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I am a sculptor working in bronze, paper and clay and a printmaker specialising in linocut and woodcut techniques.
My work explores the rich metaphorical language of oral narrative traditions and our instinct for anthropomorphism and zoomorphism. I live and work at Bull Mill Arts, an artists' community established by Lord Bath on the Longleat Estate. My studio is on the banks of the river Wylye surrounded by water meadows and woodland so my sketch books are filled with the flora and fauna of the Wiltshire landscape, from cattle and wild carrot on the broad backs of the Downs to fat brown trout and water hemlock in the chalk valley, roe deer in ancient oak forest to exotic blue tongued giraffes in historic parkland. These sketch books are a zoographical and narrative reference library for my sculpture and printmaking. I studied Art and Art History at Goldsmiths' College (BA Hons 1990-93) and my work is exhibited in London and throughout the UK. instagram.com/oliviacliftonbligh |
biography |
Olivia Clifton-Bligh MRBS
born 1971 1990-1993 Goldsmiths' College, London University BA Hons. Art and Art History 1989-1990 Brighton Polytechnic Art and Design Foundation Course |
selected exhibitions |
2000-2018 The Kings Road Gallery, Chelsea, London
2015-2018 David Simon Contemporary, Bath 2015-2018 Article, Bath 2001-2018 Bull Mill Arts, Wiltshire 2004-2018 Delamore Arts, Cornwood, Devon 2015-2018 Talos Art Foundry, Hants 2018 Artichoke Gallery, East Sussex 2015-2017 Wine Street Gallery, Devizes 2015-2016 Studio 53, Salisbury 2011-2016 The Sculpture Park, Surrey 2002-2015 Stone Lane Gardens, Chagford, Devon 2010-2013 Long and Ryle, Pimlico, London 2007-2013 The Gallery, Pewsey, WIltshire 2011-2012 The Cartshed Gallery, Semley, Dorset 2010-2011 Gallery Lefort, Bath 2005-2009 The Phoenix Gallery, Hartley Whitney, Hampshire 1998-2000 CASA Studios, London 1998-1999 Fulham Arthouse, London 1996-1999 The Camberwell Gallery, London 1996-1998 The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London 1993-1998 Clockwork Studios, London 1994-1995 The Tabernacle Gallery, London |
awards |
membership |
publications |
2016 Little Book Of Chickens, a collection of British printmakers
complied by Alan Marshall, printed by Mascot Media 2016 An Elegant Fowl, a collection of British printmakers complied by Alan Marshall, printed by Mascot Media 2014 Barn Owl, printmakers' cards by Art Angels Publishing 2010 A Birthday Book, limited edition, printed by Evergreen Press, hand bound by Kate Holland, illustrated by Olivia Clifton-Bligh |
residencies |
1997 North Foreland Lodge, Artist in Residence
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