Linda Norris
Haverfordwest
Linda is a mixed media artist. She works in cast, etched and painted glass and has been a painter for 30 years.
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Having graduated from The University College of Wales in Aberystwyth with a BA (Hons) in Visual Art, for the past 23 years I have painted the landscape of Wales. To develop my work, explore the nature of observation and explore what I might learn from the rigour of scientific enquiry, in 2014, with support from The Arts Council of Wales, I undertook a residency at Skokholm Island Bird Observatory.
In the last 9 years I have been working with glass and have made a number of conceptual pieces in response to historical and poetic stimulus as well as to landscape elements. In 2012 I won the international Warm Glass Prize (Bullseye Category) for my piece, 'Her House is Air'. In 2013 I won the Adrian Henri Poetry in Art Prize. My work, Profile, is currently on show at The British Glass Niennake in Stourbridge.
With Rachel Phillips I have recently formed the creative partnership, Studio Melyn. Together we undertake architectural glass commissions. Our commissions include three stained glass windows for Conwy Castle and Skokholm Island. We Have renetly completed windows for the Chapel Royal, Beaumaris Castle.
Alongside developing my own practice I have extensive experience of working as a community artist facilitating arts activity with a wide range of people defined as having special needs across Wales and in London and the South East. I am currently working with young people living with autism in Pembrokeshire.
Linda Norris
Llwynon • Maenclochog • Clynderwen • Pembrokeshire SA66 7LB • Tel: 01437 532580
e-mail: linda@linda-norris.com • www.linda-norris.com
date of birth
22/6/1960 Chichester, Sussex
education
1978–1982 BA (Hons) Fine Art University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
selected solo exhibitions
2016 ob•serve – colours of an island • The Tower, Oriel y Parc, St Davids
1998–2019 Oriel Linda Norris Gallery, Pembrokeshire
1997–2004 The New Academy Gallery, London
2003 Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth
2000 Wexford Art Centre, Ireland
selected group exhibitions
2019 Glasrijk Tubbergen, Glass Festival, The Netherlands
2019 Inspired, London Glassblowing Gallery
2019 Never Done, Oriel Linda Norris Gallery (curator)
2018 Winter, Contemporary Glass Society, Pyramid Gallery, York
2017 British Glass Biennale
2016 Message In A Bottle, Swansea Waterfront Art Centre
2015 The Lie of The Land, North Lands Creative Glass, Caithness
2015 British Glass Biennale, Stourbridge
2015 ‘Essence’, London Glassblowing Gallery
2014 ‘From Here and There’, Elysium Gallery, Swansea & USA
2014 ‘Harmony’, Dylan Thomas International Glass Exhibition (touring)
2013 Poetry in Art, Twenty Twenty Gallery, Much Wenlock (first prize)
public commissions (glass)
2019 Blewbury Church, Oxfordshire (with Rachel Phillips)
2018 Skokholm Island Bird Observatory
2017 Stained Glass Windows for Beaumaris Castle (with Rachel Phillips)
2016 Gruel – CASW Gift Award for Narberth Museum
2014 Glass panels Family Housing Assoc., Crymych (with R. Phillips)
2013 Skokholm Island Bird Observatory (with Rachel Phillips)
2012 Stained Glass Windows for Conwy Castle (with Rachel Phillips).
selected artist in residence
2016 (ongoing)Coleg Plas Dwbl, art work with neurodivergent adults (ongoing)
2016 Age Cymru – cyanotype workshops for people with dementia
2015–2016 Hiraeth Hope – art workshops with refugees and asylum seekers
2015 Skokholm Island Bird Observatory
2012–2016 Glass Artist in Schools (bilingual), Pembrokeshire
2015 Narberth CP School
2014 Ysgol Ger y Llan, Letterston
2013 Visiting Artist, School of Architectural Glass, Swansea University
conference papers
2013 ‘Gariswn o Flodau –Conwy Castle ’, American Glass Guild, USA
selected prizes
2013 Winner of the Adrian Henri Poetry in Art Prize
2012 Winner of The Glass Prize (Bullseye Category)
selected bursaries
2019 Wales Arts International Travel Bursary
2019 Arts Council of Wales Training Bursary
2019 A-N Magazine Artists Information Company CPD award
2015–16 Arts Council of Wales Project Grant (‘ob•serve’ residency)
2013 Wales Arts International Travel Bursary (USA)
2013 Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass CPD Award
2013 Eaton Fund Bursary
2013/2016 Welsh Arts Council Training Bursary (Glass)
2011 Welsh Arts Council Research and Development Grant
links
http://www.linda-norris.com/beaumaris-castle/
http://www.linda-norris.com/commissions/conwy-castle/
http://www.linda-norris.com/product-category/glass/
http://www.linda-norris.com/glass-blowing/
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