THE ARTIST's BACKGROUND
I make multi-media assemblages and sculptures that reflect the issues, challenges and conundrums of everyday life. Wall hanging or free standing, the works are intriguing, thought-provoking, accessible and usually of a practical domestic scale.
Often conceptual, rather than figurative, representational or surreal, the work breathes new life into long lost, discarded or forgotten found and acquired objects, transcending their original intended purpose.
I also like the hands-on directness of clay and paint, the sensory gateway this opens and the technical challenges of constructing and combining sculptures with other materials.
In addition to objects, I am a collector of words, phrases and sayings and these will often prompt an enquiry into meanings and evolve into an artwork. Sometimes I write a verse to attach to a work I make.
As you can see, my background is in Psychology and I worked for many years as an Organisational Psychologist, Psychotherapist and Leadership Development Consultant in the Corporate and Private sectors internationally and in the UK National Health Service. I think this wide ranging experience of Life is invaluable in lending a different perspective to my work as an artist.
In 2004, whilst still working, I gained a Diploma in Fine Art from the University of the Creative Arts in Farnham. I have been a member of Petersfield Arts and Crafts Society for over 20 years, regularly exhibiting at the Summer and Autumn exhibitions, and more recently I have shown at the Oxmarket Contemporary Art Gallery in Chichester where I volunteer frequently curating and hanging exhibitions as part of a team. Currently I am showing at the Oxmarket and The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre in Havant.
I entered one of my works called 'Cutting Room' for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London 2024. Luckily it was chosen and it was the first time I had entered! It's the one that looks like a clock case above and you can learn about it on the Royal Academy page above.
The full range of my work can be see in the website Gallery and my most recent works can be seen and learned about here...
Colin Eveleigh
