KIERA BLAKEY

Kiera Blakey’s practice explores perception and recognition and seeks to question how we look at things and how we know what we’re looking at. Enquiries delve into the visual, haptic and tactile properties of simple artefacts, images and structures and in particular the building up and breaking down of meaning. Revised versions of everyday objects, bold, minimal shapes, tactile, slick surfaces and experimentations in modes of presentation – how an object sits on a plinth, on the wall, on the floor, hope to re-reveal traits that have been overlooked. The doubling of objects seeks to question the very purpose of the artwork in discussion and in turn the number of times an artefact or artefect of language can be used before it becomes either functional or meaningless. In doing so Kiera attempts to reduce the information we receive from accepted codes and linguistic structures to rekindle intuition and memory so that we can question the way we receive and interpret the information around us.

Email kiera@kierablakey.com

CV

Born Harrogate, 1984

Lives/works London

Education

2004-2007 Wimbledon College of Art

2003-2004 Lancaster and Morecambe College of Art and Design

Forthcoming

01.04.2010 - 30.04.2010 Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, Holland.

01.05.2010 - 31.05.2010 Nes Artist, Skagastrond, Iceland.

05.05.2010 www.dreck.co.uk

01.09.2010 Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop Ltd.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007 Object Object, House Gallery, Camberwell, London.

2007 Flag (Madrid), Floor 1.5, London.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010 Unfinished Business Waterside Project Space, London.

2010 Minimalism Massimo, The Gallery at Willesden Green, London.

2009 Rob Pruitt's Flea Market, Tate Modern in collaboration with Gavin Brown Enterprise New York, London.

2009 Open studios, Terrace, London.

2009 Time, Time, Time, Terrace, Dalston, London.

2009 The Way We Were, North by North Western Arts Festival, Wigan.

2009 Open Show, Surface Gallery, Nottingham.

2009 Knights Move, House of Fairy Tales, Tate Modern, London.

2008 Anonymous Drawings No 9, Anke Becker/ Bluetenweiss, Berlin.

2008 Basement 01, Fallon, London.

2008 Buckaroo, Kingsgate Gallery, West Hampstead, London.

2008 Never Was There So Much Wasted Wine So Many Dead Flowers, Terrace,
Dalston, London.

2007 Coined, Gibbo’s Project Space, Shoreditch, London.

2007 Short Courses, Wimbledon College of Art, London.

2007 C, Wimbledon College of Art, London.

2007 Catalogue, Trinity Buoy Wharf, East India, London.

2006 Sculpt Paint Vomit Faint, Temporary Contemporary, Deptford, London.

2006 Under The Arches, Sassoon Gallery, Peckham, London.

2006 Park 06, Cannizaro Park, Wimbledon, London.

KIERA BLAKEY		about	images
	Kiera Blakey’s practice explores perception and recognition and seeks to question how we look at things and how we know what we’re looking at. Enquiries delve into the visual, haptic and tactile properties of simple artefacts, images and structures and in particular the building up and breaking down of meaning. Revised versions of everyday objects, bold, minimal shapes, tactile, slick surfaces and experimentations in modes of presentation – how an object sits on a plinth, on the wall, on the floor, hope to re-reveal traits that have been overlooked. The doubling of objects seeks to question the very purpose of the artwork in discussion and in turn the number of times an artefact or artefect of language can be used before it becomes either functional or meaningless. In doing so Kiera attempts to reduce the information we receive from accepted codes and linguistic structures to rekindle intuition and memory so that we can question the way we receive and interpret the information around us. Email kiera@kierablakey.com CV Born Harrogate, 1984 Lives/works London Education 2004-2007 Wimbledon College of Art 2003-2004 Lancaster and Morecambe College of Art and Design Forthcoming 01.04.2010 - 30.04.2010 Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, Holland. 01.05.2010 - 31.05.2010 Nes Artist, Skagastrond, Iceland. 05.05.2010 www.dreck.co.uk 01.09.2010 Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop Ltd. Selected Solo Exhibitions 2007 Object Object, House Gallery, Camberwell, London. 2007 Flag (Madrid), Floor 1.5, London. Selected Group Exhibitions 2010 Unfinished Business Waterside Project Space, London. 2010 Minimalism Massimo, The Gallery at Willesden Green, London. 2009 Rob Pruitt's Flea Market, Tate Modern in collaboration with Gavin Brown Enterprise New York, London. 2009 Open studios, Terrace, London. 2009 Time, Time, Time, Terrace, Dalston, London. 2009 The Way We Were, North by North Western Arts Festival, Wigan. 2009 Open Show, Surface Gallery, Nottingham. 2009 Knights Move, House of Fairy Tales, Tate Modern, London. 2008 Anonymous Drawings No 9, Anke Becker/ Bluetenweiss, Berlin. 2008 Basement 01, Fallon, London. 2008 Buckaroo, Kingsgate Gallery, West Hampstead, London. 2008 Never Was There So Much Wasted Wine So Many Dead Flowers, Terrace, Dalston, London. 2007 Coined, Gibbo’s Project Space, Shoreditch, London. 2007 Short Courses, Wimbledon College of Art, London. 2007 C, Wimbledon College of Art, London. 2007 Catalogue, Trinity Buoy Wharf, East India, London. 2006 Sculpt Paint Vomit Faint, Temporary Contemporary, Deptford, London. 2006 Under The Arches, Sassoon Gallery, Peckham, London. 2006 Park 06, Cannizaro Park, Wimbledon, London.