Artist: LINDSEY MARSHALL
Country: UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
Title: Night Light II, NOMINATION FOR THE AWARDS
Size: 58 x 50 cm
Technique: woven tapestry, material: linen (50%); cotton, wool (40%); viscose (10%)
Year: 2020
Biography: Studied at Liverpool College of Art, followed by a PhD at Lancaster University. Examples of exhibitions: Heallreaf Exhibition, UK (2015, 2017, 2021, 2022); XXIV Salón Minitextiles, Centro Argentino Arte textile – awarded mention, (2021); “Artapestry6”, Denmark, Sweden, Finland (2021-2022); Australian Tapestry Kate Derum Award – shortlist (2011, 2013, 2015, 2021); International Fiber Art Biennial in Beijing, China (2014, 2016, 2018, 2020/21); 29th Edition of “Miniartextil”, Italy and France (2019-2020); Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, UK (2018 – highly commended, 2019, 2020, 2021; “The Baldishol: A Medieval Tapestry Inspires Contemporary Textiles”, USA – awarded first place (2020); International Textile Art Biennial “Scythia”, Ukraine (2016, 2020); Triennial of mini-textiles, Russia (2018 – awarded first place 3D work, 2020); Letter Arts Review Annual Juried Issue (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021); Small Tapestry International, USA (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021); International Biennial of Miniature Art, Timisora (2018, 2020); The 6th Triennial of Tapestry, Atelje 61, Serbia (2017); “Scythia” International Biennial Mini Textile Art, Ukraine (2011, 2017, 2019); “World of Threads”, Canada (2016); American Tapestry Biennial (2014, 2016); “Word as Image” – individual exhibition, Riversley Museum & Gallery, UK (2016); “Small Expressions”, Handweavers Guild of America, USA (2015).
Motto: Typographic shapes, calligraphic and hand drawn gestural marks are underpinning, fundamental elements in most of my work, but they are not necessarily intended to be legible or obvious.