Approved: 16.08.2006

Angela Chalmers

Artist, Community worker, Writer

Approved: 16.08.2006

Angela Chalmers uses the process of alternative photography and painting to convey themes connected to memory, gender and identity. She studied Fine Art at the University of Hull (BA Hons) First Class. Her cyanotypes were published in Cyanotype Toning: Using Botanicals to Tone Blueprints Naturally (2021) as part of the Routledge series on Contemporary Practices in Alternative Process Photography.
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    Artist Statement

    Angela Chalmers uses the process of alternative photography and painting to convey themes connected to memory, gender and identity. She studied Fine Art at the University of Hull (BA Hons) First Class. Her cyanotypes were published in Cyanotype Toning: Using Botanicals to Tone Blueprints Naturally (2021) as part of the Routledge series on Contemporary Practices in Alternative Process Photography.
    Angela has contributed articles for Amateur Photographer and On Landscape. Her work has been exhibited internationally and included in private collections worldwide. She is the artist-in-residence at St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough.

    CV & Education

    QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

    2005  First Class Honours degree BA Fine Art, University of Hull

    2001  Art & Design Foundation Studies, Greenwich Community College, London 

     

    SOLO EXHIBITIONS

    2019 Spiritual Gardening, St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough

    2017  Adam & Eve, St Martin-on-the-Hill Church, Scarborough

    2016  Floral Poetry, St Martin-on-the-Hill Church, Scarborough

    2015  Something About Mary, St Martin-on-the-Hill Church, Scarborough

    2007  Fragile Nature, Back o' the Shop Gallery, York

    2006  Surface Tension, Grosmont Gallery, Grosmont, North Yorkshire

     

    GROUP EXHIBITIONS

    2023 Botanical Blueprints, Studio Eleven Gallery, Hull

    2023  Mary, Mary, St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough

    2023  Squaring The Circles, curated by Zelda Cheatle, Scarborough Art Gallery

    2023  L’art pour la paix en Europe, Pornic, France

    2019 LIFE, La Chapelle de l’Hôpital à Pornic, France

    2018  Out of Body, Whitestone Gallery, York

    2018 TERRITOIRE-S, The Gallery at Woodend, Scarborough / Pornic, France

    2017 Show me Your Craft, Naas Konsthantverk, Sweden

    2017 Artists' Alphabet, Palace Arts Gallery, Redcar

    2016  Title: Interpretations of Julia Margaret Cameron, The Collection, Lincoln,

    2015  MONO, The Gallery at Woodend, Scarborough 

    2015  Gender Agenda, Palace Arts Gallery, North East

    2015  Alternative Photographies, Palace Arts Gallery, North East

    2014  Luminous, Rural Arts, North Yorkshire

    2014  Portraiture, Palace Hub Gallery, North East

    2014  Urban Life, Guerilla Galleries, London

    2014  Photogram Open, Silverprint Gallery, London

    2013  Alternative Photographies, Palace Arts Gallery, Redcar, North East

    2013  Figure it Out, Studio Eleven, Hull 

    2013  100% NUDE, Guerilla Galleries, London

    2013  Art & Protest, Guerilla Galleries, London

    2013  Push // Pull, Kirkleatham Museum, North East

    2013  Random Acts of Artistry 2, The Daniel Libeskind Space, London

    2012  Bodies, Cultivate, Vyner Street, London

    2012  North East Artists, The South Street Gallery, Scarborough

    2012  Print 2, Duckett and Jeffreys, Malton

    2011  Bodyworks, The Barefoot Gallery, Boston Spa, Leeds

    2011  Gifted, Studio Eleven Gallery, Hull

    2009  Cluster Approving Association, turn-berlin Gallery, Berlin

    2009  MINI ART SHOW, The South Street Gallery, Scarborough

    2008  Exit Velocity, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull

    2008  LINKED, Pocklington Arts Centre, York

    2007  Artists Show 2007, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds

    2007  Indwelling: Living in a Female Body, Cooper Union, New York, USA

    2007  Woman is not a Sex Symbol, Blandscliff Gallery, Scarborough, North Yorkshire

    2006  Body, Alex May Gallery, Bridlington, East Yorkshire

    2005  New Journeys, Grosmont Gallery, Grosmont, North Yorkshire

     

    COMPETITIONS, PRIZES & AWARDS

    2006 - Celeste Art Prize (Shortlisted), Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London

     

    OTHER

    2015 - North Yorkshire Open Studios, Woodend Creative Workspace, Scarborough

    2014 - North Yorkshire Open Studios, Woodend Creative Workspace, Scarborough

    2013 - North Yorkshire Open Studios, Woodend Creative Workspace, Scarborough

    2012 - Saltburn Arts Fair, Saltburn Arts Fair, Saltburn-by-the-Sea

    2011 - North Yorkshire Open Studios, The South Street Gallery, Scarborough

    2009 - North Yorkshire Open Studios, The South Street Gallery, Scarborough

    2008 - Secret Art Sale, in support of 'Shelter', Levitt Bernstein at Shelter's HQ, London

    2007 - NewcastleGateshead Art Fair 2007, Gateshead Quays, Tyne and Wear

    2006 - York Freedom Auction, Bishopthorpe Palace, York

     

    PUBLICATIONS

    Who's Who in Art: 36th edition: Morven Press