Sumi Perera    RE
Sumi Perera RE

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WORK HELD IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
• Tate Britain
• Victoria & Albert Museum
• Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
• Yale Centre for British Art, USA
• Brooklyn Library, Brooklyn, USA
• Sakima Art Museum, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
• British Library, UK
• Guanlan Museum, China
• Grafisk vaerksted-Naestved, Denmark
• Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Permanent Art Collection. Alexandria, Egypt
• Southern Cross University Artist Book Collection, NSW, Australia
• CFPR (Centre for Fine Print Reserach) Collection,University of West England, Bristol. UK
• Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Kansas, USA
• Centre for Artist Books, Visual Research Centre, DCA, Dundee
• ULUS Print Triennial Collection, Belgrade, Serbia
• PrintROOM – Rotterdam
• Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
• Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts, London
• Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collection


PRIZES/AWARDS
• 1st Prize for Drawing for Design. Rootstein Hopkins Foundation Drawing Exhibition-Draw More 2011
• Distinction-European International Book Art Biennale 2010, Art Museum Satu-Mare, Romania
• Best Overall Book Design Prize (NPB) & the Aidan Portnall Award (1st Prize-Complete Book) - Society of Bookbinders International Competition & Conference, Warwick University. Aug ‘09
• Southern Cross University Acquisitive Artist Book Award. NSW, Australia August 2009
• Melville Charitable Trust Award (1st prize) at SHELTER, a juried artist book exhibition touring the USA. 2008-2009
• Birgit Skiold Award for excellence in Book Arts, London Artist Bookfair (LAB) ‘05, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) London. 2005
• Grand Prize-1st International Book Arts Competition, Seoul, South Korea. 2005
• Kaleidoscope Hoffmann Challenge Prize, National Quilt Championships, Ascot. 2001

Born in Sri Lanka Resides in the United KingdomAssociate Member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers [RE]

Sumi Perera's work oscillates between the vertical and horizontal plane, liberating wall hung artwork to a publicly accessible space to be handled and touched. Usually her work is available as a democratic multiple, often in the form of an artist book. By giving the viewer the opportunity to engage physically with the work, she transfers artistic license by inviting them to bring their own perceptions and experiences to the pieces. In some instances the artwork is altered by the viewer and allows the final authorship or editorial control of the piece to be shared.Perera's work invariably exploits her background as a doctor, scientist and artist, working in the East (Sri Lanka, her native country), and the West (the United Kingdom, her adoptive country). Mixed media assemblage techniques combining traditional forms of printmaking are digitally manipulated to transform unique artwork into democratic multiples. Slight variations on the theme are used to generate 'unique multiples', whilst blurring boundaries between the artist/artisan, orient/occident and the past and present. Often several narratives unfold within the hidden spaces of the book as a detachable spine allows the book to be undressed.

Perera exhibits her work in solo and group shows and is a member of the
-The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers [RE] (http://www.banksidegallery.com/)
-Society of Designer Craftsmen
-Society of Graphic Fine Art
-62 Group (http://www.62group.org.uk/)
-Printmakers Council (PMC)
-East London Printmakers(www.eastlondonprintmakers.co.uk/perera/1.htm)
-LOOP http://www.arts.ac.uk/alumni/27217.htm http://www.loopartists.co.uk/Sumi_Perera.htm
-Six of One (http://www.six-of-one.co.uk/sp.htm-Medical Art Society of the Royal Society of Medicine
-New Embroidery Group (NEG)(http://newembroiderygroup.net/gallery/sumi-perera)
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Website
http://www.sumiperera.com
Education
EDUCATION
MA 2004 Camberwell College, University of the Arts, London
MPhil 1996 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London
MSc 1994 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London
MBBS 1983 Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

