My work is preoccupied with historical events from the positionality of a queer / neurodiverse / feminist perspective. I am deeply invested in the embodiment of intergenerational trauma and its cellular resonance. Making connections between these historical events is the impetus of my multi-disciplinary practice.

My practice is concerned with historical definitions and persecution of witches, the creation of the hag myth and its place in contemporary narratives of feminine life.  Investigations into acts of literal and personal destructions and renewal/ rebirth are another driving factor.



Shirley Archibald (She/her) Lives and works in Brighton, UK

b.1968 Scottish

EDUCATION

2021-2023 MA Fine Art, (Distinction), University of Brighton

1987-1990 BA Fine Art, (2:1), University of Liverpool

 

EXHIBITIONS

September 2024, Collapse Sculpture exhibition, The Observer Building, Hastings

July 2024 Summer Exhibition, Crawley Library, Screening of Collaborative performance work

July 2023 Group Exhibition, Bermondsey Project Space, London

July 2023 MA Fine Art Final Exhibition, Grand Parade, Brighton

Dec 2022 Now Is the Time, Brighton CCA, Grand Parade, Brighton

Oct 2022 Between the Surface, Phoenix Art Space, Brighton

July 2022 MA Fine Art Summer Exhibition, Grand Parade, Brighton

Oct 2022 10 x 10 x 10, Edward Street Gallery, Brighton

Feb 2022 Betwixt, Edward Street Gallery, Brighton



RESIDENCIES

September 2024 Residency, Lock In, Brighton

Jan –Feb 2024 Phoenix Winter Residency, Phoenix Artspace, Brighton

Mar 2023 Under construction, Edward Street Gallery, Brighton

Nov 2022 Fine Art, Work in progress - Edward Street Gallery

August 2022 Open Plan Residency, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne