Since completing my first degree in Fine Art at Coventry University more than 10 years ago, I have embarked on a journey into commercial art that has been, above all things, diverse. Setting up my own business ‘Painted Interiors by Design’ in 2002 has opened doors onto an array of interesting clients and commissions from Warwickshire to the West Indies, resulting in a growing list of patrons. Specialising in mural work, the commissions I have undertaken include; a wide range of murals for walls and ceilings, design work, architectural illustrations and even the complete paintwork restoration of an authentic decorated gypsy caravan.
The development of my own artistic concerns has run alongside the commercial work. After finishing my MA in Art History by Research at The University of Warwick in 2000, which was centred on the reception of Marcel Duchamp’s oeuvre on artists of the 1960’s, my interests have been firmly rooted in art historical sources. Inspiration for my own work comes from those artists whose works are steeped in visual poetry, including Robert Morris’s early work, Joseph Cornell, Cornelia Parker, Jannis Kounelis, Robin Rhode and above all Marcel Duchamp.
My work reflects an analysis of the inner and outer; what we project and what we hide, the balanced and the unbalanced, the hinged and unhinged side of ourselves; the fine line between the inside and the outside. The works contain objects, text and diagrammatic symbols to hint at the indefinable things within us. They offer tools for communication in the guise of written and borrowed text and symbols but deter an absolute reading; they are aimed at provoking thought and recognition through visual poetics.
All commissions are welcome for all enquiries email Lynsey or call on 07960 783080
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
2001 - 2002
Warwickshire College, Leamington Spa
FAETC (Further Adult Education Teaching
Certificate) Stage 1 and 2
1998 - 2000 University
of Warwick, Warwickshire
MA History of Art by Research
1999 - 2000 Travel
Grant awarded for study abroad to New York and
Philadelphia
1995 - 1998 Coventry
University, Coventry
BA Hons Fine Art (1st Class honours)
1994 - 1995 Coventry
University, Coventry
Degree Preliminary Course in Fine Art
1992 – 1994 East
Warwickshire College, Rugby
BTEC Diploma in Art and Design
Teaching
2001 - 2002 Warwickshire
College, Leamington Spa
Visiting Artist
2001 - 2002 Warwickshire
College, Leamington Spa
Part Time Lecturer in Sculpture (Evening
Classes)
2002 - 2002
Warwickshire Women’s Institute, Various Groups
Visiting Demonstrator
2004 - 2005 Stratford
Upon Avon College, Stratford Upon Avon
Part Time History of Art Lecturer
2008 - 2009 The Art
Group, Warwick
Part Time Tutor in Painting
July 2009 Leamington
Spa Art Gallery and Museum, Leamington Spa
Workshop facilitator for The Amazing Chang
Exhibition (17/10/09)
Exhibitions
1996 ‘Each
Gave A Strand’ - Installation and Viewer
Participation Pieces
Arcadian Centre, Birmingham
1997
‘International Woman’s Art Week’ - Small Collage
Pieces
Lanchester Gallery, Coventry
1997 ‘Grasp’ -
Mixed Media Pieces
The Custard Factory, Birmingham
1997 ‘Touring
Exhibition’ The Sandpiper Gallery - Small
Collage Pieces
Clifton on Dunsmore
1997 ‘Touring
Exhbition’ the Sandpiper Gallery - Small Collage
Pieces
Ashby de La Zouch
1998 ‘La
Trasmissione’ - Installation and Viewer
Participation Pieces
The Arches, The Canal Basin,
Coventry
1998 ‘Class of
98’ Degree Show – Installation with sound and
video pieces.
Coventry University,
Coventry
2006 ‘Arts
Week’ - Collage Pieces
Nuneaton School of Art,
Nuneaton
2006 Exhibition Review in Artspace Magazine (Winter Issue)
2008 ‘Arts
Week’ - Collage Pieces
Private studio, Rugby
2009 Surviving
History Exhibition, Living Imprint, multi-media
cabinets
Jewish Museum, Vilnius,
Lithuania
2009 The
Amazing Chang Exhibition 17/10/09 the recreation
of Chang’s props
Leamington Spa Art Gallery
and Museum, Leamington Spa
Links
Sept 2009
Surviving History Project, Vilnius, Lithuania
http://www.livingimprint.org/survivinghistory/lynsey-cleaver.html
Oct 2009
The Amazing Chang Exhibition,
Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum
http://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/features/Top-magicians-line-up-to.5065692.jp
Membership
Member of LSA (Leamington Studio Artists)
Shut 2005 |
Diagrams of the Spiritual Mind |
Tuscan Mural Detail 2002 |
Passage Way Mural Detail 2004. Commissions
available. |
Shells 2008. Paint on Mirror. |
Untitled 1998. Box Work. |
Girder on Glass 2008. Paint on Mirror. |
Butterfly Cage 2008. Paint on Mirror. |
Rust and Paper Flowers 2008. Paint on Mirror. |