Naomi Harwin
I am a visual artist working in sculpture, installation, and mixed media. My immersive installations explore the interconnected relationship between our physical bodies and the environments we navigate. Focused on sensory experience, I delve into how bodily perception fosters resilience amid disorientation. In times of societal and environmental uncertainty, feelings of instability emerge, prompting us to seek connection. Through my art, I investigate how we connect with our bodies, each other, and our surroundings using our available senses. By challenging our understanding of space, movement, and interaction, I aim to reveal how disorientation can lead to new insights.
Recently, I have explored themes of balance, breath, and movement, capturing walks around Manchester. My interactive sculptures create opportunities for shared experiences and connectivity, making playful spaces where audiences can leave their mark.
Naomi Harwin Studio Artist at Paradise Works
Education
EDUCATION
2011 – 2014 First Class BA (Hons) Fine Art – Norwich University of the Arts
SOLO SHOWS
2024 Middle Moments - HOME, Manchester UK
2020 Encounter - Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, UK
2015 ‘O’ - Airspace Gallery, Stoke-On-Trent, UK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS/ COMMISSIONS
2024
Manchester Open 2024 - HOME, Manchester, UK
Municipal - 50 MV, Liverpool, UK
2023
Cura - Smolensky Gallery, Manchester, UK
Breathe Rest Play, In Transit, Online
Bankley Exchanges .1 - Bankley Studio & Gallery, Manchester UK
2021
Northside House - Hospital Rooms, Norwich UK
2019
To be an object is to possess a boundary - 1961 Projects at In Personam, Singapore
2018
Non-Working Hours - 1961 Projects, Singapore
2017
We: You, Me - Firstsite, Colchester UK
SWAP Editions AD HOC & TRADE - Artlicks Weekend - SET, London UK
The Library - McAulay Gallery at Tate Modern, London UK
The Clunker - The Playhouse and Anteros Arts Foundation, Norwich UK
SWAP Editions AD HOC - CASTOR Projects, London UK
2016
in between things - Nunns Yard, Norwich UK
Circuit Unlocks Digital - The Junction, Cambridge UK
2015
Wysing Editions - SUNDAY Art Fair - Ambika P3, University of Westminster, London UK
Shades of Yellow - Embassy Tea Gallery, London UK
2014
In the Window: Parts and Wholes - Airspace Gallery, Stoke-On-Trent UK
Process - STEW Gallery, Norwich UK
RESIDENCIES / EDUCATION PROJECTS
2023 In Transit Training Residency: Making Your Art Accessible
2022 -23 Contact Theatre X BBC Mentoring Programme
2022 Critical Exchange Network
2021 Night school VII – East Bristol Contemporary (Online)
2020 Distant Dialogues
2017 Island Walk - St Ives, Cambridgeshire UK
2016-17 Circuit Cambridge - Kettle’s Yard & Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge UK
2014-15 Graduate Residency - Airspace Gallery, Stoke-On-Trent UK
2012 Wysing Young Artists in Residence - Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge UK
EDITIONS
2017 SWAP Editions - Edition No.1 AD HOC
2015 Ambergris editions - Wysing Studio Artist Kitchen Foil Print Portfolio
SYMPOSIUM CONTRIBUTIONS/ TALKS
2021 Art and Mental Health: Facing the Future Symposium, Norwich University of the Arts and Hospital Rooms (Online)
2020 Fine Art Research Unit, Cambridge School of Art – Guest Lecturer
2019 Strategies, Professional Practice symposium, Norwich University of the Arts – Guest Lecturer
2017 MK College – Guest Lecturer
PRIZES
2024 Castlefield Gallery: Artist Professional Development Award (Manchester Open 2024, HOME)
PRESS
2022 MUKA X Paradise Works: Naomi Harwin Interview
2019 Feature - Minimal Zine Issue 01, Spain, EU
2018 inFloat. Feature and Interview
2017 Axisweb - Artist of the Month: Naomi Harwin