Jennifer Schamotta ~ Artistic CV
About: Jennifer's work focuses on the wild and dramatic Exmoor coastline in North Devon. It has a firm representational basis, yet utilises simplification and intentional mark-making to communicate the experience of standing in the landscape. She uses oil paint to form powerful compositions, and exploring shape and silhouette. Her work documents the fleeting moments she experiences outside: a striking of light; a monolithic cloud formation; the play of weather. Awards: The Ken Doughty Prize for Excellence in Chosen Medium at the Westward Ho! & Bideford Art Society 98th Open Annual Exhibition, 2020 The Lionel Aggett Award at the South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts Annual Open Exhibtion, Exeter, 2018 The Pegasus Art Award for Best Work in Oil at the South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts Annual Open Exhibtion, Exeter, 2017 Finalist in the Holly Bush Emerging Woman Painter Prize 2021 Membership: Exhibiting Member of the Westward Ho! and Bideford Art Society Exhibitions: Aluna Collective Annual Exhibition, Studio Kind Gallery, Braunton, 2023 Westward Ho! & Bideford Art Society 101st Open Annual Exhibition, Burton Gallery, 2023 The Holly Bush Emerging Woman Painter Prize Finalists Exhibition, (now known as the Women in Art Prize), Lauderdale House, London, 2022 The Holly Bush Emerging Woman Painter Prize Finalists Exhibition, (now known as the Women in Art Prize), Online, 2021 Royal Society of Marine Artists Open Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, 2021 New English Art Club Open Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, 2021 Westward Ho! & Bideford Art Society 99th Open Annual Exhibition, Burton Gallery, 2021 JP Art - Online Winter Exhibition 2020 JP Art - Online Group Exhibtion : June - July Winter Exhibition 2020 Westward Ho! & Bideford Art Society 98th Open Annual Exhibition, Online, 2020 Friends of the Burton Open Exhibition, The Burton Gallery, Bideford, Dec 2019 The South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts Annual Open Exhibtion, Exeter, 2019 RNLI Open Art Exhibition, Instow, 2019 Westward Ho! & Bideford Art Society 97th Open Annual Exhibition, Burton Gallery, 2019 The Bath Society of Artists Annual Open Exhibition 2019 Ilfracombe Art Trail; 2019 North Devon Arts Spring Exhibition, White Moose, Barnstaple, 2019 JP Art Gallery, Blackheath, London, 2019 Polly Skye Gallery, Lynton, 2019 Friends of the Burton Open Exhibition, Dec 2018 The South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts Annual Open Exhibtion, Exeter, 2018 Solo Exhibition ‘Time and Tide’, The Courthouse, Wiveliscombe, 2018 Westward Ho! & Bideford Art Society 96th Open Annual Exhibition, Burton Gallery, 2018 ‘Celebration’, North Devon Arts Summer exhibition, July 2018 Gallery at 500ft, Lynton, Exmoor, 2018 New Year, New Work, North Devon Arts, Broomhill Art Gallery, Jan 2018 Friends of the Burton Open Exhibition, Dec 2017 The South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts Annual Open Exhibtion, Exeter, 2017 The Royal West of England Academy 165th Annual Open Exhibition, RWA, Bristol, 2017 Westward Ho! & Bideford Art Society 95th Open Annual Exhibition, Burton Gallery, 2017 Solo Exhibition ‘Scape’, Lynmouth Manor; 2017 Wabasso Gallery, North Devon; 2016-2017 Ilfracombe Art Trail; 2016 North Devon Art Trek; 2016 Art and Medicine Exhibition, Brighton Medical School; 2011 Group Exhibition, Stark Gallery, Canterbury; 2010 Io Gallery, Brighton; 2009 – 2010 Storm at the Arts, Cambridge 2009 The Neville Pundole Gallery, Folkestone; 2009 Artists Open Houses; Brighton Festival; 2009 Artists Residence, Brighton; 2009 The Art House, Westbourne, West Sussex, 2008 Blue, Nottingham; 2007 Sherwood Art Fair; 2007 Rook Lane Chapel, Frome, Open Arts Competition; Feb-March 2006 Dulwich Art Fair, Dulwich College: London; June 2006 Chelsea Art Fair, Chelsea Town Hall: London; April 2006 Victoria Gallery, Bath: The Bath Society of Artists Centenary Exhibition; 2005 The Black Swan Gallery, Frome, Frome Art Society Exhibition; 2005 The Black Swan Gallery, Frome, Frome Art Society Exhibition; 2004 |