| Emily Tull |
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b.o.b: 14/7/1978
ramsgate,kent.
I am freelance artist in kent, I work mainly in schools or with community groups on various projects including murals, lanterns and carnival builds. Outside of this i paint and make rubber ducks!
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| About the Artist |
Ramsgate based artist Emily Tull graduated from Kent Institute of Art & Design in 2000.Since then, she has exhibited in London, Birmingham, Weston Super Mare and regularly across East Kent in group and solo shows.
Inspired by artists ranging from Lucien Freud, Cindy Sherman and the Pre-Raphaelites, the work covers a range of subjects based upon everyday life and mythology. Predominately portrait-based, each painting captures a moment in time where beauty blurs with the grotesque. From the 'ugliness' of meaty new-born babies, to the compelling, uncomfortable sexual qualities of sirens. Many of the images are severely cropped and large in scale to enhance the confrontation. These claustrophobic tendencies engulf the viewer so they are all consumed. As we gaze intently at them a combination of senses unfold and question. This questioning is the most important factor of the work, from the everyday issues of beauty being skin deep to a beautiful woman becoming a freakishly bizarre creature. |
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AGLAPHONE (BRILLIANT VOICE)
2004 oil on canvas 122.5 x 61.5 cms |
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Sirens tease us with their sexuality - confident, with an edge of confrontation. Their hair seductively wraps around the body, teasingly covering them, but at the same time the hair turns into tendrils suffocating. With the cold colours they appear corpse-like, silently floating in the water, yet with a beautiful grace. |
POPPY
2006 collage-fabric,beads,thread on felt 15.5 x 15.5 cms |
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In this flower series beauty and fragility is enhanced. Sewing takes the place of drawing with the thread melting into the soft felt representing the delicate 'skin' of the flowers. |
DISCO DUCK
2005 mixed media various sizes |
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i customise and make rubber ducks, various styles and sizes, this one is from the disco series and is covered in mirror tiles and has a huge afro! |
CUTIE-KINS
2003 oil on canvas 40.4 x 40.4 cms |
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part of the sleeping baby series, these are heavily cropped images of close up faces |
THE HONEST TRUTH
2004 oil on canvas 82.5 x 59.5 |
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self portrait |
SUMMER
2006 pen and watercolour 27 x 14 cms |
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part of an illustration series. Inspired from retro fabric prints, lava lamps, graffiti images and fashion illustrations. |
Lick
2007 Oil, poster paint and glitter. |
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Part of the 'sex on a stick' series. suggestive,freudian and fun! |
suck
2007 oil,poster paint and glitter on canvas 60x60 cms |
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part of the 'sex on a stick' series |
ah did-doms
2003 oil on canvas 40.5 x 40.5 |
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part of the 'meaty' baby series |
coochie-coo
2003 oil on canvas 40.5 x 40.5 |
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part of the 'meaty' baby series |
FRAGILE #1
2008 sewing on muslin and sacking 15 x 15 inches |
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part of the 'fragility' series. |
FRAGILE #2
2008 sewing on muslin and sacking 15 x 15 inches |
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part of the 'fragility' series. |
FRAGILE #3
2008 sewing on muslin and sacking 15 x 15inches |
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part of the 'fragility' series. |
Delicate
2009 sewing on towelling & fleece 2 x 3 ft |
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a part of the fragments series |
and dream of sheep #1
2009 sewing on pillowcase 19 x 28 inches |
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part of the sleep series |
'Fragility'
2009 handstitching on muslin and hessian |
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| Education and biography |
BA (HONS)Fine Art Degree-graduated from kent institute of art & design, canterbury in 2000.
SOLO SHOWS:
'ENCHANTMENT'
5TH -26TH APRIL 2003
MARGATE LIBRARY,MARGATE
'EXHIBITION OF RECENT WORKS'
2ND-16TH APRIL 2004
NEVILL GALLERY,CANTERBURY.
