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kgallery are proud to present new works by new graduate Sarah Duddy Exhibition opening on 12th February 2008.
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Sarah Duddy
Sarah is a recent graduate from the Fine Art Faculty at the Universtiy of Ulster, Belfast. As a young artist starting out it isn't always easy however for Sarah, at the moment, this isn't the case. Constantly producing is most definitely on the cards for Sarah and her work is going from strength to strength.
With a recent painting shown this year at the RUA (Royal Ulster Academy), she is an artist that shouldn't be overlooked. View some of her work online now, and look out for her up and coming show with us in the new year.
The Ascension Series
Inspiration for my paintings comes from my urban surroundings and how my surroundings were shaped. I am drawn to isolated derelict areas that harbour a memory or resonance of what once was, eroded shells of buildings, deconstructed landscapes due to conflict, war-torn cities, burnt out shells of houses or demolished streets that have been forgotten. My work has many subtle emotional undertones which break through in areas and cause a quiet reflection in the work. I use symbolic elements to represent positive and negative in my painting. I wanted to combine the conflict between dark and light, positive and negative opposing each other.
I feel there is honesty and atmospheric quality in my paintings with a strong emotional content. Whilst creating this work a ladder kept appearing throughout my images. I investigated this matter more and came across the Jacobs ladder. In the book of Genesis Jacob had a dream in which he seen a ladder extended to the gates of heaven. For hermetic philosophers, the ladder became an important symbolic motif. It was often used to convey the interlocking world of god, the soul and man. In some hermetic texts, the ladder was depicted as a series of chains, each representing a different ‘sphere’ of consciousness. I felt the title Jacobs Ladder was fitting for the paintings as the contrast of fragility and strength, dark and light, good and evil are explored within the paintings, this is not to dominate either sides to the viewer, but lead them to their own conclusions to where they stand.
Cirriculum Vitae
DATE OF BIRTH
8/9/82
EDUCATION
Ba Hons Fine and Applied Art
Ba Textile Design
HND Fashion and Stitched Textiles
GNVQ Advanced Art and Design
University of Ulster, York Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Heriot-Watt University, Scottish Borders Campus, Edinburgh, Scotland
Telford College, Crewe Toll, Edinburgh, Scotland
N.W.I.F.H.E., L’Derry, N. Ireland
QUALIFICATIONS/AWARDS/COLLECTIONS
First Class Ba Hons Fine and Applied Art
HND Fashion and Stitched Textiles
BTEC GNVQ Advanced Art and Design – Distinction
AWARDS
Belfast Print Workshop Annual Student Award 2007
Yard Gallery Prize 2007
COLLECTIONS
Kgallery arts collection
KPMG arts collection
EXHIBITIONS/WORK EXPERIENCE
Future Shows - Array Studios group show
Kgallery at La Boca, Belfast, solo exhibition(Feb 08)
Safehouse gallery, Belfast
The Yard Gallery, Hollywood, Belfast
The battletown gallery, Newtownards
Rua Annual Exhibition, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
Group Charity Exhibition, Comber, Belfast
Group Exhibition,The Cristoph Galley, Letterkenny
University of Ulster, York Street, Final Year Show
Solo exhibition in The Pavillion Ormeau Road, Belfast
Solo exhibition in The Gallery , Omagh, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland
Exhibited in group show in The Cockburn Gallery, Maybole, Girvan, Aryshire, Scotland
Exhibited textiles pieces in the Telford College Final Year Show , Newington, Edinburgh
Exhibited textile pieces in Foyle Arts Centre , L’Derry
Work Experience in Mc Cormick Architectural Design, Newtownstewart, Co.Tyrone, N. Ireland
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Array Studios Member
Belfast Print Workshop member
Safehouse gallery arts collective
The Knights of the Round Table, Arts collective based in Belfast.
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
The Art Club, Donegal Pass, Belfast, Co.Antrim
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