Summer Art Show Catalogue 2023

Exeter School 2023 Summer Art Show

Art Department

Welcome,

One of the great abstract expressionist artists, Willem de Kooning once said, “I have to change to stay the same.” As Art teachers, we are preparing our pupils for jobs that are presently inconceivable, through vast technological advances in media, art and design. However, there is one constant key element - creativity, and we teach this at Exeter School through freedom and challenge.

When I joined the school as the new Head of Art in September, my priority was to build a united vison, a manifesto that everyone could stand by and believe in (this can be found at the back of this programme). From this, we worked together to develop the existing schemes of work to allow more autonomy for our pupils. Pupils have the opportunity to work in a range of techniques and processes, from photography, film and digital media, to painting, printmaking and sculpture. There is not a ‘one size fits all’ to achieve success and enjoyment in Art and Design. Each pupil has their own personal areas in which they will flourish, and our job is to capture that, and build on it.

2022 - 2023

In 3rd form, their journey starts with the theme of ‘Play’. Pupils have explored drawing for purpose, and culminated the course with a variety of outcomes in animation, sculpture and collage inspired by the Dadaist movement and artists such as Picasso and Hannah Hoch and Sara Fanelli.

Moving on to Craft in 4th form. Our pupils have investigated the theme of ‘Journeys’ through the technical craft of handmade sketchbooks and paintbrushes. Personal environments have informed their own Hakiu poetry which developed into collages, weavings and photographic outcomes.

‘Design’ leads the focus in L5th, with an emphasis on Architecture and careers. During the year pupils have worked independently and collaboratively to create artwork which incorporates technical drawing, 3D modelling, installation with projection, photography and digital media development. The course had quite a graphic bias, but still built from the fine art qualities needed to develop the formal elements of design.

I feel privileged to work with a team of outstanding teachers and pupils here at Exeter School and look forward to sharing their success with you here in our summer show.

Mrs Brewer Head of Art

Third Form

Working under the theme of portraiture, pupils have produced a variety of different outcomes; from vibrant mixed media monoprints to nonsensical

Elowen Neary George Reeves Anna Cresswell Sophia Ferreira Castro

digital and collaged outcomes. All pieces reflect their own identity, thoughts, and concepts through dream like qualities, heavily influenced from the Dada movement.

Maisie Ash Daniel Ellson Flossie Nicholson Matilda Gaskill

Anna Cresswell Archie Kemmish Alice Finnegan Malakai Gabriel

Milo Flexman Isabelle Johnson Isla Gray Ava Henning

Fourth Form

Pupils have been inspired by the work of Georgia King to produce dynamic handmade sketchbooks based on

their own travelled journey and maps of their local area. This work was later developed into gelli prints and digitally manipulated using a variety of apps and digital programmes such as sketchbook and adobe capture.

Alex Hall Eve Scotton Ben Percival-Goodwin Thea Rochester Anoushka Narayan Evie Handley

Niamh Moores Suhana Shafique Maddie Russell Sophie Gething Terry Lee Zhi Yang

Elisabeth Cooper and Amelia Ballantyne Tom Dyer Terry Lee and Johny Hill Elliot Allen Matilda Haw Ralph Jameson and Finlay Murray Stan Makepeace Evie Handley

Alex Hall Sienna Mitchell Niamh Moores Imogen Charlton Ann Abigail Hartley Ingrid Lee and Isobel Cann Zac Dunstan and Harvey Dossett Tom Doherty

Lower Fifth Form

Pupils have undertaken a range of practical work through the theme of architecture. This includes technical drawing, 3D sculptures, projection and painting. Photographs of brutalist architecture have also been manipulated to produce dynamic digital outcomes.

Phoebe Gelis Hugo Gibson Seb Bosch Rosa Fletcher Molly Davies Tom Cresswell Layla Crowley

Jonathan Griggs Beatrice Hughes Anna Ellis Emily Bishop Evie Jenkins Rufus Lovell Ewan Baker Harry Collier

Connie Kemmish Thomas Gordon Lennox Freddie Cann Charlie Davey Eddie Leaver Otis Challen

Zac Carstairs Franklin Harreld Catherine Fernandes Cooke Gracie Blake Euan Jones Aiden Chan

Middle Fifth Form

As part of their GCSE coursework, pupils have explored the theme ‘Collections’ and

‘Identity’ through a range of disciplines. Each student has followed their own thoughtful line of enquiry, which has culminated in a huge variety of autonomous outcomes. Such as installation, sculpture, painting, and printmaking.

