Kirsty Whiten

Edinburgh College of Art : BA (hons) Fine Art, 1st class

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foster-mum(web)

 

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right-on-mum

 

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ROBBIE-(paint+pencil)

 

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ROBBIE+TOMMY-(pencil+paint)

 

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settler

 

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stupid-gran

 

Artist Statement:

The techniques I use are a big part of the impact of my work. I use various photographs to work from; some I take myself and others I find in books, newspapers or postcards.

I have been making images in a process similar to Surrealist automatic drawing where I choose one detail and work out from it, creating a relationship or story as it suggests itself to me. I want to create a psychological portrait in my pictures, and say as much as I can as simply as possible.

I want to make the viewer feel uncomfortable by presenting a character very directly and intimately, but also ambiguously, and pushing something unexpected to the forefront. I try to show the difficult subtleties of relationships that people can read from the slightest signals.

Ideally I want people to respond to the images with part recognition and part a sense of peculiarity.

Exhibitions:
The Strange Physiognomy of the Face
June 2003 group show Atelier Expositur, Graz, Austria
Kirsty Whiten/ N.I.C.J.O.B.
January 2003 shared show 5th, Guinness Storehouse, Dublin
Hot Pics
November 2002 group show North Edinburgh Arts centre, Edinburgh
Affordable art fair
October 2002 International art fair New York
Kirsty Whiten
September 2002 project room Spare room, RMIT University, Melbourne
Berlin Art Forum
October 2002 International art fair Berlin
Right-on mum
June 2002 solo show Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
Berlin Art Forum
October 2001 International art fair Berlin
Kirsty Whiten
September 2001 Solo show Tricycle Theatre Gallery, London
Animal
June 2001 group show Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh
New Street Artists
July 2001 Group show New Street exhibition space, Edinburgh
Rabbit Drawings
March 2001 Project Room Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
Two Years On
February 2001 Group show The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
SSA Contemporary Open
November 2000 Group show Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Spare Room
September 2000 project room RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Dress Code
August 2000 Group show .1664, Den Haag, Netherlands
Cite Internationale des Arts
July 2000 Group show Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Salon
June2000 Group show Damstchach, Wernberg, Austria
6eme Salon des Artistes Europeens
May 2000 Group show Espace Chateau Landon, Paris, France
New Faces
January 2000 Group show The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
Laborhaus 6
November 1999 Group show Bedburg Hau, Cologne, Germany
Citizen 2000
April 1999 Group show Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
Student Show
February 1999 Group show Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

Kirsty Whiten

Edinburgh College of Art : BA (hons) Fine Art, 1st class

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