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Emily Gregory Smith
Degree: MA Fine Art
University: Aberystwyth
Graduation Year: 2005
A very popular artist, Emily Gregory-Smith creates expressionist, sublime and immersive landscapes in the Romantic tradition. With a special alchemy, the physical is transformed into the symbolic. Check out the monoprints – they are spectacular. Emily Gregory-Smith graduated with an MA in Fine Art from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, in 2005, having also studied in Leeds and Madrid. She is a member of the artist's group Fforma, and Aberystwyth Printmakers.
"The Rheidol river and surrounding valley near my home are a familiar and constant motif in my painting. Combining the poetic qualities of landscape and the physicality of oil paint, I try to evoke a sense - and a sensation - of this elusive place as dynamically as possible.
My small coastal paintings have been an ongoing project, alongside other work, for several years – drawing on my experiences of the West Wales coast and also of Cornwall and Pembrokeshire.
In my figure paintings I begin by trying to capture something of the essence of my human subject - be it a pose or expression. I work quickly, spontaneously and selectively, leaving only the most vital elements of the figure and the space around it.
I use fluid and workable materials which cross the boundary between drawing and painting, hoping they might do something unexpected, and give the figure a spark of its own life. I want the resulting image to surprise me - to reveal a small insight into some human emotion or state of being."
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Solo Exhibitions
2008, Works, West Wales Arts Centre, Fishguard
2005, Works, Oriel Cambria, Tregaron
Group Exhibitions
2007, Untitled, Theatr Clwyd Gallery, Mold
2007, Untitled, West Wales Arts Centre, Fishguard
2007, Untitled, Josie Eastwood Fine Art, Winchester
2007, Untitled, Denise Yapp Contemporary Art, Monmouth
2007, Untitled, Feick Arts Centre, Green Mountain College, Vermont USA
2006, Lines and Strata, The Mwldan Gallery, Cardigan
2006, Works, Plas Glyn y Weddw, Pwllheli
2006, Works, West Wales Arts Centre, Fishguard
2006, The Ideal Home Show, Earls Court, London
2006, Works, Theatr Clwyd Gallery, Mold
2006, Works, Cambria Gallery, Tregaron
2006, Works, Bridge Gallery, Aberystwyth
2005, Wales Drawing Biennale, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Mold
2005, Works, Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth
2005, Welsh Contemporary Art Fair, Snowdon Mill, Porthmadog
2005, Works, The Arts Centre Aberystwyth
2005, Paintings, The Colliseum Museum, Aberystwyth