JMCAnderson
JMCAnderson is an Artist, Community Curator and Facilitator underpinned by her socially engaged practice; to share experiences and to co-work with communities to investigate identity, place and belonging. Anderson uses text, audio, paint and performance within her artwork to convey narratives and stories, with recent work reflecting on the duality of her own mixed heritage. Language is used both visually and linguistically to explore both contemporary societal issues and celebrations. She is interested in collective thinking, where people from the past and present become the medium or material of the work to raise awareness, educate and encourage conversations.
Anderson has been an Associate Curator for 'We: You, Me' exhibition (2017) and Programme Assistant (2019-2020) at Firstsite, Creative Associate for ‘Every Step Is A Different Height’ directed by Artists Lone Twin (2021 - 2022), Exhibition Curator for town-wide climate exhibition ‘Manifesto’ with Collusion (2022) and is currently the Coordinator for youth led charity Young Norfolk Arts Trust. She has facilitated an array of activities with co-creation at the forefront and has had projects commissioned such as ‘I Am…’ as part of Norfolk & Norwich Festival (2021), ‘In transit, our memory fragments’ at Chelsea Space, London (2022), ‘Culture Connects’ at PRIMEYARC, Great Yarmouth (2022) and is currently an IN-SITU emerging Artist nominee (2023).
Solo Exhibitions
2023 - Crazy Coco at 303 Projects, Lowestoft. Curated by Alexander Costello.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 - MK Calling, Milton Keynes Gallery
2022 - In Transit Our Memory Fragments, Chelspace, London
2019 - FLUX, National Army Museum, London
2018 - Altered State, Sudbury
2017 - Echoes Beyond The Sea, Norwich Art Center, Norwich
2017 - Light And Space, UNA Gallery at St Marys Works, Norwich
2015 - Open Exhibition, Firstsite, Colchester
Commissions
2021 - I Am…, Artist, Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Norwich
2021 - Norfolk Young Creatives - Listen To Us!, Co-Producer, Festival Bridge
2019 - Constellations, FIRST LIGHT FESTIVAL, Lowestoft
Residencies
2018 - Cyprus College of Art, Paphos, Cyprus
2017 - Constellations,The Barber Shop hosted by Dyad Creative, Norwich
2016 - St Marys Shoe Factory, Hosted by Norwich University Of The Arts and The Sainsbury Centre, Norwich
Selected Appointments and Workshops
2023 - The Islands Film Screening, Q&A Host, Autumn Festival of Norfolk
2023 - Snap and Beyond, Curator at Bridewell Museum, Co-curating historical intersection of puppetry and Norwich with young people, Norwich Puppet Theatre
2023 - FLOCK Creative Careers Panel, Speaker, Flock Networking Event for those aged 18-25, Creative Arts East
2023 - Right Here Right Now, Speaker, Art in the cost of living crisis, OUTPOST Gallery, Norwich
2023 - Visiting Lecturer, BA Fine Art, Norwich University of the Arts, Norwich
2022 - Global Majority Enquiry, Facilitator and Advisory Member Norwich Theatre
2022 - Visiting Lecturer, BA Fine Art, Norwich University of the Arts, Norwich
2022 - Common Ground Symposium, Facilitator, supporting Symposium Programming Group (young people age 16-25), Norfolk & Norwich Festival
2022 - MANIFESTO, Curator, town-wide exhibition in Kings Lynn, Collusion
2022 - I Am…, Artist/Facilitator, Norwich Theatre
2022 - I Am…, Artist/Facilitator, Engage Works, Young Norfolk Arts Trust
2022 - Women Walking Wild at PRIMEYARC, Cuator, Working with vulnerable women from Feather Futures, Under Open Sky, Great Yarmouth
2022 - Common Ground MasterClass: Collaborative Project Planning, Flock Networking Event for those aged 18-25 online, Creative Arts East
2021 - I Am…, Artist, Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Norwich
2021 - Every Step Is A Different Height, Creative Associate for Artists LoneTwin, Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Norwich
2021 - What does celebration mean to you?, 5 Week SET Saxmundham School (13-14yr) Project, The Art Station, Saxmundham
2021 - Curating: Figurine It Out, Young Norfolk Arts Festival, Students from Ormiston Victory Academy, Norwich
2020 - This is who I am, Saturday Art Club, Time and Tide Museum, Great Yarmouth
2018 - Unravelled: Exploring Norfolk’s Rural Black history, Across libraries in Great Yarmouth, North Walsham, Poringland, Dereham and Thetford, Young Norfolk Arts Trust
Selected Curatorial
2024 - Norman Kaplan: All Shall be Afforded Dignity, touring exhibition, curator for University of East Anglia Enterprise Building version. In partnership with The Anti-Aparthied Legacy Centre for Memomry and Learning
2022 - Culture Connects, PRIMEYARC, Partners; Original Projects and Norfolk Black History Month, Great Yarmouth
2019 - WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?, Firstsite, Colchester
2018 - In this moment, online exhibition for Is This It?
2017 - Narrative whispers, Part of 'We: Me, You' exhibition, Firstsite, Colchester
Grants, Awards and Nominations
2023 - Emerging Artist for INSITU's (Un)Common Spaces project, co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, Nominated by Norfolk & Norwich Festival
2023 - ART/TECH/PLAY, Locative Media Mentoring Programme, Participant, Collusion, Kings Lynn/Cambridge
2022 - Special Recognition Award, Norfolk Arts Award
2021 - Shortlisted Best Individual, Norfolk Arts Award
Education
2016 - 17. MA in Curation, Norwich University Of The Arts
2013 - 16. BA Honours in Fine Art, Norwich University Of The Arts