Residencies:
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[dis]place an artist residency at The Vestibules, Bristol September 5th - 29th 2017
dis: prefix - changing a term to the negative
place: noun - a particular position, point, or area in space; a location
verb - to put something somewhere
displace: verb - to move or put out of the usual or proper place
A group of artists from Synecdoche, will explore the ideas that these definitions evoke during their month-long residency at The Vestibules in September 2017. Displaced from their normal routines to make art in a public space, they are aiming to work differently, reacting to this new environment, bringing a range of practices and ideas that will hopefully change and evolve over time. The visitors may influence what happens, through interaction, conversation or by their very presence. There will always be something to see, to inspire and engage. Come with an open mind; every day will be different.
Can the experience of being displaced offer a fresh perspective, unexpected connections and a new understanding?
Residency artists: Maura Zukina, Chris Watkins, Clare Thatcher, Miranda Story, Soraya Schofield, Francis Martin, Rosie McLay, Ann Kelson, Alice Jennings, Veronia Gayle, Prerna Chandiramani, Gina Baum, Lou Baker, Margaret Anstee
Poster: Designed by Nicola Pearce. Image, Lou Baker, Don't wash your dirty laundry in public, a series of participatory installations at Synecdoche's Bodies residency, Sept 2017
place: noun - a particular position, point, or area in space; a location
verb - to put something somewhere
displace: verb - to move or put out of the usual or proper place
A group of artists from Synecdoche, will explore the ideas that these definitions evoke during their month-long residency at The Vestibules in September 2017. Displaced from their normal routines to make art in a public space, they are aiming to work differently, reacting to this new environment, bringing a range of practices and ideas that will hopefully change and evolve over time. The visitors may influence what happens, through interaction, conversation or by their very presence. There will always be something to see, to inspire and engage. Come with an open mind; every day will be different.
Can the experience of being displaced offer a fresh perspective, unexpected connections and a new understanding?
Residency artists: Maura Zukina, Chris Watkins, Clare Thatcher, Miranda Story, Soraya Schofield, Francis Martin, Rosie McLay, Ann Kelson, Alice Jennings, Veronia Gayle, Prerna Chandiramani, Gina Baum, Lou Baker, Margaret Anstee
Poster: Designed by Nicola Pearce. Image, Lou Baker, Don't wash your dirty laundry in public, a series of participatory installations at Synecdoche's Bodies residency, Sept 2017
Bodies: A group residency by Synecdoche at The Unit, Bristol September 4th - 29th 2016
For the month of September 2016 a group of members were artists in residence at The Unit, an empty shop in a busy shopping centre in Bristol. The focus of the residency was the body and it was open to the public. BODIES: a group residency by Synecdoche at The Unit was an open studio/test space/abstract gallery where the group worked, produced new work and displayed old work in new ways.
Residency artists: Helen Acklam, Lou Baker, Gina Baum, Scott Clarence, Alice Jennings, Ann Kelson, Nicola Pearce, Rosie McLay, Stand Read, Miranda Story, Laura Waite and Maura Zukina
Read their residency BLOG for more.
Poster: Designed by Nicola Pearce. Image, Gina Baum, photo credit Jehlers photography
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Exhibitions:
Art for well being:
6 exhibitions at Southmead Hospital, Bristol From June 2016 to June 2018 we organised and set up a rolling programme of exhibitions at Southmead Hospital, Bristol in partnership with Fresh Arts, the Arts Programme managed by North Bristol NHS Trust.. 
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Endings/beginnings was the 6th and final exhibition in a series of rolling exhibitions over 2 years at Southmead Hospital, Bristol. It featured work by Helen Acklam, Lou Baker, Scott Clarence, Francis Martin, Soraya Schofield, Chris Watkins and Maura Zukina.
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For our 5th exhibition at Southmead Hospital we exhibited a selection of works which dealt with Opposing positions . This included works by Helen Acklam, Lou Baker, Gina Baum, Veronia Gayle, Ann Kelson, Rosie McLay, Soraya Schofield, Laura Waite and Maura Zukina.
