GLASGOW. Iota Gallery - Unlimited Studios, 25 Hyndland St, Partick, G11 5QE<br /><br />Views From My Studio - an exhibition by Norman Sutton-Hibbert.<br /><br />Norman Sutton-Hibbert talks about his practice at his exhibition, Views From My Studio.<br /><br />New Exhibition - VIEWS FROM MY STUDIO<br />VIEWS FROM MY STUDIO - An exhibition of paintings by Norman Sutton-Hibbert.<br />When: 2nd - 16th December 2023.<br /><br />Where: Iota Gallery - Unlimited Studios, 25 Hyndland St, Partick, Glasgow<br />G11 5QE<br />“From my studio I look into a tidal river, a working harbour, the sea and along<br />part of the Ayrshire coast. The paintings in this exhibition are my responses to the colours and patterns I see every day. Changes to the light, from the changes in the times of day and weather, provide me with a kaleidoscope of colours.<br />This plethora of colours provides me with a rich palette to draw from. And the constantly changing display of ships, their various loads, harbourside buildings and machinery, provide me with another range of shapes, forms and outlines.<br />Why I choose to paint what I see in an abstracted form can be partly explained in a quote from Alberto Giacometti, ‘The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create another reality of the same intensity’.<br />And Georgia O’Keefe provides me with another apposite quote ‘I found I could say things with colours and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way’.” -<br />Norman Sutton-Hibbert<br />Bio:<br />I’ve painted for most of my life and now consider myself to be a multi-media artist. This exhibition ‘Views From My Studio’ is mostly of small paintings – and I’ve used enamel paints on wooden panel. There is one woodblock print<br />assemblage – the largest work in the exhibition.<br />When I’m not painting I also print from woodblocks, make collages/mixed media works, do some performance and create sculptures and art installations. I began making sculptures and art installations, in which I primarily use found/domestic fabrics and clothing, when I was studying sculpture at Glasgow School of Art.<br />CV<br /><br />Born Manchester, England, 1947<br />Based in Scotland since 1969<br />EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS<br />Educated in Germany and England.<br />1976-1978 Diploma in Social Work<br />1988-1989 Mental Health Officer Certificate<br />2010-2014 BA Hons (Fine Art) GSA<br />2014-2015 MLitt (Fine Art Practice) GSA<br />PRIZES<br />2023 PAI Parallel Visions Award<br />2019 SSA Glasgow Art Club Prize<br />2016 VAS Lily MacDougal Prize<br />2013 RSA Keith Prize<br />RESIDENCIES<br />2014 Dumfries House, Ayrshire<br />SOLO EXHIBITIONS<br />1989 & 1990 Valley Arts Resource Centre, Glengarnock<br />1995 Café Cosmo, Glasgow Film Theatre<br />2002 ‘No Bigger Picture’, Glasgow Print Studio<br />2005 ‘Images of Love’, LUV Gallery, Glasgow<br />2009 ‘Small Stories’, Glasgow Print Studio<br />2016 ‘Café Language’, Nito Café, Tokyo, Japan<br />2017 ‘Conversing With Walls’, Featured artist in July at Glasgow<br /> Print Studio<br />2019 ‘Kinder Kinder’, Iota Gallery, Glasgow<br />2022 ‘Narratives in Times of Absurdity’, Royal Glasgow of Art,<br /> Kelly Gallery, Glasgow<br /><br />