SELECTED CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
Dreams. Freud Museum, London. 2nd March-10th April 2011
-Follow-Ed. Gallery P74, Prushnikova, Ljubljana, Slovenia 11th March-3rd April 2011
-Wharepuke Print Gallery. Bay of Islands New Zealand. March 2011
-Female Book Artists Exhibition. Cardiff Central Library. March 2011
-Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition.The Mall Galleries. 2nd -12thMarch 2011
-The Sketchbook Project.The Brooklyn Art Library. Brooklyn, New York 19th-27th February 2011
-Small Print Big Impression. New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester. 5th Feb-2nd May 2011
-Off The Wall. RE Summer Exhibition. Bankside Gallery. London 9th July-22nd August 2010-Bending More Lines. Collins Gallery, Glasgow. 10th July-28th August 2010-RE Annual Exhibition. Bankside Gallery, London. 7th May-6th June 2010-London Original Print Fair. Royal Academy, London. 29th April-2nd May 2010-Bending More Lines. Museum Rijswijk. Netherlands. 3rd April-16th May 2010-Text. Seoul International Book Arts Fair. Seoul, Korea. May 2010-14th International Biennial Print Exhibition, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30th May- mid July 2010-Off The Wall. The Dreamspace, Old Street, London. 22nd March-11th April 2010-The Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Biennale for the Artist Book. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt. 22April-14 May 10 SELECTED PAST EXHIBITIONS-ORIGINALS 10. The Mall Galleries, London 23rd March-3rd April 2010-The Mini Picture Show. Bankside Gallery. 10th December-4th February 2010-1st Alexandria International Biennale for Miniature Graphics. Bibliotheca Alexandrina. 9th December-25th January 2010-The Grand Plasto-Baader-Books. Kaleid. Unit 2, 23-25 Redchurch Streeat. 2nd-24th December 2009-There Is Always A Way Around A Wall. The Artspace, Nicosia, Cyprus. 30th November-5th International Artist Book Triennial Vilnius 2009-Text. Art Centre Silkeborg, Denmark. 12th September-13th December 2009-Prints for Peace. Galeria Leopoldo Carpinteyro de Relaciones Culturales, Hidalgo, Mexico. 8th September-30th October 2009-RE Summer Exhibition. Bankside Gallery, London. 20th August-7th September 09-Society of Bookbinders International Conference. Warwick University. 20th-23rd Aug 09-Thoroughly Modern Dora. Willesden Green Library. 18th Aug-17th September 09-Wonderland. V&A Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green, London. 26th Sep 09-10th Jan 2010-The Mini Picture Show. Bankside Gallery. 10th December-4th February 2010-The Grand Plasto-Baader-Books. Kaleid. Unit 2, 23-25 Redchurch Streeat. 2nd-24th December 2009-There Is Always A Way Around A Wall. November. The Artspace. Nicosia, Cyprus.-Art@Baker Tilly. London Road, Guildford. October-December 2009-Discerning Eye 2009. Mall Galleries. London. 12th -22nd November 2009 -London Artist Book Fair. Whitechapel Gallery. 25th-27th September 2009-1st Alexandria International Biennale for Miniature Graphics. Bibliotheca Alexandrina. 9th December 2009-Society of Bookbinders Exhibition. Birmingham Central Library. Chamberlain Square, Birmingham. 6th October-17th November 2009.-Society of Bookbinders Exhibition. George Bayntun Antiquarian Bookshop, Bath. 29th Aug-3rd October 2009-5th International Artist Book Triennial Vilnius 2009-Text. Art Centre Silkeborg, Denmark. 12th September-13th December 2009-Place, Identity & Memory. Stranraer Museum, Scotland 25th Sept-31st October 2009-Prints for Peace. Galeria Leopoldo Carpinteyro de Relaciones Culturales, Hidalgo, Mexico. 8th September-30th October 2009-Southern Cross University Acquisitive Artist Book Award. NSW, Australia. 15th August -22nd September 09-7th RWA Open Print Exhibition. Royal West of England Academy of Arts, Bristol 9th Aug-19th September-RE Summer Exhibition. Bankside Gallery, London. 20th August-7th September 09-Society of Bookbinders International Conference. Warwick University. 20th-23rd Aug 09-Thoroughly Modern Dora. Willesden Green Library. 18th Aug-17th September 09-Unsuppressed. SuperPress at Bristol School of Art & Design. UWE 29thJuly-31st Aug09-MIND THE GAP IX. Solo Window Showcase. Craft Central, Clerkenwell, London. 20th-26th July 2009. -ELEVEN - An ELP Exhibition. Bankside, London. 29th June 5th July 2009-Moving Patterns. Royal Geographic Society. Kensington Gore. London. May 2009-Place, Identity & Memory. Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Scotland, May-June 09-BABE 09. Arnolfini, Bristol 3rd-4th April 09-5th International Artist Book Triennial. Vilnius 2009. Touring: *Seoul dates to follow:*Leipzig Book Fair. Germany. 