Celia Smith

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Selected Exhibitions

Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany. Artistic toys group show. December 2011

The Contemporary Craft Fair, Bovey Tracey, Devon. June 2011

Close to Nature, New Brewery Arts, Cirencester. Group show of nature inspired makers. June 2011

Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow. Group show April 2011

The Craft Centre and Design Gallery Leeds. Nov-Dec 2010 ‘Wireworks’ exhibition of nine makers all using wire to create artworks.

Twenty Twenty Gallery, Much Wenlock Shropshire. Group show. September 2010

The Lund Gallery, North Yorkshire.  Solo show of wire sculptures.  July 2010

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Craft focus exhibition in retail area.  Feb- April 2008

Origin, The London Craft Fair organised by the Crafts Council. Oct 2007

Courtyard exhibition at Royal United Hospital Bath March-June 2007

Puthall Park Sculpture Show, Marlborough, Wiltshire. July 2006. Group show of work by international and national sculptors.

Education and training

BA (Hons) in Fine Art Sculpture, class 2:1 1996 Wimbledon School of Art

Workshops and Residencies

Artist-in-residence, Nature in Art, Wallsworth Hall, Gloucestershire April 2008. Constructed wire sculptures in museum studio before members of public and school groups.

Arts & Kids Project with Merlin Theatre and Black Swan Arts Feb–March 2007  Two first schools in Frome made artworks about a theatre performance that were then shown in the Black Swan Frome.

Artist in residence Shetland Islands Jan – May2006.  Worked in three primary schools making sculptures using indigenous basket making techniques.

Awards and features

Featured in Period Living Magazine “behind the Craft’  August 2011

‘VIP’ feature in BBC Homes and Antiques magazine  June 2008

Feature article in Country Living Magazine  April 2008

Awarded ‘Best maker in South West’ at The Contemporary Craft Fair, Bovey Tracey,Devon. June 2007

Awarded ‘Wetlands For Life’ Bursary from Society of Wildlife Artists (SWLA) and Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT)Sep 2005