Polly Verity Biography

Polly Verity - Biography

ART
	Exhibition, Sandusky, Ohio, USA April 2009 Folding Part of a group show of paper art at the Sandusky Cultural Center	April 2009
	Exhibition, Culver City, L.A. USA Papershapers Part of a group show of paper art curated by Giant Robot at Scion Installation L.A.	April/May 2009
	Exhibition, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Origami Tessellations - Part of group show of paper art. Gail Cahalan Gallery	December 2009
	Exhibition Comme des Garçons, 17-18 Dover St London W1S 4LT Chimerae Miniature wire and paper sculptures of mythological creatures in Glass Domes Collector & Curator - Emma Hawkins	December 2007
	Exhibition of Paper folding, Ohio, USA Part of group show in Oberlin.	March 2007
	Exhibition Comme des Garçons, 17-18 Dover St London W1S 4LT h y b r i d s Miniature wire and paper sculptures of mythological creatures in Glass Domes Alongside miniature costumes by Anna Cocciadiferro. Collector & Curator - Emma Hawkins	August 2006
	Large Scale External sculpture Wire framed Cow Leaping through a building in the Cowgate, Edinburgh Almost life-size cow fashioned in half so that the front comes through one side of the building and her back quarters the other. She still resides there above The Caves and The Rowen Tree.	February 14th - March 14th 2007
	Solo Exhibition - Howden Park Centre, Livingston, West Lothian Wire and Paper, Bend and Fold Birds in glass cases with folded paper backdrops	July 1st - August 9th 2005
	Exhibition – Red Door Gallery, Edinburgh Wire frame sketches	September 2003 to present
	Costume creation – Miller-Geisler Gallery, New York Costume Building Created for and worn by artist Anna Ellerington during her gallery show	November 2003
	Exhibition – Out of the Blue, Edinburgh Wire Frame	Festival August 2003
	Performance – Koln, Germany Peace War A live sound installation performance inside the Deutcher Brucker, Koln with Edinburgh based artist spotov Flat-pack folded paper geometrical costume, wind-machines, screeching membranes and megaphones designed for the astounding acoustics of the tunnel space.	March 2003
	Performance – Tinsmiths Workshop, Edinburgh Who is the Protlor? Verity and spotov organise and publicise the first solo show of their new art protégé. Never shy of turning anything into a performance, this undertaking is carried out in the guise of the spinsisters [sic], the two insufferable Miss Gambles.	December 2002
	Performance – Arches Glasgow The Berkeley Institute Perform as part of a trio and create static styled hair for this work directed by spotov. Spy-hole lenses peep into a perfect timeless office. Kaleidoscopic illusions created with wall mirrors turn 3 secretaries into 300 with lavish “Busby Berkeley” inspired synchronisation.	2001
	Performance – Arches Glasgow Stiff Intervening with “Stiff” – art performance slot at the Intervention Fashion Show	2001
WORK


	Interactive Sound Costume Workshops for Bonnington Resource Community Collaborating with Protlor to create workshops so that adults with learning difficulties could make vibrant quick-to-create costumes based on their drawings. With a distinct hands on approach working closely with the clients to enable them to create the means to have spontaneous sound as they moved.	October 2003
	Digital Colouring for Artist Chad McCail Colouring 8’ x 5’ line drawn images of "Snake" on a computer for Chad’s show at the Baltic Gallery in Newcastle and included in the artist’s book– “Alien Genital”. This digital colouring was also used in Chad’s October/November 2003 show at the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh.	2002/2003
INTERESTS	Ashtanga Yoga – travel to India December 2003 – Feb 2004 for intensive yoga study Paper folding obsession - pleated and corrugated paper that squashes flat, workings for eventual paper dresses see work in progress at here Member of experimental electronic band “i”. Play purpose built and modified instruments also voice work through a trombone.