EMILY GARDINER
Fine Artist, Collector and Archivist
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Exhibitions, and artist residencies
January 2021
VICE CHANCELLORS AWARD WINNER
Awarded the Vice Chancellors recommendation award for a series entitled "Plagueground". Which was comprised of ornamental paraffin wax houses left for the duration of the second lock-down to grow mould, after first being painted with food waste.
June 2019 - July 2019
DEGREE SHOWÂ -Â NORWICH UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS
Summation of my under-graduate degree, wherein I exhibited a sculptural piece entitled 'The Absolution Relic'. The work engages the viewer through the juxtaposition of the physical object and auditory soundscape to create a work which explores both the sacred and secular.
April 2019 - June 2019
SHORT LISTED FOR HIGH-HOUSE RESIDENCY
A one month artist residency run by OBE acclaimed artist Antony Gormley and Vicken Parsons, in which successful applicants, have the opportunity to develop work which responds to the body and the landscape, whilst living on site.
February 2019 - March 2019
ALTERS/ALTARS EXHIBITION LEAD ARTIST
An exhibition which aims to investigate the realm of the secular and the sacred through sculptural installation of domestic objects and their painted counterparts.
ARTIST BIO
Value, transaction, object.
Emily Gardiner is a sculptural based artist who graduated with a first class post-graduate degree in Fine Art in 2021. Her practice is comprised of many avenues, but predominantly explores themes of value, worth and transaction within the everyday. Focusing primarily on the mundane encounters between things and the individual, in order to uncover hidden truths surrounding our own notions of reality. The context of the object and the fleeting nature of the self provide her with endless opportunities to reflect and create.
Although Emily's primary discipline is sculpture, she uses a number of multi-disciplined techniques within her practice in order to do justice to the concepts she explores. Gathering much of her inspiration from the fusion of historical and heritage based themes, processes and locations, merged with contemporary techniques, to create objects which are reminiscent of the past yet provocative and relevant to the present day. Emily's work is often site-specific, and uses fragments of memory and ambiguous forms to translate the language of the object to the viewer.
Art is an essential part of human culture and history. It allows us to express ourselves, communicate, and explore the world around us in unique and creative ways. Art has the power to inspire, challenge, and transform us, making it an important aspect of our lives and society as a whole. Whether it's through painting, sculpture, music, or any other, art has the ability connect us to our emotions, our communities, and our shared humanity.
Emily Gardiner
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