'EMILY TULL EXHIBITION'
12TH - 26TH AUGUST 2005
NEVILL GALLERY, CANTERBURY
'FRAGMENTS'
1ST MAY - 31ST AUGUST
DECO 5
WHITSTABLE, KENT
GROUP SHOWS:
'WORKS ON PAPER'
APRIL 1998
CANTERBURY LIBRARY
'DEGREE SHOW'
23RD - 30TH JUNE 2000
KIAD,CANTERBURY
'WHITE ELEPHANT'
19TH JULY-2ND AUGUST 2000
NUNNERY GALLERY,LONDON
'WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE'
15TH JUNE - 8TH JULY 2001
GALLERY IOTA, RAMSGATE
'OPEN EXHIBIT OF FINE ARTS'
14TH - 28TH JULY 2001
MARGATE LIBRARY, MARGATE
'TRANSITION'
28TH JULY - 5TH AUGUST 2001
MARGATE OLD TOWN
'OPEN SANDWICH EXHIBITION'
24TH AUGUST -8TH SEPT 2001
GALLERY 37, SANDWICH
'EIGHT HOT CHICKS'
26TH OCT - 1ST NOV 2001
CHROMOS GALLERY,CANTERBURY
'8X8'
25TH MAY - 16TH MAY 2002
GALLERY IOTA,RAMSGATE
'OPEN EXHIBIT OF FINE ARTS'
8TH - 29TH JUNE 2002
MARGATE LIBRARY,MARGATE
'ODD BIRDS'
7TH -18TH NOVEMBER 2002
FISH SLAB GALLERY,
WHITSTABLE
'OPEN EXHIBIT OF FINE ARTS'
7TH - 28TH JUNE 2003
MARGATE LIBRARY,MARGATE
'4 SQ'
7TH -28TH JUNE 2003
GALLERY IOTA,RAMSGATE
'EYE OPENER'
29TH MAY - 20TH JUNE 2004
GALLERY IOTA,RAMSGATE
'WHITSTABLE OPEN STUDIOS'
9TH - 24TH OCTOBER 2004
WHITSTABLE
'OPEN AND SEEN'
11TH JUNE - 3RD JULY 2005
GALLERY IOTA,RAMSGATE
'THE ISLE'
11TH -21ST AUGUST 2005
GALLERY IOTA, RAMSGATE
'HEADTURNER'
21ST APRIL - 14TH MAY 2006
GALLERY IOTA,RAMSGATE.
'ART BELOW FEB EXHIBITION'
26th feb - 12th march (london underground)
Euston square, Metropolitan Line, platform 1 (westbound)
www.artbelow.com
'PLAY: EXPERIENCE THE ADVENTURE OF OUR CITIES'
31st March - 16th sept 2007
Urbis, Manchester
'THE FABULOUS LIPSTICK BITCHES GORGEOUS, ABSURDIST, ARTISTIC CONTRACEPTIVE'
24TH Aug - 5th Sept 2007
George House Gallery
Folkestone, Kent
'NEW TRACKS'
5th Dec - 19th Dec 2007
(LONDON UNDERGROUND)
Stamford BrookStation (tube, eastbound.
'A THOUGHT'
26TH FEB - 9TH MARCH 2008
ANGELUS GALLERY, WINCHESTER
'OUT ON A LIMB'
24TH MAY-3RD AUGUST 2008
GALLERY IOTA, MARGATE
'IMAGINATIVE PORTRAITS'
9TH JULY - 30TH AUGUST
RBSA GALLERY, BIRMINGHAM
'OUT ON A FURTHER LIMB'
5TH AUGUST-30TH SEPT 2008
GALLERY IOTA,MARGATE
'ENERGY SOURCE: SATIRE V SERIOUSNESS ROUND 1'
28TH FEB - 27TH MARCH
THE LLOYD GILL GALLERY, WESTON-SUPER-MARE
'Animate = Artist'
7th oct - 13th oct 2009
Fishslab Gallery
Whitstable, Kent |
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Website: www.emilytull.co.uk |
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