Victoria Malcolm
Carmarthen
My work is about imagery, borrowed and reworked. I relish the inevitable quotations from painting in history, classical, modern and contemporary, both in subject and painterliness.
I am interested in how images can speak, in the the subtleties of visual language in translation from one medium to another. I work figuratively as a route to narrative painting based on existing images, personal, archive and found imagery.
I assemble collections of images which offer connections both familiar and unfamiliar , in order to spark associations of experience within the lives of others. In this way I seek connections. I consider myself a socially engaged visual artist.
I have set aside my art practice of late, in order to reconsider what is most important to me in life...family, the environment, locally and globally, and how best I can apply creative thinking. Exhibiting, selling and making for the public are of less interest to me at the moment. I know I am still a visual artist fundamentally and that will manifest itself in multiple ways.
My formative years were spent living in North and South Africa and London before settling in West Wales as an adult, so I am a seasoned 'outsider', accustomed to adapting to new cultures and spoken languages.
An early training in traditional fine art painting underpins all my figurative work, with a more recent graduation in contemporary practice and theory for a 1st class BA (Hons) in Fine Art painting at the West Wales College of the Arts.
Qualifications and training 2009 - 1st class BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting , West Wales School of the Arts, Coleg Sir Gar, Carmarthen. 2006 - Introduction to Teaching, Unit ET01, Coleg Sir Gar, Carmarthen. 1977 - Certificate Fine Art Painting, Hammersmith College of Art, London
Projects
2017 to date- Regency Restoration at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthen Artists Network project.
2016 - represents Popty 2015 at Thupelo Cape Town Triangle Network International Assembly in South Africa.
2016 - launch of documentary film 'Popty 2015 'http://www.popty.org.uk http://vimeo.com/167638101
2016 - presents Popty Revisited at Oriel Q Gallery Narberth
2015- 'Popty 2015' coordinator and fundraiser fullscale Triangle international artists workshop, Arts Council of Wales funded, Pembrokeshire.
2013- 'Popty bach',Triangle international artists pilot workshop, Arts Council of Wales funded,west Wales.
Solo exhibitions
2017 - The Sun Will Rise Again, Oriel Blodau Bach, New Inn.https://orielblodaubach.wordpress.com/exhibitions-arddangosfa/present-presennol/
2014 - Work in Progress:Gwaith ar Gweill, The Powerhouse/Pwerdy, Pontyweli Llandysul
2010 - 'See the little girl.Victoria.' a retrospective, King Street Gallery 3, Carmarthen
2003 - 360º, Cambria Gallery, Tregaron
2002 - 360º, Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen
2002 - Leaving the water - web based film, BBC Capture Wales
2001 - Open Studio, Llanfihangel Ar Arth 2001 - Verdi's Café Gallery, Swansea
2000 - Open Studio, Llanfihangel Ar Arth
1999 - Attic Gallery, Swansea
1997 - Guest Artist, Gwili Pottery, Nr Carmarthen
1997 - Pigeonsford Walled Garden, Nr Cardigan
1996 - Landscapes, Figures and Stll Life, Great Hall, Carmarthen Library, Carmarthen
Group exhibitions
2018 - Vis a Vis, Oriel y Bont, University of South Wales.
2018 - Regency Responses, National Botanic Garden of Wales.
2017 - Botanics, Y Gat, St Clears.
2016 - Re-awakenings, Y Gat, St Clears
2016 - Old Friends, Chate Room, King Street Gallery, Carmathen
2015 - Late winter show,King Street Gallery artists, Carmarthen.
2015 - Carnival, King Street Gallery artists, Carmarthen.
2014 - BEEP 2014 selected painting show, Elysium gallery Swansea
2014 - Autumn exhibition, King Street Gallery artists, Carmarthen
2014 - Drawings From Here & There, Elysium gallery Swansea and Colorado State University.
