Katie Clemson

Printmaker and painter, specialising in linocuts
 
Work in public and private collections in UK, Australia, US, Germany, Canada, Malaysia
 
Represented by:
      The Redfern Gallery, 20 Cork St, London W1S 3HL, UK
      Beaver Galleries, 81 Denison Street, Deakin, ACT 2600, Australia
 
Author of "The Complete Manual Of Relief Printmaking" (1988) with Rosemary Simmonds
Member of Australian Print Council and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, UK
 
Training , Qualifications, Projects:
 
Born in Temora, NSW, Australia, educated at Frensham School, Mittagong
1972      Croydon College of Art, London - Foundation
1973-78     Central School of Art and Design, London - BA (Hons) Fine Art
1978-79     Whitelands College, London - PGCE, Art.
1997      University of East London - MA Art and Architecture (public art)
 
1978-80     Edited UK Printmakers Council Magazine Magazine 1978-80
1984      Artist in Residence at Tressilian Community Centre, Perth, Western Australia
1986      Travelled throughout NW Australia for the WA Department of the Arts with the 10th Anniversary Exhibition of the Fremantle Print Award
1987      Started White Gum Press, a relief and experimental print workshop in the New Forest, UK. Worked on Residencies with visiting Australian artists
1988      Published "Western Sight" a portfolio of relief prints by 15 West Australian artists
1988      Co-author of "The Complete Manual of Relief Printmaking" published in the UK by Dorling Kindersley, in Australia by Collins and in USA, Germany, France and Portugal
1993      Compiler and researcher with Sylvie Turner on "Europe for Printmakers"
1990-94     Arts Co-ordinator for the Winchester Health Authority Public Arts Project
1995      Commission for 10 relief prints for St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight
1995-97     MA in Art and Architecture at University of East London. (Thesis: Reception Of Public Art)
1996      Published "Gardens in Relief", a portfolio of 14 relief prints by 14 different UK based artists
1997      Worked with 8 other artists on "Looking out to Sea", a collaborative project with Sarah James Print Studio, Winchester
1998      Relief print commission for foyer of British High Commission, Canberra
1999      Residency at Bundanon for Arthur Boyd Trust
2000      Commission for three large mixed media panels for internal public space in building in California for Redfern Gallery, London UK
2000      Organised a trip with a group of UK artists to the Corner Country, NSW and Qld. for BiCentenary celebration.
 
Teaching includes:
 
1979-80     Printmaking at Eton College
1980-82     Printmaking specialist St. Paul's Girls School, London
1979-83     Visiting Lecturer at:
       Canterbury College of Art
       Maidstone College of Art
       Ulster Polytechnic
       Glasgow College of Art
       Central School of Art and Design, London
1983-84     Sydney College of the Arts
       Darling Downs Institute, Queensland
       Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
       Perth Technical College
1985-87     Blackheath School of Art
       Winchester School of Art
       West Surrey College of Art
1988      T.A.F.E., Mt. Lawley, Western Australia
       Winchester College of Art
1989-91     Bournemouth and Poole College of Art
1992-94     Visiting lecturer printmaking, and special options, Winchester School of Art
       Visiting lecturer printmaking,Central London Institute
1994-95     Lecturer in Drawing Practice, Brockenhurst College
1994-95     Lecturer 2D practice,Syracuse University, London
1996-97     Visiting Lecturer Printmaking. City and Guilds Art School, London
1997      Outreach Tutor, Printmaking. Southampton City Art Gallery
1999      Workshops for Queensland Arts Council, in Rural Qld.
 
Artists Books
 
1997      Thirty Ways to tie a turban (linocuts, concertina, no text)
       A day in Rhajasthan (linocuts, drawing and collage)
2000      Pandora's Cat (linocuts with text by Robin Wallace Crabbe)
2001      Can you See the Sea? Linocuts with type and text page
 
One Person Shows:
 
1978      5, Dryden Street, London
1979      J. Walter Thompson, New York
1981      Eton College Drawing Schools Gallery
1981      Phoenix Gallery, Henley on Thames
1984      Tresillian Community Centre, Perth, W.A.
1985      Intaglio Printmaker, London
1985      The Original Picture Shop, London
1987      The Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
1988      Inverness Print Workshop
1991      The Blaxland Gallery,Sydney
1993      Addendum, Perth WA
1995      Beaulieu Fine Arts, Beaulieu, Hants
1996      Redfern Gallery, London
1996      Quay Arts Centre, Isle of Wight
1997      Redfern Gallery, London
1998      Spiral Arm Gallery, Canberra
2000      Beaver Gallery, Canberra
2002      Beaver Gallery, Canberra
2004      Tarrangaua, Pittwater, Sydney
 
