POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE | Household Name

About

Exhibition Continues Until
Friday 3rd April 2020

About
To become a household name as an artist is for most an unachievable feat, yet household names abound in society. But what is required for someone or something to become a household name? Historically most artists that have achieved this status have been male, Household Name seeks to address this imbalance, as well as illuminate the inadequacies of multi-gender representation in museums and galleries.

All of the artists in the exhibition are exploring widely different themes that have had an impact on their lives as women, these themes include; family member dynamics, working parents and family commitment, and an examination of so-called gender norms, these will be just some of the themes scrutinised in Household Name. Household Name is a contemporary art exhibition featuring seven Welsh and Wales-based women artists working in a broad range of multimedia. The artists as we have said are all female but are diverse in experience and include internationally renowned practitioners, emerging artists and those in between.
All have created work that is inspired and responsive to the title Household Name but with very different perspectives and outcomes, this will prove to be a fascinating and dynamic show and is one that definitely puts female artists to the fore.
The exhibition will open at The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London and then travel to Elysium Gallery, Swansea.

Exhibiting Artists
Laura Ford
Cherry Pickles
Zoe Gingell
Zena Blackwell
Adele Vye
Fern Thomas
Raji Salan

Household Name is curated by Zena Blackwell who founded Contemporary Cymru in 2017. She completed her MFA at Central Saint Martins and BFA at Wimbledon College of Art. Contemporary Cymru seeks to champion and promote outstanding art made and shown in Wales to an international audience.

Sculptor Laura Ford has exhibited extensively and at major institutions including TATE, V&A and National Museum Cardiff.

Cherry Pickles teaches at the Royal Drawing School and has exhibited with Coombs Contemporary and Kapil Jariwala

Zoe Gingell is the director at Cardiff MADE which has been instrumental in propelling the careers of many Welsh and Wales-based early career artists

Zena Blackwell whose paintings explore the anxiety-ridden role of the parent , won 1st Prize at Cardiff MADE Open 2017 and was awarded 3rd prize at PS Mirabel's 'PAINT' (Manchester).

Fern Thomas is the recipient of The Freelands Foundation at g39, Cardiff, and is a 2019 Jerwood Bursary winner.

Adele Vye, was named the Welsh Artist of the Year and was awarded the John Brookes Memorial Prize for Fine Art

Raji Salanwas the winner of the BA travel award and has exhibited at the Jerwood Drawing Prize and most recently at Galeri in Caernarfon.