Investigative visual artist//Exploratory site-specific sculptures & installations//Concealed curator
CAREER
2005 – current Independent artist & curator
2015 – current Learning & Engagement Team Member Leamington Spa Art Gallery Museum (Warwick District Council)
2015 - current Exhibitions & Collections Assistant
2005 – 2015 Senior Gallery Assistant
2010 – 2012 Publicity Officer
2006 – 2007 Visiting Lecturer UCE Birmingham, teaching subjects at Foundation level; art history and critical theory
MY WORK HAS BEEN EXHIBITED AT
2021
-Gallery No.32, Winter Sculpture Park, London
2020
-Commission: Inter-Connectivity; interactive sculpture at Spark Conference for creative businesses
-Curator sculpture trail St Mary's Allotments, Leamington Spa
-RBSA Prize Exhibition 2020, Birmingham
-Commission Llanthropology Project, Gloucester
2019
-Sui Generis exhibition at Plas Bodfa, Beaumaris, Wales, www.plasbodfa.com
-36 Exposures at Fringe Arts Bath Festival, https://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/
-Refugee Week 2019 at City Arts Nottingham
-curator Binswood Allotments Sculpture Project, Prime Projects
2018
-Sunny Bank Mills Gallery, Leeds, Forms Assembled in the Light: The KPP Prize for Art, Architecture and Design 1st September – 28th October
-Direct Art Action Gallery, Sutton Coldfield
-City Arcadia Gallery, Coventry
2017
-Coventry Biennial of Contemporary Art
-The Old Market Gallery, Rotherham, Yorkshire
-curator WOS Spring Exhibition, The Old Waiting Room, Rugby Station
-Floor ONE Gallery, Rugby Art Gallery & Museum
(MORE EXTENSIVE EXHIBITION LIST CAN BE REQUESTED)
INDEPENDENT CURATORIAL PROJECTS
-OPEN 2007 and 2009 exhibitions at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
-2017: Warwickshire Open Studios Spring Show, Landmarks, at The Old Waiting Room, Rugby Station
-2018: WOS women artists' sculpture trail, Harbury
-2019: 18 women artists and their responses to Binswood Allotments, Leamington Spa
-2020: HOD sculpture trail at St Mary's Allotments, Leamington Spa
https://tammywoodrow6.wixsite.com/stmary-sculptures
https://primeartprojects.wixsite.com/mysite
GALLERY WORK EXPERIENCE
-presentations about contemporary art and art history
-installation of exhibitions/art transportation
-managing the Art Gallery shop
-delivering adult art & craft workshops, for example Contemporary Sculpture for Adults
-programming of talks
-certificates in museum conservation
LEADING DIGITAL PROJECTS
in 2012 I was instrumental in acquiring a substantial Arts Council Digital Content Development grant (approx £22,000). At Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum I supervised the creation of a digital ‘postcart’ (touch screen kiosk with printing facilities), collaborating with furniture makers, software developers and artists.
FILM PROGRAMMING
between 2009-2011 I launched a weekly programme of contemporary short films, named Thursday Flickers at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum.
EDUCATION
2005 – 2006
Postgraduate Diploma, MA Histories of Art & Design, UCE Birmingham. Researched topics: The Transcendental and the Material, Conditions of Production, Consumption and Reception, The Body, The Canon and its Others, Signification and Representation, Philosophical Issues in Art and Design, Cultures of Imperialism, Class and Gender in Art and Design
2005
BA (Hons) Fine Art, UCE Birmingham, 2/1 degree, Topic of dissertation: A discussion of the intellectual aspects of Minimalism
CURATORIAL AND DESIGN SKILLS
I have got many years of experience of organizing exhibitions and events at unusual locations, inside and outside. Curatorial (design) skills can involve many aspects like transforming spaces into exhibition, shop & engagement spaces, eg adapting the Royal Pump Rooms foyer into a 1960s inspired salon, suitable to host events for the ARTIST ROOMS Diane Arbus show. I have curated 2 allotment sculpture trails in Warwickshire (please have a look at the websites). In addition, I curated the OPEN 2007 and 2009 exhibitions at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum. These are showcases for professional artists from the West Midlands. Most recently I have created a Winter Shop for Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, presenting Warwickshire based fine artists and designers.