CURRICULUM VITAE

Artist’s Profile

Gill Foster is an artist working in the areas of Sculpture, Printmaking, Painting, Illustration, Textiles, and Mixed Media, inspired by World Art, with an eclectic style, drawing from historical and contemporary Art.

Qualifications

Foundation Course in Art and Design, Wolverhampton College of Art and Design.
B.A. (Hons.) Fine Art / History of Art – 2:1, Coventry (Lanchester) College of Art.

Work Experience, Training, Exhibitions

Bilston and Battersea Enamels – Ceramic Artist.

Coventry Resource and Information Services – Community Artist.

Richmond Fellowship, Coventry – House/Art Room Assistant.

Coventry Cathedral – Commissions for altar cloth, logo for Interfaith Dance Festival.

Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry – Volunteer for Exodus 1986 Exhibition, and exhibited at Annual Open Exhibition.

Spon End Tea Rooms and Art Gallery, Coventry  – solo exhibition.

St. Peter’s Church, Wolverhampton – commissions for drawings, card designs. Tapestries.

Bilston Training Centre, Wolverhampton – NVQ Level III Business Management studied.

University of Wolverhampton – first year modules in BA Printmaking.

Newcastle University – first year module in Printmaking.

Training 2003-7

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop - Wood Carving, Sculpture, Relief Printmaking.Edinburgh College of Art – Wood Carving, Jewellery, Textiles, Contemporary Sculpture.

The Four Winds Inspiration Centre, Edinburgh – Garden Sculptures, Willow Weaving, Spinning, Weaving, Stone Carving.

Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop – Etching, Photo-etching.  Japanese Woodblock Relief Printmaking and Screenprinting from September 2007.

Exhibitions 2003-7

Buddle Arts Centre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne – Solo Exhibition.

Society of Women Artists Exhibition, London, (2003).

Illustration of a tomb in a church

Society of Scottish Artists Open Exhibition, Edinburgh.

Maggie’s Summer Exhibition at Just Scottish, Edinburgh.

Edinburgh College of Art.

Wasps Studios, Edinburgh – 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.

Current Exhibitions

St.Andrews Pottery and Gallery, Fife.

Lucy Fenton Gallery, Edinburgh.

Wasps Artists’ Studio, Edinburgh.