2014 - Dylan Thomas at Nanteos, Aberystwyth
2014 - High Summer exhibition,King Street Gallery artists, Carmarthen
2014 - Dylan Thomas centenary, Swansea Grand Theatre arts wing
2014 - Summer exhibition,King Street Gallery artists, Carmarthen
2014 - Peace and Conflict, Carmarthen Artist Network,Y Gat/The Gate, St Clears
2014 - Dylan Thomas centenary King Street Gallery Carmarthen
2014 - 'It's behind you', Carmarthen Artists Network Swansea Grand Theatre
2013 - Triangle Popty bach international artists workshop Open Day west Wales
2013 - 56:56, Newport Museum and Art Gallery, Newport Gwent
2013 - Easter Exhibition gallery artists, King Street Gallery artists cooperative, Carmarthen 2013 - Spring show, King Street Gallery artists cooperative, King Street Gallery Carmarthen 2013 - Summer show, King Street Gallery artists cooperative, Carmarthen
2013 - Things will appear like this, Oriel Henry Thomas Gallery, West Wales School of the Creative Arts
2013 - Tywi Printmakers, King Street Gallery: Chate Room, Carmarthen
2012 - 56 Group Wales, BayArt Gallery, Cardiff
2012 - 56 Group Wales, MOMA, Machynlleth Powys
2012 - Carmarthen Artist Network, Dylan Thomas Boathouse, Laugharne
2012 - disruption2, Elysium Gallery at Volcano Theatre Space, Swansea
2012 - It's Behind You, Carmarthen Artists Network, Oriel Joanna Davies Torch Theatre Milford Haven
2012 - Triangle Thupelo 2012, Bag Factory, Johannesburg, South Africa
2012 - Y Lle Celf, National Eisteddfod of Wales, Vale of Glamorgan
2011 - Of Landscape, BA Fine Art Painting Graduates, Picton Castle Gallery
2011 - OYO 2, One Year On, King Street Gallery 2 Carmarthen
2011 - Quarterly Shows, King Street Gallery artists' cooperative,Carmarthen
2010 - Lines and Strata 2 Contemporary Welsh drawing, Denbigh Library Gallery, Denbigh
2010 - One Year On , King Street Gallery 3, Carmarthen
2010 - Pembrokeshire Open 2010, Joanna Fields Gallery, Torch Theatre Milford Haven
2010 - Spring 2010 Show, King Street Gallery, Carmarthen
2010 - Take 5, International Visiting Artists Programme, Triangle Greatmore Street Studios Cape Town
2010 - Y Lle Celf , National Eisteddfod of Wales 2010, Blaenau Gwent South Wales
2009 - Fresh: Recent Painting Graduates of West Wales School of the Arts, Joanna Field Gallery, Torch Theatre Milford Haven
2009 - Gallery Artists' Winter Show, King Street Gallery, Carmarthen Wales. 2006 - Aberystwyth Printmakers, Oriel Mwldan, Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan; Exhibiting artist member, King Street Gallery artists' cooperative, Carmarthen; Fforma, Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw, North Wales 2006 - Lines and Strata, Oriel Mwldan, Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan; Summer Show, Attic Gallery, Swansea. 2004 - Members' Quarterly Exhibitons, King Street Gallery Artists Cooperative, Carmarthen 2003 - Attic Gallery, Swansea. 2003 - Cambria Gallery, Tregaron; 12 x 12, Toko, Aberystwyth; Fforma, Moma Wales The Tabernacl, Machynlleth; Monoprints, Queens Hall Café, Narberth .2002 - Attic Gallery, Swansea; Artwest, Carmarthen; Cambrian Gallery, Tregaron; Courtroom Gallery, Lampeter; Guildhall, Cardigan 2001 - Attic Gallery, Swansea;Cambria Arts Festival, Tregaron; Cnapan, Ffostrasol ; Fforma Inaugural Show, Courtroom Gallery, Lampeter; Queen's Hall Gallery, Narberth; Teifi Artists Group inaugural show, Guildhall Gallery, Cardigan; Three person show, Eastback Gallery,Pembroke; Welsh Contemporaries, London. 2000 - Art Garden, Bristol; Attic Gallery, Swansea; Cambria Arts Festival, Tregaron 2000; Museum of Modern Art, Wales; New Year Exhibition, Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen; River Festival, Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan; Two Person Show, Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan ; Two Person Show, Attic Gallery, Swansea .1999 - Cambria Arts Exhibition, Tregaron; Cardigan Art Society Show, Cardigan; Christmas Show, Attic Gallery, Swansea; - Cnapan Exhibition, Llandysul; Emrys Arts Festival Exhibition, Carmarthen; Sketch Club Summer Show, Carmarthen 1998 - Christmas Show, Attic Gallery, Swansea; Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham Art Gallery; Y Tabernacl, The Museum of Modern Art, Wales, Machynlleth. 1997 - Art in the Garden, Pigeonsford Walled Garden, Cardigan; Art West/Celf y Gorllewin, Carmarthen and Haverfordwest; Aspects of Wales, Pentardawe; Attic Gallery Summer Show, Swansea; National Eisteddfod of Wales; Welsh Contemporaries, Oriel Llundain, London
