Georgina Maxwell
GEORGINA MAXWELL
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EDUCATION
2006-08
M.A. Fine Art: Contemporary Practice
Falmouth University. Cornwall.
1986-89
B.A. (Hons) Fine Art based Constructed Textiles
Central Saint Martin’s College of Art. London.
1983-84
Foundation Course
Maidenhead College of Art and Design. Berkshire.
SOLO SHOWS
2018
'A Polar Bears Point' Sainsbury's. Falmouth
'Cries from the Sacred Oceans'. International Earth Day art-activist event. Falmouth
2017
Penjerrick House. Falmouth. UK
2016
'Requiescat In Pace' - one day site-specific artwork. Poldhu Cove
2015
'Limelight'. Falmouth Art Gallery.UK
2011
Performance Art with film maker Andrew Pilcher. Cornwall
2009
‘Fishing for Litter’ initiative. Filming on Newlyn fishing boats
‘Plastic Planet Blues’ King Harry Ferry. Embark Ferry Art. Cornwall
‘Fishing for Litter’ collaboration Newlyn Fish Festival.Art installation. Cornwall.
Ponsharden jetty and embarking shelter. Site-specific, participatory, textual
art-activism.
‘Cries from the Toxic Oceans 2’ art-activist events onboard 5 St.Mawes ferries & park & float ferries. Falmouth. Cornwall
'Fal River Blues' Fal River Festival community arts. Greenbank Hotel. Falmouth. Cornwall
2008
Porthtowan clean and survey ten day art/photo project for Surfers Against Sewage
‘Cries from the Toxic Oceans’ Site-specific, art-activist event at the British Plastics
Federation H.Q. Hackney. London, (Chemical Policy Conference) ‘Womb of Gaia: Moment by Moment, Breath by Breath’ meditation walk
performance. Gwithian
2007
Project Space. Arwenack. U.C.F. Falmouth. Cornwall
Site-Specific, art-activist texts. Sea front railings of one mile from Jubilee Pool to Newlyn Art Gallery.
2004
The Dissenters’ Chapel Gallery. Kensal Green. London.
The Questors Theatre. West Ealing. London
2002
Penzance Art Club. Chapel Street. Penzance. Cornwall
2001
Pause Organic Gallery. Shoreditch. London
1997
The Centre for Alternative Technology. Machynlleth. Wales
1996
Junk Sculptures, site-specific. Woon Gumpus Common. Pendeen. Cornwall
1995
Site-specific performance. Fox road kills and ceremonies. Woon Gumpus. Pendeen. Cornwall
PUBLICATIONS
2020
Green Spirit magazine
2019
Artrooms London catalogue
Marine Conservation Society quarterly magazine. Sink or Swim
2018
Polar Bears Point - West Briton / Packet
'Artist's risque work shows grim reality'. The Packet
'Beach Litter artist joins plastic free campaign'. West Briton
VIBRANT catalogue. The Old Biscuit Factory. London
Beach litter artist joins plastic free campaign - Breaking News, Cornwall Live. West Briton
It's hard to bear as plastic tide even reaches the Arctic - Metro. London
Heartbreaking sight of polar bear cubs playing with deadly plastic - Daily Mail
2014
SEAMS Sweet Art catalgue
COAST magazine
West Briton
Western Morning News
2013
SPLASH. Pop-Up Art Show catalogue
Cork Street Open Exhibition catalogue
2012
Carousel Horse catalogue. Hall for Cornwall
2010
The West Briton. 'UCF is inspiration for new gallery exhibition'
a-n journal
Aesthetica magazine
2009
www.newlyn.info. ‘Artist helps highlight the problem of plastic marine pollution’
The Herald. ‘Plastic’s not so fantastic’
The West Briton. ‘Artist embarks on ferry to convey message through work’
Cornish Guardian. ’Artist raises awareness on King Harry Ferry
Western Morning News ‘‘Fishing for Litter’ collaborates with contemporary artist’
‘The Way We Are: A Museum of Now’ North by North Western (NXNW) catalogue
Fal River Festival events catalogue
EMBARK Ferry Art catalogue
‘Drift’ surf magazine
The West Briton 'Celebrating the Darwin Connection’
‘Inside Cornwall’ magazine.
‘Darwin 200.Voyages of Discovery’ Falmouth Art Gallery catalogue
Surfers Against Sewage website article. ’Return to Offender’
Nigel Ayers online review
2008
'Revolver Art Cornwall' book
Pipeline S.A.S. magazine. collection of 10,000 plastic pellets in a bottle
Master the Arts.2009. University College Falmouth Postgraduate Prospectus and banners
MA Show catalogue
2007
The Cornishman ’Surfers Against Sewage collaborate with ‘eco-artist’
POST. 1st Edition.
2006
The Cornishman. ‘’Eco-artist’ staging beach tidy’
2002
Hip Hotels Guide. Herbert Ypma. Thames and Hudson.
GROUP SHOWS
2
2023
Wood Medispa . Nr. Okehampton. Devon. Private Clinic Country Estate Exclusive. One woman exhibition of 30 original artworks and 20 prints. Not open to the general public
2022
(Dis)obedient Bodies - Subvert the Social Panopticon .
The Fish Factory Art Gallery.Penryn. Cornwall
Hevva!Hevva! Falmouth Art Gallery. Cornwall
2020
RWA (Royal West of England Academy. Bristol) Online until end of lockdown then open to the public.
