Approved: 16.08.2006

Louise Sheridan

Artist

Approved: 16.08.2006

'Louise Sheridan talks of fragments of a visual diary but these are fragments which have simmered and matured and found their place in a kaleidoscope of memories. These are paintings rich in their colour and darknesses, and resonant with the accumulations of time.'  Michael Harrison, Director, Kettle's Yard, 1992-2011

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    Artist Statement

    'Louise Sheridan talks of fragments of a visual diary but these are fragments which have simmered and matured and found their place in a kaleidoscope of memories. These are paintings rich in their colour and darknesses, and resonant with the accumulations of time.'  Michael Harrison, Director, Kettle's Yard, 1992-2011

    My work explores an interest in travel, memory and transience. In some pieces personal stories mix with imaginary landscapes. Organic forms transform and evolve. Extreme weather conditions, floods and the chaos that results are explored.

    A series of works about water and the Thames is on going. I have lived by the river in London for much of my life and find it visually fascinating; the powerful flow of water, the rise and fall of the tides, the depth and strength of the currents and the changing light, colour and atmosphere. The foreshore reveals the river's half hidden objects and structures that display layers of history. 

    The environment, images and colours I experienced on a five month trip to India and Nepal had a profound effect on my work. I continue to use the Nepalese textured and translucent hand made paper that I first discovered in the Himalayas. Paintings were completed after travels to South East Asia, China, Iceland, Cuba and Costa Rica. My grandfather was Japanese and that influence can seen in some paintings.

    Acrylic, ink, oil pastel and pencil are used on paper during my process of working, giving the work a layered quality. In earlier pieces, drawings and paintings were often cut up, reassembled and collaged together. Drawing is an important part of my thought process. 

    I completed a B.A. Hons. in Fine Art, Painting at Kingston Polytechnic and a Post-Graduate Course in Painting in Cyprus, assembling drawings and painted textiles within installations. Later I lived in Barcelona for a year gaining an M.A. in European Fine Art, Painting, at the Winchester School of Art, where I had time both to explore the city and to explore and experiment with different techniques. It was during this time that the wax reliefs and mixed media pieces began to emerge. 

    I regularly exhibit and have completed commissions in the UK and India. I run art workshops for special needs groups, currently in a secure forensic mental health hospital.

    Louise Sheridan

    Please view my website and Instagram profile to see available work.

    CV & Education

    EXHIBITION CV Selected

    Education

    1991-92 M.A. European Fine Art, Painting, Winchester School of Art,Barcelona

    1979      Cyprus College of Art, Postgraduate Course

    1973-77 Kingston Polytechnic, B.A. Hons Fine Art Painting

    Selected Exhibitions

    2019

    Outpost 2, Bermondsey Artists' Group, Shortwave, London

    London Bridge Hotel: London Festival of Architecture

    RE: Bermondsey Artists' Group, Lake Gallery, Southwark Park Galleries

    2018

    Shortwave, London

    Outpost, Bermondsey Artists' Group, Shortwave, London

    2017  

    Annual Open, CGP London   

    Tricks of the Light, Riverside Gallery, Richmond

    Shortwave, London

    2016      

    Annual Open, CGP London

    2015      

    Pool, CGP London

    2013      

    Paper Bag, CGP London

    2011    

    Fragments, Ripley Arts Centre, Bromley

    Concretum, Dilston Grove, London

    2010      

    Something for the Weekend, The Biscuit Factory, London

    Indigo Arts, Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville

    2009      

    Rummage, CGP London  

    2007      

    Siobhan Davies Dance Studios London with Michele Fuirer

    MEME, A05, London

    A Higher Vision, SW1 Gallery, London

    2006      

    Janus, CGP London

    2005       

    Paintings in Hospitals, Menier Gallery, London

    2004       

    Cafe Gallery Projects, A Slither and A Slice, 20th Anniversary Show

    2003      

    Paintings in Hospitals Artbridge 2, Sheridan Russell Gallery, London

    2002-15 

    Annual Open, CGP London

    2001      

    The Mystical Landscape, Talisman Fine Art, The Institute of Child Health, London

    Sutton House, London

    2000      

    Thornton Bevan Fine Art, London with Jilly Szabo

    Medway Maritime Hospital

    Ark 2000, Dilston Grove, London

    Artplace, Arundel Festival   

    Bankside Browser, An Archive - part of a series of temporary art projects around the future Tate Modern

    Many exhibitions pre 2000

    Collections

    Sheffield City Art Galleries

    Lady Lodge Arts Centre, Peterborough

    The Leicestershire Collection for Schools and Colleges

    Camden Picture Loan Scheme

    TVi Ltd

    Electra Management Services

    Sedgwick Group Properties Ltd

    St Marys College of Education

    Alnwick CE Aided First School Gallery

    Banque Paribas

    Whinney MacKay-Lewis Partnership

    The Towner Art Gallery Collection, Eastbourne

    Serco Ltd

    Paintings in Hospitals

    Private collections in Britain and India

    Commissions

    2003      Paintings in Hospitals

    1999/00 The Adamson Centre for Mental Health, St. Thomas' Hospital, London

    1996      Royal Caribbean Cruise Line

    1986      Maudsley Hospital, London

    Grants

    1996      Jacob Mendelson Scholarship Award

    1993      London Arts Board

    1988      E. and W. Arts

    1986      Exhibition grants from GLA and E Arts

    1985      Southwark/GLA Artists Grant

    1984      Exhibition grant from NW and E Arts

    Publications

    Interviews with the Artists, CV Publications 1993

    Women Artists Diary

    Artists and Illustrators Magazine

    Kunstbrucke catalogue, Berlin/London 1998

    Paintings in Hospitals, Artbridge 2  2003