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

2004-06 POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (PGCE)
Lewisham College, Certified by Christ Church Canterbury University

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

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

1997-2001 NEW YORK STUDIO SCHOOL, New York City, NY, USA
2001 Graduated with MERIT AWARD for Sculpture
2000-01 George Spaventa Memorial Scholarship for Sculpture
Fall 1999 Exchange program to THE SLADE SCHOOL, London, UK
1999-00 George Spaventa Memorial Scholarship for Sculpture
1998-99 Seligman 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

2008 Thirteen 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