Annie Whiles

My work is based in Contemporary Art Practice. My studio practice evolves around the translation of figurative and representational line drawing, into image and object.
Recent work has held an enquiry into emblematic and heraldic language, from embroidered badges to Union Banners. I am interested in the absurdity and juxtaposition of these pictorial motifs that through symmetry purport to be informative. I have produced a series of hand and machine sewn pieces that perpetuate this language, exploring my own sense of motif that create the possibility for an –˜extraordinary' narrative, that might suggest the advent of a miraculous event. I use my immediate surroundings and experience, chair, dog, street and neighbour.
Artefact seems to lend itself to the value of this. These oversized badges and motifs are hand embroidered and constructed from layers of canvas, felt, satin and silks.

Born 1967                  


Education


2000      M.A. Fine Art Goldsmiths College
1991      B.A. Hons Sculpture, Wimbledon School of Art, London


Employment


2003.20070.5 lecturer in B.A. Art Practice at Goldsmiths College
1998.2004     Sculpture Foundation tutor Hertfordshire University
2000-2006     Visiting tutor Nottingham Trent University, Fine Art B.A.

Selected Group Exhibitions


2006     Metropolis Rise: New Art from London, Shanghai and Beijing, China.
            Janus, Café Gallery, Southwark Park, London.
            Thy Neighbours' Ox, Space Station 65, London
            The Drawing Show, Shangri-La Tattoo Parlour, London
2005     Cloud and Vision, Museum of Garden History, London.
            Death is part of the Process, Void, Derry, Northern Ireland.
            Temporary Contemporary Fleamarket, London.
2004     Tonight, Voltaire, London.
            Transmogrification, Danielle Arnaud, London.
            Free House, The Hare, London.
            Marks in Space, Usher Gallery, Lincoln.
            Death of Romance, Ganton Street, London.
2003      Family Business, Pitzhangar Manor, London.
            Exhibit 001, Ols & Co., London.
            I thought I saw your lips move, Cell, London.
2002     The Lost Collection of an Invisible Man, Laing, Newcastle.
            From Dusk till Dawn, Greenwich University, London.
            The Spare Room. V.T.O., London.
            Molotov, Dilston Grove, London.
2000      Assembly, Stepney Green, London.
             On the Rocks, A.P.T., London.


Solo Shows and projects


2007      Cuckoo, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London.
             Cuckoo, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool. London.
2003       Lightbox, Guy Street, London.
2000       Flower carpet, Peckham Cinema, London.
1999       The Giotto Range, Cable Street Gallery, London.
1997       Keeping in Touch, Café gallery. London.
1997       Annie Whiles, South Hill Park, Bracknell.

anniewhiles@yahoo.co.uk