Royal Ulster Academy - Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition
Mall Galleries - Society of Women Artists
Mall Galleries - New English Arts Club
2014
Mall Galleries - New English Arts Club
Royal Ulster Academy - Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition
Somerset House/ Chichester - National Open Art Competition
Mall Galleries - Threadneedle Prize
2013
Royal Ulster Academy - Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition
Mall Galleries - Threadneedle Prize
COLLECTIONS / AWARDS
2021 Royal Institute of Oil Painters Prize Winner
2020 Jacksons Painting Prize – Prize Winner Portrait/Figurative
2017 Jacksons Open Art prize Third Prize
2016 Artists and Illustrators Artists of the Year
2014 The Dry Red Press Award
