Artist working across sculpture, film, interactive and site-specific installation and community arts
Based in Glasgow, UK b. 12th November 1994. Oxford, UK.
nancydewhurst.com nancydewhurst@hotmail.co.uk +44 (0) 7925862831
Education:
2015/2018 – First Class BA (Hons) Sculpture and Environmental Art / Glasgow School of Art
2016/17 Aug / December – Exchange: Land Arts of the American West at UNM, Albuquerque NM
2013/14 – Foundation Diploma in Art and Design at Abingdon and Witney College
Awards:
OVADA Professional Development Award 2019
RSA New Contemporaries 2018: Selected Artist
Society of Scottish Artists: New Graduate Award 2018
Steven Campbell Hunt Medal for poetic creativity 2018
Residencies:
2019 July – Warjakka Artist Residency, Varjakka, Finland
2018 November – De Liceiras 18, Porto, Portugal
2017 September – OFFCITY AiR: Back to the Mills, Pardubice, Czech Republic
2016 June – FAR (Floating Art Residency), Loch Shiel, Scotland
Organised by Nancy Dewhurst. A travelling residency by canoe.
2015 July – The Organic Art Ranch, Transylvania, Romania
2014 June – KSDIY, Cumbria, UK
Selected exhibitions and talks:
2019 Kalen Mutaja, The Konttori, Varjakansaari, Finland
Seven Counties Open, OVADA, Oxford
New Contemporaries Promenade: artist talk, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
RSA: New Contemporaries, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
SSA Sunday Social: artist talk, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
SSA member’s show, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2018 Burn to Shine, November 2018, De Liceiras 18, Porto, Portugal
Glasgow School of Art Degree Show, Tontine Building, Glasgow
Everyone some of the time, Platform in Easterhouse, Glasgow
2017 Triathlon; Part 1. Swim, Barnes Building, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
Spin Factory, The Art School, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
Manual Mills, The Automatic Mills, Pardubice, Czech Republic
Pub(l)ic, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow
Up a Hill, Down a Hill, Lang Craigs, Dumbarton
Great Wall of Oakland, Oakland, CA
Video projections onto the Great Wall of Oakland, whilst vertical dancers ‘Bandaloop’ perform
2016 Land Arts Exhibition, John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque NM
Tributaries, SFAI, Santa Fe NM A participatory event exploring water as a living entity
ReVIEW: Projections from the LAAW archive, Santa Fe, NM
140, Pecha Kucha talks, November 2016, SFAI, Santa Fe NM
25% Extra, July 2016, The Lauristoun Arches, Glasgow
Memberships:
Society of Scottish Artists New Graduate Award membership 2018
Glasgow Sculpture Studios
Publications:
Emergency Index: An Annual Document of Performance Practice, Vol 6
Everyone Some of the Time
Press:
The Scotsman Art review SSA member’s show:
The Scotsman Art review RSA New Contemporaries 2019:
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