Investigative visual artist//Exploratory site-specific sculptures & installations//Concealed curator

CAREER

 

2005 – current        Independent artist & curator 

2015 – current        Learning & Engagement  Team Member Leamington Spa Art Gallery Museum (Warwick District Council) 

2015 - current          Exhibitions & Collections Assistant 

2005 – 2015            Senior Gallery Assistant 

2010 – 2012            Publicity Officer

2006 – 2007            Visiting Lecturer UCE Birmingham, teaching subjects at Foundation level; art history and critical theory

  

MY WORK HAS BEEN EXHIBITED AT

 2021

 -Gallery No.32, Winter Sculpture Park, London

 

2020

 -Commission: Inter-Connectivity; interactive sculpture at Spark Conference for creative businesses

 -Curator sculpture trail St Mary's Allotments, Leamington Spa

 -RBSA Prize Exhibition 2020, Birmingham

 -Commission Llanthropology Project, Gloucester

  

2019

 -Sui Generis exhibition at Plas Bodfa, Beaumaris, Wales, www.plasbodfa.com

 -36 Exposures at Fringe Arts Bath Festival, https://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/

 -Refugee Week 2019 at City Arts Nottingham

 -curator Binswood Allotments Sculpture Project, Prime Projects

  

2018

 -Sunny Bank Mills Gallery, Leeds, Forms Assembled in the Light: The KPP Prize for Art, Architecture and Design 1st September – 28th October

 -Direct Art Action Gallery, Sutton Coldfield

 -City Arcadia Gallery, Coventry

  

2017

 -Coventry Biennial of Contemporary Art

 -The Old Market Gallery, Rotherham, Yorkshire

 -curator WOS Spring Exhibition, The Old Waiting Room, Rugby Station

 -Floor ONE Gallery, Rugby Art Gallery & Museum

(MORE EXTENSIVE EXHIBITION LIST CAN BE REQUESTED)

  

INDEPENDENT CURATORIAL PROJECTS             

 -OPEN 2007 and 2009 exhibitions at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

 -2017: Warwickshire Open Studios Spring Show, Landmarks, at The Old Waiting Room, Rugby Station

 -2018: WOS women artists' sculpture trail, Harbury

 -2019: 18 women artists and their responses to Binswood Allotments, Leamington Spa

 -2020: HOD sculpture trail at St Mary's Allotments, Leamington Spa

 https://tammywoodrow6.wixsite.com/stmary-sculptures

 https://primeartprojects.wixsite.com/mysite

  

GALLERY WORK EXPERIENCE

 -presentations about contemporary art and art history

 -installation of exhibitions/art transportation

 -managing the Art Gallery shop

 -delivering adult art & craft workshops, for example Contemporary Sculpture for Adults

 -programming of talks

 -certificates in museum conservation

  

LEADING DIGITAL PROJECTS 

in 2012 I was instrumental in acquiring a substantial Arts Council Digital Content Development grant (approx £22,000). At Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum I supervised the creation of a digital ‘postcart’ (touch screen kiosk with printing facilities), collaborating with furniture makers, software developers and artists.

  

FILM PROGRAMMING        

 between 2009-2011 I launched a weekly programme of contemporary short films, named Thursday Flickers at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum.

  

EDUCATION

 2005 – 2006    

 Postgraduate Diploma, MA Histories of Art & Design, UCE Birmingham. Researched topics: The Transcendental and the Material, Conditions of Production, Consumption and Reception, The Body, The Canon and its Others, Signification and Representation, Philosophical Issues in Art and Design, Cultures of Imperialism, Class and Gender in Art and Design

  

2005                                  

BA (Hons) Fine Art, UCE Birmingham, 2/1 degree, Topic of dissertation: A discussion of the intellectual aspects of Minimalism

 

CURATORIAL AND DESIGN SKILLS              

I have got many years of experience of organizing exhibitions and events at unusual locations, inside and outside. Curatorial (design) skills can involve many aspects like transforming spaces into exhibition, shop & engagement spaces, eg adapting the Royal Pump Rooms foyer into a 1960s inspired salon, suitable to host events for the ARTIST ROOMS Diane Arbus show. I have curated 2 allotment sculpture trails in Warwickshire (please have a look at the websites). In addition, I curated the OPEN 2007 and 2009 exhibitions at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum. These are showcases for professional artists from the West Midlands.  Most recently I have created a Winter Shop for Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, presenting Warwickshire based fine artists and designers.