Boulton employs a responsive working process: one mark leads onto the next as the painting evolves. She uses a vigorous method of adding and removing paint and turning the canvas to destabilise her process. Compositional tensions evolve through gestural marks juxtaposed next to carefully painted outlines. She deliberately leaves traces of each layer visible revealing the paintings journey.
Her work infuses the Nature Morte tradition with visual surprises by building her layers over and over again. She sources images of distant arrangements through the Internet late at night and commits them to memory in the no man’s land between being awake and asleep. The following day she paints from the memory, developing colour and form by responding to her current feelings. Her desire to recover the found image is eventually abandoned as the work writes it’s own narrative in the layers of paint and marks.
Sometimes she paints from the same memory over and over again noting how the present filters and manipulates the memory. Painting allows her to access and explore her perception and remembered experiences. She combines feelings and both conscious and unconscious responses via the process of painting.
EDUCATION
2012 - 2015: Turps Banana Art School - Correspondence Course
1991 - 1994: Sheffield Hallam University - BA (Hons) Art History
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2019
’Still Here’, Newington Gallery, London, October,
Curated by Nicholas McLeod
2020
’Beating Time’, ARB Cambridge University, Group
Exhibition, Jan/Feb
’A Painter and A Poet’, Book Launch and Solo Exhibition, March/April, Cambridge, London and Cumbria
SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2019
’Double Time’, Two-person Exhibition, Arthouse1, London, June, Curated by Jane Boyer
2015
'Off Line / On Line', Two-person Exhibition,
Studio 1.1, London
2012
'Lost in the Middle', New Hall Art Collection, Cambridge
2011
'Outside In', Madame Lillies Gallery, London
AWARDS AND PRIZES
2019
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, selected by Jock MacFadyen
’Cambridge Summer Open’, ARB Cambridge University
Creekside Open, APT Gallery, London, selected by Brian Griffiths
’Re-purpose/Reverse’, Studio 1.1 Gallery, London, selected by Keran James and Michael Keenan
2017
‘Painting Now’, Studio 1 Gallery, London
‘Deep Space’, Studio 1.1, London, selected by Keran James and Michael Keenan
2016
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, selected by Cathy Pilkington.
'This Years Model' Studio 1.1, London, selected by Kate Lyddon and Howard Dyke
2011
Salon Art Prize 2011, Matt Roberts Arts, London, selected by Pippa Hale,
Patricia Bickers and Robert Leckie
Artworks Open 2011, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London, selected by Graham Crowley and Kiera Bennett
2010
Artworks Open 2010, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London, selected by Graham Crowley and Timothy Hyman
RESIDENCIES
2018
’The Bothy’ Eigg, Scotland
Residency for the collaboration ‘A Painter and A Poet’
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Group Exhibition, Atelier Galland, Marseille, France, Curated by Yifat Gat
Summer Salon, Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes, London
‘Bring Something Pink’, Look and Listen, Saint Chamas, France, Curated by Yifat Gat
‘Storyboard’, Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes, London April/May, Curated by Miranda Boulton and Suzanne Holtom
2016
‘Bring Something Pink’, Look and Listen, Espace Despalles, Paris, Curated by Yifat Gat
Summer Salon, Angus-Hughes, London
‘Correspond', Touring Exhibition, Halifax Artworks, Rye Arts Centre, IR11, Edinburgh
‘Overview Effect’, Group Exhibition, Lewisham Art House, London
‘Fulcrum’ Three person Exhibition, ARB, Cambridge University
2015
Firstsite Open Exhibition, Colchester, Essex
The Zap Summer Exhibition, Bond House Gallery, London
2014
'Red Xmas', Studio 1.1, Shoreditch, London
'Correspond', Turps Art School, London
The Zap Summer Exhibition, Bond House Gallery, London
2013
‘Cloud Chambers', Mayors Parlour Gallery, London
The Zap Summer Exhibition, Bond House Gallery, London
'Art in Mind', ADI Projects, Shoreditch, London
ARTIST TALKS
2019
’Double Time’, Arthouse1, London
‘A Painter and A Poet’, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge for International Women’s Day.
2017
‘Stroryboard’, Angus Huges Gallery, London
2016
‘Overview Effect’, Lewisham Art House, London
2015
‘Off Line/On Line’, Studio 1.1, London
PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
2019
’Double Time’ Exhibition Catalogue, Essay by Jane Boyer
Interview with ‘Crow of Minerva’, Blog about Women’s Art
Inteview between Jane Pryor and Miranda Boulton for Assemblage Magazine
’Double Time’ Exhibition Catalogue, Essay by Jane Boyer
2017
‘Storyboard’ Exhibition Catalogue, Essay by Phil King
‘Four Artists To Watch’, State Magazine, May 2017, by Anna McNay
‘A Painter and A Poet’, Interview about artistic process by Victoria Best, Numero Cinq Magazine, June 2017
2016
Summer Exhibition Illustrated 2016, Exhibition Catalogue
‘Overview Effect’, Exhibition Publication, Essay by Anna McNay
'Correspond', Exhibition Catalogue, Essay by Derek Horton
2015
'Off Line / On Line', Exhibition Catalogue, Essay by Jessica Lack
Artists Newsletter, ‘Off Line / On Line’ – Review by Charley Peters
ZAP Members Curated Feature October, Zeitgeist Arts Projects, London
2014
Turps Banana, Issue 14, July 2014
Artists Newsletter, 'Correspond', Review by Charley Peters
2011
Artists Newsletter, 'Outside In', Preview in Snapshot
The Guardian Guide, 'All Things Said', Preview by Skye Sherwin
Boulton has work in private collections in France, USA, Ireland and many locations within the UK.
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