Judy Willoughby

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Statement

My recent work is concerned with  landscape near to me and my feelings about it which i try to express in colour,light and marks.

I also make personal work around stories and life situations often using animals as a metaphor for human beings.

 

 

 

 

Biography

1968-70Birmingham School of Art Fine Art Dip AD (hons)
1970-71Leicester Polytechnic-Art Teachers Diploma (ATD)
1987-89University West of England, UWE-post extension studies- illustration
COMMISSIONS
2007Collage commission for the Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, Taunton.
2007Artworks for Fourwinds Resorts, Portugal
1994-2006Pictures for hotels,LHM and Alias group- The Ickworth, Fowey Hall, Moonfleet manor, Woolley Grange Hotel
2004Artist in residence at Dillington House, Somerset. Solo exhibition and artworks for house collection.
2002Musgrove Park Hospital, Somerset Area Health Trust.Artworks for childrens ward
2001Painting for neonatal unit, MPH. A series of prints for Opthalmic Clinic
1999-2000Edith Morgan unit, Torbay Hospital, Devon.- Architectural paintings
2007Photographic collage commission for Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, Taunton
200836 miles-an exhibition of film and mixed media photography about the life of Dorothy Wordsworth at the brewhouse Theatre, Taunton

Judy studied Fine Art at Birmingham and Bristol Art Schools. Her work is exhibited widely and she has completed many public and private commissions for site specific works in hospitals, schools and hotels.

Judy is also a printmaker and a member of The Royal Society of painter printmakers. Her work has recently been shown at the London Original Print Fair and the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol.

 

 

Exhibition History

Bankside Annual Members ExhibitionBankside gallery situated on south bank near to Tate Modern
10th May-6th June
Reigning Cats and Dogs-RWA BristolRoyal West of England Academy Queens Road Bristol
January 11th -March 15th 2013
Hestercombe House and Garden exhibitionFlora and Fauna- recent work November 2012
4th-7th December 2009The Recessionists
February 2009Extremes show
Gallery 10 The Square, Wiveliscombe
16th to 19th September 2009Impact Printmaking conference and exhibition.
RWA Bristol 9/8/09 to 17/9/092 photographic works included in the Contemporary Open Print exhibition
21st June-17th JulyThe Coleridge Way-A mixed media exhibition by Judy Willoughby
The Meeting House Gallery , Ilminster, Somerset.N exhibition,film and gallery talk about my research into the lives of the Romantic poets
June 2008The John Leach Gallery, Muchelney, Somerset
Aug-Oct 2008Brewhouse Gallery Taunton-Solo exhibition of paintings and photographs