12th-15th March*Gallery Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania. 30th April -16th May-7th British International Mini Print Exhibition. London Print Studio. March 09-11th International Contemporary Artists' Book Fair, Parkinson Court, Univ. of Leeds. -COMPILATION:Three Exhibitions on Books. Worcester, Massachusetts Jan-Mar09-Bookends. Target Gallery & Pyramid Atlantic Art Centre, USA January-February 09-A Book For A Lifetime. Artspace & Goethe-Zentrum, Cyprus. Nov- Dec 08-Liverpool Artist Bookfair. Wolstenholme Projects, Liverpool. 15th-16th November 2008-10th Biennial Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair & Conference.USA 7-9th November 2008 www.bookartsfair.org/index.html -Urban Jungle. City Hall, Chamber Lobby, London. 1st -14th November 2008 www.eastlondonprintmakers.co.uk/group_shows.htm-The British Sari Story. Charnwood Museum, Loughborough, Leicestershire 3rd Oct-30th Nov-SHELTER Montserrat College of Arts 301 Gallery, Beverly, MA 6-31st October 2008 -Aberfeldy Artist Bookfair, Temple Gallery, Aberfeldy Perthshire 4-5th October 2008-WONDERLAND. Fairytale Museum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. 15th June-17th August 2008-5th International Columbia Book & Paper Arts Triennial, Columbia College Chicago. 25th July-12th September 2008.-SHELTER; Touring the USA until 2009: Fleet Library at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA July 9- August 15 08; -8th Mini Print International of Cadaque. Girona, Spain. 28th June-15th September. http://www.miniprint.org/in/inn.html-Vox Box. The Gallery, St Georges Hospital, London. 8th July-4th August 2008-Carbon Footprint. Art Fellowship Challenge Exhibition. Lloyd Park Theatre, Walthamstow. 8th-30th July '082008-Press & Release. Phoenix Gallery, Brighton. 24th May 2008. www.phoenixarts.org/exhibitions.htm -DeCarbonART. City Hall, Chamber Lobby, London. 18th May-10th June 2008 http://www.london.gov.uk/gla/city_hall/city_hall_exhibitions.jsp-SHELTER. Boston Book Arts. Wedeman Gallery, Lasell College, Newton, MA. USA April 8-22 08;Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, MD. May 9-June 19 http://fiberartcalls.blogspot.com/2008/01/shelter-juried-book-arts-exhibit.html -Glasgow International Artist Bookfair, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow. 25-26th Apr08 http://www.giab.org.uk/ -ScissorPaperStone. London Print Studio. Harrow Road, London 12th April 08 www.londonprintstudio.org.uk/G3_forthcoming.html-Sitting Room. an exhibition of artists books. K Gallery of Rhythmix Cultural Works, Alameda, California from 7th Mar- 27th April 08. Next venue- Mexico City.-SMALL PRINT/Big Impression. Touring Show Gainsborough House, Sudbury, Suffolk. 19th Jan-22nd March 08-ELP Box 2008 Broadway Bookshop. 3 April - 13 May 2008 www.broadwaybookshophackney.com -Rich and Strange. Hereford College of Arts.-TEN. Bankside Gallery, London. 10th Annual Exhibition of the ELP. 28th Jan-4th February08-Nine Printmakers Riverside Gallery, Hammersmith, London 4th -29th February 2008 (www.openaccessarts.eu/main.html2007-Tetovo 2007 4th Int. Biennial Mini Prints Exhibition, Museum of Tetovo. Republic of Macedonia. 4th Dec-4th Jan 2008 (http://mini-prints-biennial-tetovo.blogspot.com/2007/07/first-biennial-organizers.html ) -Freedom. Abolition of Slavery. 3rd -17th December 07. University of Sunderland. -LAB (London Artist Bookfair) 07. Institute of Contemporary Art London 23rd-25th Nov 07-Babylon Lexicon/Nola Bookfair, New Orleans, LA, USA 10th November-8th December 07http://www.hotironpress.com/bookfairbabylonlexicon.htm- SMALL PRINT/Big Impression. The Avenue Gallery , University of Northampton. 1st -19th October 2007 http://www.northampton.ac.uk/news/release/?id=UON8004 -Manchester Artist Bookfair. Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University.29th Sept. -Bookmarks V Infiltrating Japan, UK, Poland, USA, Croatia and New Zealand. September 07- February 08. http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/bkmks5/artists1/24.htm -The British Sari Story. Brent Museum. 27th Sept-30th Jan 08 www.britishsaristory.org.uk/index.html -Rich and Strange. Flock Gallery Space, Newport School of Art Media and Design. Wales.4th Oct-4th Nov 07 www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/newsdata.htm -Society of Bookbinders Conference, University of York. 9-12th August 2007. www.societyofbookbinders.com/events/events_frames.html -Multiple Views. Printmakers Council Exhibition. Ropewalk Gallery, Lincolnshire 14-25th August 07-Sitting Room. Bookarts Symposium Winchester School of Art. 10th July-2nd August 07 (http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/newsdata.htm )-LOOP 2007. Bankside Gallery.10th-15th July ( http://www.arts.ac.uk/alumni/27217.htm ) -Abolition 2007. Circular Green, Morley College. 