Self Exhibition Review

Well the Self Exhibition has finished now and its gone so fast!

Its been a very successful exhibition and has been received well by the viewing public.

The three artists that were involved all had very different work however it all worked together so well throughout the gallery. As you know the exhibition was based on the idea of Self and each artist interpreted this theme in there own way and style.

Christine Evans

Christine is a printmaker who has always been interested in line quality and lose mark making. Her content is everyday things in front of her, either regular things surrounding her or whilst travelling. The outcomes become snapshots of Christine's life. So Christine interpreted Self within this way.

A highlight of Christine's work was definitely the shoes, the meaning behind this was that the shoes belonged to the daughter she never had! The line quality and mark making within these pieces (especially when close up) were very interesting.

Nicola Billington

Collaging materials, found images and text then working over the surface with paint, stitching and drawings, the work becomes that of a visual diary.

'Self' to Nicola is about self realisation, self direction, self fulfillment and self discovery. 

Nicolas work is very detailed and only when you study it close you can see exactly how much detail goes into the pieces. The word that springs to mind when I saw the work was delicate as it looks so hand crafted and fragile which is maybe what makes it so beautiful.

Carys Anne Hughes

 Carys works with a variety of materials to communicate a narrative that is both personal and universal. Her media consists of rejected toys, dolls and cloth selected by way of serendipity and often the story is entwined in their history or what Carys interprets as their history.


Carys work was very different from any of the other pieces within the exhibition as they were mostly 'things' as a pose to framed pieces. Even the framed work was 3D which I gave the exhibition a different kind of feel. 


The most interesting thing about Carys work is that everything has a history that she works with, nothing is fresh, its all had a journey or has come from somewhere so they tell a story to.




The Exhibition ran from 21st Jan - 1 March and was a great success! 


Make sure you get down to the gallery for the new Photographic exhibition its very interesting and doesn't just celebrate the society it celebrates Warrington as well.