CHRIS HORNER
about
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 pre used building materials into painted sculptural artworks. All of his works originate from an invented movement known as an 'Unknown working process', the key word in this description is 'unknown' as this means to not know and to animate characteristics of the unfamiliar.
When he has free time away from his studio he finds himself supporting his Father in the building trade, so many of the materials he works with come from the building site. He creates experiments by colliding pre used building materials and art supplies together as he is interested in seeing how the two react when put through an obscure process. Are they going to complement one another or counteract against each other?
The use of pre used building materials in his work is very important to him as he has transitioned from a builder into a contemporary artist. He knows how the building materials work in their usual context, but is keen to see how they can now be presented through a new guise. From experience of talking to people about the building world he has noticed that building materials are often overlooked and not appreciated for the importance they hold. He sets himself an objective to stimulate these materials by entering them into these experiments, as this enables them to express a new original excitement where their value becomes heightened through an art background.
Chris received the JPES Partnership prize at The London Group Open Exhibition in 2019 and was selected by The London Group Membership Committee to become a member in 2020, and his works have been collected in various private collections.
"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. 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 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
sculptural paintings
Contained information series
Commissions
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- 2020
- housekeeping exhibition, Jeannie avent gallery, east dulwich, london
- 2019
- Elevate 02, the Shard, 32 london bridge street, london
- it's art call 2019 exhibition, the old truman brewery, 91 brick lane, london
- the London Group Open Exhibition 2019, the cello factory, 33-34 cornwall rd, waterloo, london
- the artcan open 2019 (counter / balance), Trinity Art Gallery, Unit 22 Hope St, Poplar, London
- 'ingenious' online exhibition, http://www.artcan.org.uk/ingenious_2019
- fubar exhibition, The Crypt Gallery, Euston Road, London
- way of seeing, deptford does art, 28 deptford high street, london
- 'from artcan with love', fitzrovia gallery, 139 whitfield street, london
- 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
- london international art competition, hls gallery, stoke newington high street, london
- iris turns, bargehouse - oxo tower, bargehouse street, south bank, london
- ma yr 1 group show, the linear gallery, farnham, surrey
- 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
- 2020
- selected to become a member of the london group
- selected for the #fakenews exhibition, the offshoot gallery, 162 high rd, east finchley, london
- "erased abstractions" featured as a publication for reed magazine https://www.reedmag.org/
- awarded the cfa honourable mention award
- member of the hampshire sculpture trust
- 2019
- selected for the housekeeping exhibition, Jeannie avent gallery, east dulwich, london
- selected for elevate 02, the shard, 32 london bridge street, london
- selected / shortlisted for the it's art call 2019 exhibition, the old truman brewery, 91 brick lane, london
- winner of the jpes partnership prize at the london group open exhibition 2019, the cello factory, 33-34 cornwall rd, waterloo, london
- selected for an artist talk at the london group open exhibition 2019 - focused on my practice and in particular my work 'space of play', the cello factory, 33-34 Cornwall Rd, Waterloo, London
- selected for the london group open exhibition 2019, the cello factory, 33-34 cornwall rd, waterloo, london
- selected for the artcan open 2019 (counter / balance), trinity art gallery, unit 22 hope st, poplar, london
- longlisted for the london contemporary art prize 2019, 32 store street, london
- awarded an artists grant from gane trust
- selected for the fubar exhibition, the crypt gallery, euston, london
- shortlisted for the carpenter's wharf studio residency, carpenters wharf studios, 4 roach Road, fish island, london
- featured in the ramp issue 2 magazine, criercrowd ezine
- selected to become a member of artcan
- awarded the eaton fund artists grant from the eaton fund
- selected for the 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, the old diorama art centre, 201 Drummond street, regent's place, london
- awarded an Artist - in - residence at the old diorama arts centre, the 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
- 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 exhbtion, 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
articles and press
The London Group Open 2019: Prize Winners
http://www.thelondongroup.com/the-london-group-open-2019-prize-winners/
Interview with ArtCan - Artist Of The Month: Chris Horner
flux Exhibition Artist Feature by Lisa GrayShefali Wardell in conversation with Chris HornerFeatured 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 HornerContact
chris.horner4@hotmail.co.uk
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