Helen Shaddock: September 2024

Today I had the pleasure of installing a work in the Open Open exhibition at The NewBridge Project, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Thanks to Dan and Eve for making it such an enjoyable process, and to Grace for taking the photo!

THE NEWBRIDGE ‘OPEN’ OPEN is more than just an exhibition—it is a process that centres on people rather than objects. It hopes to reflect the overlapping relationships and connections that make up The NewBridge Project. The exhibition will feature work by NewBridge Project members; studio members, hot-deskers, associates, Collective Studio & Create/Disrupt members and anyone who takes part in regular NewBridge groups such as Code Club & Youth Programme.

The opening of the ‘OPEN’ OPEN is on Friday 20 September, 5 – 8pm. The exhibition then continues until 9 November 2024. Opening times: Wednesdays: 1-5pm, Thursdays, Friday and Saturday: 12-5pm

THE NEWBRIDGE ‘OPEN’ OPEN marks the launch of a new programme developed by The NewBridge Programme Committee Members: Holly Argent, Ellie Armon Azoulay, Dan Goodman, Kaan K, Shelly Knotts, and Seymour Mace.

Statement

I am an artist making work that incorporates installation, video, sound, sculpture, performance, & writing to explore the human condition. I investigate ways to immerse the audience in multi-layered psychological & physical situations. I trained at Leeds College of Art & Design (Foundation), Glasgow School of Art (BA (Hons) Fine Art: Sculpture & Environmental Art) and Newcastle University (Masters of Fine Art). My lived experience of eating distress & obsessive compulsive disorder informs the work I create & the way I work. Some of the consequences of living with these conditions are that rigour, routine & attention to detail are fundamental to my way of life, all of which are integral to my creative practice; using the constraints of systems, I allow chance & playful elements to create unexpected results. My work is regularly exhibited in solo & group exhibitions across the UK, USA, Canada & South Korea & is contained in various public collections. I have a number of public artworks, been commissioned to produce site-specific work & have taken part in national & international residencies, consistently since 2005. 2020-21 Awarded Arts Council England Developing Your Creative Practice funding for a printmaking residency with Charrington Editions Byre-Group exhibition in which I created a site-specific installation alongside some creative writing Everything Will Be Alright-an audio installation at Cheeseburn Sculpture, commission by curator Matthew Jarratt Filling Time-a watercolour calendar-based work, currently exhibited at BALTIC centre for contemporary art Lockdown Diary-a daily online process since March 2020, that has been acquired by the Wellcome Collection Home Time-a creative tool for public, inspired by Lockdown Diary, commissioned by New Writing North Inclusion in a new Alec Finlay publication. I work in my studio at NewBridge Projects in Newcastle & as well as my solo work I collaborate with David Foggo as marginendeavour; I am often invited to speak to students, artists & facilitate workshops. Website: www.helenshaddock.co.uk Blog: https://helenshaddock.blogspot.co.uk/ Twitter: @hshaddock Instagram: /helenshaddock Facebook: /helen.shaddock Vimeo: /hshaddock YouTube: /helenshaddock LinkedIn: /helen-shaddock