Land Sea Mind
Open Wednesday 7th May 2025 – Closes 6th July 2025
Claire West is a painter and printmaker who works from her studio in Beverley. Her work is made with the intention of bringing joy through uplifting colours and subject matter. Claire allows her work to organically develop. Through a series of layers and mark making, images evolve when her imagination is free to invent and respond to the random marks.
Initially Claire trained in Interior Design before taking her Degree at Hull School of Art. She believes that good training in design has enabled her to balance her strong use of colour and composition. During the Covid years Claire completed her Masters Degree in Creative Practice at Hull School of Art.
Claire’s work has been licensed by major retailers and is often commissioned by Television Companies. The paintings and prints are exhibited throughout the UK.
Qi Fang Colbert originally trained in traditional pottery, qualifying with a BA and MA in Visual Design at Jiangnan University in China. Qi pushed her knowledge and practice further and gained a place on the PhD Practice – led Fine Art Course at Newcastle University, UK,
She is an active artist, ceramist, illustrator, art tutor and independent researcher working between art practice and academic research
Qi’s contemporary works encompass various mediums including drawing, illustration, animation, pottery and video installations. Exploring the Surreal practice of open narratives of
stream of consciousness, her work in ceramics explores conversations and mutual encouragement between the object and drawings. Influences include are deeply inspired by Automatic Drawing, Stream of Consciousness method, Oriental painting, Taoism and Phenomenology. Qi has exhibited widely in the UK and China.
About
Studio Eleven is a gallery, studio and workshop space. We offer specialist studio space for ceramicists and a shared workshop for printmaking. Events include artists talks, performances, workshops, hire of the studio space and a rolling programme of exhibitions featuring contemporary ceramics and painting. The gallery at number 12 comprises of a main space for wall-based and plinth mounted work, and six display cases. The workshop space is situated on the first floor which also consists of a large, shared studio space with potters wheels and a large print press.
Studio Eleven was a Hull City of Culture 2017 partner. A strategic partner in developing the bid and the wider promotion of Hull as a Culture City with interventions exhibited in London and beyond by Adele Howitt. During 2017 we delivered a contemporary exhibition programme with events, workshops, and special performances by Hull Time Based Arts.
Since it was established in 2009, Studio Eleven has continually pioneered the cause of Hull’s cultural quarter in the Fruit Market area, particularly Humber Street. The gallery and workshop now resides at no; 12 on Humber Street since March 2017. Eleven is in a prime visitor location, close to Hull Marina, The Deep, Hull Museums and the newly refurbished Ferens Art Gallery. Eleven was the first creative business on Humber Street have recently been joined by the new Humber Street Gallery.
Studio Eleven workshop and gallery was established in 2009 by artists. Founder & Owner, Adele Howitt continues to direct the enterprise, enlisting the support of Clare Holdstock, and a voluntary team of artists and potters who use the studio space .
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