Greenpeace HQ UK. Islington. London
Depictions of Living. Art Pavillion. Mile End. London
2019
ImagineFalmouth. Falmouth Art Gallery. Cornwall.UK
RWA (Royal West of England Academy). Bristol
The Anthropogenic Sublime. Hendrix College. Ellis Hall. Arkansas. USA
Le Dame Art Gallery. Albany St. London. NW1
Penwith Art Gallery. St. Ives. Cornwall
Artrooms. International Contemporary Art Fair. Melia White House. Regents Park. London NW1
Art Works - The Old Biscuit Factory. London SE16
2018
Penwith Art Gallery. St Ives
'Present Perfect Continuous' - Zverev Contemporary. Moscow. Russia
Royal West of England Academy (RWA). Bristol
Falmouth Maritime Museum. UK
Penwith Art Gallery St. Ives. UK
Trebah Gardens with Sail Against Plastics Team. Cornwall
Eden Project with Sail Against Plastics Team. Cornwall
Cultivate presents somethingblue (online)
Vibrant -The Old Biscuit Factory. Southwark. London. SE16
ImagineFalmouth 2 -Falmouth Art Gallery
2017
Art House. Falmouth
Bosavern Community Farm. St. Just. Cornwall
RWA (Royal West of England Academy) pre-selection. Bristol
The Exchange Gallery. Chapel St. Penzance
2016
ArtHouse. Falmouth. UK
Meta Gallery. Chapel Street. Penzance. UK
WRECK and RUIN. Falmouth Art Gallery. UK (all through the summer)
ImagineFalmouth -selected artist from panel (Jinny Button). Falmouth Art Gallery.
2015
Gallery 49. Falmouth. Cornwall. UK
Waste to Wonderful Exhibition. A Curious Hall. Cornwall. UK
2014
SEAMS - Sweet Art, Hoxton Arches, London
Parallax Art Fair. Chelsea. London
2013
SPLASH - Pop-Up Art Show. Cornwall
Cork Street Open Exhibition. Mayfair. London. W1
'After the Monet'. Conningsby Gallery. London W1
2012
'Show me the Monet' Series 2. BBC2
'New Visions' The Grant Bradley Gallery. Bristol
'Carousel Horse'.Public Art exhibition. Hall For Cornwall. Truro (Recommended Artists)
2011
'Scattered Art' Truro Fencing Club. Cornwall
The Fish Factory.Falmouth. Cornwall
Tinkers Bubble. Renewal Arts. Little Norton. Somerset
Trelawney Gallery. Royal Cornwall Hospital. Truro. Cornwall
2010
Art Below. London Underground Station (Angel). London
'Alternate 2' The Exchange Gallery Penzance. Cornwall
Tate St. Ives.'St. Ives Wishing Well...Summer of Love...St Ia's dress' Cornwall
'ART75' The Lido. Jubilee Pool. Penzance. Performance 'UNCAPPED'
'Connections'. Falmouth Art Gallery. Cornwall
'Alternate1'.The Exchange Gallery. Penzance. Cornwall
The Affordable Art Fair. Battersea. London
'Contemporary Translation in Suprematism' Lloyd Gill Gallery. Somerset
2009
‘The Way We Are: A Museum of Now.’ NXNW Art Festival. Manchester
‘Darwin 200. Voyages of Discovery’. Falmouth Art Gallery. Cornwall.
2008
M.A. Show. Lamorva House. University College Falmouth
Penzance Art Club. Chapel St. Penzance
2007
Revolver Art Show. Penzance. Cornwall
‘Helix Hybrid’ site specific spiral staircase. Interim Show. U.C.F. Falmouth.
'The Standard'. Flushing Art Week. Flushing Cornwall
Surfers Against Sewage (S.A.S.) HQ. St. Agnes. Cornwall
2006
Gwithian Beach collaboration with S.A.S.
The Salt Gallery. Fore St. Hayle. Cornwall
2005
Summer Show. Penzance Art Club. Chapel St. Penzance. Cornwall.
2003
Sancreed House/The Old Rectory. Sancreed. Cornwall
Fabrications Gallery. Broadway Market. Hackney. London. WC1
2001
Salthouse Gallery. St. Ives. Cornwall
Spring Gallery. Falmouth Art Centre. Falmouth. Cornwall
2000
Penzance Art Club. Chapel St. Penzance. Cornwall
The Eclipse Gallery. Penzance. Cornwall
1999
Friends of the Earth Gallery Space. Penzance. Cornwall
The Bakehouse Gallery. Chapel St. Penzance. Cornwall
1997
The Market Garden Gallery. Bread St. Penzance. Cornwall
Royal Cornwall Show. Wadebridge. Cornwall
Radio Cornwall Foyey. Truro. Cornwall
1995
Mulabalu Gallery. Redruth. Cornwall
The Foyey, Truro College. Truro. Cornwall
1993
The Spring Gallery. Falmouth Art Centre. Cornwall
Art Space Gallery. Portobello Rd. Notting Hill. London
Le Metro. Notting Hill Gate. London
1991
The Oasis Gallery. Georgia. USA
Olympia. Mind, Body and Spirit Exhibition. Kensington. London
1990
The Asahi Gallery. Golbourne Rd. Portobello. London.
1989
BA Show. Central St. Martins College of Art. Southampton Row. London
PERMANENT COLLECTION
2009
Falmouth Art Gallery. Cornwall
COMPETITIONS
Sketch Book Prize. Stabilo at Central St. Martins College of Art.