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Penny Bhadresa

Artist/Printmaker
Artist's Statement
I work in a variety of media but linocut and mixed media collage predominate. I love linocut for the boldness and strength of image it produces. Subject matter continues to be drawn from my response to nature, landscape, and garden settings. I look for the underlying shapes and forms that impose structure and design on a subject and try to incorporate these into my work. Evoking atmosphere through use of colour, texture, pattern and line is important. It is these elements as well as the subject, to which I respond. They can make for a ‘heady’ mix which calls for a visual celebration.

Biography

My career as an artist began in the early 1990’s following a complete change of career direction. Having graduated with a degree in History in 1979 from the University of Leeds, I went on to gain a postgraduate certificate in Museum Studies, before joining The Museum of London in 1980.

In 1993 I left my job as Press Officer at the Museum to do a degree in Art and Design and graduated in 1995 with a degree from the University of East Anglia. Since then I have been steadily building a reputation for my work, exhibiting at galleries in East Anglia. I am a founder member of Artworks and since 2003, its Chairperson. I am also a member of the Suffolk Craft Society. I exhibit annually with Norfolk Arts at Burnham Overy Staithe and also at the Christmas Craft Markets at Blackthorpe Barn. Recently, I have been commissioned to illustrate Carol Klein’s column in Gardens Illustrated (www.gardensillustrated.com).

Recent Exhibitions
2009


Artworks Comes to Wingfield, Near Eye, Suffolk
Norfolk Arts, Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
AHOY! Suffolk Craft Society, Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh
Summer Exhibition, Cambridge Contemporary Art
Artworks 10th Anniversary, Blackthorpe Barn, Suffolk
Print Selection Exhibition, Craftco, Southwold, Suffolk
19th Fry Art Gallery Annual Sale, Saffron Walden
Christmas Exhibition, Cambridge Contemporary Art
Blackthorpe Barn Christmas Craft Markets, Suffolk
2010


Out for a Stroll (solo exhibition), St Jude’s Gallery, Itteringham, Norfolk
Artworks Comes to Wingfield, Near Eye, Suffolk
Norfolk Arts, Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
40 Year On, 39th Summer Exhibition, Suffolk Craft Society, Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh
Artworks 11th Anniversary, Blackthorpe Barn, Suffolk
20th Fry Art Gallery Annual Picture Sale, Saffron Walden
St Jude’s in the City, Bankside Gallery, London
Christmas Exhibition, Cambridge Contemporary Art
Blackthorpe Barn Christmas Craft Markets, Suffolk

Exhibitions in 2011
9 Jul–14 Aug - Norfolk Arts, Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
17 Jul–29 Aug - RUBY RED, 40th Summer Exhibition, Suffolk Craft Society, Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh www.suffolkcraftsociety.org
10 Sep-2 Oct - Artworks 12th Annual Exhibition, Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham www.artworksinfo.org.uk
12-13 Nov - 21st Annual Exhibition and Sale by Invited Artists, Fry Art Gallery, Castle Street, Saffron Walden (01799 513779) www.fryartgallery.org
Nov-Dec - Crafts Weekends at Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk www.blackthorpebarn.com
Nov-Dec - Christmas Exhibition, Suffolk Craft Society, Gallery 2, The Town Hall Galleries, Cornhill, Ipswich (01473 432865) www.suffolkcraftsociety.org

Contact Details
4 Holly Cottages
East End Lane
East Bergholt
Suffolk
CO7 6XG

Tel: +44 (0) 1206 394338

Email: pennybhadresa@aol.com

Web: www.pennybhadresa.co.uk

Links

my linocuts are usually available at these galleries:

Cambridge Contemporary Art www.cambridgegallery.co.uk
Cooper’s Gallery, Mistley Quay, Mistley, Essex 07815 013872
Craftco, Southwold, Suffolk www.craftco.co.uk
Gallery 2, The Townhall Galleries, Ipswich www.suffolkcraftsociety.org
St Judes Gallery, Itteringham, Norfolk www.stjudesgallery.co.uk

Some of my images have been published as cards by Art Angels (www.art-angels.co.uk) and are available from www.theblankcardcompany.co.uk and www.onebrowncow.co.uk


Penny Bhadresa
At the Forest Edge
Linocut, 30 x 31cm



Penny Bhadresa
Overy Cockle Strand
Linocut, 30 x 32cm


Penny Bhadresa
The Honey Tree
Linocut, 28 x 35cm



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