9th July-15th September 0707 www.london-se1.co.uk/whatson/event/2612/to-do-justly-to-love-mercy -Printmaking Show J:Akebono-so Gallery, Isesaki, Japan 15th June to 8th July 07-Watermarks on Paper. Arts+Literature Laboratory, New Haven, CT. USA June30-Aug 5 07www.allgallery.org/press/Watermarks/WatermarksPR.pdf www.allgallery.org/press/-Suburban Landscape. Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture. Barnet 19th June-30th Sept 07http://www.moda.mdx.ac.uk/gardens%20pages/docs/sg%20leaflet%20outdoors.pdf http://www.moda.mdx.ac.uk/gardens%20pages/docs/artists.pdf http://artstream.mobi/mobile/artwork/117 -I Love Print. London Print Studio, Harrow Road. 3rd August-23rd September-Loveletter to London.City Hall 21st May-1st June07. http://www.aktuelle-kunst-ev.de/elp/LovelettertoLondon_images.pdf -Lessedra Miniprint Annual &th June -31st August www.lessedra.com/artistinfo.php?artistid=187 -Wrexham Print International 2007. Wrexham Art Centre & Yale College 28th Apr-9th June07 http://www.forumbookart.com/index.php?article_id=36&clang=1 -Regenerator, Altered Books. Off-Centre Gallery, Bristol.25th April-11th May 07 www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/regen/perera1.htm -6th British International Miniature Print Exhibition. Touring till 2007 in 6 venues in the UK & Northern Ireland (invited to show an additional large print to the two selected miniature prints)(www.dumgal.gov.uk/miniprint )Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Scotland. 20th May -Medical Art Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries,London. 12-17th February 2007 -Textual Healing, The Embassy, Edinburgh. 17th February-18th March 2007(www.embassygallery.co.uk)-Prints Tokyo 2007. Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan. 6th -21st April 07 -Tactile, Otters Gallery, University of Chicester. 1st -24th March 2007 (www.chuin.ac.uk/ottergallery)-Inkubator. Edinburgh Printmakers , Union Street, Edinburgh. 17th March-5th May 2007(www.edinburgh-printmakers.co.uk)-10th International Contemporary Artists' Bookfair, Leeds University. 9-10th March 2007-Bristol Artist Bookfair Event. BABE ?07.Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol. 21st-22nd April 2007-Wrexham Print International 2007. Wrexham Art Centre & Yale College 28th Apr-9th June?07 (www.wrexham.gov.uk/english/community/arts_centre/artscentretour/index.htm)-Loveletter to London. City Hall, London. 21st May-1st June 2007-Suburban Landscape. Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture. Barnet 19th June-30th Sept 07-LOOP at Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street, London.10th-15th July 2007 -7th Helen Keller International Award Exhibition. Collins Gallery, University of Strathclyde Glasgow 13th Jan-10th Feb ?07 - Sitting Room an exhibition of artists books. 1st-18th February '07.Permanent Gallery & Bookshop, Brighton(www.permanentgallery.com/). Alsager Arts Centre, 4th December-27th January www.alsagerartscentre.org.uk-Nine Printmakers, Riverside Gallery, Hammersmith, London (www.openaccessarts.eu) 15th January-25th Feb ?072006-East London Printmakers Show. Menier Gallery, London. 4-9thDecember ?06 -Babylon Lexicon. Hot Iron Press, New Orleans Bookfair, LA, USA. 28th October ?06 -LAB ?06. London Artist Book Fair, ICA London 3rd-5th November 2006 (acquisition of Perception VI for the Tate Britain Special Collection.) -Dream Landings-A Public Art exhibition to celebrate Black History Month-2nd-29th October ?06. Bedding Department, John Lewis Store,Watford. (http://www.watfordjunction.org.uk/page_id__71.aspx) -1st Manchester Artist Book Fair. Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University 30th Oct -Year of the Dog Show ? Vestry House Museum, Walthamstow. 14th-26th August ?06 (www.eastlondonprintmakers.co.uk/vestry_house/vestry_house.htm) -Bookmarks IV- Infiltrating USA, Europe and Australia 20th September-20th February ?07. -Bookmarked! Crockatt & Powell Bookshop, Waterloo. 30th Oct-25th November ?06. -Surface and Object. An Origin in Printmaking. Printmakers Council. Morley Gallery. London. 2nd-23rd November?06 (www.lcc.arts.ac/event_print_surface_object.htm) -Books ?06 / Interaction-22nd Sept ? 22nd Oct.Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland, Australia. -New Pages: An exhibition of artists' books at the Atski Gallery and the Art Library at University of Art and Design Helsinki, Hentie 135 C, Helsinki, Finland. 13th-24th November ?06 -Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Print Prize Exhibition. 26th July-2nd September ?06 -BIMPE IV-The Fourth Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition. Federation Gallery, Vancouver. 6th -25th June ?06 (www.bimpe.com) -art of the STITCH 2006. International Biennial Exhibition.Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. 14th May -18th June ?06 The Hub, National Centre for Craft & Design, Sleaford. 7th July-28th August ?06Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead. 17th September-19th November ?06 (http://www.embroiderersguild.com/whatson/artofthestitch2006/index.php) -5th Lessedra World Print Annual , Sofia Bulgaria. June ?06 (www.lessedra.com) -?4? Exhibition at the London Print Studio. 8th July-25th August ?06 -4th International Artist?s Book Exhibition 2006 The King St. Stephen Museum, Hungary. 20th May-September ?06 -The Sitting Room, Manchester Craft & Design Centre. An exhibition of artists Books. 20th May-15th July ?06 (www.craftanddesign.com) -Contemporary Prints by Artists from the Printmakers Council. New Arts Centre, Chatham, Kent. 1st-15th April ?06 -9th Contemporary Artists? Book Fair. Dean Clough Gallery, Halifax-11th March ?06 -?60 Square Inches? A Biennial NorthAmerican Exhibition.Purdue University.Feb?06 -juxtaBOX. Shoreditch Gallery, 5 Hoxton Market, London. www.arts.ac.uk/alumni/Bulletin/dec2005.htm) 9-28th January 20062005 - LAB ?05. (London Artists? Book Fair). Institute of Contemporary Art, London. UK. 25-27th November 2005. Awarded the Birgit Skiold Award for excellence in Book Arts. (www.marcuscampbell.co.uk) -Contemporary Prints3. London Print Studio, Harrow, London. 3rd Nov 2005- 28th January -Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery ? To Bare or Not To Bare. November 2005 - PrintROOM, Rotterdam. Inside Out. November 2005 -Bookmarks III: Infiltrating Kontakt,. 5th September 2005 - : Universitat der Kunste Gallery, Berlin, GermanyMuzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu (National Museum of Posnan), PolandBroekhuis Boekhandle, Enschede, The Netherlands Bower Ashton Library, University of West England, Bristol, UK. Moufflon Bookshop Nicosia, Cyprus Yale Centre for British Arts, USAUniversity of Missouri Saint Louis USAAmherst College Library Amherst USAMartin County Library System Gallery, Fairmont Minnesota USATate Britain, Millbank, London, UKBookartbookshop, London, UK -Primary Source. An exhibition of Artists Books. University of Warwick, Warwick. 26th Sept-21st October ?05(http://www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/staff/research/1742) -Hibrida II.( http://www.c-floorintheory.co.uk/Hibrida_Catalogue.pdf) Bradford and Czech Republic.7th May-2nd International Book Arts Fair, Seoul, South Korea, 3-8th June 2005(Winner of the Grand Prize [1st prize & gold medal] with book titled: Clothes Encounters of the Third Kind. (www.bookarts.pe.kr/2005competition.htm) -Tate Britain (acquisition) in March 2005 of book & CD-ROM titled : 10-20 Sizing up the Opposition.-8th Contemporary Artists? Book Fair, Halifax. March 20052004 -LAB?04.London Artists? Book Fair, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Nov ?04 -?Clothes Show? (alternate construction of garments modelled on a catwalk) Palace Strand Hotel, The Strand, London. November 2004-Spread the Word Headquarters. 77 Lambeth Walk, London Solo Show:?Window Dressing? September 2004 January 2005(www.spreadtheword.org.uk)-Opening of the Book, Camberwell College, University of the Arts, Peckham Road, London. July 2004.Camberwell College Library, Peckham Road ? July 2004 (acquisition)?To Bare or not To Bare? and ?The Countess and the Housewife?-Projet Mobilivre Bookmobile 2004/2005 ? Canada & USA ? ?Cracking the Dress Code?. (http://www.mobilivre.org/en/collec.html) -1st International Book Fair, Seoul, Korea - June 2004-Tate Britain-March 2004 (acquisition):To Bare or Not To Bare, Outside In & Against the Grain.-7th Contemporary Artist?s Book Fair, Halifax ? March 2004-?Obscure? Bexley Hall, Kent. ?June 2004 2003 -Text, Textiles and Textures. Ley Hill Memorial Hall: 15th June 2003-?To Fly or Not to Fly? Wildfowl and Wetland Trust Headquarters, Slimbridge Gloucestershire. Embroiderers? Guild, President?s Cup Embroidery - 2002-National Quilt Championships, Ascot July 2001 ,
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Events & Exhibitions

