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DAISY COLLINGRIDGE

Studio at Sarabande, The Lee McQueen Foundation 2020

Artist Statement

Daisy is an artist with an education in fashion design and a practise driven by craft. Her multi-disciplinary work investigates of the human form as the central theme. The work sits in an awkward space between, sculpture, performance and art. The ‘flesh suits’ or ‘Squishies’ are an exploration of fabric, form and flesh. Their tactile fabric bodies and inviting colour exaggerate the warmth and softness of flesh- these elements which signify a living thing. They are visceral. There is a desire to touch. Fabric offers skin like qualities that traditional sculpting materials do not have. Unlike marble or ceramic, they will not last forever, just like skin. The medium is more approachable and laced with meaning given that we all come into contact with fabric on a daily basis.

Each piece has their own character. They become real and take on their own identity. It feels natural to document their living moving selves in their own fantasy world. Yet their world mirrors our own with its heady mix of melancholy and joy. At the core of the work is a celebration of the human form. This complex body that we all exist in for a time. It asks the viewer to consider the body in every form and observe its potential.

EDUCATION

2010-2014 | BA diploma fashion design womenswear, Central St Martins

2009-2010 | Art Foundation Diploma, Loughborough University

EXHIBITIONS & RESIDENCES

2023 | 'Splanchnic', Solo Exhibition, TJ Boulting, London

2023 | 'Boundless Textiles', Hive Curates, London

2023 | 'Sunset Ripple', Good Mother Gallery presented by Subtitles Labs, LA

2023 | 'EYE BODY', TJ Boulting, London

2023 | 'Within + Without', Unit Gallery, London

2023 | ‘Hysteria’, Gillian Jason Gallery, London

2023 | ‘Bod’, short film presentation and screening, Sarabande Foundation, London

2022 | 'Fragments', Omer Tiroche Gallery presented by Subtitle Labs, London

2020- 2022 | Sarabande Foundation Artist in Resident, London

2022 | 'The Demons Show', Group Show, London

2022 | 'Grossly Affectionate', Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, USA

2021 | 'Best seat in the house', WaterAid UK, Oxo Gallery, London

2021 | UNIT Gallery London, Platform Exhibition

2021 | Fumes and Perfumes, contemporary photography exhibition, Stuttgart

2021 | Xenia Creative retreat residency, 11-21 October with Isabelle Garrett

2021 | 'Served', Group Exhibition at the Sarabande Foundation, London

2021 | British Textile Biennial; 'Connected cloth' with 62 Group, Whitaker Museum,

2020| J Hammond Projects Artist in Resident, The Bomb Factory, London
2019 | 'Zeitgiest' 108 Fine Art, Harrogate 9th November-30th November
2019 | ‘The House of the Unmade bed’, Alexandra Palace, RDS Dublin and HCC Harrogate

2018- 2020 | ‘Ctrl/Shift’ Exhibition; 62 Group: MAC, Birmingham; 2018, National Centre for Craft and Design, Sleaford, 2019, Visual Arts Centre, 2020

ART FAIRS

2023 | Art Brussels, 'New Worlds' TJ Boulting and Division of Labour, Belgium

2023 | 'Cornershop', Non art fair by Minor attractions, London

ONLINE PRESS

2023 | Timeout 'Daisy Collingridge: Splanchnic'

2023 | Showstudio 'Splanchnic explores the invisible nature of the body'

2023 | Metal Magazine 'A homage to the human body'

2022 | Yatzer, Daisy Collingridge's Grotesquely Endearing Bodysuits Celebrate the Intricate Beauty of the Human Body

PRINTED PUBLICATIONS

2022 | TXP Magazine over Textilekunst, Issue 65, Cover & p30-32

2022 | Dame, Issue 1, p64-67