20 Sep

SPACE / South London Gallery Graduate Residency Artist announced

Edward Thomasson in the first SPACE / South London Gallery Residency artist.

Beginning in October 2011, the residency includes the provision of private accommodation in the South London Gallery's Outset Artists' Flat, and culminates in a solo exhibition opening in March 2012 in the new galleries in the SLG's recently expanded building. SPACE provide a studio in our new Haymerle Road studio building.

Artist Statement by Edward Thomasson

Born 1985, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
Lives and works in London.

Education
2009-2011 Slade School of Fine Art, London (M.A).
2004-2007 Chelsea College of Art and Design, London (B.A Hons)

My current practice focuses on systems of contemporary survival and their relationship to performing and performance. Drawings provide a way of working through thematic shifts that are later developed into narrative video works. These videos, all look at how individuals engage in group activities as a way of affirming to themselves that there is something behold the limits of their own bodies. Collaborating with actors, dancers, singers and musicians, the video works re-enact strategies and mechanisms common to television plays, instructional videos and musicals. Recent Exhibitions include One Another’s Company, IMT Gallery, London, 2011 and Bloomberg New Contemporaries, The A Foundation, Liverpool, touring to ICA, London. 2010

I also work collaboratively with Lucy Beech on live works that explore initiations of performance in non-theatrical environments. Recent Performances include 7 Year Itch presented as part of More Soup and Tart, Barbican Theatre, London. 2011 and Holding it Together presented as part of Night and Day, Modern Art Oxford 2010.

http://www.edwardthomasson.com/