Kerry Samantha Boyes

Kerry Samantha lives in the Scottish Artists' Town of Kirkcudbright where she works producing museum facsimiles, fake food and exhibits within contemporary art.

Primarily a sculptor; practised in traditional sculptural techniques including taxidermy, casting, carving and modelling as well as woodwork, stone carving, embroidery, drawing, collage, photography, film and installation.

She articulates her concerns with food consumption by subverting food presentation - highlighting the uneasy feelings at deriving aesthetic pleasure from others' extinction, the plunder of other cultures/species, where unbelievable reality abruptly forces one to reassess what is true. When food is generally considered a comfort, these pieces seek to draw the viewer in and elicit discomfort. Questioning extinction, gluttony, animal agriculture, obesity, starvation, mass production, fast food, GM food, processed food and fashions in molecular gastronomy.

1994 - BA Fine Arts Sculpture at Bretton Hall, Yorkshire.

1994/95 - Resident Artist for The Vindolanda Trust, Hadrian’s Wall, World Heritage Site.

2001/2002 - Curatorial Internship with English Heritage, Hadrian's Wall Museums.

2002 - MA in Museum Studies, Newcastle Uni.

1995/2014 - Stone carving and conservation across Hadrian's Wall and Scotland.

2011 - Taxidermy master classes with Scotland’s renowned taxidermist George Jameison

2012 - Kulis Freeze-Dry, Bedford, Ohio, USA. Studying the technology of freeze-dry taxidermy.

2017 - Leith School of Art - 1 year part-time Contemporary Art Practice.

AWARDS

Visual Arts Scotland FLY 2016 - ‘Flora Wood Award’ Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, OPEN 2015 - ‘Ottillie Helen Wallace Prize’

Arts Trust Scotland - ‘Award 2014'

UK Guild of Taxidermy 2014 - ‘Annual Themed Award’

English Heritage, Hadrian's Wall Museums 2002 - Sponsored Curatorial Traineeship plus Masters Degree

Vindolanda, Chesterholmes Museum 1995 - ARTS - 1year
full-time Arts Residency
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EXHIBITIONS
2020 Out of Sight Out of Mind, Summerhall, Edinburgh
2020 Artist Tuck shop, A book of recipes, Glasgow
2019 Neo-Neanderthals Exhibition RSA (Fabricator - Robbie Bushe & Jeanne Cannizzo)
2019 Summerhall, Extinction Rebellion Lower Galleries Residency, Edinburgh Fringe '19
2019 Lighthouse Book Shop, Edinburgh 'Reclaiming Space'
2019 Ralph Cowen Gallery, British Arts Medal Society, 'Hand to Hand - The Modern Medal'
2019 Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 'Visual Arts Scotland ALIGHT
2018 Scottish Arts Club, Glasgow Arts Club, 'Scottish Portrait Awards'
2018 Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh, "Threads' Women's History Month
2018 Vane Gallery, Newcastle, 'WO/' International Women's Day
2017 Biscuit Factory, Edinburgh, 'Bonkers Contemporary 2017'
2017 Royal S...