January 11, 2015 by admin News Tuesday, November 6th, 2018, 9:35 am My installation comprising The Source of Life (2018) and An Encyclopaedia Of The Qanat Waters of Palermo (2018), remains on show until the end of November as part of the Manifesta 12 Biennale, Palermo, Sicily. The collection of inked papers, texts and waters from the tenth century underground waterway system is housed in the Crypt of the Church of St Agnes, Danisinni, Palermo, alongside other works and research drawings made by our team of international artists and architects as part of the Ingruttati Palermo project. ... See more Tuesday, November 6th, 2018, 9:27 am Alex Mah, MA Research Composition student at Bath Spa Uni, has used images of my paintings in this beautiful book on his recent work with scores. It includes a chapter on ‘allowing for drifting’, a score Alex wrote in response to several conversations we have had this year about my practice and how one might approach writing a score for visual arts. The book can be viewed at the Porthleven Prizewinners exhibition currently showing in the old Georgian house on the Newton Park campus, Bath Spa University. There have only been 16 copies produced and the few remaining are available to buy through the exhibition. ... See more Wednesday, October 24th, 2018, 9:48 am I have work in this upcoming show, including Sea Scroll (2018) used as the image for the poster. Let daro@bathspa.ac.uk know if you can come to the launch on Friday 2 November from 6-8pm and they will put out an extra glass for you! My works are for sale for a donation to the RNLI - a way of giving something back to the community of Porthleven who hosted us so wonderfully on our residencies this year. Honoured to be exhibiting with the exceptional Porthleven Prizewinners of 2018. Show runs from 2 - 16 November 2018. ... See more Thursday, September 27th, 2018, 10:37 am Recent work selected for the Black Swan Arts Open 2018. The show in Frome, Somerset, will run from 19 October - 24 November with private view on 18th October from 7.30-9pm. Please do come and say hi if you are in the area. Perigee-Syzygy Of The Earth-Moon-Sun System (2017) Deborah Westmancoat. Black writing ink, handmade oak gall ink and dew collected during the night of the 14/11/16 supermoon, on heavyweight paper. A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon or a new moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbit, resulting in the largest apparent size of the lunar disk as seen from Earth, also known as a perigee-syzygy of the Earth–Moon–Sun system. Box framed in white wood and non reflective glazing. 51 x 61 x 4.5 cm. ... See more Thursday, August 16th, 2018, 10:27 am Four recent paintings will soon be on show in the Academician Candidates' Exhibition at the Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, running 4 October - 25 November 2018. I'm really looking forward to meeting the other seven Candidates.... "The RWA, as one of five Royal Academies in Great Britain and Ireland, has a membership of 150 Academicians. Academicians are an independent body of artists at the forefront of their profession, who have achieved excellence in their field, and who are committed to contributing to the future of the RWA. Academicians are elected on the basis that they are practicing artists of ability and experience, creators of artworks judged to be of a consistently high standard and willing to undertake the commitments and responsibilities of the elected membership. Each year, we invite the shortlist of Academician Candidates to exhibit a selection of their recent works alongside the Annual Open Exhibition. During this time, the current Academician body will anonymously vote for the Candidates they would like to see become Academicians. The exhibition on our ground floor is also open to the public. This year's Candidates are: Wendy Elia Anna Gillespie Frances Gynn Jim Hunter Dave King Nik Ramage Rosalind Robinson Deborah Westmancoat Admission is free." ... See more Wednesday, August 15th, 2018, 9:22 am Showing as part of Manifesta 12 Biennale, Palermo, until November 2018......... Source of Life (2018) and Encyclopaedia of the Qanat Waters of Palermo (2018), Deborah Westmancoat. (Installation shot in the Crypt of the Church of St Agnes, Danisinni, Palermo). 5 vintage Italian glass bottles containing water collected from 5 different qanat sources in and around Palermo, 5 paper labels detailing source and collection of waters in English and Italian handwriting, supported on pine batten structure. Card loose-leaf folder containing 5 x A3 pages of ink and water paintings, sources and details of collection of water annotated by hand on each page, supported on pine batten structure. (Photo credit: Karolina Majewska) ... See more Thursday, August 9th, 2018, 4:02 pm One of my favourite pieces, still available to buy at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, either in person at the gallery or online through the RA website. The show runs until 19 August 2018. White Field and Hailstorm 2 (2015) Black writing ink, hailstones and white acrylic ink on board. Box framed in white wood and non reflective glazing. 60 x 50.5 x 4.5 cm. ... See more Friday, June 22nd, 2018, 9:30 am Over the last week I have had a studio 'score' detailing my studio practice enacted at Tate Exchange / Tate Modern as part of the Inventory of Behaviours project. Thanks to Alex Mah for many interesting conversations about writing scores whilst we were on the Porthleven Project residencies. I found the whole process of writing directions for others to interpret and enact really intriguing. Text from Tate Modern website: "This event is programmed by Bath Spa University, Kingston University and Freelands Foundation, Tate Exchange Associates. Step inside a site for generating artistic behaviour, inhabit the ordinary daily routines of artists and see what their habits reveal. For four days Tate Exchange will become a space for collecting and generating and mimicking behaviour; a live and constantly changing inventory of small but significant dramas. Boilersuit clad assistants will welcome and guide you as you are invited to respond to an Inventory of Behaviours, an improvised instruction manual. Devised by artists, the manual is based on their own behaviour in the physical, digital, or psychological spaces in which their art is made. You are invited to imitate or re-enact their rituals, traits and habits. Performances will be recorded and played back in the space and Twitter and Instagram will transmit the daily activities beyond the Gallery. On Friday, join an open discussion from 3-5pm that brings invited speakers from a variety of disciplines – from art to psychology – to reflect on what the Inventory of Behaviours can tell us about the conditions of the production of artworks today. This event is programmed by Bath Spa University, Kingston University and Freelands Foundation, Tate Exchange Associates." ... See more Tuesday, June 19th, 2018, 10:50 am I have been selected for the Manifesta12 biennale and will be working with another 14 international artists, architects and philosophers in Palermo, Sicily, from 20-29 July, focusing on the tenth century qanat water network that threads through the old town. Works will conclude with a printed publication and in situ art installation “to reveal the invisible and forgotten water network for the time of the Manifesta biennale”. Huge thanks to the Development Dept at Bath Spa University for being so supportive of the project and fully funding the trip. ... See more Saturday, May 26th, 2018, 3:18 pm Very pleased to have been selected again for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. White Field and Hailstorm 2 (2015) Black writing ink, hailstones and white acrylic ink on board. Box framed in white wood and non reflective glazing. 60 x 50.5 x 4.5 cm. ... See more Load More...