Virginia Verran Britannique, née en 1961
Dans les dessins comme dans les peintures, il y a une réponse intuitive et immédiate aux matériaux, intégrant le hasard et l’accident, ainsi qu’un motif répétitif très consciemment maîtrisé, afin de créer des lieux de contemplation complexes et détaillés. Des signes et symboles graphiques opèrent à un niveau abstrait et percussif, posés à la surface de l’œuvre, et peuvent parfois ajouter une note festive ou une sombre résonance. La lumière est l’ingrédient le plus important, et la méthode employée dans les peintures consiste à la révéler par effacement plutôt qu’à l’imposer. Les peintures obéissent à d’autres exigences et préoccupations : l’image y est recherchée en frottant des couches humides de pigment, parfois doucement, parfois vigoureusement, pour révéler une présence humaine, tempérée cependant par des lavis fluides et des motifs appliqués posés à la surface, qui se faufilent dans, hors et à travers la surface. Cette quête d’une chaleur palpable (que je considère comme humaine), qui renferme la lumière, a toujours été une préoccupation fondamentale lorsque je peins. C’est une préoccupation très différente de celle des dessins, où un terrain plus vaste d’espace compacté et stratifié est suggéré au moyen de lignes graphiques, de collage et parfois de petits ajouts de toile, intégrant des signes et symboles de frontières, de collines, d’îles, de petites bombes, de minuscules bâtiments, de champs en damier, de menaces aériennes.
Virginia Verran parle de sa pratique
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BIOGRAPHIE
Virginia Verran
1961
Née à Falmouth, Cornouailles
1979-80
Falmouth College of Art
1980-83
Winchester School of Art (BA)
1983-84
Chelsea School Of Art (MA)
Expositions personnelles :
1986
City Artists Gallery, London
1988
Paintings, Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London
1990
New Work, Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London
1993
New Paintings, Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London
1995-6
New Paintings, Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London
1997
New Paintings, Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall (Public Gallery)
1999
Paintings 1990-1999 (retrospective), Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo Norway
2000
Paintings 1995-2000, Gallery Fine, London
2013
Centre For Recent Drawing (C4RD) London
2015
RIBA, London: Wall drawing in bookshop in association with the publication of : Anchor, a book about 'outline' in drawing, edited by Joe Graham
Sélection d’expositions collectives :
1984
Christies Inaugural Exhibition
1985
Opening Exhibition, City Artist's Gallery, London
1986
Artists Working in Hackney, Hanson Noble Architects, London
1987
Art After Hours, Limelight Club, London
Celtic Vision , Newlyn Gallery Cornwall and Chapter Gallery Cardiff
Painting Dept Tutors Group Exhibition, Chelsea College of Art London
Nine British Artists Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London
1988
Celtic Vision, Dublin
1989
Six Artists in the Vaults, The Chapter House, London
1991
Group Show, Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London
1992
Five Years: Works on Paper and an Exterior Sculpture, Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London
1994
Gallery Artists, Paintings and Works on Paper, Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery London
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London
1996
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London
In Transit, Contemporary British Art, Leidon, Holland and Osnabrook Germany
1997
John Moores, Liverpool, Exhibition 20, Walker Gallery, Liverpool.
1998
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London
1999
Art 99, Design Centre, Islington, London
Hunting Group Exhibition : Royal College of Art, London
2000
Group Show, Gallery Fine, London
2001
'Showcase' Chelsea College of Art and Design at former Royal Army Medical College, London
British Abstract Art, Flowers East, London.
Group Show, Gallery Fine, London
2003
Hunting Group Art Prize Exhibition (2nd Prize Winner), Royal College of Art, London
2004
A21 International, Contemporary Art Space, Osaka, Japan. Gallery Hot. Osaka, Japan
2005
'Short Stories About Painting' Artspace Gallery, Islington, London
Curated by Jeffrey Dennis : Simon Callery, Merlin James, Louise Cattrell, Jeffrey Dennis, Tim Renshaw, Virginia Verran
2007
Virginia Verran and David Oates, Redchurch St Gallery, London
Art Auction in support of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, Store St, London
2008
'Same as it ever was', group show of tutors and alumni from Chelsea College of Art and Design, curated by Clyde Hopkins : L. Institiute Davies St, Triangle Space, Chelsea, and Chelsea Space.
'Timescapes' Group show. Blackpool Fine Arts Dept.
2009
A21 International, Harado No Mori Museum,Osaka.
Jerwood Drawing Exhibition, Jerwood Space, London and tour.
