Chris Horner
Time Series
Chance Series
The Unfamiliar's
Paintings
Sculptures
Biography
Chris Horner is a British artist who lives and works in Hampshire. He received his BA in Fine Art at the University for the Creative Arts in Surrey, UK. He also completed his MA in Fine Art at the University for the Creative Arts in Surrey in 2018.
Horner's artwork explores the relationship between artist and material where he transforms readymade, pre used objects into new painted sculptural artworks. He restores life back into an object which was once wanted and appreciated. The experimentation stage in his work enables him to take some kind of control, as he starts to forensically document the surface in a very obsessive way. The paint which is projected onto the surface creates a journey which is exciting and playful. He wants to find out how materials can function differently when put in an obscure process. Each time he begins a new project he is unsure of the final product. Systems and operations are put in place to give guidance to the making, information is imprinted to the reformed surface by devised algorithms he calls this 'A Working Unknown Process'. This is because the process reinvents the original materials used, allowing them to become something else, giving a new beginning and purpose as a work of art.
"Chris’ practice explores a relationship between artist and surface which inherits themes such as converting, transforming and materializing. This experimentation with medium and surface conveys an organic and almost tactile notion of transforming bodies. Working hand in hand with the notion of chance and error, his work revolves around the creation of elements which read as physical imprints of the body in all its vulnerability and intimacy. His Paulin series toys with the boundaries between textile, sculpture and image, creating playful and experimental topologies with a skin like textural quality. The body need not appear directly in order to become a constant, pervasive presence. Through these objects , Chris maps our relationship to our bodies and surroundings, the physical and mental imprints we leave behind as time edges on, materializing new forms and possibilities, new rituals for existing, changing and evolving. This obsessive means takes the form of a particular ritualistic approach to handling and deconstructing these textile forms, in a routine - like process which allows for an ever - changing long - term relationship with the material."
Extract taken from the essay Intimate Displacements
by Claire Mead, Art Historian and Independent Curator
www.clairemead.wordpress.com
Artist CV
Education
- 2016 - 2018 University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, Masters in Fine Art
- 2009 - 2012 University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, BA Honours Degree in Fine Art
- 2007 - 2009 Alton College, BTEC National Diploma in Art and Design
- 2006 - 2007 Basingstoke College of Technology, BTEC First Diploma in Art and Design
- 2005 - 2006 Basingstoke College of Technology, BTEC Introductory in Art and Design
Solo Exhibitions and Projects
- 2019
- Remnants from Ewhurst, Surrey, The Old Diorama Arts Centre Gallery, 201 Drummond St, Regent's Place, London
- 2018
- Sculptural Painting Configurations, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey
- 2016
- Open Studio Exhibition, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, Surrey
Selected Group Exhibitions and Projects- 2019
- FLUX Exhibition, National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London
- FLUX Exhibition (Mini Masterpiece Wall), National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London
- Talking Point - ('A Watwei Show'), The Lethaby Gallery, 1 Granary Square, Kings Cross, London
- 2018
- MA Degree Show, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, Surrey
- Affiliate, Safehouse 2, 139 Copeland Road, London
- Open Art Exhibition, (The Local Artists Wall), The George, Alton, Hampshire
- MA Group Show, (Recent Works), The Linear gallery, Farnham, Surrey
- Artrooms 18, International Contemporary Art Fair, Melia White House, Regents Park, London
- "In bed with the Artists", Artrooms 18, Melia White House, Regents Park, London
- Conversation on Card, Artrooms 18, (Arttrois Group), Melia White House, Regents Park, London
- Building Bridges, Artrooms 18, (Arttrois Group), Melia White House, Regents Park, London
- Granular, Lewisham Arthouse, 140 Lewisham Way, London
- 2017
- Open Art Exhibition, Allen Gallery, Alton, Hampshire
- Anima Mundi (Visions) - It's Liquid International Art Festival, Palazzo Ca' Zanardi, Venice, Italy
- London International Art Competition, HLS Gallery, Stoke Newington High Street, London
- Iris Turns, Bargehouse - Oxo Tower, Bargehouse Street, South Bank, London
- MA YR1 Group Show, The Linear gallery, Farnham, Surrey
- 2016
- Abstract Art Show, The Brick Lane gallery - The Annexe, Brick Lane, London
- 2012
- Milk Money, The Redchurch St Gallery, Redchurch St, London
- BA Degree Show, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, Surrey
- 2011
- Eat my Hat, 10 Gales Gallery, Bethnal Green, London
- Inhabitant, Farnham Library gardens, Farnham, Surrey
- Limn, The Spring, Vauxhall, London
- 2010
- Future Home, Future Homes, Wokingham, Berkshire
Achievements and Prizes
- 2019
- Featured in the Wotisart #25 (April 2019) Magazine, Wotisart Magazine
- Awarded The Eaton Fund Artists Grant from The Eaton Fund
- Selected to work with ArtCan
- Selected for FLUX Exhibition and FLUX (Mini Masterpiece Wall), National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London
- Artist talk on the collaboration between art and building making, Old Diorama Art Centre, 201 Drummond Street, Regent's Place, London
- Awarded an Artist - In - Residence at the Old Diorama Arts Centre, Old Diorama Art Centre, 201 Drummond Street, Regent's Place, London
- Selected for Talking Point - ('A Watwei Show'), The Lethaby Gallery, 1 Granary Square, Kings Cross, London
- 2018
- Shortlisted for It's Art Call 2018, The Cult House, After Nyne Gallery, 10 Portland Road, Holland Park, London
- Featured in the July Edition of Artness Contemporary Magazine, Artness Contemporary
- Supported Artist Jonathan Parsons install his work Fossil Ocean Floor - in connection with Surrey Unearthed, Milton Court Farm, Dorking, Surrey
- Selected to work with Artness System
- Selected to work with Eezy Sleez Art
- Selected to work with Rossi Asiaghi
- Symposium research talk on Systematic Instructions formulated from elements of chance, University for the creative Arts, Farnham, Surrey
- Selected for Artrooms 18, International Contemporary Art Fair, Melia White House, Regents Park, London
- Selected for "In bed with the Artists" (Interview / Talk), Melia White House, Regents Park, London
- 2017
- Featured in the October Edition of Spotlight Magazine, Circle Foundation Arts
- Shortlisted for The London International Art Competition, HLS Gallery, Stoke Newington High Street, London
- Selected to work with Siott Gallery
Articles and Press
Interview with Luca Curci during VISIONS of ANIMA MUNDI FESTIVAL in Venice
http://www.itsliquid.com/interview-chris-horner.html
Review of The Abstract Art show at The Brick Lane Gallery.
https://www.list.co.uk/event/682126-abstract-art/
Interview with UCA Farnham - On art practice & preview of It's Liquid International Arts Festival Venice
http://www.uca.ac.uk/news/chris-horner/
Preview of the It's Liquid Anima Mundi International Arts Festival Venice, Italy
Interview with Siott Gallery - Exploring Avenues Of Objects - An interview with Chris Horner
https://www.siottgallery.com/blog/2017/7/25/an-interview-with-chris-horner
A video featuring the Circle Foundation Arts MembersFeatured in the Circle Spotlight magazine October 2017Interview with Palette Pages - Artrooms Artist Interview with Chris HornerInterview with Diana Fernandez - A Pioneer With Authentic Style An Interview with Chris HornerFeatured in the Wotisart #25 (April 2019) Magazine
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