Events

FUTURE EXHIBITIONS
• 6th International Kyoto Hanga 2012 Print Exhibition. Kyoto City Museum of Art, Japan 31st July-12th August 2012
• About Paper. Library Institute, New Haven. USA.15th November-17th December 2012
• LOOP 2012. Bankside Gallery. 6th-11th November 2012
• NinePrintMakers. Riverside Studios, London. 19th November-9th December 2012.
• Everyday Encounters. The William Morris Gallery, London. 13th October-23rd December 2012
• RE OPEN. Artist Talk-Artist Books & Prints. Bankside Gallery, London 26th August 2012
• Surrey Artists Open Studios. Ochreprint Studios, Guildford. 16th/17th & 24th/25th June 2012
• Turn, Turn, Turn... Margate Gallery. Margate. 25th May-10th June
• RE Annual Exhibition. Bankside Gallery, London. 11th May-10th June 2012
• Printathon-ELP Annual Exhibtion. Smokehouse, London. 7th June-1st July 2012
• Turn The Page.The Forum, Norwich. 4th & 5th May 2012
• Glasgow International Artist Bookfair. Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow. 28th-29th April
• London Original Print Fair. The Royal Academy. London. 19th-22nd April 2012
• The Sketchbook Project. Brooklyn Art Library. USA 14th – 30th April 2012
• Spring at Smokehouse. Forman's Smokehouse Gallery, London 5th-29th April 2012
• Lost For Words. UCH Gallery. University College Hospital, London. 29th March-2nd May 2012
• Interventions. Platt Hall-Gallery of Costume. Manchester 13th January-19th May 2012
• Designer Crafts at the Mall. Mall Galleries, London. 6th-15th January 2012
• International Print Triennial. Galerie 96, Prijedor, Bosnia & Herzegovina. 9th Dec-14th Jan’12.
• 3rd Qijang International Print Festival. Qijang, SW China. Nov/December 2011
• Mini Picture Show. Bankside Gallery. 48 Hopton Street, London. 25th Nov-22nd January 2012
• NinePrintMakers. Riverside Studios Gallery. Hammersmith, London. 21st Nov-10th Dec 2011
• PMC at the Highgate Gallery. Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution18th Nov-1st December ‘11
• Pushing Print. Margate Gallery & Pie Factory Gallery. Margate 8th-29th October 2011
• International Print Biennale 2011- Drawing with Fire. Gateshead, Newcastle. 17th Sept-19th Nov
• Bookmarks IX. Infiltrating the Library Systems. UK, USA etc. September 2011-February 2012
• Small Print Big Impression. mac [Midlands Art Centre], Birmingham. 22nd October-4th December
• The Sunderland Book Project. The Arts Centre, Washington. 3rd September-5th November 2011
• Small Print Big Impression. Gallery Top, Derbyshire. 3rd September-9th October
• The Fishwick Papers. Smokehouse Gallery. London. 2nd September-3rd October 2011
• A4 Open Print Competition. UK Poly Arts Centre, Falmouth, Cornwall. 28th Aug-12th Sept 2011
• Society Of Bookbinders Conference & Competition. Warwick University 25th-28th August 2011
• The Sketchbook Project. The Full Sail University, Winter Park, Fl. USA. 29th-30th July 2011
• The Sketchbook Project. The Hyde Park Art Centre, Chicago. 14th-17th July 2011
• Small Print Big Impression. Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire. 24th July 28th August
• Bite. The Mall Galleries. 24th August-3rd September 2011
• RE Summer Exhibition. Bankside Gallery, London. 29th July-31st August 2011
SELECTED CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
• Untitled. Vyner Street Gallery. London. 4-10th July
• The Sketchbook Project. The Madrone Studios. San Francisco. 16th-18th June
• SAOS 2011. The Ochre Print Studio.18/19th & 25/26th June
• Ochre Print Studio Artists. The New Ashgate Gallery. 9th June -10th July.
• 1st International Printmaking Triennial of ULUS. Art Pavilion Belgrade. 1st - 30th June 2011
• ELP Annual Exhibition. Space, The Triangle, Mare Street, London. 8th -11th July
• 1st Internat. Biennial of Engraving-Santos 2011. Pinacoteca Calixto, SP, Brasil. 5th May-5th June
• Rootstein Hopkins Foundation Drawing Exhibition. Morley Gallery, London. 11th May-11th June
-1st Prize Awarded for Drawing for Design.
• Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers Annual Exhibn. Bankside Gallery, London. 28thApr-4thJune
• LOOP 2011. Bankside Gallery. London. 19th-25th April 2011
• The London Original Print Fair. The Royal Academy of Art. London 19th-21st April 2011
• Printmakers Council Show. Acquire Arts Gallery. London. 14th-20th April 2011
• Dreams. Freud Museum, London. 2nd March-10th April 2011
• Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition.The Mall Galleries. 2nd -12thMarch 2011
• The Sketchbook Project.
-The Brooklyn Art Library. Brooklyn, New York 19th-27th February 2011
-The Space Gallery, Portland ME. USA 30th March-2nd April 2011
-The Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas. USA. 12th March 2011
• Artists’ Book Exhibition. Cardiff Central Library. 1-31st March 2011
• Small Print Big Impression. New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester. 5th Feb-2nd May 2011
• Wharepuke Print Gallery. Bay of Islands New Zealand. March 2011
• At A Tangent. Oldham Gallery, Old Cultural Quarter, Oldham 22nd January- 10th April
• Printed Matter: Follow-ed (after Hokusai).
-Winchester School of Art. 24th Jan-10th March
-Gallery P74, Prushnikova, Ljubljana, Slovenia 11th March-3rd April 2011

