Wished For @ Christmas, The Workhouse, Dunstable, 15th November - 13th January 2024,
www.theworkhousedunstable.co.uk
The Letchworth Open 2023, Broadway Gallery, Letchworth, 12th August - 7th October 2023,
www.broadway-gallery.com
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, The Director's Cut, online exhibition, 8th - 16th July 2023,
www.woolwichprintfair.com
'Derby Print Open' , Banks Mill Studios, Derby, 1st - 30th June 2023,
www.derbyprintopen.org
'A Slash Of Blue', Gerald Moore Gallery, London, 3rd March - 8th April 2023.
www.geraldmooregallery.org
' Surface And Depth', Mandell's Gallery, Norwich, 29th October - 19th November 2022. www.mandellsgallery.co.uk
The Letchworth Open 2022, The Broadway Gallery, Letchworth, 10th September - 30th October 2022
www.broadway-gallery.com
'Bridges', Espacio Gallery, London, 30th August - 4th September 2022.
www.espaciogallery.com
Vibrant, richly coloured and textured hand pulled silkscreen prints and paper collages. Suitable for any contemporary environment.
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. She exhibits regularly with Espacio Gallery in London, and is a member of the Printmakers Council. In 2021 Christine was one of the winning artists of the Cambridge Art Contest And Exhibition.
"I work mainly through the media of silkscreen printing, creating richly coloured and textured small edition and unique (one off ) prints and printed paper collages. Silkscreen printing has been my main form of expression for many years, and has allowed me to develop my distinctive style which involves over printing areas of flat colour with layers of textures and coloured marks.
My work explores the interaction of abstract shapes and colour relationships, contrasting controlled, regular elements of structure with looser and more irrational markmaking.
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 current series of work, inspired by the vibrant colours of India, combines silkscreen printing and painting to construct compositions composed of layers of coloured shapes and textured marks."
You can see more of my work on my website, www.christinecalow.co.uk