Sian Conway

Specialising in conceptual sculptural installation, I produce process-based work concerned with absence, trace, memory and the perception of space.

By its nature past experience becomes partially lost, and this loss invokes nostalgia. As a result, humans become sentimental, projecting memories of lived experience onto objects and places in an attempt to remember. It is this exploration of human connection, transitional objects and the narrative created that drives my work, exploring both collective memory and social unconsciousness. The notion of the absent person, and how that absence can be present, is prominent throughout and notions of control, chaos, fragility and strength are central to my practice.

The psychological concept of 'social unconsciousness' and the impact that our social and cultural experiences have on our memory, personality and perspective is something which I manipulate, drawing on this as a means of understanding how the audience will interpret my work, and using signifiers to influence this understanding.

I am also Director of Roots Gallery Projects, a social enterprise arts organisation which commissions and creates contemporary arts projects and provides creative professional development services...

MA Arts Project Management (commendation)
Birmingham City University, 2012.

Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours Fine Art
Coventry School of Art and Design, 2011.

A Level - Art and Design, Photography.
Wyke Sixth Form College, Hull.

Awards
2011 The Karen Trusselle Prize, Coventry University

2011 Jane Sutton Trust Award (Nominated), Coventry University

2011 Swanswell Commission Finalist, Coventry Care Trust and NHS

2008-2011 Academic Scholarship, Coventry University

2012 Notes From Sierra Leone, Roots Gallery, Coventry.

2012 'Roots' at Roots, (Curator) Roots Gallery, Coventry.

2012 ‘Synonyms’ by Megan Brook (Curator) The Lewis Gallery, Rugby School, Rugby.

2012 Big 4! Open Exhibition, The Lock Gallery, Coventry.

2011 Free Range The Old Truman Brewery, London.

2011 The Great Glass Elevator Fine Art Degree Show Coventry University.

2011 Faded Gradient (Curator) Institute for Creative Enterprise, Coventry.

2011 Sweet Fine Artists Present: Allsorts The Custard Factory, Birmingham.

2010 The Moment of Privacy Has Passed The Usher Gallery, Lincoln.

2010 New Lock Open The Lock Gallery, Coventry.

2010 xx/xy The Glass Box, Coventry.

2009 CV1:09 Coventry University.

2009 Exhibition and workshop with Ben Cove Lanchester Gallery, Coventry University.

2008 Art and Design End of Year Show Middleton Hall Gallery, Hull University.

2006 I:D Identity Ferens Art Gallery, Hull.