Alison Hepburn
Osterly Park Open BAMM 2002
Artizan Gallery, Selby Yorkshire 2003
Cardiff Miniatures BAMM 2004
Prix Picassiette 2004, 2006, 2008
Stratford Upon Avon Living Surface BAMMVIVA 2005
Stroud Miniatures BAMM 2005
Xinamarie Mosaici 2005
Cirencester Museum Four Seasons
Holmfirth Art Week 2006
Tessellated Nature 2006
Wakefield Art Gallery, Facades, 2007
Breakout, Bilston Craft Gallery, Wolverhampton, 2007
Sailsbury Museum, 2008
Planet Earth, Exeter, 2008
Liquorice and Allsorts, Pontefract 2009
Heavens Above, Exeter, 2009
Music of the Eye, 2009
These three chimneys were first displayed at the Breakout exhibition at the Bilston Craft Gallery in 2007. This was a juried exhibition of 15 international artists.
They were on display this summer at the Newby Hall Sculpture Park for the Summer's Season 2008.
I would like to thank the Arts Council of Great Britain for their grant which has part funded this project.
ARTICLES
Written for Grout from 2004 on various subjects including The Newport Mosaics of Kenneth and Oliver Budd and Maggie Howarth.
Andamento; A Glorious Partnership
The Mosaics in The Church of
St Mary The Virgin, Studley Royal
E PUBLISHING
craft&design Magazine, 2005
Mosaic Yearbook 2006 and 2008
NEW WORK - for exhibitions
I studied fine-art painting at St Albans and Exeter Colleges of Art. I then worked as an illustrator for 10 years, working on commissions for books, national magazines, newspapers, and greeting cards. While working as an illustrator, my work developed a highly decorative style, which led to me being a winner in the National Silver Trust Competition in 1993 to design a plate for the 10 Downing Street ceremonial dinner service.
I now create mosaics for private commissions and exhibitions in the UK and Europe and am a member of the British Association for Modern Mosaic. In recent years I have taken part in various exhibitions.
In 2006 I organised the Symbols of Faith exhibition in York Minster which was open 1st-30th September 2006. This included, finding the venue and negotiating with the Minster, currating the applications and hanging the exhibition.
I prepared the sucessful proposal for the group exhibition at Wakefield Art Gallery Yorkshire 2007 including; choosing the artists, sourcing biographies and images from the artists and proparing the formal application document.
I am a member of the Northern Area group of BAMM a group of mosaic artists, group exhibitions, technique demonstrations and bringing together solo artists in the area.
BOOKS
Beginner’s Guide to Mosaics
Published in hardback in America, Australia and New Zealand, Canada, Czech Republic 2003 and in Germany and the UK 2005. Paperback edition published Autumn 2005 Sterling USA.
Mosaics for the Home and Garden
Published Autumn 2006 in America, Australia and New Zealand
Hertfordshire First School 2011
This is a commission to make a mosaic mural with over 200 children in a Hertfordshire School over two days allowing all the children to participate.
The Mural was designed in collaboration with one of the teachers to work as a board for the school’s house system showing the icons of the houses and leaving an empty square at the bottom of each for the house points to be added to each week.
2 1/2 ft x 3ft Stained glass, mirror glass, ammonites and agate slices, fused glass details and vitreous tiles
Above right: Three panels for the Cross Lane Hospital, Scarborough.
There are also seven discs which are in the courtyard, these three large panels for an interior position click here to see more
Below right: This small abstract panel is part of a project to be installed in Middlesex Hospital as part of the Esther Benjamins Trust to help children in Nepal. Over 150 artists have donated mosaic panels which will be hung as one work and will raise money and awareness for the Trust
www.ebtrust.org.uk
NEW WORK - for public spaces
Sculpture - for public spaces
Flowers 2012
This mosaic has been made for an open exhibition held by The British Association for Modern Mosaic in London in 2011.
The View Tube, The Greenway, Marsh Gate lane, Stratford, E15 2PJ
March
Reliquary 2011
This is a mosaic inspired by my research in to reliquaries. It is a collection of ideas, images, materials and textures from the last ten years of making mosaics collected together and created using multi media.
Mosaic mania ExhibitioRural Arts Centre
The Courthouse, Thirsk Yorkshire
1st July - 2nd September 2012
NEW WORK - for private commissions
Hedgerow Mirror 2011
Private commission.
Stained glass, hand fused beads and dichroic glass details and vitreous tiles 24”x24”
