
by Zena Blackwell
Painting : oil
45 x 65 x 2 cm 17.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
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45 x 65 x 2 cm 17.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Artwork location: United Kingdom
My daughter inspired this painting. I found her sitting quietly in the lounge, wrapped in a big blanket and stuffed into the laundry basket, which at the age of 10, I was surprised that she fit in!
I took a photo quickly as it was her facial expression that stirred something in me, and the way she was playing with her hair, and made me know that I had to paint this scenario.
I hope the viewer finds it a recognisable, comforting and pleasant work to look at and even that it maybe sparks some memories from their own childhood, or their children if they have any.
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'The domestic setting is beautiful, still, and a touch awkward.'
- Sacha Craddock (art critic, writer, curator)
Zena Blackwell's awarding-winning paintings and drawings investigate the chaos, humour, beauty and dark days of motherhood. Her work derives from the constant observation of her two children at play, at rest, or caught unawares in various typical childhood situations. Blackwell scrutinises the wide-ranging spectrum of heightened emotions experienced in motherhood and this can manifest in works that are beautiful and whimsical but also slightly ominous. Blackwell's paintings have been described as being 'psychologically charged'.
Zena Blackwell is a painter based in Cardiff, Wales, UK. She obtained her Masters in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins, London, and degree at Wimbledon School of Art, London. Returning to painting in 2016 following a break from the medium (during which time she explored sculpture, collage, performance and installation), she won first prize at the Cardiff MADE Summer Exhibition in 2017, presenting her first solo show consisting of over 30 paintings and drawings there the year after. The exhibition, 'Seen Not Heard', for which she was awarded a £5k production grant from the Arts Council of Wales, was included in a weekly list of the top 5 UK exhibitions by a-n (The Artists Information Company) and Wales Arts Review included it in a top 10 list of the best Welsh Visual Arts for 2018. In 2019 she won 3rd prize at 'PAINT', an open painting prize at PS Mirabel in Manchester. Zena was selected for the National Eisteddfod in 2018 and 19, and has exhibited widely. Zena founded the instagram blog Contemporary Cymru in 2017 and between 2003-2011, she co-founded a critically acclaimed live music event in London and also DJed nationally and internationally.
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Education
MA Fine Art Central Saint Martins, London, UK
BA Fine Art (hons) Wimbledon College of Art, London, UK
Awards and Grants
2020
Arts Council of Wales £10,000 awarded to Contemporary Cymru for HOUSEHOLD NAME
Arts Council of England £3,800 awarded to Contemporary Cymru for HOUSEHOLD NAME
2019
3rd prize PAINT at PS Mirabel, Manchester
2018
£5,000 Arts Council of Wales Grant
2017
1st prize Cardiff MADE Summer Open
Exhibitions
2020
*Household Name: Group show curated by Contemporary Cymru at:
The Bomb Factory, London (Postponed due to Covid-19, date tbc and Elysium Gallery, Swansea, Postponed from May 2020 to April 2021)
Coming Up For Air - Oriel Canfas, Cardiff (part of BEEP Biennial)
Telling Tales (Three person show with Lara Davies and Rhiannon Davies) - Bay Art, Cardiff
Arcade Studio Exhibition at Arcade Campfa, Cardiff
A View From The Edge : Contemporary Landscape in the Digital Age, Cardiff MADE
2019
Cardiff MADE Winter Show
AGORED19 at Galeri, Caernarfon
Present X Correct showcase by Contemporary Cymru at Corsica Studios, London
Y Lle Celf at The Eisteddfod, Llanrwst
PAINT at PS Mirabel, Manchester (awarded 3rd prize)
Empower Me! at g39, Cardiff
Arcade Studios at Bath Fringe Arts Festival, Bath
Tactile Bosch in Japan, Korea and Taiwan
The Mutterscream: Crepuscular Lush, Jacob's Market, Cardiff
Viridis: Spring Show at Cardiff MADE
2018
Winter Show: Cardiff MADE
CSAD Auction at g39, Cardiff
Seen Not Heard: Solo Exhibition at Cardiff MADE, Cardiff
Made in Roath Open at g39, Cardiff
Y lle Celf, The Eisteddfod, Senedd, Cardiff
Filia (feminist conference in Manchester. Exhibition traveled to Sao Paulo, Brazil)
2017
Ankle Biters at Made in Roath, Cardiff
MADE Summer Open Exhibition, Cardiff, curated by Zoe Gingell (won 1st Prize)
2016
'Domestic Bliss' at Made in Roath, Cardiff
2012
'ArtLabBern' Switzerland: My Beautiful Son project, Bern, Switzerland
Clit Rock' My film Pleasure Max was shown at this regular anti-FGM event, London
2011
Central Saint Martins MA Degree show, London
New Pretenders' Bargehouse, London (Interim MA degree show)
Pre-2010
Selected works at The Glass Bar, London
'Slap & Tickle' at The Yard Bar, London (curated)
Wimbledon Library group show
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