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Christy
Symington biography
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Acme Studio, Deptford, London SE8 [2007-now] |
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The Royal British Society of Sculptors
Associate Member ARBS [2002-now]. Board Member [2003-2007] |
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The
Art Academy, London
Part Time Tutor [2002-now]. Resident artist [2002-2007] |
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Lewisham College [part time 2004-2006]
Post Graduate Certificate in Education |
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Byam Shaw School of Art, London
MA in Fine Art [2001-2002] |
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Vermont Studio Center, USA
Residency fellowship [2001] |
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New York Studio School
Scholarships and merit award for sculpture
Exchange programme to Slade School, London – [2000] |
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New York Academy of Art
Continuing education [1997] |
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Atelier des Beaux
Arts, Montparnasse and Glaciere, Paris and Ecole des Arts
et Appliques Duperre, Paris |
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Kensington and
Chelsea Art College, London |
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Website Food
".......Christy's work has evolved. She
is now making original and powerful sculpture. Symington is unafraid
to experiment and to explore new possibilities. She has produced
a substantial body of work. While the work is varied it is linked
together by a concern for and an interest in the natural world. At
it's core her work is about the eternal cycle of life and
death, growth and decay.....she has struggled to find herself, and
its a joy to see the gradual emergence of the rich potential she
possesses...."
Garth Evans, Sculptor
".........Christy Symington's work has
changed considerably since I first experienced it, it has been through
several dialogues, over the years her thoughtfulness and integrity
to sculpture has shone through. She continually tries to push the
limits in the work yet sometimes holds back, only to finally push
the work further at the end. She is developing her visions and unique
set of questions. She needs to be taken seriously, sometimes her
easy going manner is deceptive. Ultimately she is a very serious
artist......"
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".........Christy Symington has produced a huge
body of work. She has worked diligently to acquire the needed skills
to involve herself with the language of sculpture. Symington has
exhibited her work in a number of exhibitions in New York City. As
a very active and intelligent member of the artistic community Christy
Symington has demonstrated her commitment to sculpture and the visual
arts. In short she distinguishes herself by her commitment and articulate
sculpture....."
Ed Smith, Guggenheim
Fellow in Drawing and Sculpture, Bard College
".....The most complete and original work was
a relatively large cast plaster, amorphous shapes by Christy Symington.
It was a surprise to see that Symington had, more or less, left
the figure behind in this show. The shapes were more opened and self-assured.
The process a highly tactile one. I got a sensibility that was
challenging
traditional modes of formal expression, moving away from the rigidity
of academic expectation, and into an exploratory aesthetic distance;
yet the presence of these forms was evident along with the absence....."
Robert C. Morgan, Author and Critic; "The End of The Art World"
"Her prowess as a gifted, disciplined and mature
sculptor and draughtsman are a refreshing alternative in a world
where two-dimensionality or cyberspace are trendier. Agile in her
medium, always in search of new texts, textures; the essence of form
or creation which she bathes or leaves undressed. Her work is audacious,
exploratory and quite sublime at times......"
JA VAZQUEZ, Independent
Curator; Manners Fine Arts
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Links
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Royal
Society of British Sculptors, London
www.rbs.org.uk/artists/christy-symington |
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The Art Academy, London
www.artacademy.org.uk |
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Marist College Art Gallery, New York, USA
www.marist.edu/commarts/art/gallery.html |
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David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation
www.davidshepherd.org |
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Tiger Time
www.tigertime.info |
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Vermont Studio Center,
US
www.vermontstudiocenter.org |
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New York Studio School,
New York
www.nyss.org |
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Gihon River Collective
www.gihonrivercollective.com/#/christy-symington/4538784788 |
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Golden Fleece Films
www.goldenfleecefilms.co.uk/Welcome.html |
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Uncooked Culture
uncookedculture.com |
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The Threadneedle Prize
www.threadneedleprize.com |
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Angel Orensanz Foundation,
New York
www.orensanz.org |
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Ranthambore Foundation
Tigers, India
www.ranthamborenationalpark.com |
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Taller Boricua, New York
www.tallerboricua.org |
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David McKee Gallery,
New York
www.mckeegallery.com |
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Byam Shaw School of Art, University of the Arts London
www.csm.arts.ac.uk/about/thecollege/byamshaw |
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The Society of Portrait
Sculptors, London
www.portrait-sculpture.org |
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Brooklyn Working Artists Coalition
www.bwac.org |
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The Slade School of Fine
Art, London
www.ucl.ac.uk/slade |
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The National Arts Club,
New York
www.nationalartsclub.org |
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Liquid Jigsaw - web design
& animation
www.liquidjigsaw.com |
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Further
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Christy studied traditional figure sculpture and drawing techniques in Paris at the Atelier des Beaux Arts Montparnasse and Glaciere and the Ecole des Beaux Arts. She graduated from the New York Studio School USA with Merit Award for Sculpture and was awarded an MA in Fine Art at Byam Shaw, University of the Arts London. With a PGCE in Education she teaches and mentors in several UK art colleges and schools. She is an Associate Member the Royal British Society of Sculptors (and Board Member from 2003-2007).
