Linda Arkley

QUALIFICATIONS

BA Hons Art & Design (Fine Art), Colchester School of Art & Design, Essex
Theatre is… Apple Cart Development & Jam Days:  Training in Interactive Installation & Hydro-pool performance,  Amwell View School, Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire.

ARTISTS STATEMENT

Light is the most important element in my practice as it gives life and energy to my work. My fascination with the ethereal quality of light and how it can be used as a tangible material began with my observation of sunlight’s interaction in the natural world.

I approach my practice as a sculptor and am interested in filling space with fragile dimensional drawings created through the interplay of low-tech lighting and plastics. My inspiration tends to come from 19th century photography, cosmology and Darwinism. I also consider the presentation and documentation of museum exhibits of this period, when realising my sensory site specific installations.

I began collecting discarded plastic bottles from the urban and rural environment after observing how sunlight interacted with this debris. By using these objects in my pseudo scientific installations, I question how litter in the environment has become invisible and its possible effects on nature.

   

SELECTED COMMISSION, EXHIBITIONS & RESIDENCIES

2009
ArtStop: BusStop, family workshops, firstsite, Colchester, Essex
Youth Plus: Special needs workshops, Ongar, Essex

2008
Installations in the Tower residency and exhibition, Jaywick Martello Tower, Jaywick Nr Clacton on Sea, Essex
Plastic Sculpture ‘Chinese Olympics’ Colchester Castle
Activator, Alternative Art Platform; Installation, St Martin’s Church, Colchester

2007
In-Between Time residency, The Minories, Colchester
Art Week.  Stories through Art.  St Mary’s RC School, Ipswich, Suffolk
Galley game commission, firstsite, Colchester

2006
Perspective on Drawing, Hay Gallery, Colchester
Fuse, Dray Walk Gallery, Brick Lane, London

LINKS

www.axisweb.org/artist/lindaarkley

CONTACT

pinarkley@yahoo.co.uk
078371 31812