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At eighteen Angela Eames attended Johannesburg School of Art in South Africa where she undertook her first Foundation course in Art and Design. On completion she returned to England to attend Farnham School of Art on a second Foundation course. From 1971 thro’ to 1974 she studied Fine Art Painting at Bath Academy of Art in Corsham gaining a place to study Fine Art/Experimental place at the Slade School, London in 1974. Her work as both artist and teacher instigated a return to study in 1991 to complete a Masters in Computing in Art and Design at Middlesex University under the tutelage of John Lansdowne. As an artist whose practice has continuously involved the exploration of drawing in direct relation to technology, she received a Doctorate in Drawing at Wimbledon School of Art and the University of Surrey in 2000.
She produces both series and independent works and has exhibited continuously both nationally and abroad. The images on this website show her commitment to various themes that have run throughout a working life of some forty five years. She lives in East Sussex and continues to practice as an artist/drawer.
wHOLE #1, Giclée print, 15" x 15", 2018
CONSEQUENCE - Projected video work, 20 mins, continuous loop, 2018
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CONSEQUENCE - Projected video work, 20 mins, continuous loop, 2018
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" I am an artist/drawer whose practice has continuously involved the exploration of drawing in direct relation to technology, be that pixel or pencil. I produce both series and independent works and have exhibited continuously both nationally and abroad. Drawing for me, might be defined as what if? What if I could see differently? I am on the outside looking in, I can imagine the unseen but within the virtual environment I can see from the inside - out. I can move around, within a virtual space. The virtual camera becomes my eye. I can use the computer to do something, which it can do and I cannot, which I can propose and it can provide, which I cannot see - until I can…”
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" I am an artist/drawer whose practice has continuously involved the exploration of drawing in direct relation to technology, be that pixel or pencil. I produce both series and independent works and have exhibited continuously both nationally and abroad. Drawing for me, might be defined as what if? What if I could see differently? I am on the outside looking in, I can imagine the unseen but within the virtual environment I can see from the inside - out. I can move around, within a virtual space. The virtual camera becomes my eye. I can use the computer to do something, which it can do and I cannot, which I can propose and it can provide, which I cannot see - until I can…”
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" I am an artist/drawer whose practice has continuously involved the exploration of drawing in direct relation to technology, be that pixel or pencil. I produce both series and independent works and have exhibited continuously both nationally and abroad. Drawing for me, might be defined as what if? What if I could see differently? I am on the outside looking in, I can imagine the unseen but within the virtual environment I can see from the inside - out. I can move around, within a virtual space. The virtual camera becomes my eye. I can use the computer to do something, which it can do and I cannot, which I can propose and it can provide, which I cannot see - until I can…”
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Angela Eames, Fine Artist/Drawer...
Angela Eames is a practicing artist living and working in East Sussex. She shows her work both nationally and internationally.
" I am an artist/drawer whose practice has continuously involved the exploration of drawing in direct relation to technology, be that pixel or pencil. I produce both series and independent works and have exhibited continuously both nationally and abroad. Drawing for me, might be defined as what if? What if I could see differently? I am on the outside looking in, I can imagine the unseen but within the virtual environment I can see from the inside - out. I can move around, within a virtual space. The virtual camera becomes my eye. I can use the computer to do something, which it can do and I cannot, which I can propose and it can provide, which I cannot see - until I can…”
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IRIS #1, Giclée print, 18.5" x 18.5", 2024
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IRIS #2, Giclée print, 18.5" x 18.5", 2024
In her forthcoming exhibition in Glasgow, A ROSE IS A ROSE, Eames harnesses AI to push the boundaries of drawing, with an innovative survey of botanical specimens to produce both human generated and AI assisted works. She finds unusual ways of demystifying, mapping and subverting technology whilst searching for poetic revelation within the potential successes and failures of digital systems. Here, eighteen small-scale archival giclée prints, from her MONSTERA DELICIOSA series are hung as pairs of flower heads - Human genrated versions which have then been digitally remastered as AI-generated oddities or monstrosities. In calling attention to both negative and positive potential and prospects, these works challenge the developers of digital systems and electronic spaces, questioning both their purpose and their goals, and essentially asking whether we as artists can reclaim these technologies to build our own digital arena.
Six Foot Gallery: The Pentagon Centre, 36 Washington St, Glasgow G3 8AZ, Nov 22nd - Dec 4th.
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Semi finalist Hollywood International Golden Age Festival, 2024.
Year: 2024
Type: Digital Video - Infinivid/Tandem
Media Format: Video, H.264, PAL, 4K, 3840p x 2160p, mp4, colour.
Duration: 5.00‘ loop
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FLUX | MELTDOWN ...no time to spare
Winner of the Alpine Fellowship Visual Art Prize, 2021 and selected for a number of International Film Festivals during 2021 and 2022.
Year: 2020
Type: Digital Video - Infinivid/Tandem
Media Format: Video, H.264, PAL, 4K, 3840p x 2160p, mp4, colour.
Duration: 5.30‘ loop
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Semi finalist Cleveland Arthouse Film Awards, 2024.
Award Winner, Depth of Field International Film Festival, UK, 2023.
Semi finalist London International Filmakers Festival, UK, 2023.
Semi finalist in the Sydney Indie Short Festival, Australia, 2023.
Semi-finalist, Rome International Short Festival, 2023.
Year: 2023
Type: Digital Video - Infinivid/Tandem
Media Format: Video, H.264, PAL, 4K, 3840p x 2160p, mp4, colour, audio.
Duration: 5.00‘ loop
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ABRACADABRA ...the illusion of change
Official Selection, Nature Without Borders International Film Festival, 2024.
Honourable Mention, London Seasonal Short Film Festival, UK, 2022.
Semi finalist Alternative Film Festival, 2021.
Type: Digital Video - Infinivid/Tandem
Media Format: Video, H.264, PAL, 4K, 3840p x 2160p, mp4, colour.
Duration: 5.00‘ loop