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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