Polly Verity - Biography
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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 |
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Exhibition – Red Door Gallery, Edinburgh Wire frame sketches |
September 2003 to present |
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Costume
creation – Miller-Geisler Gallery, New York |
November 2003 |
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Exhibition
– Out of the Blue, Edinburgh Wire Frame |
Festival August 2003 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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| 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 | |
| EDUCATION |
Furniture Design BA Course (unfinished)
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1989 - 1990 |
| INTERESTS | Ashtanga
Yoga – travel to India December 2003 – Feb 2004
for intensive yoga study |
ongoing |