Group Exhibitions in the UK and US include:
 
1976      Young Contempories, London
1977      Mall Prints, London
1977-94     Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
1977-79     Royal Overseas League Exhibition
1978      Student Printmakers Exhibition, Graffiti Gallery, London
1979-81     Flyde Arts, British Printmakers, Blackpool
1979      "Three Points of View", 5 Dryden St. Gallery, London
1980      The Forgotten Medium, Graffiti, London
1980-84     Art in Action, Waterperry, Oxford
1980      Eton Drawing Schools
1980      International Minature Print Competition, Graffiti, London
       (Purchase Prizewinner)
1981      Two Printmakers, New Frames, London
1981      5 Australian Artists, Quantas Gallery, London
1982      Relief Prints, Belfast
1982      Printmakers, Halifax House, Oxford
1982      Alternative Prints, Waterloo Gallery, London
1985      P.M.C. Garden Show, London
1986      International Print Biennial, Bradford (Prizewinner, Relief Print)
1986      P.M.C. 20th Anniversary Show, London
1987      P.M.C. Sporting Prints, London
1988      P.M.C. Touring, Exhibition, London
1990      P.M.C. Manchester Royal Exchange Exhibition
1990      International Print Biennial, Bradford
1991      Marlborough Graphics, Printmakers from the Biennial
1992      Bankside Open
1992      Beaulieu Fine Arts. Mixed print exhibition
1992      Enchanted Gardens. Richmond Gallery,London
1992      Euro Tour. Travelling exhibition with the Tower Arts Centre, Isle of Wight
1994      National Print Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
1994      Lynne Stover Gallery, Cambridge
1994      Comission by National Grid for 1995 Calender
1994      Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
1994      Hampshire Open. New Forest Arts Centre
1995      National Print Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
1995      Chichester Open
1996      6 Printmakers. New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
1996      National Print Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
1996      Salisbury Hospital Open
1996      Beatrice Royale Art Gallery Summer Show
1996      Jaisalmer in Jeopardy. The Groucho Club, London
1996      Redfern Gallery, London, Summer Exhibition
1996      Beatrice Royale Gallery, Eastleigh. Fruit of the Earth
1997      Still life and Interiors. Redfern Gallery, London
1997      National Print Exhibition. Mall Gallieries, London
1997-2000     Looking Out To Sea. Hampshire Touring Exhibition
1997      Contemporary Printmakrs. Harbour Lights, Southampton
1997      Southwark Festival Exhibition
1997      Redfern Gallery Spring Exhibition
1997      Tribal and Primitave Influenced Art. Siddy Gallery, Maidenhead
1997      Prints Now. Winchester Contemporary Art, Winchester
1997      The Art of the Garden. Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
1997      Artist's Books. Winchester Contemporary Art
1997      Salisbury Hospital Open Exhibition
1997      Beatrice Royal Summer Exhibition, Eastleigh. Hants
1997      Gardens in Relief. The Gallery, Dorchester. Dorset
1997      Images of India. Tryon Swan Gallery, Cork St London
1998      RE Exchange Exhibition. National Arts Club. New York
1998      Connecticut Graphics Centre, USA. RE Exchange
2001      Royal Academy Summer Exhibition,London
2001      12 Out Back, Bankside Gallery, London
2002      Open print show, Bankside Gallery, London
2002      Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
 
Group Exhibitions in Australia include:
 
1981-87     Fremantle Print Award
1983      Maitland Art Prize
1983      Berrima Art Prize
1983-86     Sydney Printmakers Blaxland Gallery
1983      Mosman Art Award
1984      Western Australia Printmakers
1984      Manjurup Art Award (Prizewinner)
1986      Western Light, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
1986      Monoprint Show, Claremont College of Art, W.A.
1988      Western Edge, Addendum, Perth
1989      Blaxland Gallery, Sydney - 6 landscape artists (paintings)
1989      Albany Art Award, Print Prize Winner
1990      Royal Perth Hospital Award
1991      Adendum Gallery Perth, Festival Show
1993      Outback Art Prize.Broken Hill Art Gallery
1998      Sq Foot of Canberra. Spiral Arm Gallery, Kingston
1998      Silk Cut Awards, Melbourne
1999      Gardens in Relief, Spiral Arm Gallery, Kingston
2000      Weereewa Woodcuts One. Bungendore Woodworks Gallery
2001      WA Printmakers exhibition, Moores Building Fremantle
2003      WA Print Awards, Noores Building Fremantle
2003      Fremantle Print Award
 
 
Contact Details:
      Address
      3 St Peter's Whard
Chiswick Mall
London W6 9UD
UK
 
      Tel: (44)-20-741-2770
      Mobile: (44)-7732-777-385
      Email: katie@whitegum.com