24 SELECTED ARTIST BOOKS HELD IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS.

1. TO BARE OR NOT TO BARE The contradictory needs of revelation and concealment of parts of the body, by its adherence to the seductive principle of dress, are explored within the female form via a male gaze. This book unfolds multiple narratives of Topless Garments, through various temporal and cultural perspectives, dependent on size, shape and style.

2. aGAINST tHE gRAIN The defiance of convention in dress and book design is used to explore the male issue of clothing through a female gaze. The transience and permanence of material and style (fashion, fads & foibles) is illustrated in the ephemeral methods of instruction and construction of clothing via the media.

3. OUTSIDE INA book of blank pages that has to be undressed to reveal a boustrophedon reading of the direction, technological progress to construct and reproduce the human body is taking. Is it forwards or backwards?

4. OBSCURE Etymologically the words shoe and obscure share a link, an ironic reference to the functionality of footwear. The sensibilities of adorning tools of torture (from poulaines to pattens, through winklepickers to stilettos) that inflict permanent deformities on our weight bearing extremities are questioned. Is escape from this vicious cycle/circus possible?

5. 10 to 20 SIZING UP THE OPPOSITION A Book and CD-ROM featuring an enquiry into sizing ourselves in response to the conflicting messages issued by the manipulators of dress style, the media and fashion industry. Do humans cut the cloth to fit their bodies or tailor their bodies to fit the clothing?

6. CAST OFFSA book of photo-etched images depicting aspects of knitting, taken from archival records and my own knitting paraphernalia. The row by row construction of patterns in knitwear is similar to the way that letters, words, sentences, paragraphs and chapters form the semantics in books. Stopping at an inappropriate place, to resume later, can affect the smooth continuity of both processes and markers help to pick up the threads. Selected image fragments have been taken for the Bookmarks III project, to address how selection of detail results in loss of context. (touring exhibition -The Sitting Room, UK, Europe, USA & Mexico)

7. TO WHAT LENGTHS DO WOMEN/WE MEN GO TO?A white scroll of embossed images featuring dressmaking patterns published in 19th century mens fashion magazines and the interactive gaze between the two sexes. Text as perforations and elements of sewing as hidden watermarks requires light to ease the reading.

8. CLOTHES ENCOUNTERS All human cultures adorn their bodies with clothes. This marks the boundary between the private and public space, which forms a personal habitus. Constantly we are informed as to how and what to wear by seen and unseen forces. The readymade tailored garments beg us to slip into predetermined sizes irrespective of the genetic makeup that has designed our body shapes and sizes. The amount of skin/flesh that maybe revealed or concealed shifts through temporal and cultural perspectives, again dictating what form of clothing is acceptable. This book explores the social currency that clothes hold in establishing the dialogue between the wearer and viewer. Etched images of mannequins unfold against a backdrop of embossed dress patterns and stitch related words rendering a tactile reading. Stitched words are unpicked and the memory is left behind (perforations made by the needle marks allow light to filter through to give another narrative). There are multiple readings throughout the book as exists within the hieroglyphics that evolve within encounters with clothes. (4.5m long book exhibited in a touring show of the UK titled: art of the STITCH and the Wrexham Print International. Variations on the theme also shown in the 5th International Columbia Book & Paper Arts Triennial, Chicago; The Knitting and Stitching Show: touring NEC Birmingham /Alexandra Palace, London/RDS, Dublin/Harrogate International Centre ).

