Christabel Atkins

Visual artist, member of Kube Art Group

Artist's Statement

Feral Woman, 2006

The journal of a feral woman is a dark piece. It was made for a Kube show at Tallaght arts centre and there are nine small images in this part of the show. On the other side of the screen were 9 much lighter pieces called journal of a country woman. I had been reading an Edwardian diary and what interested me most was what had been left out of this personal notebook. I used my own poetry, and other bits of writing from my journal to make feral woman the visual language speaks in a metaphorical manner and the piece demands the viewer’s own interpretations be put on the work. Each small work had a small hand written label set in glass beneath it. Some of the words could be read others were deliberately indecipherable.

Feral Woman 1

Feral Woman 3

Caroline

Landscapes, 2005

While I am not in awe of the landscape I am dependent upon it for both the physical and spiritual quality of my life. I am most content when I am recording or remembering, I use my notebooks to make small sketches of what moves me and then I translate this into a visual language back in my Wicklow studio. Looking at this work I want the viewer to also experience a walk through a little farmyard or across the open countryside, maybe to identify with a secret place or remember freezing winters when small waterfalls were frozen into icicles looking like a winter slide.

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Personal web site: http://www.christabelatkins.com/

CURRICULUM VITAE

CHRIS ATKINS.

Address. 8, Kilcoole Rd, Delgany, Co Wicklow, Rep Ireland.
Nationality: British.

THIRD LEVEL EDUCATION.

1997-2001 Attended Dun Laoghaire College Art Design and Technology.
2001- Awarded Diploma (Hons) in Fine Art. (Painting and Ceramics).

Selected exhibitions

2005 July-Sept Kilkenny Arts Festival Kube group show
2003 June. Eigse Open Submission Show. Co Carlow.
2003 March. Oireachtas Open Submission Show. Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin
2003 March. 6 x 6 for Ireland. 70 Irish artists 411 Gallery. Hangzhou.
2003 May. Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai China. Sponsored by Irish Consulate.
2003 February. Four Woman Show. Metatron Enniskerry.
2003 February. Mermaid Arts Centre. Bray, Co Wicklow. Open submission.
2002 Opening show of Metatron Art Gallery. Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.
2001 December. Open Submission Show Wicklow County Council.
2001 August. Two Woman Show. Bothan Ban Gallery, Co Wexford.
2001 June. DLIADT Fine Art Graduation Show.

Pending Solo Show.

2005 October. O'Sullivan & Bewick Gallery Enniskerry.

KUBE Group Exhibitions

2004 Garter Lane Gallery. Waterford.
2003 Tinahely Courthouse Co Wicklow.
2003 Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow.
2003 The Pillar Room, Wexford Arts Centre. Wexford

Public and Corporate Collections.
   Sight and Sound Showrooms Dublin.

Private Collections.
   Work has been purchased by a number of private collectors.

COURSES.

2001-2. Professional development for the visual artist. DLADT.
2004. Printmaking course Airfield House Co Dublin.

Award
2004. Regional bursary Tyrone Guthrie Centre. Co Monahan.

MEMBERSHIPS

1997-2002.Associate member of Artists Association of Ireland.
2001-2. Associate member of Sculptors Society Ireland.
2001. Co Founder 'KUBE' group of 4 artists concerned with the promotion of work in a professional manner.
2000-3. Member of Greystones Arts Festival.