Vanessa Wilson - Showgirls and Men on White Horses

Tuesday 19th – Thursday 28th March - The Plot Cafe and the Setting Gallery, Three Storeys, Nailsworth, GL6 0JE

Vanessa’s current exhibition ‘Showgirls and Men on White Horses’ is a nod to both her remembered childhood dreams and the transformation of her perceptions and understanding since that time. Fragments of her memories and elements of her life’s journey are represented in the symbolic images she explores in colour and shape across these selected works.

Vanessa Wilson was born in Karachi in 1969, but Pakistan was not home for very long and most of her early childhood was spent in Australia. The life of an ex-pat family at that time tended to encourage traditional roles for men and women – concepts Vanessa continues to explore and reflect on in her work. 

Vanessa gained her degree in Fine Art Painting from Manchester Polytechnic in 1991.  Living and working in other countries, most recently in Spain, has given her the opportunity to observe different cultures and traditions. After a stint of teaching art on her return to the UK, in 2015, Vanessa is now able to dedicate herself to her own art, working in her studio at Three Storeys in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire.

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