Nina Archer

Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, United Kingdom

About Nina Archer

My work has a broad association with landscape and is resonant with marks made by cultivation, ancient and modern. The recent work explores how ancient structures sit in the landscape and how, with their solemn and weighty presence, evoke a sense of the figurative. I work building up multiple layers with palette knife and then sanding, scoring and erasing to reveal or obscure a memory of something previous. I use elements of what I see, predominantly from the landscape, paring down to simple abstraction. Contrast and balance are an important part of the work - the juxtaposition of negative space with complex surfaces of textural layering. The ongoing conflict between order and chaos. Through the application of multiple layers of gesso, charcoal, acrylic and graphite, there is always evidence of numerous adjustments and traces left behind. I am always aware of how important accident or the element of chance are, changing the direction of the work and often taking it down an unexpected route. My training and background is in design and this has had a significant effect on my understanding of form, proportion and mark making and has been instrumental in the development of a graphic approach to the work.

Education:

BA Hons Graphic Design

Exhibitions:

2020:
Emerge at Highgate Contemporary, London 2 April - 2 May
The Other Art Fair, Truman Brewery, London 19-22 March POSTPONED until later this year
‘Journey into Landscape’ Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk 7- 26 March
2019:
Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk 2-27 November
Emerge at Highgate Contemporary, London 3 October-2 November
Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk 8 Aug-7 September
The Other Art Fair, Handyside Canopy, King’s Cross, London 4-7 July
Contemporary Landscape, 508 Gallery, King's Road, Chelsea London 25 June - 9 July
New Faces exhibition, Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk 4-22 May
Encounters, D Contemporary Gallery, Grafton Street, London 16-21 May
ELEVATE, The Shard, London 6 February- 31 August
The Other Art Fair, Truman Brewery, London 14-17 March
2018
Other Art Fair, The Passenger Shed, Bristol, 27-29 July
Hope Gallery, West Yorkshire
The Other Art Fair, Victoria House, Bloomsbury, London, 22-25 March
Selected member of Artcan
Pre selected for RWA Open
RWS exhibition Bankside Gallery 2-14 March
2017
Art&, York, 27-29 October
The Other Art Fair, Truman Brewery, London, 5-8 October
The Other Art Fair, Bristol , 1-3 September
London Contemporary Art 
Store Street Gallery, London 
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, represented by London Contemporary Art 
2016
MADE London
Brighton Art Fair
The Other Art Fair, Bristol 
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea represented by London Contemporary Art 
Store Street Gallery, London 
2015 
Building new studio 
2014 
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, represented by Nicholas Bowlby 
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, MADE exhibition Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, London, represented by Nicholas Bowlby 
Masham Gallery, Yorkshire
 Brighton Art Fair 
2013
 Fulham Palace Art Fair
Brighton Art Fair 

Nina Archer

About Nina Archer

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