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For our fourth exhibition at Southmead Hospital, we continued the theme of Bodies. in all their diversity. Featuring the work of Lou Baker, Gina Baum, Prerna Chandiramani, Ann Kelson, Rosie McLay, Chris Watkins and Maura Zukina.
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Creative pathways was our third exhibition at Southmead Hospital with Fresh Arts. Three of our members, Andrea Oke, Sandra James and Veronia Gayle were awarded the SAW Creative Pathways bursary in three consecutive years. This exhibition is a celebration of that achievement!
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Sometimes when you are looking at a piece of art on a wall you are transported to another place. It is a Window to elsewhere.
Gina Baum, Prerna Chandiramani, Ste Boyle, Veronia Gayle, Nicola Pearce, Rosie McLay, Lily Urbanska, Laura Waite, Kate Williamson and Maura Zukina. |
Drawing > Talking ( Drawing is greater than talking) celebrates the ways that drawing can communicate. It can also take many forms, including graphite, print, collage and knitting
Margaret Anstee, Lou Baker, Prerna Chandiramani, Veronia Gayle, Nicola Pearce, Francis Martin, Rosie McLay, Soraya Schofield and Chris Watkins. |
Adelina Yard is a restaurant in Welch Back, Bristol, where a group of Synecdoche members set up an exhibition of their work for the month of January 2017.
Maura Zukina, Helen Acklam, Ann Kelson, Verionia Gayle and Prerna Chandiramani
Synecdoche at The Christmas Steps Galley, Bristol December 2nd -23rd 2014
This was a month long project dedicated to teasing out conversations between the Synecdoche artists' work. We set up three consecutive exhibitions over the month of December at Christmas Steps Gallery in Bristol, plus a pop up shop. Each exhibition explored ways in which visual connections can be made between artists working with very different materials and processes.
This was a month long project dedicated to teasing out conversations between the Synecdoche artists' work. We set up three consecutive exhibitions over the month of December at Christmas Steps Gallery in Bristol, plus a pop up shop. Each exhibition explored ways in which visual connections can be made between artists working with very different materials and processes.
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Synecdoche:
Week Three, Christmas Steps Gallery 16.12.-23.12.2014 
The final exhibition of the series explored how material and process can capture a sense of self, a search for identity and explore the hidden internal dialogues of daily life
Scott Clarence, Alex Davis, Maura Zukina, Ann Kelson, Jen Howarth, Marius Brem and Rosie McLay. |
Synecdoche:
Week Two, Christmas Steps Gallery 9.12-14.12.2014 
This exhibition explored how a sense of place can be captured or created through the print, hand made books, photography, drawing and stitch.
Chris Watkins, Nicola Pearce, Stan Read, Mairead Peachey, Lizzy Drury and Alexandra Davies. |
Synecdoche:
Week One, Christmas Steps Gallery 2.12-7.12.2014 
This exhibition showcased the ways that a surface can blur the senses of sight and touch With an eclectic mixture of concepts, materials and processes - print, photography, collage, paper cutting, knitting and stitch - the viewer is invited to explore the haptic, to 'touch with their eyes'.
Lou Baker, Laura Waite, George Malyckyj, Veronia Gayle, Tina Selby and Katie Ibbott. |
Synecdoche:
The Embassy Tea Gallery, London
8.7.-13.7.14
The Embassy Tea Gallery, London
8.7.-13.7.14
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Synecdoche's debut exhibition from 8th-13th July 2014 in London showcased the collective's distinctive approach to making art. Their London show gathered a great deal of attention from collectors, agents, buyers and curators, as well as the general public. Originating from the Drawing & Applied Arts course at University of the West of England, much of the work on display had a strong foundation in drawing, although through an exploration of materials and processes the groups show aimed to challenge the perceptions of what it means to draw. Some aspects of the work displayed were intensely physical - scratching, gouging, cutting, forming, stitching; others were more contemplative- smoothing clay, filming, printing, knitting; some involved elements of alchemy, magical moments of change in control that affect the final outcome, forging, firing and felting; but all the work displayed the groups curious and playful approach.
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