STATEMENT:

Angela Morris-Winmill (born 1969) is a self taught figurative artist with a diverse portfolio developing in painting, sculpture and fashion art.

A career in Fashion Design developed Angela’s strong eye for colour and detail, making her transition to working as a full time Artist a natural and liberating decision. 

Themes relating to women in society, their representation and internal expectations (being emotional and physical) run consistently through Angela’s work. Angela’s passion for fashion history and precision cutting are noted in her sculptures and paintings. How we are mirrored to society, expressing ourselves with feminine and masculine strengths are drawn from history and personal expression. Pheasant, skulls and bone are used as symbols of strength and domination.

Angela's sculptures are a skeletal representation of fashion history. Constricted female torsos from the later half of the 18th century are presented as semi taxidermy 'Hunted Women' in steel and pheasant. The first of these sculptures titled ‘Blood and Stone’ was shortlisted for the RA Summer Exhibition and exhibited at The Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, 2012.

Angela's paintings are a guilty pleasure of dripping seduction. Powerful, erotic and sexually free. Female forms show a carefree animalistic attitude. Angela’s style and themes are consistently developing. Influenced by pop art, Angela reworks limited palette in her own signature style. 

Angela’s sculptural ‘Hunted’ collection was shown at TriSpace Gallery London, (January - July 2014, Associate Artist). These works led to a collaboration with photographer Sebastien Pons (showcasing millinery and wearable sculptural pieces) titled ‘Hunted’, producing a successful and exciting shoot forming the basis of several paintings. Angela’s next collaboration with Pons titled ‘Meatmarket’, will be a humorous look at ‘Butchery meets Marie Antionette.’ This will include corsets and gowns produced by Angela with embroidered details outlining the ‘cut of a woman’. A new collection of paintings will develop from the background work before the shoot to working from staged models from the shoot.

Angela has recently joined the platform ‘www.artupclose.com’, by invitation of Artifact Gallery, New York where her paintings will be supported in a years’ Art Marketing Strategy Programme beginning at Spectrum Art Fair, Miami. (December 2014)

Angela is pleased to announce her three week Solo Show with Artifact Gallery, New York, to take place August 2018.

BIOGRAPHY:

Angela Morris-Winmill

Born 1969 Melbourne, Australia

Emigrated to UK December 1994

Exhibition/Collaboration

May 2015

Open Studio Art Event - Second Floor Studio and Arts

April 2015

'Flashback' - (Group Show) - Espacio Gallery, London

December 2014

M1 Fine Art Gallery, Greenwich - Selection of paintings from 'Candy and 'Vanity' (Gallery Representation)

Artefact Gallery, New York - Art marketing Strategy Programme, www.artupclose.com (one year)

November 2014

Open Art Studio Event - Second Floor Studio and Arts

No Format Gallery - Modern Makers III - Fashion and Textiles Group Exhibition (Sculpture)

September 2014

'Seams' Group show with Sweet'Art Collective, Hoxton Arches, London

July 2014

‘An Artful Life’ - Stockist of Monoprints and Paintings

Parallax Art Fair - Chelsea Town Hall, London

Photoshoot - 'Animal Muse' with Eden Orfanos (ongoing)

Photoshoot - Hair promotion with Emanuel Zammit (Stunt Dolly)

Hampstead Summer Festival - ‘Paint the Heath’ Exhibition

May 2014

‘Hunted’ (Painting) - No Format Gallery, Silent Auction

Open Art Studio Event - Second Floor Studio and Arts

March 2014

Photoshoot - ‘Hunted’ with Sebastien Pons, Editorial

February 2014

London Fashion Week Exhibition - Trispace Gallery, London

Collection 4 sculptures ‘Hunted’ - Trispace Gallery, (6 months)

Associate Artist - Trispace Gallery, London

December 2013

Someshta’s Garden (Exhibition) - Vibe Gallery, London

November 2013

Open Art Studio Event - Second Floor Studio and Arts

September 2013

Theatrical Life Drawing - Teaching Classes (monthly) Second Floor Studio and Arts

June 2013

Art Installation (Solo) - Sculpture, Stunt Dolly (6 weeks), London

Greenwich Summer Exhibition - Xavier White House Gallery

May 2013 

Open Art Studio Event - Second Floor Studio and Arts

March 2013 

Sweet ‘Art Collective No 1 Show - The Crypt Gallery, London

September 2012 

The Threadneedle Prize - Mall Galleries, London

‘Face-to-Face’ - Espascio Gallery, London

Education:

1987 - Leanne Whitehouse, Founder of ‘Whitehouse Institute of Design’ - Sydney, Australia

12 day block Fashion illustration and design, Portfolio Presentation

1988 - 1990

East Sydney Technical College/ Sydney Institute of the Arts, Sydney, Australia

Fashion Design (3 years) governed by Central Saint Martins, London