Joy Arden

Joy Arden 24th January - 6th March 2014

Joy Arden 24th January - 6th March 2014

&Collective Art Gallery 28 Henderson Street Bridge of Allan, FK9 4HR t - 01786 359864 e - info@andcollective.co.uk w - andcollective.co.uk

Joy Arden Joy Arden has long been fascinated by urban wastelands, demolished buildings, weathered surfaces, archaeological excavations and construction sites. A sense of place, the passage of time as well as the traces left by human activity in the environment form a focus for the work. The paintings are characterised by an atmospheric use of muted ochres, chalky greys/whites and deep earth colours. The process she engages in begins with sketchbook drawings carried out at a site of interest. These are a response to what she sees rather than drawings of record, so the drawings can take on a life of their own in the moment of their execution.

The studio paintings are begun with the memory of the experience of the place or objects. They are a free interpretation of the subject, where colours or shapes are ‘discovered’ or revealed during a process of applying paint and scraping back, until there is a tension and a sense of something seen or experienced.

Traces

ÂŁ395

Oil on Board 20x20cm

Strata

ÂŁ395

Oil on Board 20x20cm

Slate Grey

ÂŁ395

Oil on Board 20x21cm

Fragment/Orange/Blue

Oil on Board 20x20cm

ÂŁ395

Wasteland Below

Oil on Board 23x23cm

ÂŁ450

Fragments

ÂŁ450

Acrylic on Board 24x24cm

Whisper

ÂŁ475

Oil on Board 27x23cm

Half Light

ÂŁ475

Oil on Board 27x23cm

Perimeter

SOLD

Oil on Board 27x23cm

Silver Light

ÂŁ475

Oil on Board 27x23cm

Wasteland

ÂŁ550

Oil on Board 34x30cm

Urban Yellow

SOLD

Acrylic on Board 77x64cm

Early One Morning ÂŁ1050 Oil on Canvas 50x50cm

Untitled

ÂŁ1150

Oil on Board 60x60cm

Wasteland

ÂŁ1150

Oil on Board 60x60cm

Fragments

ÂŁ1150

Oil on Board 60x60cm

Chalked

SOLD

Oil on Board 60x60cm

Velvet Blue

SOLD

Oil on Board 60x60cm

Untitled

ÂŁ1800

Oil on Board 113x113cm

Joy Arden Joy Arden is a Fine Art graduate of Nottingham College of Art. She lived and worked in Ireland for over 20 years. Based mostly in Dublin, she worked as an arts and heritage administrator including for Art Bulletin Magazine (Artists Association journal for professional artists) and History Ireland magazine. She also worked as an exhibition organiser including the Irish International Miniprint Exhibition. After taking up stone lithography she became a member of the Black Church Print Studio. She was also a visiting lecturer to National College of Art and Design (Fine Art Print).

In 2002 she moved to Edinburgh where she and her partner published History Scotland magazine.

Since moving to Scotland she has taken up painting as well as printmaking. She works from her studio at Coburg House Art Studios in Leith, Edinburgh.

Artist organisations Elected as a Professional Member of Visual Arts Scotland - 2012 Prizes: Anne Redpath Award - Visual Arts Scotland Exhibition 2011 Elisa Clifford Prize - Leith School of Art 2008 Impressions’ Print exhibition, Galway 1989 Solo Exhibitions 2014 &Collective Gallery, Bridge of Allan 2012 Transition – solo exhibition at Leith School of Art Gallery 2009 Engine Shed, Edinburgh Group Exhibitions 2015 3 Painters – Joy Arden, Jai Llewellyn and Steve Ratomski, the ARC Gallery, Stirling Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition at the RSA RSW - Annual Open Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy

2014 Scottish Society of Artists at the RSA Hit and Run La Galerie 1940 - Winter exhibition Cabinet of Treasures - Compass Gallery, Glasgow.

La Galerie 1940 - Edinburgh Festival Exhibition Tweedale Museum, Peebles - VAS members exhibition 2013 The Sutton Gallery Winter Show, Edinburgh.

Midlands Open - Tarpey Gallery, Derbyshire Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition 2013 McMillan Cancer Support exhibition at Bonhams.

Gracefield Art Centre, Dumfries - VAS exhibition Shortlisted for the National Open Art Competition (Chichester) Scottish Society of Artists Annual Exhibition at the RSA Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition at the RSA The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour - Annual Open Exhibition, RSA 2012 Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition The Cabinet Show - Compass Gallery, Glasgow Art by the Water – nine painters - Coburg House Art Gallery at Leith Festival Art in Unusual Places ‘ Cockenzie Power Station/Three Harbours Festival Limelight Gallery, Morningside, Edinburgh The Scottish Arts Club - Prints by Edinburgh Printmakers The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour - annual Open Exhibition, RSA Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition at the RSA 2011 Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries London Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition Remix - Touring Exhibition (PVAF) Dunbar Hidden Edinburgh - Edinburgh Printmakers Winter Exhibition Art in Unusual Places Cockenzie Power Station/Three Harbours Festival Leith School of Art Fundraising exhibition

2011 continued: ‘Encounters: Fire and Ice’ Exhibition Threshold Art Space, Perth Theatre Scottish Society of Artists Annual Exhibition at the RSA Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition at the RSA Peter Potter Gallery - Haddington 2010 Compass Gallery, Glasgow - Winter Show Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition Fire and Ice Exhibition/Event at the Crannog, Perthshire Art in Unusual Places Cockenzie Power Station/Three Harbours Festival Coburg House Gallery/ Edinburgh Festival Peter Potter Gallery Spring Exhibition - Haddington Scottish Society of Artists Annual Exhibition at the RSA Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition at the RSA 2009 Coburg Art Gallery Exhibition – Edinburgh Festival 2008 Bonhams Annual Summer Exhibition – Edinburgh Leith School of Art Exhibition 2006 Scottish Society of Artists Annual exhibition at the RSA – Edinburgh Edinburgh Printmakers Exhibition 1980s and 1990s Exhibited in juried exhibitions and group printmaking shows in Ireland. Most noted: International Large format Printmaking Exhibition (1991) and New Irish Printmakers, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Castle (1989), Impressions , Galway, (1989) Collections Public Collection - Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Castle Private collections in Ireland, Scotland and England.