EMILY GARDINER 

Fine Artist

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Exhibitions, and artist residencies

June 2019 - July 2019

DEGREE SHOW  -  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

Myth, narrative, object.

Hello! My name is Emily Gardiner, and I am a sculptural based artist currently studying for my postgraduate degree in Fine Art.  My practice is comprised of many avenues, but predominantly explores themes of  value, heritage, myth and narrative within the context of the object.

Although my primary discipline is sculpture, I use a number of multi-disciplined techniques within my practice in order to do justice to the concepts I explore. I gather much of my 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.  My work is often site-specific, and uses fragments of memory and ambiguous forms. Material is of high importance to my way of working, as it correlates directly to the language of the object.