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Amanda

Simmons

Disciplines: Mixed Media

Location: Castle Douglas

Materials: Casting, Etching, Lino Print, Monoprint, Paper, Pencil, Photomontage, Relief Print, Screenprinting, Watercolour, Glass

www.amandasimmons.co.uk

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An applied artist with kilnformed glass for 23 years, now slowly transitioning to a more visual arts practice with printmaking, films, sculpture and writing.

Previous Experience

TRAINING – Currently taking a Fine Art master’s degree with Falmouth School of Art 2024 – Assessor Qualification, University of Highlands and Islands 2022 Masterclass with Jiri Harcuba and April Surgent, Glass Engraving, North Lands Creative Glass, 2008 Postgraduate Cert, Glass and Architecture (Distinction) Central St Martin’s College of Art & Design, London 2004 Fusing, Slumping, Mould Making, Glass Casting & Cold working Modules, Westminster College, London 2003 Stained Glass with Ray Bradley, Institute of Art, London 2002 ARTIST PRACTICE 2025 Hag, Dunfermline with Fife Contemporary, curated by Kate Pickering Glass, Perth Art Gallery, Perth, Scotland 2024 We Are Crow, Solo Show at The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh Planet Earth, London Glassblowing Residency at Void Art Centre, Derry, N.Ireland Selected for British Glass Biennale at the International Festival of Glass, Stourbridge 2023 Summer Solstice, London Glassblowing and It’s Becoming a Pattern – Pittsburgh Glass Centre, PA, USA

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