Based in Somerset, UK
Manifesta 12 / Palermo, Sicily (2018) http://www.hydrocity.ca/2018/05/ingruttati-palermo/
Bloomberg New Contemporaries (2014) http://www.newcontemporaries.org.uk/artists/deborah-westmancoat
EDUCATION
2018 MA Fine Art (Distinction) – Bath Spa University
2014 BA Hons Fine Art (First Class) – Plymouth University
SOLO/2 PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018 Weather Report – solo exhibition, Ace Arts Gallery, Somerset
2018 In Extremis – two person show with C R Brownridge, Green Hill Arts, Dartmoor, Devon
2017 Casespace – solo exhibition, Bruton Museum, Somerset
2017 Deborah Westmancoat: Recent Works – solo exhibition, Tincleton Gallery, Dorchester, Dorset
2016 Catchments and Transcripts – solo exhibition, Dukes Gallery, Dorchester, Dorset
2016 Material Fact – two person exhibition with Stewart Geddes PPRWA, Studio 1:1 Gallery, London
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
169th RWA Open – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
All Rise – Ace Arts, Somerton, Somerset
Millfield Open 2022 – The Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Street, Somerset
RWA Secret Postcard Auction – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Spot the Artist – Porthmeor Studios, St Ives, Cornwall
This Is Me – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2021
The Drawing Box – Kanu Nayak Foundation, Andheri West, Mumbai, India
168th RWA Open – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Spot the Artist – Porthmeor Studios, St Ives, Cornwall
TLC Deck of Cards Vol II Auction – South Hill Park, Berkshire
RWA Secret Postcard Auction – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2020
Nature Art Cube <12x12x12+NATURE> – Geumgang Nature Art Centre, Republic of Korea
RWA 168th Open – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Hinterland – Broadway Arts Festival
TLC Deck of Cards Vol II – South Hill Park, Berkshire
RWA Secret Postcard Auction – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2019
Endelienta Residency – St Endellion, North Cornwall
167th RWA Open – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
114th Bath Society of Artists Open Exhibition – Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
Millfield Summer Show 2019 – The Atkinson Gallery, Street, Somerset
In Between Sea and Shore: Porthleven Prizewinners – The Old Lifeboat Studio, Porthleven, Cornwall
In Between Sea and Shore: Porthleven Prizewinners – Drawing Projects UK, Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Millfield Polo Invitational Exhibition – Millfield School, Somerton, Somerset
Spot The Artist – Porthmeor Studios, St Ives, Cornwall
RWA Secret Postcard Auction 2019 – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
A Place Older Than People, Root Mapping – The Learned Pig (online publication)
2018
Manifesta 12 Biennale: Ingruttati Palermo – research project led by HydroCity and exhibition of works – Crypt of the Chiesa Parrocchiale Santa Agnese, Piazza Danisinni, Palermo, Sicily
250th RA Summer Exhibition – Royal Academy, London
RWA Academician Candidates’ Exhibition – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Inventory of Behaviours – studio score enacted in Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London
Black Swan Arts Open 2018 – Black Swan Arts, Frome, Somerset
The Bath Open Art Prize 2018 – 44AD Artspace, Bath, Somerset
In Between Sea and Shore: The Porthleven Prizewinners Exhibition 2018 – UK touring exhibition
MA Graduate Show 2018 – Bath Spa University, Bath
RWA Secret Postcard Auction – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Deck of Cards – The Lightbox Gallery, Woking, Surrey
The Transformed Land – touring exhibition: Ace Arts, Somerton, Somerset
Spot The Artist 2018 – Porthmeor Studios, St Ives, Cornwall
2017
249th RA Summer Exhibition – Royal Academy, London
ING Discerning Eye – The Mall Galleries, London
165th RWA Open – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Defining Moments – Act Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
