biography
© Emmalouise Smith
Born: 1968, Norfolk
Education
1987 to 1990 History of Modern Art, Design and Film B.A. Hons. University of Northumbria.
2018 MA Fine Art. Norwich University of the Arts.
Selected Exhibitions
2018 Aldeburgh Gallery. Joint exhibition with Sarah Cannell
Norwich 20 Group. The Forum, Norwich
Wells Maltings Trust Sculpture Trail, Wells next to Sea, Norfolk. Installation June 2018
Inheritance. Norwich Castle Open Art Show. Curated by East Anglian Art Fund.
2017 Waveney Valley Sculpture Trail, Raveningham, Norfolk.
Royal Norfolk Show
2016 Eastern Horizons, The Forum, Norwich
Norwich 20 Group. Oaksmere Hotel, Suffolk
2015 River Waveney Sculpture Trail, Earsham, Suffolk. Curated by Sarah Cannell
Norwich 20 Group: Works on Paper. Norwich Theatre Royal
2014 River Waveney Sculpture Trail
Sculpture at Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire
Norwich 20 Group, Theatre Royal, Norwich
2013 Art Alive, The Assembly House, Norwich. Curated by John and Yvonne Millward
2012 Norwich 20 Group, The Forum, Norwich
2011 Bergh Apton Sculpture Trail
Royal Norfolk Show
2010 Elements. The Forum, Norwich
recycle:upcycle. Wymondham Arts Cenre
Art on the Edge. Sculpture and Blacksmithing. Carleton Forehoe, Norfolk
Norwich 20 Group, John Innes Institute
2009 Solo Show. Wymondham Arts Centre
The Fringe. Bally Shoe Factory, Norwich.
Figure and Form. Wymondham Art Centre
2008 Bergh Apton Sculpture Trail
Art on the Edge, Carleton Forehoe. Norfolk
2007 Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk
Norfolk Open Studios
Art in the Park, Croxton Park, Norfolk
2006 Art in the Park, Croxton Park, Norfolk
2002 Thirlestane Castle, Scottish Borders
Royal Norfolk Show
2001 Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
1999 Behind the Locked Gates. Traquair House, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Awards
2018 Wells Maltings Heritage Trail Sculpture Prize
2017 Peoples Prize. Waveney Valley Sculpture Trail at Raveningham
2013 Critics Choice at Art Alive, The Assembly House, Norwich
2012 Best in Show. Norwich 20 Group at the Forum, Norwich
Residencies
2007 Wymondham Abbey for Abbey 900 celebrations. Project theme: Angels. Workshops with Robert Kett Junior School
2006 Wooplaw Community Woodland, Scottish Borders. Workshops with families building semi-permanent sculptures out of natural materials.
Public Commissions
2017 Wreningham Primary School, Norfolk.
2015 Yoxford Primary School, Suffolk and Eastfeast. Collaboration with school children.
2012 Cambridgeshire County Council for Jeavons Wood Primary School, Cambourne.
2008 If Not Now, When Community Woodland. Suffield, near Aylsham, Norfolk.
2003 Strattons Hotel, Swaffham
2002 Banham Zoo, Norfolk
1999 Traquair House, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Projects
2015/16 Cataloguing, archiving and curating Leonie Woolhouse’s work for show in May’16. In collaboration with her family.
2005 There’s the Rub. Interactive sculpture installation in Long’s Wood, Wreningham.
Collaboration with John Behm, funded by Norfolk County Council.
2001/03 Administrator and Artist Liaison for Waymerks Project, Southern Upland Way.
Sculpture installations on 212 mile footpath from coast to coast, Southern Scotland.
Funded by Scottish Arts Council, Awards for All and Scottish Borders Council.
Curated Exhibitions
May 2016 Leonie Woolhouse Retrospective ‘ The Woman with the Yellow Coat at Wymondham Arts Centre.
2010 recycle:upcycle. Wymondham Arts Centre
2009 Figure and Form. Wymondham Arts Centre
1999 Behind the Locked Gates. Traquair House, Peeblesshire, Scotland. Outdoor sculpture exhibition. Funded by Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Borders Council.
I have had private commissions throughout the U.K and work has been bought by clients in France, Austria, New Zealand and the U.S.A.