2010
Jerwood Drawing Prize: 1st Prize Winner: Jerwood Space, London
2010/11
Drawings : Eagle Gallery, London :Wendy Anderson, Fieroza Dawson and Virginia Verran
2011 A World of Drawings : Lia Anna Hennig, Felicity Powell and Virginia Verran: Alexia Goethe Gallery, London 2010
A Sort of Night To The Mind A Kind Of Night For Our Thoughts: Artery Gallery/Arch 402, Stuttgardt
Anschlussel: artists from Berlin and London: Frueshorge Contemporary Drawings, Berlin
Drawing Biennial: The Drawing Room, London
2012
Equinox: Transition Gallery, London
Anschlussel: Artists from Berlin and London, C4RD, London
Royal Academy Summer Show, London
Collectible: ZAP art projects, London
2013
First Come, First Served: Lion and Lamb Gallery, London
Discernible: Zeitgeist Art Projects, London
Marmite Painting Prize on tour: Drawing Room/Tannery/ Plymouth/Cambridge/Glasgow/ Manchester
Unknown Sitter: Charlie Dutton Gallery, London, Curated by Covadonga Valdes, Including: Marcus Harvey, Galen Riley, Damien Meade, Kirsten Glass, David Dipre, Cathy Lomax, Marianne Basu- lado, Dallas Seitz, Virginia Verran
'Hey Narcissus': Studio 1:1 Gallery, London, including Clare Price, Kirsten Glass, Stephanie Moran, Claudia Bose.
Atomic: Transition Gallery: London, 2013; Including: Michael Ajerman, Andrew Bracey, Paul Kinders- ley, Emma Talbot, Paul Housley, Mali Morris,Virginia Verran.
Small is Beautiful: Flowers Gallery, London
2014
Time Out: The 100 Best Paintings contributors lists, compiled by Martin Coomer https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting-Drawing-Sculpture/100-Curators-Collection/348909/22737/view
Shonagh Manson of Jerwood Foundation selects Virginia Verran for Saatchi Art's 100 Curators 100 days: https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting-Drawing-Sculpture/100-Curators-Collection/348909/22737/view
2015
Autocatalytic Future Games, Curated by Playpaint: London
Royal Academy Summer Show, London
Eureka!: London
Salad, L'Escargot, London
Small is Beautiful: Flowers Gallery, London
2016
The British Society of Self Deprecation. Part 1: British Drawing: Charlie Dutton Gallery, Beijing, China, Including, amongst others : Emma Talbot, Phillip Allen, Paul Housley, Marainne Basualdo, Harry Pye, Geraldine Swayne, Andrew Seto, Mick Finch, Charlie Dutton, Virginia Verran.
At the Edge of Printing: Royal Academy, Keepers House, 2016; Invited to show by Tess Jaray
Lost for Words: Falmouth University, Curated by Lucy Willow and Mercedes Kemp
Complicity: Collyer Bristow, London, 2016, curated by Rosalind Davis
As Wide as the Space Between Walls, The Tannery Project Space, London
Tim Sayer Bequest: Hepworth,Wakefield
Small is Beautiful: Flowers Gallery, London
2017
From the South: Virginia Verran and David Oates, Wakayama, Japan
Phoenix: Grenfell Auction: Vout O Reenees, London
2017/18
Small is Beautiful: Flowers Gallery
2018
John Moores Exhibition 60th Anniversary, Walker Gallery, Liverpool
Fully Awake, Royal College of Art. VV selecting Trevor Sutton and Aime Parrott
Prix :
1986
Jacob Mendelssohn Award
2010
1st Prize, Jerwood Drawing Prize 2010
Collections :
Arts Council of England
Israel Phoenix Assurance, Tel Aviv, Israel
Arthur Andersen Collection
Fitzwilliam Museum (loaned to Clare College)
LG Collection, London
Meyer Brown, London
Recherche :
2001/2
En tant qu’exécutrice testamentaire et dépositaire de la succession de Bruce Bernard, a supervisé la publication d’un livre consacré à la Bruce Bernard Collection : 100 Photographs: A Collection by Bruce Bernard. Sous la direction de Mark Haworth-Booth. Publié par Phaidon Press.
En liaison avec Mark Haworth-Booth pour 100 Photographs: A Collection by Bruce Bernard au Victoria & Albert Museum, Canon Gallery, 2002-03
2002
Co-commissaire avec South Bank Touring Exhibitions (Hayward Gallery) de l’exposition itinérante des photographies de Bruce Bernard : Artists and their Studios.
Co-commissaire avec Philip Long au Museum Of Modern Art Edinburgh (Dean Gallery) : Artists and Models: Photographs by Bruce Bernard. De juillet à septembre. A également supervisé l’accrochage de 100 Photographs: A Collection by Bruce Bernard.
Expérience d’enseignement :
Actuellement chargée de cours associée en peinture au Chelsea College of Art and Design, Londres, et à l’University College, Falmouth. Enseigne également à la Slade School of Fine Art, Londres.