Cross Pollination – 516 Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
RWA Secret Postcard Auction – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Go Wild In The Country – Bruton Art Factory, Bruton, Somerset
Something Black – online exhibition hosted by Cultivate (London)
The Observatory: Perspectives on Landscape, Society and Spirit – Exeter University, Devon
Green Hill Arts Open 2017 – Green Hill Arts, Moretonhampstead, Dartmoor, Devon
International Postcard Show – Surface Gallery, Nottingham
Evolver Prize 2017 – Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton, Devon
Millfield Summer Show – Atkinson Gallery, Street, Somerset
MA Open Studios – Bath School of Art and Design
May Day May Day – Spike Island, Bristol
The Transformed Land: On Tour – Circle Bath Gallery, Bath, Somerset
Wolf Crossing – online publication hosted by The Learned Pig, http://www.thelearnedpig.org/wolf-crossing
ISIS-HORUS-OSIRIS – The Silk Mill, Frome, Somerset
Your Art Here – Ace Arts, Somerton, Somerset
St Ives School of Painting Postcard Exhibition/Sale – Porthmeor Studios, St Ives, Cornwall
Imagined Worlds – touring exhibition: RUH Bath Gallery and Coleridge Cottage, Nether Stowey, Somerset
The Transformed Land – touring exhibition: The Brewhouse, Taunton, and Circle Bath Gallery, Somerset
50 Bees: The Interconnectedness of All Things – Ace Arts, Somerton, Somerset
The Tempest – curated by Contains Art, Regal Theatre, Minehead, Somerset
HIVE IV – The Old Brick Workshop, Wellington, Somerset
2016
Subasta de Arte Contemporaneo 2016 – exhibition and auction of International Contemporary Art, Morton Casa de Subasta Auction House, Mexico City, Mexico
Points of Views – Lazy Susan Gallery, Manhattan, New York, USA
Arising: installation by Yoko Ono – Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland
ING Discerning Eye – The Mall Galleries, London
248th RA Summer Exhibition – Royal Academy, London
Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2016, The Mall Galleries, London and Guildford House Gallery, Surrey
RWA Artist Network Members Show – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
In The BRUT Midwinter – Bruton Art Factory, Bruton, Somerset
A2 Gallery Open – A2 Gallery, Wells, Somerset
Looking Up – Studio 1.1, Shoreditch, London
RWA Christmas Art Fair – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Contains Art Christmas Art Show – Contains Art, Watchet, Somerset
Green Hill Arts Gallery Winter Show – Green Hill Arts, Moretonhampstead, Devon
Imagined Worlds – touring exhibition: CICCIC Taunton, Somerset
Hanging Instructions – curated by Sveta Antonova, Fringe Arts Bath, Somerset
Secret Postcard Auction 2016 – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Quartz – Queen’s College, Taunton, Somerset
EnvironMENTAL: Summer Show 2016 – Bruton Art Factory, Somerset
Water Works – international project culminating in a live streaming event by 22 curators from 19 countries
Pay and Display – Centrespace Gallery, Bristol
1000 Postcards – Black Swan Arts, Frome, Somerset
Christmas Art Fair 2016 – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
The Tempest – Contains Art, Watchet, Somerset
The Bureau Open Art Show 2016 – The Bureau Centre for the Arts, Blackburn, Lancashire
Somerset Art Gallery Trust Members Exhibition 2016 – The Brewhouse, Taunton, Somerset
Momentum – The Museum in the Park Gallery, Stroud, Gloucestershire
Got Mail? – East Bristol Contemporary, Trinity Arts Centre, Bristol
artcornwall: web projects – http://www.artcornwall.org/webprojects_index.htm
Somerset Open Studios – The Brewhouse, Taunton, Somerset
Taunton Fringe Exhibition – CICCIC, Taunton, Somerset
Make Believe: Celebrating the Creativity of Pupils and Staff from Artsmark Schools across Somerset – The Rose Room, Hestercombe Gallery, Somerset
Postcards – St Ives School of Painting, Porthmeor Studios, Cornwall
Ancient Scent – year long artist-led project exploring the art techniques of British Surrealist Ithell Colquhoun within the Lamorna landscape culminating in a group exhibition in Cornwall
