B E T H S H A P E E R O
In 2008 Beth Shapeero graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a first class degree in Fine Art. The following September she became one of the founders and directors of Backlit Gallery and Studios, an artist led, grass roots experimental hub for artists in Nottingham.
Since graduating Shapeero has taken part in a number of exhibitions across the UK including ‘Making the Future II’ at the Bonington Gallery, Nottingham in 2008, ‘Black and White in the Grey Area’ at Wolstenholme Gallery in Liverpool 2009, ‘BASE:’ at Coexist in South end-
Alongside working as an artist and curator Shapeero also enjoys working at Broadway, a local independent cinema and is undertaking a post graduate certificate in Arts Practise through Derby University.
Shapeero has exhibitions upcoming in September 2010 at Wirksworth festival and ‘Scale’ at The Fishmarket gallery in Northampton. To see more examples of her work visit www.bethshapeero.com.
Sleeper (Chunk) 2010
Paint on the Wall 2010
Saucer 2010
Working with poured paint I’m fascinated by the way household gloss forms a skin and remains wet underneath; once the skin is formed and air doesn’t reach the paint below it stays viscous forever.
Through playful experimentation I have discovered that paint acts in mysterious ways; filling volumes with different types of gloss paint produces a range of intriguing results, some form a perfect smooth skin, others wrinkle on top or old separated paint can produce the most remarkable ripples of colour under the surface of the skin.
By taking my practise is a sculptural direction I have been able to harness this experimentation on a larger scale creating large pools of glossy, seductive colour.
The suspended sculptures I am creating for the Fishmarket are a response to the space; the weight bearing beams scream to be used with the vast open spaces that the building offers. By using sheet plastic as a support for a pool of paint, suspended from above I hope to exploit every aspect of the substance. Not only the visual; fake, manufactured, smooth and vibrant but the physical weight and visceral qualities.
This work has been sponsored by:
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