Amanda Whittle
I am an avid collector of the discarded and a sorter of detritus accumulated throughout life, delighting in such found matter which continues to form a rich collection of resource material.
In addition to found objects and collage, accompanying materials have included; wax, glass, water, soil, sand, negatives, transparencies, light, thread, paper, Letraset, coloured pencils and pens. I enjoy the tactility of such materials/objects and place emphasis on possible dialogues/associations that are created by combining these. I approach each piece with the utmost care and respect for the materials origin and journey, investigating what the chosen/found palette has to offer before carefully composing narratives; many of which have been inspired by decades of capturing the fleeting in a slowed-down method of mindful listening, incubating, processing and re-assembling.
Artworks, therefore, may have many possible readings; The images are about everybody and nobody, algorithmic in a sense, perhaps representing actual snippets of conversations and personal memories, but also fantasy’s and imagined dialogues, places unvisited, false realities, slips in time, dreamscapes, projected futures and ephemeral spaces of holding. Cyclic themes of loss, bereavement, illness, survival and regeneration interest me, as well as psychic phenomena, the healing arts, geology, conservation, archaeology and contemporary dance.
Profile
- Extensive experience in Arts Management
- Art Psychotherapist and Reflective Practice Facilitator
- Practicing Visual Artist and trained Paper Conservator
- Health & Care Professions Council registration number: HCPC: AS00696
Qualifications
2005-2006 PgDip Conservation - Distinction - Camberwell College of Arts, University Arts
1998-1999 MTI Certificate in Holistic Massage - Pass - Holos Massage School
1994-1997 PgDip Art Psychotherapy - Pass - Goldsmiths College, University of London
1992-1993 British Sign Language Stage One - Pass - Camden Working Men's College
1990-1992 MA (RCA) Ceramics and Glass - Pass - Royal College of Art
1987-1990 BA (Hons) Multi-Disciplinary Design - 2.1 - North Staffordshire Polytechnic
1986-1987 Foundation Certificate Art & Design – Pass - Sir John Cass School of Art
1983-1986 3 'A' Levels; Art History, Art, Geology - Walthamstow Senior High School
1983-1986 9 'O' Levels; Art, Geology, Literature, Maths, English, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, History - Walthamstow Senior High School
Recent exhibitions
2025 Condition Report - Blackhorse Workshop - Walthamstow London
2024 Double Dose 2 - ArtWorks Project Space - Walthamstow London
2023 Acme Open Studios - Orsman Road - Dalston London
2022 Family & Other Ties - Group Exhibition - UCA Farnham
2019 Summer Open - Wynwood Art District - Walthamstow London
2015 Christmas Bazaar - Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes Gallery - Clapton London
2015 Street Art - Wynwood Art District - Walthamstow London
2015 Summer Open - Wynwood Art District - Walthamstow London
2015 Summer Salon - Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes Gallery - Clapton London
2015 Hundreds and Thousan?ds - Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes - Clapton London
2015 30th Annual Photographic Competition - Lauderdale House - Highgate London 2015 FINISSAGE - Lubomirov-Easton - Deptford London
2015 Attraction - Wynwood Art District - Walthamstow London
2014 Museum of Water - Somerset House - Westminster London
2012 CGP 28th Annual Open, 1st prize - Café Gallery, Southwark Park - Bermondsey London
2012 Inclusions - Stone Gallery - Leytonstone London
2012 Open Studios - E17 Arts Trail - Barbican Arts Group 2 - Walthamstow London
2011 How Far Can We Reach? - Topolski Gallery - South Bank London
2011 At Home with the Ludskis - Rio Cinema - Dalston London
2010 When the Dust Settles - Bunker - Dalston London
2010 Annual Photographic Exhibition - Lauderdale House - Highgate London
2010 Open Studios - E17 Arts Trail - Barbican Arts Group 2 - Walthamstow London
2010 Wide Open - Studio Upstairs - Together Our Space Gallery - Old Street London
2010 Passing Through - Clissold Café, solo show - Hackney London
