Debra Swann graduated from Goldsmiths College in 2001 with an MA in Fine Art, she is a resident Artist at Primary, Nottingham and has taught on the Fine art course at Nottingham Trent University until July of this year. She works in sculpture, photography and video. She has undertaken residencies at Spode Factory, Stoke-on-Trent; Artspace, Sydney, Australia; Coleman Project Space, London; Tether, Nottingham; Ecole Cantonale D'art du Valais, Sierre, Switzerland.

Debra Swann has exhibited nationally and internationally. Exhibitions and projects include; Our stories are Wild, Derby Cathedral, Derby; Making a Rock, Collectiv National Gallery, Antwerp; Sleepy Heads, Blyth Gallery, London, Comedy of Errors, Artspace, Sydney, Australia: Stand In, Small Collections Room, Nottingham Contemporary; Dwelling, Bonington Gallery, Nottingham; Long Time Dead, Space Station Sixty-Five, London

Artist Statement

I am intrigued by materials and how I can explore their properties and transformative qualities. Drawing on the relationship between the real and the fabricated, I use everyday materials to create objects that become imbued with power and suggestive of their own unique history. Creating their own narratives, authenticity and value they propose an anthropological or historical reading. Recent work has explored Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, the direct translation is 'to give life to flowers'.

Website: https://www.debraswann.co.uk

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