Degree shows 2009 - BA Hons Fine Art Painting 'A Painted Album', West Wales School of the Arts Colegsirgar University of Glamorgan
Artist talks
2016 - Popty revisited, Oriel Q Gallery, Narberth
2016 - Thupelo Cape Town Triangle International Assembly
2015 - Carmarthen School of Art, Carmarthen
2015 - Oriel Q Gallery, Narberth, Pembrokeshire
2015 - Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen
2014 - Contemporary Art Society Wales, Carmarthen
2014 - Pecha Kucha, The Parrot, Carmarthen
2013 - International Soroptimists Carmarthen
2012 - Victoria Malcolm, The National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo
2010 - International Visiting Artists introduction, Greatmore Street Studios Cape Town
2008 - Tenby Print Weekend, Art Matters Gallery, Tenby
Workshops
2014 - The Big Draw, Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen
2014 - ROAD BLOCK Made in Roath, Cardiff
2014 - Lifedrawing classes, King Street Gallery Chate Room, Carmarthen
2013 - Popty bach, pilot Triangle international artists workshop, Llanfihangel ar arth, Carmarthenshire Wales
2013 - Painting landscape, Llanfihangel ar arth hall, Carmarthenshire
2012 - Thupelo Triangle international artists worksop, The Bag Factory, Johannesburg.
2010 - Outreach programme, Greatmore Studios International Visiting Artists Programme, Tiervlei Community Arts Centre Cape Town
2010 - Outreach programme, Greatmore Studios International Visiting Artists Programme, Zonnebloem Childrens Art Centre Cape Town
2006 - Lead Artist, Festival of Muslim Cultures, Swansea Print Workshop, Swansea
Residencies
2010 - International Visiting artist, Greatmore Studios, Capetown South Africa
Public Commissions
2006 - Notts Square Mural, Carmarthen Town Council, Carmarthen Competitions,
Prizes and awards
2012 Research Development award Arts Council of Wales (Popty bach 2013 international artists workshop)
2012 - Associate Fellowship, 56 Group Wales, UK
2012 - International Opportunities Fund, Wales Arts International, Wales
2009 - University of Glamorgan Art Purchase Student Prize Award, University of Glamorgan, Wales Millenium Centre Cardiff
2007 - Drawing Biennale, Oriel Q Gallery, Narberth Pembrokeshire
Educational experience - primary
2017 to date - workshop assistant volunteer Oriel Myrddin Gallery.
2008 - The Big Draw, Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen 2006 - Collage workshop, Oriel Myrddin/ Llanmilo Primary School , Llanmilo Carmarthenshire
Educational experience - secondary 2010 - Young Brit at Art Award, Lampeter Secondary School, Lampeter Ceredigion 2010 - Young Brits at Art Award, Glyn Vivian Art Gallery , Swansea
Educational experience - special needs 2008 - The Big Draw, Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen 2006 - A Taste of Drawing, HUTS, Newcastle Emlyn
Publications
2018 - Vis a Vis, University of South Wales press
2016 - Thupelo Cape Town Triangle International Assembly report
2014 - Drawings From Here & There, Elysium Gallery, Swansea and Colorado University
2013 - The Public Catalogue Foundation, Oil Paintings in Public Ownership West Wales
2013 - The Public Catalogue Foundation: Oil Paintings in Public Ownership Glamorgan
2012 - 'Thupelo 2012' Triangle Network international artists workshop Johannesburg
2010 - National Eisteddfod of Wales Blaenau Gwent 2010
2010 - Take 5 catalogue, artists' residency Greatmore Studios 2009 - University of Glamorgan Art Purchase Prize Award 2009 catalogue
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