CORINNA BUTTON A.R.E
Corinna Button started out in Sheffield, studied (BA Hons) fine art at Leeds and then Post Graduate Advanced Printmaking at Croydon school of art. She has exhibited in both solo & mixed shows not only across Europe ; Hungary, Denmark, Germany & Luxembourg but also in New Zealand and Korea. She exhibits and sells her work regularly in galleries throughout the UK.
Corinna works in mediums including; Mix media; painting, etching, woodcuts and, collagraphs. Her work can be found in many private collections internationally.
Work in public collections include the BBC, The university of Aberystwyth and the Ashmolean museum in Oxford.
ART EDUCATION
- 1980 - 1981 Foundation Course, Sheffield Polytechnic
- 1981 - 1984 BA Honours - Fine Art, Leeds Polytechnic
- 1984 - 1986 Advanced Printmaking, Croydon College of Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (from 1990)
- 2010 Riverside Gallery, Barnes, London
- 2009 Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
- 2008 Chelsea Arts Club, London
- 2008 Wildwood Gallery, Bury St Edmunds
- 2007 Gallery Kaleidoscope, London
- 2005 Kew Gallery
- 94/96/98/2002/2004/2007 Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
- 95/96/99/2002 Nutley Gallery, Reigate
- 2001 Gallery at Wrenn - Northampton
- 1999 Windsor Arts Cenlie
- 1996 Tam Tam Galerie, Budapest
- 1995 The Davies Bailey Gallery, Battle, Sussex
- 1995 Paris bas Bank, Luxembourg
- 1994 The Custard Factory, Birmingham
- 1994 The European Commission, Luxembourg
- 1991 Finegold Contemporary Art, Halifax
- 1991 Ross Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (from 1990)
- 2010 'Centerline 10' Curated by Oscar Friedl - Zhou B Art Center, Chicago
- 2009 London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy, London
- 2008 'A Century of Sheffield Art'– Millenium Gallery Sheffield
- 2008 Globe gallery, Weybridge
- 2008 New Ashgate gallery, Farnham, Surrey
- 2008 The Bronze gallery, Hampshire
- 2008 Hicks Gallery, Wimbledon
- 2004/05/06/08'Originals' The Mall Gallery, London
- 2005/06/07 'Kingston Open' - Stanley Picker Gallery - Kingston upon Thames
- 2005 RAC Gallery, Pall Mall, London
- 2004 'Mother', West End Cenre, Aldershot
- 2004 National Society of Painters & Printmakers, Aliium gallery, London
- 2003/4C2 Comtemp' Art - Bucks
- 2003 Royal Academy Summer Show
- 2003/4 Gallery Kaleidoscope - London
- 2002/3 Gallery One, Barnes,London
- 2001 International Print Exhibition, Yale Gallery, Wrexham & touring
- 2001'Relativities' International Exhibition, Abu Dhabi
- 2000 'The Discerning Eye' Mall Galleries, London
- 2000 The National Print Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
- 2000 British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery
- 1999 Open Print Biennale, Aliium Gallery, Queensway
- 1999 Royal Academy Summer show
- 1998 Sefton Open, Atkinson Gallery, Merseyside
- 1996 Kunstgarden, Denmark
- 1995 Gallerie Rose, Hamburg
- 1995 FBA. National Print Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London
- 1994 Rothenstein Trophy, Scarborough & London
- 1994 Royal Academy Summer Show, London
- 1993 Royal Academy Summer Show, London
- 1993 Galerie Editions, Simoncini, Luxembourg
- 1993 Eastleigh Museum, Hampshire (plus 1 year tour)
- 1993 Gardner Arts Cenlie, Brighton
- 1992 National Thealie, London
- 1992 The Royal Festival Hall, London
- 1990 Seldown Gallery, Poole, Dorset
- 1990 The National Thealie, London
- 1990 National Museum of Fine Art, Malta
- 1990 Barbican, London
RELATED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- 2007 Ran a series of workshops for teachers
- 2006 Article in ARTISTS AND ILLUSTRATORS magazine
- 2006 Winner of University of Wales Aberystwyth purchase prize
- 2005 Workshops for pupils at Teddington School
- 2004 Elected for prize, National Society of Painters & Printmakers Annual Exhibition
- 2004 Elected as a member of the Royal Society of Painters and Printmakers
- 2001 Workshop for students (A-level) & teachers / Northampton schools
- 2001 Work chosen for ITV production
- 1999 - 2000 'Artists access to Art school', Wimbledon school of Art
- 1995 - 1998 Lived, worked and exhibited in Hamburg, Germany
- 1990 Teaching Printmaking to foundation students, Croydon College of art
Work in Private & Public Collections internationally incl' the BBC & Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Awards [and/or Publications]
- 2009 – Hector Purchase Prize
- 2007 - University of Aberystwyth prize
- 2009 - Printmaker’s Secrets book.
- 2009 – Hilite corporate Magazine, Germany
- 2006 – Artists and Illustrators Magazine
‘The roots of Corinna’s work may be in German Expressionism – The darkness, the colours, the bold, solid forms, the sense of something just out of reach …this is exciting, tantalizing work’ Sue Roe, Author of ‘The Private Lives of the Impressionists’ and ‘ GWEN JOHN - A LIFE’ 2007
‘It is not often I visit an exhibition which changes the way I look at the world’ Helen Parrott (Arts Council Of England) (2007 – ‘On The Pull’ solo exhibition)
Method of Working;
I work closely with painting and printmaking- they often cross- reference each other then fuse on canvas or paper.
It’s the process of bringing something to light that I love.
I like the scraping and carving out process of printmaking and the scraping back process in painting. I don’t like pictures that look rehearsed so I usually work spontaneously and directly onto the plate. On occasion, I spray or brush layers of texture or pattern onto the paper before printing on it. This can give the surface an intriguing ambiguity, richness and the special atmosphere I am seeking.
Artist’s Statement;
My work is about digging and excavating – peeling back layers to reveal something hidden beneath the surface. My ideas come from seemingly ordinary happenings; people at their daily routines, a word or snippet of conversation an advert in a magazine, a particular fabric in a dress
or curtain ..etc Whatever the trigger, I frequently draw on disparate sources snapped out of our so-called reality and bring them together into an imagined, unreal world to further capture and exaggerate identity or to emphasize something particular about the human condition.
I want to project and communicate something beyond the surface, something essentially unspoken.