Papergirl – The Bureau Centre for the Arts, Blackburn, Lancashire
2015
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2014 – ICA, The Mall, London
Signature Art Prize 2015 (Painting Category Finalist) – DegreeArt, Shoreditch, London
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2014 – Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall
Subasta de Arte Britanico Contemporaneo – Contemporary British Art auction and exhibition, Morton Casa de Subastas, Mexico City, Mexico
163rd RWA Open 2015 – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Being Human: Words for a Value Led Life – Porthmeor Studios, St Ives, Cornwall
Pause – House Gallery, Camberwell, London
Subasta de Verano: Contemporary British Art – Summer Auction, Morton Casa de Subastas, Mexico City, Mexico
Evolver Prize 2015 – Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton, Devon
The Open West 2015 – The Wilson Gallery, Cheltenham, Gloucs
Dorchester Arts Open 2015 (First Prize) – Dorchester Arts Centre, Dorset
Game of Consequences – The Exchange Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall
ON PHOTOcopy/DISPLACEMENT – 44AD Gallery, Bath, Somerset
Christmas Art Fair – Chalton Gallery, Camden, London
A Space Between – The Stone Space Gallery, London
Time and Place – SAW Members Show, RUH, Bath
Matter. Place. An Other – Gallery 202, http://www.gallery202.co.uk/#!matterplaceanother/ct4s
Hand of Four – The Brewhouse Gallery, Taunton, Somerset
Momentum – The Musgrove Gallery, Taunton, Somerset
InspirED Showcase – Hestercombe House Gallery, Somerset
Land of the Summer People – collaboration with PhD Hydrology students from Exeter University, works exhibited at Exeter Community Centre, project subsequently presented at Casa Pausa, Lima Peru and The AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA
Drop Me a Line – Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton, Devon
Open Studios 2015 – G14, BV Studios, Bristol
Diagnosis – The Musgrove Gallery, Taunton, Somerset
RELAPSE – artist led collective http://relapse-collective.com/Deborah-Westmancoat
Black Squares, Black Lines and Black Magic – curated by David Smith, Black Swan Arts, Somerset
Water-Meadow-Wood V3 Residency Exhibition – The Octagon, Yeovil, Somerset
Plymouth Other Open 2015 – Shoal Arts Co-operative
2014
Now in Reverse – Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2014 – Liverpool Biennial at World Museum, Liverpool
Regulate – The Montgomery Gallery, Sheffield
Fabric of the Land – Union Square, Aberdeen Harbour, Scotland
3rd Anniversary Exhibition – Exeter Contemporary Arts Hub, Devon
RA Summer Exhibition – Royal Academy, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London
Free Range – Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London
Revelation – Plymouth University/Somerset College, Taunton, Somerset
Showcase – The Brewhouse, Taunton, Somerset
Signature Art Prize – online gallery
The Coffee Art Project – Allegra Foundation, Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London
2013
Marshwood Vale Arts Awards – (selected by John Hubbard) Bridport Arts Centre, Dorset
Fabric of the Land – Geology Department, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Wish You Were Here? – Contains Art, Watchet, Somerset
Free Range – Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London
Connected – The Market House, Taunton, Somerset
Showcase – White Space Gallery, Taunton, Somerset
RESIDENCIES
2019 Endelienta – multi-disciplinary funded residency in St Endellion, North Cornwall, working alongside a composer and a poet to create work reflecting our experiences of the local landscape.
2018 Manifesta 12 Biennale: Palermo, Sicily – cross-disciplinary funded residency working with an international team of architects, artists and urban planners on the Ingruttati Palermo project researching the 10th century underground ‘qanat’ waterways of Palermo, culminating in an exhibition in the medieval crypt of the Church of St Agnes, Danisinni.
