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Helen CarnacARTIST'S STATEMENTHelen Carnac is a metalsmith and academic based in London. As a maker, Carnac is interested in her work being centered self-consciously on the explicit connection between material, process and maker, with an emphasis on deliberation and reflection. Her exploration of industrial vitreous enamel and processes on copper and steel plates is concerned with sustainability, ethics and values within the arena of metals in the global context.VELVET DA VINCI SHOWSANTI-WAR MEDALS -- Artists Respond to the War Anti-War Medals: -- Artists Respond to the War 2003-2007 Britain Now -- All British jewelry and sculpture CHESS -- Contemporary Chessmen by International Makers Rock, Paper, Scissors -- 10th Anniversary Exhibition The Enamel Experience -- International Badge Exhibition Curated by Elizabeth Turrell THE ENAMEL SHOW -- Celebrating 500 Enameled Objects by Lark Books COUNTRY OF RESIDENCEUK EDUCATIONBA Honors Silversmithing, Jewellery and Allied Craft, London Guildhall University,1994 Fachhochschule fur Gestaltung, Schwabisch Gmund, Germany, 1993 B.T.E.C HND Design Crafts, Plymouth College of Art & Design, 1990 Art Foundation, Newport College of Art and Design SELECTED EXHIBITIONSIn Transit…84GHz, Munich, 2008 and 2009 Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, 2009 Cluster: Installation at Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, 2009 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, 2009 Elizabeth Turrell and Helen Carnac, University of East Carolina, 2008 Playing With Fire, Juried Exhibition, Devon Guild of Craftsmen and touring, 2008 Collect at the V&A, London, represented by Contemporary Applied Arts, 2008 Process Works, 5 Jewellers: University of Hertfordshire Galleries and touring, 2007 Badges, Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg and touring USA, 2007 Anti War Medals, Gallery I/O, Thomas Mann, New Orleans, 2007 Collect at the V&A, 2006 and 2007 Anti War Medals, Curated by Velvet Da Vinci, Touring: Electrum, London Norway and USA, 2004 Solo: Open Eye, Edinburgh, 2004 Celebrating Education, Contemporary Applied Arts, London, 2003 David Gates and Helen Carnac, Flow, London, 2003 Diaspora Cymreig, Ruthin Gallery: touring and catalogue, 2002 Home Sweet Home, group show, curated by Lesley Jackson for the British Council and touring, 2001-2002 Contemporary British Silver: A Crafts Council Touring Exhibition, Harley Gallery, 2000 Contemporary British Silver: Gallery Marzee, Netherlands, 2000 Heim und Handwerk, Munich, 1999 Living at Belsay: Belsay Hall, Northumberland, 1996 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEDirector of the 'Carry the Can' project www.carrythecan.org, 2004 Co-Curator with Craftspace of National touring exhibition 'taking time: Craft and the Slow Movement', 2007 Curator, Process Works exhibition, beginning at University of Hertfordshire, 2005 TEACHINGLondon Metropolitan University. Sir John Cass Department of Art, Media and Design, 2002-present Visiting Artist and Guest Lecturer, University of East Carolina, North Carolina, USA, 2008 Visiting Artist and Guest Lecturer, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA, 2007 Visiting Artist and Guest Lecturer, University of East Carolina, North Carolina, USA, 2007 Visiting Artist and Guest Lecturer, Millersville University, Pennsylvania, USA, 2007 Visiting Artist, Enamel Research Centre, University of West of England, Bristol, 2003 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS500 Enameled Objects, Lark Books, 2009 The Compendium Of Contemporary Jewellery Makers, Darling Publications, Germany, 2009 Process Works 5 Jewellers, Site Projects, January 2007 Diaspora Cymreig, Makers of welsh origin working outside of Wales, 2002 Form: Contemporary craft in Wales. Wales Art International by Ceri Jones, Editor, 2003 GRANTS AND AWARDSCultural Leadership Development Award: Cultural Leadership programme, 2009 Innovation in enamelling, Playing with Fire Exhibition, UK, 2008 Third prize Juried exhibition, Metal Inclinations, USA, 2008 Winner Carroll Foundation Award, Chelsea Crafts Fair, 1996 Selected Index, Crafts Council, 1996 Membership, Contemporary Applied Arts, 1996 Runner-up Carroll Foundation Award, 1995 Setting Up Grant, Crafts Council, 1995 COLLECTIONSRacine Art Museum, Wisconsin, USA SPECIAL PROJECTSCollaborative commission with David Gates: Permanent installation of Furniture with enamel for Bilston Craft Gallery: Wolverhampton City Art Galleries, 2005 Artquest, London: Forum project: lead debate on Contemporary Craft practice, 2005 Top |
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