Bridget Rust

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Statement

 I work a lot from the imagination and in an intuitive way - I'm interested in what symbols and imagery the unconscious throws up. Inspiration comes from many sources; poetry, nature, the human face and figure, memory and emotion, inner worlds, our life as a journey, spirituality, humour.

I've done quite a lot of printmaking, some portrait painting and sculpture - but currently am mainly working with mixed media and collage. I like to keep experimenting and discovering new ways of expression.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biography

Born in Cuffley, Hertfordshire in 1950.

I have mainly worked in the care sector in hospitals, residential homes and daycare.  The last 20 years of my working life were spent in a specialist centre for elderly people with Alzheimers Disease where a large part of my job was to run art sessions and other therapeutic activities

Whilst working full time, thanks to flexible hours, I  completed a BTEC in Professional Development, Fine Art, specialising in printmaking at Kensington and Chelsea College, 2002.

Since retirement in 2011 I have run art sessions at my local Alzheimer's Society daycentre as a volunteer (currently closed due to Covid 19).

I am based in West London where I brought up my daughter.  I have exhibited prints and paintings in many group shows, had a few solo exhibitions and taken part in open studio events.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibition History

.SOLO SHOWS
2015Open Studio Exhibition Maidenhead, Berks
2014Open Studio Exhibition and Sale, London
2011Open Studio Exhibition and Sale London
2013Open Studio Exhibition and Sale, London
2007The Wild Cherry Cafe, Bethnal Green
2005The Poetry Cafe, Covent Garden
2002The Coffee Gallery, Museum St. WC1
2002Brackenbury Health Centre
2001Masbro Arts Centre
.GROUP SHOWS
2019Moving Lab Venice
2017Glastonbury Galleries Anonymous Art Exhibition
2016Glastonbury Galleries Anonymous Art Exhibiiton
2016Society of Fulham Artists
2011Little Ealing School Artfair, Ealing
2011Masbro Arts Centre Artfair, Shepherds Bush
2005Battersea Contemporary Arts Fair
2004Battersea Contemporary Arts Fair
2004Diesel House Studios Exhibition, Kew
2003Artists at Home Open Studios
2002Artists at Home Open Studios
2001Artists at Home Open Studios
2001Geedon Gallery, Colchester
2001Dukes Meadow Pavilion, Chiswick
2000Paperleaf Arts Fair, Battersea
1999Kensington and Chelsea College
1999Leiloeira & Galeria de Art Guzka, Lisbon, Portugal
1999Borough Open Exhibition, Riverside Studios, Hammersmith
1999Avore Art Cooperative, Oporto, Portugal
1998Edith Grove Gallery, Chelsea
1998Alternative Arts Project, Spitalfields Art Market
1997Colonial Gallery, Chiswick
1997Edith Grove Gallery, Chelsea
1997Alternative Arts Project, Spitalfields Art Market
1996International Art Gallery, Marylebone, London
1995Kensington and Chelsea College
1996Battersea Contemporary Arts Fair
1996Alternative Arts Project, Spitalfields Art Market
1996K.D.Gallery, Compton, Guildford
1995Alternative Arts Project, Spitalfields Art Market
1994Kensington and Chelsea College
1992Grove Neighbourhood Centre, Hammersmith
1991Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham
1991Centaur Gallery, Highgate
1986-1996Fulham Society of Artists