Bright-hopesDesign
About
I am a Textile Artist based in Newark Nottinghamshire.
I graduated from London Metropolitan University in 2016 with a degree in Textiles and then studied at the University of the Arts at Chelsea completing my studies in 2019 with an MA in Textiles before moving to Lincolnshire where my practice is now based.
I work with digital and handmade processes and use simple repetitive motives and images to explore specific themes. I am drawn to explore the act of seeing as the window is a recurring theme in my work. The effects of light, textures, and how this changes at different times of the day and under different circumstances, my work is time-based. I choose materials carefully to explore perceptions about interior exterior space and how my work can be translated into three-dimensional forms.
Being a fine textile artist my work crosses boundaries to question the viewer's appreciation of the meaning of textiles. I enjoy the versatility of working with cloth as a material and its endless possibilities that can take the work in an unknown direction, and the effects of the material and texture when translated and understood.
Since embarking on fine art training, my work has taken a different direction. I am drawn to explore audience based photography using the digital and hand and screen-prints to explore the everyday landscape through the transient object as a method of communication.
I have exhibited in the past and open to commissions both private and public.
If you are interested in my work please contact me directly to discuss further.
I graduated from London Metropolitan University in 2016 with a degree in Textiles and then studied at the University of the Arts at Chelsea completing my studies in 2019 with an MA in Textiles before moving to Lincolnshire where my practice is now based.
I work with digital and handmade processes and use simple repetitive motives and images to explore specific themes. I am drawn to explore the act of seeing as the window is a recurring theme in my work. The effects of light, textures, and how this changes at different times of the day and under different circumstances, my work is time-based. I choose materials carefully to explore perceptions about interior exterior space and how my work can be translated into three-dimensional forms.
Being a fine textile artist my work crosses boundaries to question the viewer's appreciation of the meaning of textiles. I enjoy the versatility of working with cloth as a material and its endless possibilities that can take the work in an unknown direction, and the effects of the material and texture when translated and understood.
Since embarking on fine art training, my work has taken a different direction. I am drawn to explore audience based photography using the digital and hand and screen-prints to explore the everyday landscape through the transient object as a method of communication.
I have exhibited in the past and open to commissions both private and public.
If you are interested in my work please contact me directly to discuss further.
Bright-hopes Design
Bright hopes is a company holistic as only make small runs and care about what we do. We promote circular design and retro fashion not fast fashion.
SHOP
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Contact
- Newark, UK
- NG24 1QE
BIO
susan.kistner@mail.com www. bright-hopes.com
ESTY, Artists Thread, Axis web, Curator Space, Saatchi, archive Goldsmiths Women's art library
Statement
Although trained in textiles my work is diverse based on an interest in fine art and installation.
Education
2021 OCA Fine Art
2019 UAL Chelsea Textiles MA
2016 London met BA (Hons) Textiles
2013 Open University BSc Health and Social Care
Professional experience
Experience has included invigilating exhibitions at the Barbican. Competitions include runner-up ‘Migraine Images’, MOMA, as part of an Arts Management course assisted in organizing an exhibition of arts education based at Waterford's Art Centre. Worked at Action Space and exhibited in Covent Garden and City Lit Illustrators. Features include Women’s Hour BBC Radio 4, published work in Spare Rib, The Ecology Magazine, She Magazine, Prisma greeting cards, Brixton Artists Collective, and local newspaper articles. The Cosmic Arcana and The Women’s Artists slide library catalogue ‘The Art of Birth’ 2021 calendar Louth Riverhead theatre supported by the Arts Council England, Dwell time Lockdown Blues publication.2021.
Exhibitions
January 2024 The Governors House group exhibition Newark
December 2-16 2023 Surface Gallery Radiate volunteer members Show
2023 Leicester Printworks members show 2023 Red Fox Studio group show June 2022 Sprout Yard Gallery Welcome visitors group show event.
June 2022 Open Gallery Reflections group show
June 2022 Open Gallery Open group show
June 2022 Open Gallery Reflections group show
June 2022 Open Gallery Open group show
2022 Fonteer Gallery Ossuary group show
Espacio Gallery Come as you are April group show
April Cultivate Burst online group show
Flux Review Creative Minds virtual exhibition
March –June 2022 20-21 Visual Arts Centre Scunthorpe, open
2022 Fronteer Gallery Sheffield Celestial Bodies group show
2022 Fronteer Gallery Sheffield Portraits group show
2021 Material Creating Futures group show virtual.
2021 Riverhead Theatre, one-person show
2016 The Cass, Making Matters’, the London Design Festival
2021 Riverhead Theatre Louth
2019 MA Textiles graduation show
2016 The Cass, Making Matters’, The London Design Festival
Blog
Rocket Retro and Esty stock some of the clothes from my shop online. Visit ESTY and the shop in Newark.
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