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Sula Rubens
Born in 1967, Sula studied at Ipswich Art School and St Martin’s School of Art, graduating in 1989 (BA Hons in Fine Art). She has travelled, lived, worked and exhibited in many countries. Since 1999 she has been living on the east coast. Her work has been awarded several prizes and is represented in public and private collections in this country and abroad.
An important aspect of Sula Rubens’ work is her use of objects such as photographs, post cards, printed book pages, labels, postage stamps, discarded scraps of wallpaper or textured floor lino as well as drawings.
Sometimes these everyday objects are directly incorporated in a work as collage. Other times they suggest elements of her environment, the Suffolk coastline where she has lived and worked for seven years. This coast with its tides, erosions, reed marshes, ships and the ever-changing light is the main subject of her work.
She gradually builds up her paintings in layers, using a variety of media: oil paint, graphite, soft pastel, charcoal, collage, and printing techniques. Often the etchings incorporate the chine colle technique.
Selected Exhibitions:
2005 - Piers Feetham Gallery, London
2004 - Halesworth Gallery, Suffolk, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge – solo exhibition, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery – Art Auction East
2003 - School House Gallery, Wighton, Norfolk – Recent work with engravings by David Jones
2002 - Babylon Gallery, Ely
2001 - North House Gallery, Manningtree, Essex
2000 - Primavera Gallery, Cambridge
1999 - Lotus Collection Exhibition, Aldeburgh Cinema Gallery
1998 - Heffers Gallery, Cambridge
1997 - An English Perspective (seven British Artists) Un ion of Russian Artists’ Gallery, St Petersburg Firstsite @ The Minories Art Gallery, Colchester
1996 - Gainsborough House, Sudbury – Drawings for All, toured nationally, Aemstelle Museum, Amstelveen, Holland
1995 - Halesworth Gallery, Halesworth, Suffolk, Beatrice Royal Contemporary Art Gallery, Eastleigh
1994 - De Muserije, Museum of Hertogenbosch, Holland
1993 - Europe Prize for Painting Exhibition, Ostend, Belgium
1992 - Brett Gallery, Hadleigh, Suffolk – solo exhibition
1991/2/3 - The Leicester Exhibitions for Schools and Colleges, Beaumanor Hall, Loughborough
1991 - Trumpington Gallery, Cambridge – solo exhibition
1990 - The Laing Collection Gallery – toured nationally
1989 - London Contemporary Arts, Chelsea Harbour, London
Work can be viewed at:
The School House Gallery, Wighton, Suffolk
The Suffolk Group
The Great Eastern Craft Co-operative, Southwold
Room and Art (Art Consultants) London
Piers Feetham Gallery, London
www.axisartists.org.uk
www.netartgallery.co.uk
www.chimera3.com
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