Abi Spendlove
[bio]Abi Spendlove was born in Portsmouth in 1985. Between 2004 and 2008 she studied Fine Art at the University of the Arts London; first at Byam Shaw School of Art where she gained a distinction Foundation Diploma, before obtaining a Fine Art Degree from Central St Martins College of Art and Design. Since graduating, Abi has been exhibiting regularly and has achieved commercial success and critical acclaim. Her work has been acquired by and exhibited in several prestigious and highly respected collections such as the Zabludowicz Collection and the Franks-Suss Collection. Recent exhibitions have seen her work exhibited across the UK, as well as Ireland and New York. Abi currently spends her time between London and Bedfordshire, where she has a residency at the Luton Hoo Walled Garden. |
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[Group exhibitions]
2011
November 2011, The Re Show, Out of the Dark, High Wycombe.
September 2011, Artists in Residence Exhibition, Luton Hoo Walled Garden, Luton
May - June 2011, Time and Chance Happen to Everything, Departure Arts Centre, London
March 2011, Private Postcard Auction, Notting Hill, London
January-February 2011, Winners Show, St Albans Museum, St Albans
2010
December 2010, Hertfordshire Open Exhibition 2010, Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans
November 2010, Art/Value/Currency Part III, The Pigeon Wing, London
September-December 2010, "Art in Process", Hightown Road, Luton
September 2010, Artists in Residence Exhibition, Luton Hoo Walled Garden, Luton
July 2010, Art/Value/Currency Part II, Eastern District, New York
January 2010, Heart Desires, Movida, London
2009
November 2009, Art/Value/Currency, The Pigeon Wing, London
October-November 2009, Submission Freedom Fear, House Gallery, London
September 2009, Drawing Space: performative drawing at Deparcitecture, Departure Arts Centre, London
September 2009, Highlights from the Franks Suss Collection, Hampstead, London
August 2009, Screening of And So It All Comes Together, Forfey Festival, Northern Ireland
July 2009, Aspects of Language and Translation, Mile End Arts Pavillion, London
March 2009, A Cup of Tea Solves Everything, Departure Arts Centre, London
2008
October 2008, Voice Over Water Part II, Rooms 125-127, Radisson Edwardian Grafton Hotel, London
September 2008, Siteshow, 31 Warwick Square, London
July-August 2008, Departures, Charlton Art Centre, Dover
June 2008, CSM Fine Art Degree Show, London
May 2008, Voice Over Water, Ada Street Gallery, London
March 2008, Buy//Sell, Christ Church&Uplands Chapel, London
2007
July 2007, Untitled, Outwood House, Leeds
January 2007, Price, AsDa!, London