In accompaniment to Ben Jeans Houghton's new art work ARKA, Field Work One, Iris has been contributing to an ongoing dialogue with Matthew de Kersaint Giraudeau and Emma Cummins concerning the nature of dreams, their place in art, and critical discourse.
The online discussion is regularly updated and can be viewed at www.arkaanalysis.com
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
The Spaces Between
The Spaces Between
36 Lime Street Gallery and Studios,
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne
Saturday 17th - Sunday 24thOctober
"...truth can neither be apprehended nor communicated...history is an art like all other sciences."
Cicely Wedgwood (1960), English Historian
The Spaces Between is a show of new, site-responsive drawing and paintings by the Newcastle based artist Iris Priest.
The work in the show seeks to establish a poetic archaeology of the space at 36 Lime Street, exploring its history and past incarnations, as recorded through the archives, newspaper stories and rumour.
By avoiding elevating or giving authority to any one of these sources, Priest attempts to distill a history which is at once factual, fantastical, personal and metaphorical. The work hints towards the presence of absence, and the presence of unknowable history.
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
NewcastleGateshead Art Fair
1st to the 4th October 2009 @ The Sage Gateshead
Fair open to the public 11.00 a.m - 18.00 p.m. Friday
11.00 a.m - 17.00 p.m. Saturday & Sunday
Iris will be exhibiting some of her work alongside 14 other emerging, unrepresented artists... Watch this space for more details or go to
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
what iris has been doing...
Solo Exhibitions
2009
The impossibility of communication, 36 Lime Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (October 2009)
BLOOM, No.1 Woodbine, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (June 2009)
Dear Mr. Murdoch, The Art Works Galleries, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (May 2009)
2008
Specula & Other Stories, Supercollider, Blackpool (January 2008)
Through the Looking Glass (and what we found there), Badger Badger Gallery, Carlisle (June 2008)
Group Exhibitions
2009
Futures, The Gallery, Willesden Green, London (July 2009)
Invitation, Hanger 51, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (July 2009)
The Secret Garden, The Art Works Galleries, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (March 2009)
Roses are Red, Mushroom Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (February 2009)
2008
Lowther Arcade Winter Exhibition, Arcade Arts, Carlisle (December 2008)
Miniature Focus, The Art Works Galleries, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (October 2008)
Northern Graduates 2008, Curwen & New Academy Gallery, London (August 2008)
Graduates ’08 Show, Theatre by the Lake, Keswick (July 2008)
On Wednesdays We Draw Monsters, The University of Cumbria, Carlisle (June 2008)
NY 123 241 – NY 396 560, The_Bank_Gallery, Carlisle (May 2008)
Out of the Woods, Holmewood Bothy, The Lake District (May 2008)
2007
Vault, The_Bank_Gallery, Carlisle (July 2007)
In the Middle of Nowhere, Solvik, Sweden (June 2007)
Replicating the Original, The Underworks, Carlisle (June 2007)
Untitled Performance, Dumfries Arts Festival, Dumfries (May 2007)
Loweswater Residency, Holmewater Bothy, Loweswater/The Lake District (May 2007)
2:43, The University of Cumbria, Carlisle (February 2007)
Awards
Miniature Focus Competition, The Art Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (January 2008)
Doodle Dare Competition, BALTIC, Gateshead (November 2008)
The Lambert & Gill Travel Award, Carlisle (June 2007)
Publications
Futures, Exhibition Catalogue, Creative Motive, London (July 2009)
Northern Graduates 08, Curwen & New Academy Gallery, London (August 2008)
On Wednesdays We Draw Monsters, Exhibition Catalogue, Carlisle (June 2008)
Back from the wilds, Blease, Stephen, News & Star, Carlisle (May 8th 2008)
Featured Artist, The Carlisle Crack, Carlisle (September 2007)
2:43, Exhibition Catalogue, The University of Cumbria, Carlisle (February 2007)
2009
The impossibility of communication, 36 Lime Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (October 2009)
BLOOM, No.1 Woodbine, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (June 2009)
Dear Mr. Murdoch, The Art Works Galleries, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (May 2009)
2008
Specula & Other Stories, Supercollider, Blackpool (January 2008)
Through the Looking Glass (and what we found there), Badger Badger Gallery, Carlisle (June 2008)
Group Exhibitions
2009
Futures, The Gallery, Willesden Green, London (July 2009)
Invitation, Hanger 51, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (July 2009)
The Secret Garden, The Art Works Galleries, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (March 2009)
Roses are Red, Mushroom Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (February 2009)
2008
Lowther Arcade Winter Exhibition, Arcade Arts, Carlisle (December 2008)
Miniature Focus, The Art Works Galleries, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (October 2008)
Northern Graduates 2008, Curwen & New Academy Gallery, London (August 2008)
Graduates ’08 Show, Theatre by the Lake, Keswick (July 2008)
On Wednesdays We Draw Monsters, The University of Cumbria, Carlisle (June 2008)
NY 123 241 – NY 396 560, The_Bank_Gallery, Carlisle (May 2008)
Out of the Woods, Holmewood Bothy, The Lake District (May 2008)
2007
Vault, The_Bank_Gallery, Carlisle (July 2007)
In the Middle of Nowhere, Solvik, Sweden (June 2007)
Replicating the Original, The Underworks, Carlisle (June 2007)
Untitled Performance, Dumfries Arts Festival, Dumfries (May 2007)
Loweswater Residency, Holmewater Bothy, Loweswater/The Lake District (May 2007)
2:43, The University of Cumbria, Carlisle (February 2007)
Awards
Miniature Focus Competition, The Art Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (January 2008)
Doodle Dare Competition, BALTIC, Gateshead (November 2008)
The Lambert & Gill Travel Award, Carlisle (June 2007)
Publications
Futures, Exhibition Catalogue, Creative Motive, London (July 2009)
Northern Graduates 08, Curwen & New Academy Gallery, London (August 2008)
On Wednesdays We Draw Monsters, Exhibition Catalogue, Carlisle (June 2008)
Back from the wilds, Blease, Stephen, News & Star, Carlisle (May 8th 2008)
Featured Artist, The Carlisle Crack, Carlisle (September 2007)
2:43, Exhibition Catalogue, The University of Cumbria, Carlisle (February 2007)
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Sunday, 24 May 2009
No.1 Woodbine Private View, "BLOOM" and other works
The Allotment became for me a site, a microcosm, a lense, for examining a point of conflict between the civilizing impulses of humans and the otherness of untameable, unknowable forces of nature...
During the Residency I worked on a wall drawing (approximately 550cm X 220cm) which prompted the evolution of some of my personal iconography....
But it was also an exemplary opportunity for pushing new works, testing ideas, gleaming inspiration from the surroundings and generally having the freedom to play a little in a wonderful context...
Saturday, 2 May 2009
BLOOM
The Allotment Residency began today....
....(and teenagers are by far the worst kinds of people)
....(and teenagers are by far the worst kinds of people)
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