Selected and Invited Exhibitions
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Marist College, ‘AVRIL / SYMINGTON’, Poughkeepsie, New York |
| 2011 |
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Tiger Gala Dinner Auction, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Knightsbridge, London |
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Uncooked Culture, ‘Check Your Package’ , Online show: www.uncookedculture.com |
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What To Dip [Raw Material], Chiang Mai Uni Art Center, Thailand |
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Assorted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 2010 |
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‘COPY0909’ by Gihon River Collective, [33 Intl Artists & Writers], Notting Hill, London [Chief Curator & Exhibitor] |
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Ana Tzarev Gallery, 57th Street, New York, USA – Freedom to Create Prize |
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320 Gallery, ‘Mindsoup 2010, London |
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South London Gallery, ‘Michael Landy: Art Bin’, London |
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Victoria & Albert Museum, Orient Global Freedom to Create Prize 2009, London |
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Islington Arts Factory, ‘IfyoudON’TLikeThewaYTHEShiPISruN…’, London |
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Museum of London Docklands, ‘Equiano’s Epigrams’, London |
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London Wetlands Centre, ‘Love London Recycled Sculpture Show 2009’ |
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‘1984: 25th Anniversary Exhibition’ Kowalsky Gallery at DACS [Design and Artists Copyright Society], London |
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The Great American Women’s Sculpture Park, ‘Red White & Blue…Gone Green’, Woodrock, New York
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| 2008 |
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Threadneedle Figurative Prize, The Mall Galleries, London |
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Royal West of England Academy [RWA], “156 Autumn Exhibition 2008”, Bristol |
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Auction Atrium, London Exhibition and Online Auction October 2008 |
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Deptford X, “10th Anniversary”, Deptford, London |
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Art London, ‘”10th Anniversary”, London with Thirteen Langton St Gallery |
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London Zoo ‘Love London Recycled Sculpture Show 2008’ |
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Thirteen Langton Street Gallery, ‘Summer Exhibition’ Cricket Fine Art, London |
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Menier Gallery, ‘True Story – the faces and voices of a community’, London |
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Safe Hands for Mothers ‘Art for Life Auction’, Somerset House, London |
| 2007 |
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‘YoumanNeeds’ Sculptures and Drawings by Christy Symington, (solo), Milton Gallery, St Paul’s School, London |
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Christie’s, London, ‘Art for Survival Wildlife Auction IV’ with DSWF |
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The Society of Portrait Sculptors, “Face 2007”, Cork St, London |
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Chelsea Art Society, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London |
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‘SPECTRUM’ RBS Centenary Sculpture Exhibition, Abbey House, Wilts |
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‘To Do Justly, To Love Mercy: The Interesting Visual Narrative Life of Olaudah Equiano’, London |
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Brockley Public Art Commission, London – currently Shortlist Finalist |
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Kowalsky Gallery at DACS, ‘Politics Pays Back!’, London |
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‘With an Object in Mind: Sculpture in the Garden 2006’, 7 sculptors, curated by Helaine Blumenfeld, VP of the Royal British Society of Sculptors, University of Leicester |
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‘Artists Choose Artists Choose Artists’, The Painting Center, Soho, New York |
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Chelsea Art Society, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London SW3, UK |
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Exhibition at The Inner Temple Garden 2006, Victoria Embankment, London
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‘Sculpture in the Garden: a Celebration of the Royal British Society of Sculptors Centenary', University of Leicester |
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Shortlisted for Christopher Marlowe Memorial Sculpture, Deptford, London |
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‘New York Studio School Alumni’, New York |
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RKL gallery, ‘In Spiritus’, curated by Christina Chow, Brooklyn, New York |
| 2004 |
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Christie’s, London, “Art for Survival Wildlife Auction III” with DSWF |
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The Society
of Portrait Sculptors 'Face 2004' Cork St, London |
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Chelsea Art Society, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London |
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Artillery Architecture and Interior Design, “Evolution – Art and Environmental Exhibition” |
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Mill Dene Gardens, Blockley, Gloucs, UK |
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The Trinity Arts Guild, Holy Trinity Church, London |
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Royal West of England Academy [RWA], “152 Autumn Exhibition 2004”, Bristol |
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Royal West of England Academy [RWA], “Open Sculpture” Triennial, Bristol |
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First Wave, (4 painters and a sculptor), The Space, London |
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The Art Academy, Waterloo, London |
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Chelsea Art Society, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London |
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Christie’s, London, “Art for Survival Wildlife Auction II” with DSWF |
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The Society of Portrait Sculptors, “Face 2002”, Cork St, London
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| 2001 |
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National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, NY, USA (Paul Manship Award) |
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Bay One Inaugural Exhibition, Brooklyn Piers, New York |
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Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, USA |
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Taller Boricua Gallery, “Las Tres Christinas”, Spanish Harlem, New York |
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Mad River Post, Broadway, New York, USA (2 person) |
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The Great American Women’s Sculpture Park, Woodrock, upstate New York |
| 2000 |
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First Street Gallery, 560 Broadway, Soho, New York |
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University of Bridgeport, “Figuratively Speaking”, Connecticut |
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BWAC, Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, “Bridging The Gap”, Brooklyn, New York |
| 1999 |
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Angel Orensanz Foundation Center For The Arts, New York (solo) |
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McKee Gallery, “Absolut Secret”, 57th Street, New York |
| 1998 |
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New York Studio School, 8th Street, New York |
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Cathedral of Erotic Miseries, “One-Off Gaze”, East Village, New York |
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Liz Christy Garden, East Village, New York, USA |
| 1997 |
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Atelier des Beaux Arts, Montparnasse and Glaciere, Paris, France |
| 1996 |
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Chelsea Art Society, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London SW3, UK |
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Red Dot Gallery, London, UK |
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