Karen Piddington - artist
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London and Brighton based
Education:
2020 PhD Student University of the Arts London
2015 - 2017 Masters in Fine Art (Distinction) Chelsea College of Arts
2008 - 2013 BA (Hons) Fine Art (2:1) Central Saint Martins College of Arts
2006 - 2008 BTech Foundation Diploma in Art (Distinction) Brighton College
2005 - 2006 Art and Its Histories Open University
Solo Exhibitions:
2022 Bumping into Species, Morgue, UAL, London
2022 Encounters: Bumping into Species, Gallery40, Brighton
2021 Nocturnality, SpaceBox Gallery, Folkestone Triennial
2019 become animal, Centrespace Gallery, Bristol
2017 ANIMALITY, Folkestone Triennial, Space Gallery, Folkestone
Exhibitions and Residencies:
2024 And therein lie the Guts... Espacio Gallery, London
2023 Abacus, Fresh Salad Art
Bath Arts, 44AD Art Space, Bath
Bath Arts Festival, Newark Works, Bath
Haus A Rest, Issue 36, Gallery, The Space Between
2022 Paxton Centre, Crystal Palace, London
Small House Sheepology, Small House Gallery, London
I am Woman, AMP Gallery, London
2021 Desire Lines, The Triangle Gallery, Chelsea College of Art, London
Discursivity, The Triangle Gallery, Chelsea College of Art, London
Sydenham Artist Trail, Anna Lovely Gallery, London
She Answer 'Art' exhibition, The Curator's Salon, London
Caravan, Norfolk residency, Hopton
2020 Coantivirus International Exhibition, Nongyuan Art Village, China
Giant Hoardings, Marylebone Parish Church, London
Antiharmonic Film Festival, UK
Touch Me! Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, London
Sydenham Digital exhibition, The Lovely Gallery, London
Loose Threads, Nomadic Gallery
Portfolio A5 Magazine #34
Nothing Less! 100 Years of Women's Suffrage, Austrian Cultural Forum
HEO, The Omnibus Theatre, London SW4
2019 Natura e Sogno - Inaugurazione, Roma, Italy
Residency: Piazza Torino, Jesolo, Italy
Eilean nam Ban Exhibition, London EC2
Lanzarote Festival de Art, Arrecife, Lanzarote
Larroque Art, Midi-Pyrenees, SW France
Still Life, Caroline Garden's Chapel, London
Wish You Were Here, AIR Gallery, NYC USA
2018 Strong and Stable, SLWA, Asylum Chapel, London
Visionary Collection, Inaugurazione, Ospizio Giovani Artisti, Rome, Italy
Larroque Art Festival, SW France
Silence is Over, Portico Gallery, London
Pillow Talk, Tate Modern, Bankside London
Biennial Open, NN Contemporary Art, Northampton
2017 On The Rocks, Folkestone Triennial, Space Gallery, Folkestone
#1 Film Festival, The Metro Picture Gallery, New York, USA
The Lovely Gallery, London
My Place, Brixton East Gallery, London
Make Up, Mills Centre Gallery, Highgate, London
Video Art Trash, Chelsea Theatre, London
Nasty Women, Chelsea MAFA, London
Trans-it. Interim Show, Chelsea Triangle Space, London
Art Disasters, BBG Gallery, London
Discommissioned, Stanmer Park Nature Reserve, Sussex
2016 Pillow Talk, BBC 100 Women, London
Tempest Inn, Brighton
Drawing Utopias, Iklectik Art Lab, London
BBG Gallery, Chelsea, London
Counterpractice, Chelsea Cookhouse, London
Olefactory MA Collaboration, Chelsea, London
Brighton Digital Festival, Brighton Dome and Corn Exchange, Brighton
The Lovely Gallery, London
Susak Expo Art Biennale, Susak, Croatia
For Animal Eyes Only (Decommissioned), Sussex UK
Brixton East Gallery, London
Janette Beckman Punk Hip Hop Mash-up, Punctum Gallery, London
Staying In, Mills Centre Gallery, Highgate, London
2015 Art Maze, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, London
Counterpractice, Chelsea Triangle, London
Exhibit Here, Menier Gallery, London
Nesta, London
Muses, Monsters & Mannequins, 5th Base Gallery, London
2014 Crepuscular, The Crypt Gallery, Euston Road, London
Outsider Exhibition, Candid Gallery, London
Colourswatch, Espacio Gallery, Bethnal Green, London
Museums At Night, London Canal Museum, London
Hiscox Art, London
ArtFix, Oxford Street, London
Art For Life, Cultivate Gallery, London
2013 Brighton Digital Festival, Brighton Dome, Concert Hall, Brighton
From the Archive, Hide Gallery, London
Wherehouse, Bermondsey Project Space, London
Oh!, Oxford House, London
Degree Show, Central Saint Martins, The Street, London
2012 Museums At Night, The London Canal Museum, London
2011 Subtle, Wayward Gallery, London
Valentines Mansion, Ilford
In The Raw, The Mill Co Project, London
Camden Arts Centre, London
For What its Worth Whitechapel, London
2010 Trinity Buoy Wharf, London
Bare Knuckles, Xuma Gallery, Brighton
Awards:
London International Motion Picture Awards (LIMPA) Best experimental short film, official selection 2019
Independent Talents International Film Festival USA, Juries Special Award nominee 2018
Signature Awards 2011 shortlist
Publications:
2023 Sheepology, Journal of Arts Writing by Students (JAWS), Volume 8 Number 1
2021 Fabrica Gallery, Brighton: Response Magazine Summer 2021
2020 Art Hole Magazine, July 2020
2020 Portfolio #35 A5 Magazine
2019 Pillow Talk: Conversations with Women. SLWArtists and The Women's Art Library. ISBN: 978-0-9929-1-6
2019 Larroque Arts Festival 2019 Catalogue
2018 WomenCinemakers, Berlin, interview Special Edition 2018
Response produced by Fabrica Gallery, Brighton:
2018 Fabrica Gallery, Brighton: Response Magazine 2018
2016 Fabrica Gallery, Brighton: Response Magazine 2016
2014 An Exploration of Colour, Catalogue
2014 Fabrica Gallery, Brighton: Response Magazine 2014
2014 Fabrica Gallery, Brighton: Response Magazine 2014
2015 Fabrica Gallery, Brighton: Response Magazine 2015
2015 DegreeArt.com
2013 Degree Show Catalogue, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London
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