TANYA WOOD W –www.tanyawood.co.uk E –tanya@tanyawood.co.uk
BIOGRAPHY
Tanya is a Hampshire based artist exploring the nature of being through meticulous pencil drawing. Tanya concluded study at the University of Chichester in September 2014 with a Distinction for her MA Fine Art studies following a First Class BA (Hons) Degree. Her work has been selected for the John Ruskin Prize, Perfectionism at the Griffin Gallery, the Jerwood Drawing Prize, the National Open Art Competition and the Watercolour and Works on Paper Fair. Tanya has a studio at ArtSpace, Portsmouth and is represented by Moncrieff Bray Gallery in Petworth.
QUALIFICATIONS
Sept 2014, University of Chichester, MA Fine Art- Distinction
May 2012, University of Chichester, BA (Hons) Fine Art – First
EXHIBITIONS
2016 The 3rd John Ruskin Prize, The New Art Gallery Walsall and The Electricians Shop, London
2015 ‘Platform Drawn’ solo exhibition, Art Space, Portsmouth
Summer Exhibition, Moncrieff Bray Gallery, Petworth, West Sussex
20/21 International Art Fair, Moncrieff Bray Gallery at Royal College of Art
2014 ‘Cowdray Bike Sheds’, Cowdray Park
‘Tooveys Christmas Fundraising’, Pallant House Gallery and Tooveys Auction Rooms
‘Matters Arising’, ArtOne, Chichester
‘Perfectionism- A Method of Practice’, The Griffin Gallery, London
‘Imminent’, Otter Gallery, Chichester
‘The Lost Hour’, Art Space, Portsmouth
2013 ‘Insight’, Art Space, Portsmouth (artist and curator)
‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’, Art Space, Portsmouth
Summer Exhibition, Moncrieff-Bray Gallery, Petworth, West Sussex
20/21 International Art Fair, Moncrieff-Bray Gallery at Royal College of Art
Watercolour and works on Paper Fair 2013, selected to represent the
National Open Art Competition, The Science Museum, London
2012 National Open Art Competition 2012 shortlisted, The Minerva Theatre, Chichester & The Prince’s Foundation Gallery, London
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012 shortlisted
Jerwood Drawing Prize Exhibition and UK tour (2012 – 13), JVA at Jerwood Space,London & Jerwood Gallery, Hastings & mac Birmingham & The Gallery, The Arts University College at Bournemouth, Poole
2012 Fine Art Degree Show, ArtOne, University of Chichester, College Lane, Chichester
Grow Your Own, The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre, Havant, Hampshire
The Mix, Chichester High School for Girls, Chichester, West Sussex
2011 Across, Otter Gallery, University of Chichester, College Lane, Chichester
2010 Coordinates, Otter Gallery, University of Chichester, College Lane, Chichester
PRESENTATIONS AND PAPERS
2015 ‘Platform Drawn’ Presentation, Art Space, Portsmouth
2015 Panelist for Performing Place 3 Symposium, University of Chichester- paper entitled ‘Platform/Edge: Exploring the conscious experience of between places’
2013, Artists Talk, Pallant House, Chichester
ART EMPLOYMENT
2015 – present Associate Lecturer(part time) Fine Art, University of Chichester
2014-2015 ‘INSIGHT’ Liaison and Development Officer (University of Chichester & Pallant House Gallery, Chichester – collaborative project) GraduateOn Internship
2012-2015, Research Assistant to Dr Shirley Chubb for Wellcome Trust funded art and health collaborative project between the Universities of Chichester and Brighton ‘Significant Walks’