Christy Symington

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2007

Royal British Society of Sculptors – ‘Tax and Insurance for Sculptors’, CPD seminar

Unilever Away Day, at Dorich House, Kingston University – Portrait Head Workshop

Medical Art Society Annual Exhibition at Mall Galleries, London - Judge for 3D artwork

Chelsea Art Society Annual Exhibition, Chelsea Town Hall, London – Demonstration

Caterham School, Surrey - Artists’ Workshop for GCSE

2006

m2 Gallery Peckham - Speaker at Southwark Visual Arts Forum,

Medical Art Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London - Judge for 3D artwork

Morley College, Waterloo, London - Selection Panel for “Portrait Head Competition”

Caterham School, Surrey - Artists’ Workshop for GCSE

Morley College, Waterloo, London - Visiting Tutor

2005

Royal British Society of Sculptors – ‘Making Funding Applications’, CPD seminar

Professional Development course - Designed and Co-ordinated with Visiting Speakers for final year Fine Art students at The Art Academy, Southwark

2005

LONSAS (London Schools Arts Services) - Registered member / Enhanced CRB check

2003

Head for Business, The Albany Theatre, Deptford, London – Creative Business Course

2004

SCULPTURE PARK BRIDGE across the River Thames at Blackfriars – Originator (in development)

2002-07

RESIDENT ARTIST and TUTOR - THE ART ACADEMY, Southwark, London SE1, UK

2003-07

ROYAL BRITISH SOCIETY OF SCULPTORS, London, UK – Director

2002

ROYAL BRITISH SOCIETY OF SCULPTORS, London, UK – Associate (ARBS)

PUBLICATIONS

BBC Radio Solent, Live interview with John Cuthill on 8 September 2007

“2D:3D Sculpture and Moving Image”, Film Festival Magazine, April 2007 (author)

“With an Object in Mind”, Sculpture in the Garden 2006, review by artist Alan Caine, July 2006

“Sculpture in the Garden: a Celebration of the Royal British Society of Sculptors Centenary”, July 2005

“Portrait of the Artist” article by Shannon Denny, Living South Magazine, April 2005

“In Spiritus” review by Mary Hrbaceck, The New York Art World, April 2005

“Las Tres Christinas” review by Robert C Morgan, New York Arts Magazine, Vol 6 No 7/8 2001

EDUCATION

2004-06POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (PGCE)

Lewisham College, Certified by Christ Church Canterbury University

2001-2002BYAM SHAW School of Art, University of the Arts, London, UK – MA in FINE ART

Jan 2001VERMONT STUDIO CENTER, Johnson, Vermont, USA (residency fellowship)

1997-2001NEW YORK STUDIO SCHOOL, New York City, NY, USA

2001Graduated with MERIT AWARD for Sculpture

2000-01George Spaventa Memorial Scholarship for Sculpture

Fall 1999Exchange program to THE SLADE SCHOOL, London, UK

1999-00George Spaventa Memorial Scholarship for Sculpture

1998-99Seligman von Simson Scholarship for Sculpture

Fall 1997

New York Academy of Art, New York, USA – Continuing education

1996-1997

ATELIER DES BEAUX ARTS, Montparnasse (drawing) and Glaciere (sculpture), Paris, France

Ecole des Arts et Appliques Duperre (sculpture), Paris, France

Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France (anatomical drawing)

1995-1996

Kensington & Chelsea Art College, London, UK – various adult education sculpture courses

SELECTED and INVITED EXHIBITIONS

2008Thirteen Langton Street Gallery, Chelsea, London SW10

Safe Hands for Mothers ‘Art for Life Auction’, Somerset House, The Strand, London WC2, UK

‘Love London Recycled Sculpture Show at London Zoo’ [Tiger], Regents Park, London NW1,UK

2007

‘YoumanNeeds’ Sculptures and Drawings by Christy Symington,

Milton Gallery, St Paul’s School, Barnes, London, UK (solo)

Christie’s, London, ‘Art for Survival Wildlife Auction IV’ with David Shepherd Foundation

