Angela Chalmers
Scarborough
Angela explores themes of memory, gender and identity with reference to historical social structures of women.
Angela Chalmers uses the process of alternative photography and painting to convey themes connected to memory, gender and identity. She studied Fine Art at the University of Hull (BA Hons) First Class. Her cyanotypes were published in Cyanotype Toning: Using Botanicals to Tone Blueprints Naturally (2021) as part of the Routledge series on Contemporary Practices in Alternative Process Photography.
Angela has contributed articles for Amateur Photographer and On Landscape. Her work has been exhibited internationally and included in private collections worldwide. She is the artist-in-residence at St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough.
QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
2005 First Class Honours degree BA Fine Art, University of Hull
2001 Art & Design Foundation Studies, Greenwich Community College, London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Spiritual Gardening, St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough
2017 Adam & Eve, St Martin-on-the-Hill Church, Scarborough
2016 Floral Poetry, St Martin-on-the-Hill Church, Scarborough
2015 Something About Mary, St Martin-on-the-Hill Church, Scarborough
2007 Fragile Nature, Back o' the Shop Gallery, York
2006 Surface Tension, Grosmont Gallery, Grosmont, North Yorkshire
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Botanical Blueprints, Studio Eleven Gallery, Hull
2023 Mary, Mary, St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough
2023 Squaring The Circles, curated by Zelda Cheatle, Scarborough Art Gallery
2023 L’art pour la paix en Europe, Pornic, France
2019 LIFE, La Chapelle de l’Hôpital à Pornic, France
2018 Out of Body, Whitestone Gallery, York
2018 TERRITOIRE-S, The Gallery at Woodend, Scarborough / Pornic, France
2017 Show me Your Craft, Naas Konsthantverk, Sweden
2017 Artists' Alphabet, Palace Arts Gallery, Redcar
2016 Title: Interpretations of Julia Margaret Cameron, The Collection, Lincoln,
2015 MONO, The Gallery at Woodend, Scarborough
2015 Gender Agenda, Palace Arts Gallery, North East
2015 Alternative Photographies, Palace Arts Gallery, North East
2014 Luminous, Rural Arts, North Yorkshire
2014 Portraiture, Palace Hub Gallery, North East
2014 Urban Life, Guerilla Galleries, London
2014 Photogram Open, Silverprint Gallery, London
2013 Alternative Photographies, Palace Arts Gallery, Redcar, North East
2013 Figure it Out, Studio Eleven, Hull
2013 100% NUDE, Guerilla Galleries, London
2013 Art & Protest, Guerilla Galleries, London
2013 Push // Pull, Kirkleatham Museum, North East
2013 Random Acts of Artistry 2, The Daniel Libeskind Space, London
2012 Bodies, Cultivate, Vyner Street, London
2012 North East Artists, The South Street Gallery, Scarborough
2012 Print 2, Duckett and Jeffreys, Malton
2011 Bodyworks, The Barefoot Gallery, Boston Spa, Leeds
2011 Gifted, Studio Eleven Gallery, Hull
2009 Cluster Approving Association, turn-berlin Gallery, Berlin
2009 MINI ART SHOW, The South Street Gallery, Scarborough
2008 Exit Velocity, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull
2008 LINKED, Pocklington Arts Centre, York
2007 Artists Show 2007, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds
2007 Indwelling: Living in a Female Body, Cooper Union, New York, USA
2007 Woman is not a Sex Symbol, Blandscliff Gallery, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
2006 Body, Alex May Gallery, Bridlington, East Yorkshire
2005 New Journeys, Grosmont Gallery, Grosmont, North Yorkshire
COMPETITIONS, PRIZES & AWARDS
2006 - Celeste Art Prize (Shortlisted), Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London
OTHER
2015 - North Yorkshire Open Studios, Woodend Creative Workspace, Scarborough
2014 - North Yorkshire Open Studios, Woodend Creative Workspace, Scarborough
2013 - North Yorkshire Open Studios, Woodend Creative Workspace, Scarborough
2012 - Saltburn Arts Fair, Saltburn Arts Fair, Saltburn-by-the-Sea
2011 - North Yorkshire Open Studios, The South Street Gallery, Scarborough
2009 - North Yorkshire Open Studios, The South Street Gallery, Scarborough
2008 - Secret Art Sale, in support of 'Shelter', Levitt Bernstein at Shelter's HQ, London
2007 - NewcastleGateshead Art Fair 2007, Gateshead Quays, Tyne and Wear
2006 - York Freedom Auction, Bishopthorpe Palace, York
PUBLICATIONS
Who's Who in Art: 36th edition: Morven Press
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