Larissa Kushner Lali Clark Esme Hobbs Sophie Sparks Felix Flexman

Ella Church Ben Marshall Rosie Selley Tess Hughes Sophia Thomas Aidan Wilson Grace De Groot

Eva Levell Oscar Swift Emma Barton Maya Gill Tyler Davies Grace Lister

Phoebe Redman-Nayagam Gus Lovell Guy Harrison Chiara Divers Rex Lam Lydia McLeod

Upper Fifth Form

The work displayed here is the culmination of the GCSE coursework and examination units. The personal outcomes are the results of detailed investigation and experimentation from their chosen lines of enquiry.

Jessica Maunder Maddie Rayner Mia Ferrari - Relf

Isabelle Olotu Francesca Jenner

Louise Rodgers Megan Heeley Nina Voong Imogen Moy Emily Rowe

Zoe Sato Oliver Gray Lucia Hsin Will Markham

Anya Ward Jo Jo Yang Isabelle Looker Angelica Fitt

Toby Capps Letty Lovell Emily O’Connell Luke Tait Beth Tilley

Lower Sixth Form

The work displayed here is the product of their initial investigations into their Personal Investigation unit. Each student is beginning their own journey which will continue to develop into the first half of U6th form.

Milly Leck Roxane Bosch

Imogen Daldorph Reuben Griffith

Upper Sixth Form

In the Upper Sixth Form, pupils pursue independent lines of enquiry as part of their coursework. The personal outcomes are the results of detailed investigation and experimentation, and their work is supported by 3000-word critical investigations into relevant cultural and art historical sources. The work displayed here are the conclusions to the pupils’ personal investigations and their externally set assignment projects. Please find further information about the projects through their artists statement.

Millie Markham

Lauren Loosemoore Bella Marshall

Faye Chapman Will Lyons

The New School Print Making

Year two pupils from The New School joined us for a printmaking masterclass, they produced textured collagraph plates, using found materials such as bubble wrap, packaging, and straws. The pupils were inspired by our British sea shores, with a focus on the environment.

YAK and Scholars Water Aid

These cyanotypes have been created by the members of

Exeter School’s ‘Young Artists Collective’ (YAC). Each member was asked to create a digital image which responded to the growing concern of the water crisis and causes of climate change that face our world today. These images were printed onto acetate to act as a photographic negative. Then light sensitive chemicals were painted onto paper and the negatives placed on top and left out in the sun to develop, creating these stunning results.

Exeter Arts Week

Over 85 artworks from members of YAC and Lower Fifth Form were selected too be part of ‘Arts Week’ Festival in Exeter City Centre. Students created these pieces by photographing a variety of brutalist buildings from different locations in Exeter. These digital art pieces were inspired by the work of graphic designer Peter Chadwick to celebrate the beauty of brutalism.

The Big Draw 2022

The theme for this year’s Big Draw event was ‘come back to colour’. Pupils across all three schools participated this year and we explored how the world could be if we allowed nature to flourish. This resulted in a vibrant and dynamic exhibition of birds, insects and flora installed in the gallery, immersing the audience in a make-believe rainforest.

Kath Hadden - Visiting Artist

Exeter School art scholars were visited by a local artist, Kath Hadden, who ran a brilliant oil painting workshop; teaching both the scholars and teachers some useful tips and techniques on the manipulation and application of oil paints, as well as how to paint landscapes. Our scholars then went on to produce some brilliant landscape paintings in the workshop, all varying in subject and style. We were so grateful to have such a wonderful artist come to the school to pass on her knowledge and expertise and we thoroughly look forward to visits from more artists in the future.

Art Manifesto

• To enable pupils to think creatively. To challenge assumption, to disrupt order. To be inquisitive, disciplined and to work in collaboration with their peers and teaching staff. We want pupils to feel proud of the work that they create and ensure that every piece of work is personal and has meaning.

• For pupils to recognise that art is a means to comment on world issues, political matters, social and economic theories. To acknowledge that their own work should challenge, question, and make society think.

• Our subject goes beyond drawing and painting. Pupils will learn a range of process and techniques to help them develop their own practice and become independent learners and leaders of the future.

Please follow the art department on Instagram to keep up-to-date with department news, events, activities, and pupil progress: @exeterschoolart