About The Artist
Georgina Vinsun
|
|
||||||
Biography
I studied painting at Loughborough University and graduated in 2005. Since then I've been trying to get on my feet professionally and have been working hard at exhibiting and creating new work. Prior to University I did an Art Foundation course, art A-level and GCSE... Prior to that I made Jackson Pollock-esque paintings on old boards and filled sketchbooks with horrible pictures! I loved paint by numbers when I was little too! How very creative of me.......
My Dad's arty so I always had encouragement although I'm sure both my parents weren't so sure about me pursuing it as a career!
Statement
I have always felt inspired by the vastness of the sky and the ever-changing cloud formations found there so this is always the starting point for my paintings although they inevitably incorporate many other ideas and themes.
I do not seek to re-create what I see or photograph faithfully, more to re-create a feeling experienced, a sense of space or simply the joy at viewing something breathtaking and beautiful.
The works evolve up until their completion in much the same way as the sky is always changing its colour and shape. During this process I usually make impulsive colour choices that are often completely unrelated to the painting's starting point and selected purely because I find them aesthetically pleasing. My paintings also contain many spontaneous, expressive gestures and scribbles although these are often layered over, leaving only the sections that work well for me, in terms of the composition of the final piece.
Georgina Vinsun
June 2008
Artist History
Solo Exhibitions
Sept - Oct 2009 As Yet, Untitled. The Courtyard Centre for the Arts, Hereford
Sept 2008 Altostratus. Burslem School of Art, Stoke-on-Trent
Nov 2004 Lulu - Rushes. Old Foyer, LUSAD, Loughborough
Selected Group Exhibitions
May 2008 On Your Wall Too. Leeds Met Gallery, Leeds
May 2008 Staffordshire Open Art. Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford
May 2008 Re:, The Gallery, University of Northampton
April 2008 New Talent. Artshed Gallery, New Milton, Hampshire
April 2008 UAMO Art Festival. Kunstarkaden, Munich, Germany
April 2008 Abstract EXPOsure. Online juried exhibition
March 2008 Hidden Art Exhibition & Sale. VIEw from the Top Gallery, Nottingham
March 2008 From Book to Book. Leeds Art Gallery
Feb 2008 Restful Alertness - Abstract Art Today. Rhonda Schaller Studios, Project Room 2, New York
Nov 2007 Five Toasters High. The Adelphi, Leeds
Oct 2007 MASTERWORKS in the Vineyard. Eltham, Australia
Oct 2007 LautieriMoores Open. The Gallery in Cork Street, London
Sept 2007 Standing Room Only. All Saints Old Hall, Altrincham
Sept 2007 Miniworks. The Courtyard Centre for the Arts, Hereford
Aug 2007 FRESH Art and Design. VIEw from the Top Gallery, Nottingham
June 2007 Life's a Beach. ArtSite Gallery, Swindon
June 2007 Last Orders. Nexus, Manchester
Jan 2007 Sitting Room. Alsager Art Gallery, Manchester
Dec 2006 Christmas Exhibition. Friar Lane Gallery, Nottingham
Sept 2006 Tri Summer Fest. Pepperton UK, London
July 2006 Summer Show. Obsidian Art Gallery, Stoke Mandeville
July 2006 What is Domestic? One.c Gallery, Devon
Signed up on 03/16/2007
Category: Painting