Born 1990. Lives and works in London.
Interested in ecology and connection, Amiralis explores our relationships with community, landscape and material. The act of finding materials and developing a work or project, is integral to the artists process.
Materials are found by chance and it is important to know that the act of finding is never a hunt. Conscious of the mediums journey, from creation to landfill, the artist recycles materials from work to work. A viewer will often see materials flow from one form to another. These forms, when not being used, sit in the artists material library.
Through experimentation and play, found objects are used to create site specific sculpture and public proposals. Themes of (urban and earth) architecture and land art are embedded within the artists socially engaged practice.
Amiralis is inspired by artists such as Agnes Denes, Isamu Noguchi and Richard Long who create public and land sculpture works. They each exhibit unique socio-political ideas and have a sensitivity towards nature and audience.
To investigate how art can invite audience engagement and action further, Amiralis has launched projects that provide new opportunities to research, learn and connect with others through experience. Projects are formed by a two-part process, half with thorough research and planning and half with improvisation. These explore new rural and urban landscapes however over the course of the pandemic have also entered the digital realm. This has enabled projects to continue in a new format whilst still providing opportunities for personal development and collaboration.
Contact
Email: v.amiralis@gmail.com
Instagram: @vickieamiralis
Current
2020 - 2021: MA Fine Art, UAL Chelsea College of Arts
2014 - Ongoing: Project Manager, The Vinyl Factory
Current Charity Roles
Advisory Board, In Place of War
Volunteer, Artist In Transit
Awards
UAL Home Postgraduate Scholarship
Education
2020 - 2021 MA Fine Art, UAL Chelsea College of Arts
2019 - 2020 GD Fine Art, UAL Chelsea College of Arts [Distinction]
2008 - 2011 BA Media Arts, Royal Holloway University of London [2:1]
Selected Exhibitions
2021 I'm Ready To Dance Again, Safehouse I & II, London UK
Stone Fifty Six, Bruton Farm, Somerset UK
Six Sites, Off-Site in Beijing, Bucharest, Edinburgh, Geneva, London & Nice
Fragments, Off-Site in Japan, U.K & Switzerland & online
Postcards from Isolation, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Heterotopia International Festival, online
H2oooo, online
2020 Late at Tate, online
Healing Landscapes, The Cookhouse, London UK
MY1B VE, online
DIY Art Show, Off-site London UK
The Art Jar, Off-site London UK
Lockdown, Off-site London UK
UAL Graduate Showcase, online
ADV Residency, online
The Victorian Solarium, online
The Anti-Rocket, online
2019 Different Visuals, Lightly Touched, Triangle Gallery, London UK
Open Studio, UAL Chelsea College of Arts, London UK
2011 Graduate Show, University of London Royal Holloway, London UK
Doodle Station, Firestation Arts & Culture Centre, Windsor UK
Selected Curated Exhibitions
2014 These New Puritans, Magnetic Field, 180 The Strand London UK
2013 Dinos Chapman, Luftbobler, The Vinyl Factory Soho London UK
VF Collection, The Vinyl Factory Chelsea London UK.
2012 Lyle Owerko, The Boombox Project, The Vinyl Factory Chelsea
Tim Noble & Sue Webster, N/O, The Vinyl Factory Chelsea
Martin Creed, Love to me, The Vinyl Factory Chelsea
Shepard Fairey, The Vinyl Factory Chelsea
Grace Jones & Chris Levine, Superstar, The Vinyl Factory Chelsea
2011 Damien Hirst & Flea, The Vinyl Factory Chelsea
Warren Du Preez & Nick Thornton Jones, The Vinyl Factory Chelsea
Selected Projects
2014 - 21 The Vinyl Factory Label Releases, online
2015 Doug Aitken, Station to Station: A 30 Day Happening Recordings, Barbican Centre
Christian Marclay, Live at the White Cube Series
Jeremy Deller, Factory Records Jukebox, Venice Biennale
2014 Trevor Jackson, FORMAT, Brewer Street Car Park
Marina Abramovic, An Artist Manifesto, Spoken word recording at Serpentine Gallery
Residencies
2020 ADV Residency, online
2019 Ditch Residency, Crete, GR
Publications
2020 MAFAZINE, Hot Egg 02: An Enquiry, online
MAFAZINE, Hot Egg 01: The Interviews, online
A Small Collection of Activities, Downloadable here
Press
NORSICAA Soho Radio, Interview
Previous Roles
2011 - 14 Curator & Gallery Manager, The Vinyl Factory
2010 - 11 Curator & Gallery Manager, Firestation Arts & Culture Centre
2010 Art Director, Hospital Club
2009 Set Designer, Combined Minds