Education
1987 to 1990 History of Modern Art, Design and Film B.A. Hons. University of Northumbria.
2018 MA Fine Art. Norwich University of the Arts.
Selected Exhibitions
2018 Aldeburgh Gallery. Joint exhibition with Sarah Cannell
Norwich 20 Group. The Forum, Norwich
Wells Maltings Trust Sculpture Trail, Wells next to Sea, Norfolk. Installation June 2018
Inheritance. Norwich Castle Open Art Show. Curated by East Anglian Art Fund.
2017 Waveney Valley Sculpture Trail, Raveningham, Norfolk.
Royal Norfolk Show
2016 Eastern Horizons, The Forum, Norwich
Norwich 20 Group. Oaksmere Hotel, Suffolk
2015 River Waveney Sculpture Trail, Earsham, Suffolk. Curated by Sarah Cannell
Norwich 20 Group: Works on Paper. Norwich Theatre Royal
2014 River Waveney Sculpture Trail
Sculpture at Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire
Norwich 20 Group, Theatre Royal, Norwich
2013 Art Alive, The Assembly House, Norwich. Curated by John and Yvonne Millward
2012 Norwich 20 Group, The Forum, Norwich
2011 Bergh Apton Sculpture Trail
Royal Norfolk Show
2010 Elements. The Forum, Norwich
recycle:upcycle. Wymondham Arts Cenre
Art on the Edge. Sculpture and Blacksmithing. Carleton Forehoe, Norfolk
Norwich 20 Group, John Innes Institute
2009 Solo Show. Wymondham Arts Centre
The Fringe. Bally Shoe Factory, Norwich.
Figure and Form. Wymondham Art Centre
2008 Bergh Apton Sculpture Trail
Art on the Edge, Carleton Forehoe. Norfolk
2007 Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk
Norfolk Open Studios
Art in the Park, Croxton Park, Norfolk
2006 Art in the Park, Croxton Park, Norfolk
2002 Thirlestane Castle, Scottish Borders
Royal Norfolk Show
2001 Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
1999 Behind the Locked Gates. Traquair House, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Awards
2018 Wells Maltings Heritage Trail Sculpture Prize
2017 Peoples Prize. Waveney Valley Sculpture Trail at Raveningham
2013 Critics Choice at Art Alive, The Assembly House, Norwich
2012 Best in Show. Norwich 20 Group at the Forum, Norwich
Residencies
2007 Wymondham Abbey for Abbey 900 celebrations. Project theme: Angels. Workshops with Robert Kett Junior School
2006 Wooplaw Community Woodland, Scottish Borders. Workshops with families building semi-permanent sculptures out of natural materials.
Public Commissions
2017 Wreningham Primary School, Norfolk.
2015 Yoxford Primary School, Suffolk and Eastfeast. Collaboration with school children.
2012 Cambridgeshire County Council for Jeavons Wood Primary School, Cambourne.
2008 If Not Now, When Community Woodland. Suffield, near Aylsham, Norfolk.
2003 Strattons Hotel, Swaffham
2002 Banham Zoo, Norfolk
1999 Traquair House, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Projects
2015/16 Cataloguing, archiving and curating Leonie Woolhouse’s work for show in May’16. In collaboration with her family.
2005 There’s the Rub. Interactive sculpture installation in Long’s Wood, Wreningham.
Collaboration with John Behm, funded by Norfolk County Council.
2001/03 Administrator and Artist Liaison for Waymerks Project, Southern Upland Way.
Sculpture installations on 212 mile footpath from coast to coast, Southern Scotland.
Funded by Scottish Arts Council, Awards for All and Scottish Borders Council.
Curated Exhibitions
May 2016 Leonie Woolhouse Retrospective ‘ The Woman with the Yellow Coat at Wymondham Arts Centre.
2010 recycle:upcycle. Wymondham Arts Centre
2009 Figure and Form. Wymondham Arts Centre
1999 Behind the Locked Gates. Traquair House, Peeblesshire, Scotland. Outdoor sculpture exhibition. Funded by Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Borders Council.
I have had private commissions throughout the U.K and work has been bought by clients in France, Austria, New Zealand and the U.S.A.