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Victoria Hall was born in 1972 in East Yorkshire, she now lives and works in London. Since graduatin...
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About the artist
Joined In 2010
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Victoria Hall was born in 1972 in East Yorkshire, she now lives and works in London. Since graduating from her MA in Fine Art in 1995 from Chelsea School of Art & Design, she has exhibited extensively nationally and internationally.
Victoria Hall's humorous and sophisticated restagings of famous British and European paintings pay careful attention to lavish costumes and grand surroundings, in which Hall is always the leading lady. She has created a body of work which is often stunning in scale and ambition, and yet has a very English sensibility about it. They are a thought-provoking reflection of the artist's interest in the role of the female figure in western portraiture and our love affair with history as costume drama.
These works, in which the specific language, texture and accessibility of photographic reality is exploited, make reference to the modern creation and consumption of history through period drama and the heritage industrys exploitation of this genre
This work looks to the role that the contemporary artist can take within the heritage industry of today. The location of the final prints is an important aspect to this series and will shape how the viewer interprets the work. Each portrait is printe...
Education
1994/5 Chelsea College of Art & Design MA Fine Art: Combined Media
1991/4 University of Northumbria BA (Hons) Degree Fine Art: Painting
1990/1 Suffolk College Foundation Course: Art & Design
Selected past exhibitions
Slide Show/History, Leicester City Galleries and Museums, 2006
Culture Bound, East Wing, Courtauld Institute, 2006
Re-Stage, Arts Gallery, University of the Arts, London, 2006
Portrayal Saltburn Artists Projects, Saltburn, 2004 solo exh
Portrayal Lounge, London, 2005 solo exh
Lost and Found in Translation, Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall, 2005
Overdressed, Lounge, London, 2002
ARTfutures, Contemporary Art Society, London, 2002
Intimacy, The Lowry, Salford, 2002
John Curtin Gallery, Perth, Australia, 2001
EV+A, Limerica, Ireland, 2001
Dopplarity, Bank Underground Station/Hiscox Gallery, 2000
Through the Looking Glass, University of Essex, 2000
Head First, Arts Council National Touring, 1999
Site + Sound, Site Gallery, Sheffield, 1997
7th Mostyn Open, Oriel Mostyn, Wales, 1995
East International, Norwich Gallery, Norfolk, 1995
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