THE
ARTIST
Gina
Bold was born in London, 28 July 1959. She attended Hampstead
Comprehensive School and Kilburn Polytechnic (Fashion B.Tech),
then worked in the fashion industry. She learnt techniques
of stain glass in evening classes at the Mary Ward Centre,
but had an ambition for twenty years to paint. She did her
first painting Charlie with Wine Glass, tutored by
Charles Thomson at Stuckism International in June 2002. In
September 2002 she attended part-time art classes run by Louise
Kelly at Barnet College; she exhibited as a member of Students
for Stuckism group in The First Stuckist International
2002. Subsequently she exhibited as a guest artist in other
Stuckist shows 2002-3 at Stuckism International, The Princes
Foundation and Wednesbury Museum. She took part in the White
Cube and Anti-Turner Prize demos in 2002. She disassociated
herself from the Stuckists at the end of 2003 and now works
as an 'independent London artist'.
FIRST
SOLO SHOW
The
first solo show of Gina Bold's work was in July 2004 at Stuckism
International, London. The show of twelve paintings, titled
Hysterical Shock, was curated by Louise Urwin and Tom
Cowley. Some of the paintings had been shown previously at
the Gallery in other Stuckist exhibitions. The
paintings, from private collections, showed a range of Gina
Bold's work from the previous two years and charted the transition
from outer observation via the personal crisis of Hysterical
Shock to the inner world of imaginative transformation
through mythological imagery. She has described painting as
an emotional communication and "a passion that has taken
me on a journey that is starting to unlock the great mysteries
of life." The
artist was invited to participate in arranging the show, but
did not respond.
THE
STUCKISTS PUNK VICTORIAN
Work
by Gina Bold was offered for exhibition by private collectors
in an 'Ex Stuckists' section at The Stuckists Punk Victorian
show at the Walker Gallery during the 2004 Liverpool Biennial.
Because of the artist's objection, the Gallery vetoed its
inclusion. The paintings were instead shown at the Rivington
Gallery in Shoreditch with other work not included at the
Walker under the title 'Stigmata' or 'Censorious': The
Stuckists Punk Victorian. Details here.
Gina Bold
web site: www.ginabold.com
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