Scarlett Woodman
Scarlett collects both her imagery and materials from her surrounding landscape, mostly that of the Kent countryside just outside her studio. She takes discarded objects, usually old building materials, which she feels reflect and capture a sense of that landscape. She then gives them a second life by piecing them together to create her artworks.
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Scarlett uses a combination of processes to create these works, but it usually involves scratching back into the surface of the material. She is drawn their textures, colours and forms, particularly how these are created and enhanced as they deteriorate over time. She often paints the objects white before scratching into them, which has a real softening effect. Thus turning these hard, harsh and heavy objects, into forms which appear much more delicate.
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Trees are the main imagery of Scarlett’s work as she feels they are the perfect symbol of the strength and resilience of nature. Through her work she reflects on the uniqueness of each induvial tree, how the landscape around it has changed over it’s long lifetime, and continues to change with ever increasing speed. It is this fragility of the natural world, as well as its strength and beauty, which Scarlett tries to capture in her work. By contrasting these celebratory images of nature, with the deteriorated, discarded objects on which they sit.
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Scarlett's Studio in Harrietsham can be visited by appointment, please see the contact page for more details.
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Upcoming Exhibitions & Events -
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Currently showing in the following Galleries -
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-West End House Gallery, Smarden, Kent
-Gallery 35, Cranbrook, Kent
-Found Gallery, Dunbar, Scottish Borders
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South East Open Studios, 2 Birchalls Cottages, Harrietsham, Kent. Weekends in June.
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'Traces', Show Off Gallery Whitstable. 26th July - 1st August.
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Education
BA (Hons) Painting, Camberwell College of Arts. 2014-17
Foundation Diploma, University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury. 2013-14
Solo Exhibitions
'Into the Forrest', Red Door Alchemist's Gallery, Rye, East Sussex. March 2022.
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Group Exhibitions
'Affordable Art Fair' Battersea Park, London. March 2024.
'Cranbrook Art Show' Cranbrook, Kent. November 2023.
'Rochester Art Fair' Rochester, Kent. October 2023
'Tenterden Artists Anual Exhibition'. Tenterden, Kent. October 2023
'Affordable Art Fair', Hempstead Heath, London. May 2023
'Reflections on Time', Rye Creative Centre, Rye, East Sussex. April 2023.
'Under the Rainbow Winter Exhibition', Bluewater Shopping Centre, Kent. Novermber-December 2022.
'Benenden Art Show', Benenden Village Hall, Kent. October 2022
'Summer Exhibition', Artspring Gallery, Tonbridge, Kent. July - August 2022.
'The Affordable Art Fair', Hamstead Heath, London. May 2022.
'Emerging Artists of Kent', Grierson Gallery, Crankbrook, Kent. March - May 2022.
'November Art Show', Powdermills Hotel, Battle, East Sussex. November 2021.
'A Passion for Craft Exhibition', Whitstable Museum Gallery, Whitstable, Kent. November 2021.
'Tenterden Artists Annual Exhibitioon', St Mildreds, Tenterden, Kent. October 2021.
'Inspired by Nature', Red Door Alchemist's Gallery, Rye, East Sussex. October 2021.
'Benenden Art Show', Benenden Village Hall, Benenden, Kent. October 2021.
'hART Anuual Exhibition', Tin Tabernacle, Hythe, Kent. October 2021.
'Nature Refocused: Water & Woodland', Red Door Alchemist's Gallery, Rye, East Sussex. August 2021.
'In and Out the Garden', Pie Factory, Margate, Kent. July 2021.
'A Passion for Craft exhibition', Whitstable Museum & Gallery, Kent. April 2021.
'The Great Lockdown', 508 Gallery, Chelsea, London, Online. January 2021.
'Art Escape', Artsprings Gallery, Tonbridge, Kent. October 2020.
'KPG Annual Exhibition', Kent Painters Group, Online. October 2020.
'Nature Refocused', Red Door Alchemist's Gallery, Rye, East Sussex. October 2020.
'Pure Art 360', Pure Arts Group, Online. September 2020.
'Pop Up', Show Off Gallery, Whitstable, Kent. August 2020.
'Guest Artist', Happy & Glorious, Cranbrook, Kent. March 2020
'Six at Sixty-Six', Gallery 66, Folkestone, Kent. December 2019 - January 2020
'Tenterden Visual Artists Anual Exhibition', Tenterden Town Hall, Kent. November 2019
'Ashford Visual Artist's Winter Fair', Godington House, Ashford, Kent. November 2019
'A Passion for Craft Exhibition', Whistable Museum & Gallery, Kent. November 2019
'Kent Painters Group Anual Art Exhibition', Sevenoaks School, Kent. October 2019
'As I Walked Out', Pie Factory Margate, Kent. August 2019
'Strange Beauty', Dungeness B Power Station Visitor Centre, Kent. July - August 2019
'Pop Up', Show Off Gallery, Whitstable, Kent. June 2019
'Castle Characters', Bodiam Castle, Sussex. May - August 2019.
'Benenden Art Show', Benenden Village Hall, Benenden, Kent. April 2019
'Parallax Art Fair', Chelsea Town Hall, London. February 2019
'Bombay to Bodiam', Bodiam Castle, Sussex. November 2018 - February 2019
'Opening Exhibition', Vintage Treasures Art Gallery, Headcorn, Kent. November - December 2018
'Cranbrook Art Show', The Vestry Hall, Cranbrook, Kent. November 2018
'Pure Arts Group Autumn Fair', Powdermills Hotel, Battle, Kent. October 2018
'Hollinbourne Outdoor Art Festival', Tilefields Meadow, Hollingbourne, Kent. September 2018
'Grid Art Fair', Southbank, London. April 2018
'ME15 Art Market', The Old Market Hall, Maidstone, Kent. September 2017
'Degree Show', Camberwell College of the Arts, London. June 2017
'Down in One', The Stables Gallery, Frittenden, Kent. April 2017
'Kalms', Assembly Point Gallery, Peckham, London. February 2017
'Art Market, Christmas Edition', Below 65 Gallery, Maidstone, Kent. December 2016
'ME15 Art Market', The Old Market Hall, Maidstone, Kent. September 2016
White Noise', White Noise Sound Booth, Camberwell College of the Arts, London. May 2016
'What You Saying?' Norwich University of the Arts & Camberwell College of the Arts. April 2016
'Unit', CPG Gallery, Southwark, London. January 2016
'Long Live the New Flesh', Tower Gallery, Plaistow, London. May 2015
'Origins', Triangle Space, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London. July 2014
'Foundation show', University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury. June 2014
'Margate Rock', The Terrace, Turner Contemporary Gallery, Margate, Kent. May 2014
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Publications
'Nature Refocused' Wealden Times, October 2020.
'Into the Woods', Kent Life, July 2020.
'Kent Artist Profile: Scarlett Woodman', Inside Kent, September 2019.
'Weald Artist Scarlett Woodman Sold Six Works at Cranbrook Art Show', Parish Cake, February 2019.
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