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Juliet Middleton-Batts


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Surfacing

Wax casts of the negative spaces of a specific site,
plus related objects and artefacts, reflecting reversal
of form and the identical but reversed.

'Marginal spaces underneath, between and inside the object world'
(Rachel Whiteread)

Wax

Introduction

Juliet is a story-teller and likes to represent the hidden or overlooked in unexpected ways. Perception and alternative ways of seeing are exploited by her in order to create work that interweaves social histories and collective memories with her own personal, gendered archive.

 

Statement

 Juliet is a story-teller and likes to represent the hidden or overlooked in unexpected ways. Perception and alternative ways of seeing are exploited by her in order to create work that interweaves social histories and collective memories with her own personal, gendered archive.

Juliet’s current work utilises elements of the everyday to create collages that combine nostalgic references to our shared histories and evoke memories of the familiarity of home. Her work is created by layering mono-prints on tissue paper from diverse objects including vintage pressed glass, wooden butter pats and packaging materials. Everyday domestic elements such as textured wallpapers, dressmaking patterns and instruction sheets, vintage book pages and postage stamps are overlaid to create further patterns and layers which reference our social interactions and the hidden tensions and emotions that underpin every family.

Juliet has a Masters in Contemporary Art from Plymouth University and her work has been shown in London and across the South West. She is a Retail and  Visitor Assistant at Tate St Ives, a member of St Ives Arts Club and works from her studio in the heart of the town. eating the presence 

Biography

Sept 2014 - Jul 2017MA Contemporary Art Practice, Plymouth University
Dec 2013 - Feb 2014Plymouth Arts Centre/Internship
June 2013Natalie Sitar Memorial Award for Most Outstanding Student
Sept 2010-June 2013BA (First Class Hons) Fine Art, Plymouth University, Devon
Sept 2008-May 2010Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, Saltash College, Cornwall (Distinction)
Jan 1997 - Jun 2003Plymouth University/Graphic Designer
May 1990 - August 2008EGM Graphics/Freelance Graphic Designer
Dec 1986 - May 1990Nucleus Design/Graphic Designer
Jan 1983 - Dec 1986Osborne & Little/Graphic, Exhibition & Display Designer
July 1982Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers' Prize
Sept 1979-July 1982London Diploma in Art & Design, South Bank Polytechnic, London (Distinction)