2018 The Porthleven Prize – multi-disciplinary collaborative residency based in Porthleven, Cornwall, working with international artists, musicians and writers leading to the production of works for a UK touring exhibition.
2017 Ancient Scent: Ireland – residency travelling to several significant sites in the Irish countryside and working with the art techniques of British Surrealist Ithell Colquhoun.
2016 Ancient Scent: Cornwall – based in Lamorna, West Cornwall, working with the art techniques of British Surrealist Ithell Colquhoun, culminating in an exhibition of works in collaboration with Peter Owen Publishing.
2015 Water-Meadow-Wood – lead artist on a year long residency based at Yeovil Country Park, Somerset, funded by SAW and the Arts Council.
COLLECTIONS
Work held in many UK and international private collections, the public collections of Close Ltd, Exeter University and Bristol University (PhD Hydrology faculty), and the permanent collections of the Royal West of England Academy, Geumgang Nature Art Centre, Republic of Korea and the Kanu Nayak Foundation, India.
PUBLICATIONS
2022 This Is Me – Royal West of England Academy, S. Jacobson RWA (ed), p. 1, 50-51.
2021 ECHTRAI Journal no.1 – AnMor Studio, B Nicholls (ed), p. 99-103. Inc a chapter on the Ancient Scent Ireland project.
2018 Allowing For Drifting – Alex Mah. Including a chapter on our score writing collaboration as part of The Porthleven Prize.
2017 Hive, Issue no 4, April 2017 – private publication, edition of 22, Watts (guest ed).
2016 Subasta de Arte Contemporaneo – exhibition and auction catalogue, Morton Casa de Subasta, Mexico City, p.197.
2016 Fresh Paint: International Issue no.13, June 2016 – Rebecca Wilson, Saatchi Art (guest ed), p.114-115.
2016 Internationale Kunst Heute 2016 – IKH Publishing: Germany, M Kolle, Dr I Gardill (eds), p.302-303, 357.
2016 British Vogue: A Vogue Interior (image and text), June 2016 publication, p.443.
2016 Average Art – magazine publication (image and text), November 2016 edition.
2016 The Tempest: William Shakespeare – limited ed. of 500, Contains Art (ed), ISBN: 978-0-9932989-1-2, p.23, 150.
2016 Hive, Issue no 3, June 2016 – private publication, edition of 15, N Gronw-Lewis (guest ed).
2015 Subasta de Arte Britanico Contemporaneo 2015 – catalogue, Morton Casa de Subastas, Mexico City, p.40 – 41, 98.
2014 The State of Art: Landscape and Portrait #1 – Bare Hill Publishing, A Laffan (ed), p. 90 – 93.
2014 Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2014 – E David (author), K Ogg (ed), p.21, 108.
AWARDS
2022 Time Space Money – a-n bursary towards progression of new work
2021 Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust – award towards progression of studio work for 2021
2020 Freelands Foundation Fund – award towards progression of work during the Covid Pandemic
2020 The Ganes Trust – award towards progression of work during the Covid Pandemic
2020 Hinterland/Broadway Arts Festival – joint recipient of New Entrant prize
2019 114th Bath Society of Artists Open Exhibition – recipient of the St Cuthberts Mill Prize for Watercolour
2018 The Porthleven Prize – selected prizewinner: fully funded residency and touring exhibition
2018 Awarded the Sue Conrad Prize for a work on paper at Black Swan Open 2018
2018 The Bath Arts Open 2018 – awarded ‘Highly Commended’ for selected work on show
2017 165th Royal West of England Academy Open – Judges’ Award: First Prize for Watercolour
2015 Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust – award towards progression of studio work for 2016
2015 Dorchester Arts Open 2015 – First Prize, Judges Award (funded Solo Exhibition for 2016)
2014 Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust – award towards progression of studio work for 2015
2013 Taunton Deane Borough Council – Art and Design Bursary 2013/14