The Society of Portrait Sculptors, “Face 2007”, Cork St, London W1, UK (Olaudah Equiano)

Chelsea Art Society, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London SW3, UK

‘SPECTRUM’ Sculpture Exhibition, RBS Centenary at Abbey House Gardens, Malmesbury, Wiltshire

‘To Do Justly, To Love Mercy: The Interesting Visual Narrative Life of Olaudah Equiano’,

The Circular Green, Morley College, London SE1

Brockley Public Art Commission, London SE4, UK – currently Shorlist Finalist

‘Politics Pays Back! – Images of political life in the UK and around the world through the eyes of photographers, cartoonists, illustrators and sculptors’ Kowalsky Gallery at DACS, London EC1

2006

‘With an Object in Mind: Sculpture in the Garden 2006’, 7 sculptors, curated by Helaine Blumenfeld, VP of Royal British Society of Sculptors, Harold Martin Botanic Garden, University of Leicester, UK

‘Artists Choose Artists Choose Artists’, The Painting Center, Soho, New York, USA

Chelsea Art Society, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London SW3, UK

Exhibition at The Inner Temple Garden 2006, Victoria Embankment, London EC4, UK

2005

‘Sculpture in the Garden: a Celebration of the Royal British Society of Sculptors Centenary',

Harold Martin Botanic Gardens, University of Leicester, Leics, UK

Shortlisted for Christopher Marlowe Memorial Sculpture, Deptford, London SE8, UK

RKL gallery, ‘In Spiritus’, curated by Christina Chow, Brooklyn, New York, USA

2004

Christie’s, London, “Art for Survival Wildlife Auction III” with David Shepherd Foundation

The Society of Portrait Sculptors, “Face 2004”, Cork St, London W1, UK (The Tipster)

Chelsea Art Society, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London SW3, UK (invited CAS membership)

Artillery Architecture and Interior Design, “Evolution – Art and Environmental Exhibition”,

City of London, UK

Mill Dene Gardens, Blockley, Gloucs, UK

The Trinity Arts Guild, Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street, London SW1 UK (invited membership)

Royal West of England Academy, “152 Autumn Exhibition”, Bristol, UK

2003

Royal West of England Academy, “Open Sculpture” Triennial Exhibition, Bristol, UK

First Wave, (4 painters and a sculptor), The Space, Kingly Court, Soho, London W1, UK

The Art Academy, Waterloo, London SE1, UK

Chelsea Art Society, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London SW3, UK

2002

Christie’s, London, “Art for Survival Wildlife Auction II” with David Shepherd Foundation

Central Space, “Turn a Blind Eye”, Hammersmith, London W14, UK

The Society of Portrait Sculptors, “Face 2002”, Cork St, London W1, UK (Jean-Michel Basquiat)

2001

National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, NY, USA (Paul Manship Award)

Bay One Inaugural Exhibition, Brooklyn Piers, New York, USA

Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, USA

Taller Boricua Gallery, “Las Tres Christinas”, Spanish Harlem, New York, USA

Mad River Post, Broadway, New York, USA (2 person)

The Great American Women’s Sculpture Park, Woodrock, upstate New York, USA

2000

First Street Gallery, 560 Broadway, Soho, New York, USA

University of Bridgeport, “Figuratively Speaking”, Connecticut, USA

BWAC, Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, “Bridging The Gap”, Brooklyn, NY USA

1999

Angel Orensanz Foundation Center For The Arts, Lower East Side, New York, USA (solo)

McKee Gallery, “Absolut Secret”, 57th Street, New York, USA

1998

New York Studio School, 8th Street, New York, USA

Cathedral of Erotic Miseries, “One-Off Gaze”, East Village, New York, USA

Liz Christy Garden, East Village, New York, USA

1997

Atelier des Beaux Arts, Montparnasse and Glaciere, Paris, France

1996

Chelsea Art Society, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London SW3, UK

Red Dot Gallery, Wandsworth, London, UK