9. THE COUNTESS AND THE HOUSEWIFE1A book that attempts to blur the boundaries between the superstar status of fine art and the low profile of craft, while also comparing the hierarchy within the crafts.1.housewife : a small sewing kit issued to soldiers.

10. THE GLASS CEILING A book constructed in glass reflecting on the gender disparity and discrimination within the workplace.

11. PERCEPTIONA series of books that explore the varying perceptions that individuals have of reading the same material. Originally designed for the perception of deafblindness, variations on this theme forms a multipart interactive set of books that is completed by multiple readers. [Exhibited at the 7th Helen Keller International Award, PMC show, Tactile at Otter Gallery, University of Chichester]

12. READINGThe reader is invited to read between the lines of a set of his and hers pillowbooks that addressed the gender disparity in the recognition of scientific and medical achievements, while reflecting on different cultural references. (Designed for a Public Art Exhibition in the bedding department of John Lewis to celebrate Black History month).

13. PLEATS DID NOT PLEASE MEAn abstract reflection on the gendered disparate elements of school uniforms in Sri Lanka. Girls wore white starched pressed pleated dresses while boys wore coloured separates, shorts and shirts.

14. TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONReflects on the dialogue between the shop window mannequin and the flaneur.

15. A TALE OF A DOBEAn enquiry into how pets are tailored and manipulated to satisfy human requirements and specifications. This book lays out Dobermann Pinscher Breed Standards and questions what is acceptable through different temporal and cultural frameworks. Docking dogs tails and cropping their ears are prohibited in certain countries. The breeding of an albino dobe resulted in the weakening of the species and the untimely death due to disease. The book consists of nine loose pages, the control of the sequence and the layout is handed to the reader. [Exhibited at the Vestry House Museum and Tactile, Otter Gallery,Univ. of Chichester]

16. THROUGH THE PINHOLEPresented in the style of a Victorian Box Camera, this book contains a series of vintage photo backs, signifying the status of the sitter and the studio. The book reflects nostalgically on the era of the staged photo, which has now been replaced by the instant & constant snapping of mobile phones.

17. THE POCKET DIARYThis altered book examines the neologisms that are absorbed into the fabric of language, as George and Weedon Grossmiths Diary of a Nobody is converted into an abridged, illustrated quick read.

18. MARGINALIA - FLTMarginalia pays homage to Fermats Last Theorem, one of the most significant notes made on the margin of any book,. This 10-page book, with an uncoated margin running along its cover, is held together by a single brass screw post and may be either flipped or splayed.

19. BOOKMARXSThis collection of bookmarks explore how Marxist ideology is dissipated throughout academic literature. Detailing over 100 various editions of Marxs writings, the reader is asked to question how much of Marxs works, outside of the famous few (The Communist Manifesto, Das Capital, for example) actually impact on modern social discourses.

20. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOXA puzzle to test lateral thinking, is blind embossed on sixteen pages. The narrative unfolds the reading mechanics of artist books.

21. TURN THE PAGEExplores issues around the page turn in music manuscripts: disruption, additive percussive elements, acoustics, copyrights etc.(includes an audio recording of page turns between different publishers, editions etc). [exhibited at the BOOK TO BOOK Leeds Art Gallery]

22. THE CARBON FOOTPRINTFootprints collected from global citizens (animate/inanimate) from all the continents to reflect on environmental issues (Climate Change exhibition at CarbonArt City Hall, Mayors Office, London; Art Fellowship Challenge Exhibition)

23. BUILDING BLOCKSAn etched, embossed, stitched and laser cut book, employing the laser beam as drawing tool manually controlled randomly over the turned page. A reflection on the space in architecture and its social consequences. Embossed and stitched pages. (Melville Charitable Trust Award (1st prize) at SHELTER, Massachusetts, USA, touring till 2009; Southern Cross University Acquisitive Artist Book Award. NSW, Australia August 2009; also shown in the 5th International Columbia Book & Paper Arts Triennial, Chicag; The Knitting and Stitching Show: touring NEC Birmingham /Alexandra Palace, London/RDS, Dublin/Harrogate International Centre; Yunnan Print International, China )

24. WHAT GOES AROUND MUST COME AROUNDThe cyclical nature of fashioning the body silhouette over the ages.

Tate Britain : 1,2,3,5,11 & 20
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery : 1
PrintROOM Rotterdam : 3 & 4
Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts, London : 1 & 9
Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collection : 1 & 11
Yale Centre for British Art : 16 & 20
Southern Cross University Artist Book Collection, NSW, Australia : 23

ALL PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN BY SUMI PERERA 2006
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