Bianca Cork

Since 2010, I have been visiting countries that have been transformed by industry. I have created work based around the landscapes of dockyards and shipping ports throughout Britain and Europe. My interest in these locations stemmed from my father who was a saturation diver in The North Sea, Scotland. After viewing footage and images of oil rigs, compression chambers and figures welding deep under water I was drawn to these otherworldly landscapes that fuel our economy.

In 2016/17, I was awarded with a six month residency at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai which is situated in Huangpu; an area of rampant commercial, industrial and residential development.
Spending the majority of time alone, I immersed myself within the streets of the city, cycling through varied districts of Shanghai. I felt acute anonymity, the freedom to observe and interact. I was forced to let go of pre-existing creative ideas as I became preoccupied with how we, as humans, adapt and connect within an environment under constant construction, perpetual mutation and rapid change.
The city was a fascinating tangle, a clash of tradition in a pixelated age. I began to experiment with interweaving shapes, symbols and abstracted forms gathered from c...

The Glasgow School of Art - BA Fine Art Painting and Printmaking

University of Brighton - BA Fine Art Printmaking

Falmouth University - Masters Fine Art Contemporary Practice

Falmouth University - Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education

Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Printmaking Residency
Venice, Italy. Fellowship awarded for March 2017 - May 2017

David Canter Memorial Fund, Print Award. 2017

Swatch Art Peace Residency Shanghai, China. Awarded for 6 months 2016/17

International, Print Biennial Xuyuan
Beijing Xuyuan International Print Research and Creation Centre. 2016

The Society of Women Artists, Mall Gallery, London. 2016

Royal Photographic Society Print Exhibition Shortlisted, London, 2016

9th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms VILNIUS, Lithuania. 2016.

V. International Print Exhibition, Istanbul. 2016

Imagine - Falmouth Art Gallery UK. 2016. Prizewinner.

Peoples History Museum, Manchester, UK. Grafters: Industrial society in image and word' (Group Show) 2016

The Great Britain-China Educational Trust / Award, 2016

The Gallery of the Japan Artists Association, Tokyo, Japan (Group Show) 2015

The 5th NBC Meshtec Tokyo International Screen Print Biennial – Exhibition Winner, 2015

The Eaton Fund / Awarded 2015

Neo Art Prize: 2015, Bolton Manchester, UK. (group exhibition winner) Neo Gallery
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Impact 9 International Conference 'Printmaking In The Post Print Age' China Academy of Art / 2015

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