Biography
Fiona Long’s anachronistic art practice involves a pictorial language loop between material, painted image, and re-imagined post-industrial objects combined with bush craft techniques. This presents the viewer with a puzzle of origin and motivation. What might the archaeology of the future tell us about our civilisation today? Embracing the aesthetic of wabi-sabi, the work explores a hierarchy of needs, human ingenuity and a desire to understand a world through a taxonomic process of creation and display.
Fiona graduated from Wimbledon College of Art, University of the Arts, London in 2010 with First Class Honours in Fine Art: Painting
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Fiona Long Artist CV
Education
• Double 1st Class Honours (practice and theory) BA Fine Art Painting, Wimbledon College of Art, UAL
• 2007 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design; Kensington and Chelsea College; Distinction
• 1999 BSc (Hons) Psychology; University of Wales, College of Cardiff
Exhibitions
2011
• Evicted, house exhibition, Tooting, London, 23rd July 2011
• Last Day, Market POST, 20th July 2011
• “I’m in the heart of Tooting at the moment”, Market POST 25th June – 2nd July 2011
• Tooting Pound Shop, Market POST, Tooting, London, 13th – 23rd June 2011
• Exchanges, Market POST, Tooting, London, 13th – 22nd May 2011
• Darling Buds, Parlour Project Space, Camden, London, 5th – 10th May 2011
• Economies of Resistance, Market POST, Tooting, London, 1st May 2011
• LV21 Site responsive, collaborative art exhibition and event on lightship LV21 in Gillingham, Kent April 20th 2011
2010
• Q Art London Presents II, APT Gallery, Deptford, London, 18th - 28th November 2010
• Rhizomatic, Departure Gallery, Southall, London, 1st October – 12th November 2010
• Morphic Antonyms: Open Studio, Solo show, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, 24th -29th September 2010
• Association, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, 22nd – 23rd September 2010
• W.A.V.E. 2010 Borders and Edges , Wimbledon Space, 10th Sept – 8th Oct 2010
• ‘The Crocus Opens’, Crocus Gallery, Nottingham, 8th September – 2nd October 2010
• Degree Show at Wimbledon College of Art 17th-23rdJune 2010
• Away Day, site responsive art event in Wandle Park, Colliers Wood by Post Artists 29th – 31st May 2010
• Propositions at the ICA, one of 9 past and present Wimbledon College of Art students selected by Terry Smith to take part in a 1 day art event at the ICA 9th May, 2010
• Park ’10, Site based art exhibition at Cannizaro Park, Wimbledon, 7th – 10th May 2010
• Nohers Arcade, solo show, Brand New Space, Wimbledon College of Art, 2nd – 4th March 2010
• Place/Displace Tokyo/London group show of work inspired by the cultural exchange to Tokyo; Wilson Road, Camberwell College of Art, 18th-24th Feb 2010
2009
• As The World Turns, house exbition, Tooting, London, 28th November 2009
• Drawn Cut Torn; selected as one of the 10 showcased works in the “curator for a day” section of the exhibition Tuesday 2nd November 2009.
• Drawn Cut Torn; exhibition of the drawings from Terry Smith’s event Draw Cut Tear last year. Wimbledon Space 29th October – 27th November 2009.
• Mind The Gap: Bringing Depression Above Ground, WAM Group Show, The Crypt Gallery, St Pancras Parish Church, London, 3rd – 25th October 2009.
• Paintings by Fiona Long, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital 30th September – 10th October 2009.
• “Lost Ball Tree” Site specific installation at the Change For Life Festival at Morden Park. 31st August 2009.
• “Waste” group presentation at Tokyo Wondersite. 3rd August 2009.
• Apocalypse Now, Red Wire Gallery, Liverpool, 24th July – 8th August 2009.
• St. Barbe Open Exhibition, St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery, Lymington, Hampshire, 11th July-8th August 2009.
• Art for L’Aquila charity auction and art exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute, London with Bloomsbury Auctions. 2nd July 2009.
• Imaginary Geometries, Chelsea Gallery, London 29th June-6th July
• Catch by the Eye, Save in the Heart, 3 Bedfordbury Gallery, Covent Garden, London, 2nd-8th June 2009
• Post Consumer Material Culture: End of year show, Wimbledon College of Art 25th-29th May 2009
• PARK ’09; site based exhibition at Cannizaro Park, Wimbledon; 15-18th May 2009
• Telephone Box Galleries: Balloons. Show at Wimbledon College of Art showing the public’s reactions to the site based installation. In collaboration with Nichol Keene. May 5th
• Telephone Box Galleries: Balloons. Site based installation in collaboration with Nichol Keene.25th April 2009.
• After Day X; Solo library display, Wimbledon College of Art, 30th January-20th March
• Big Bad Scene, Bedroom Bar, Shoreditch, London, 5th March
• Deutsche Postbank Exhibition, Deutche Postbank, London, February-August 2009
• Spirit of Romance, Eaton Terrace Gallery, Belgravia, London 26th- 30th January
2008
• Five Day Projects, Fin, Wimbledon College of Art, London, 28th November
• Five Day Projects, Suspense, Wimbledon College of Art, London, 27th November
• Five Day Projects, Conversation, Wimbledon College of Art, London, 25th November
• Deutsche Postbank Exhibition, Deutche Postbank, London; August 2008-February 2009
• Art For Youth; The Mall Galleries, London; 7th-9th October 2008
• Aujourd’hui; Selected foyer show at Wimbledon College of Art; October 2008
• Representations of Identity, The Women’s Art Movement; Islington Arts Factory, London; 8th August – 5th September 2008
• End of Year Show; Wimbledon College of Art, London; May 2008
• Catch by the Eye, Save in the Heart; Artspace Galleries, Mayfair, London; 4th-11th May 2008
• State of the Art Competition Exhibition; Royal College of Art, London; 17th March 2008
2007
• Art For Youth; The Mall Galleries; 9th–11th October 2007
• End of Year Show; Kensington and Chelsea College, London; 20th June 2007
2006
• Ritzy Art Fair, The Ritzy Cinema, London, 25th November 2006
• Remembrance; Unofficial site specific artwork outside the Tate Modern, London; 11th November 2006
• Tommy Johnson Portrait Unveiling; Regency Hotel, Jackson, Mississippi, USA, 20th October 2006
• Art For Youth; The Mall Galleries, London; 10th-12th October 2006
• Brompton Oratory Art Fair; Brompton Oratory, London; 7th September 2006
• Centre Group of Artists Exhibition; Lyndhurst Community Centre, 31st May-5th June 2006
2004
• Catch by the Eye, Save in the Heart; Marie Curie Building, Warsaw, Poland; August 2004
• Catch by the Eye, Save in the Heart; Menier Chocolate Factory, London, April 2004
Publications
• a-n Degrees unedited May 2011
• FringeMK 2010 Painting Prize catalogue
• Wimbledon Degree Show Catalogue 2010
• Propositions to accompany the Propositions exhibition at the ICA, 2010
• Liverpool Art Journal, August 2009
Awards
• Shortlisted for the Bar Tur photography award in the “Lifestyle” category.
• FringeMK 2010 Painting Prize catalogue finalist
• Finalist in the London Calling juried competition for myartspace.com 2009
• Winner of Merton photography competition, run by Merton Council May 2009
• Finalist in the State of the Art competition for the Princes Trust held at the Royal College of Art 2008
• Shortlisted (1/3) for the Peter Stanley Memorial Award 2007
