Welcome to my blog for my residency whilst in Chongqing, on the 501 Artspace Residency. I am still in the UK planning for my departure, completing last minute research and preparing all those practical logistics such as immunisations (who know I was out of date on most of them!), visas and arranging work for exhibitions whilst I am away.
Jenny Steele’s practice reflects on 20th Century architecture and interiors through drawing, sculpture and printmaking. Her most recent work responds to 1930s modernist seafront architecture in the North of England and Scotland, drawing from its utopian formalism and idealism. Steele has exhibited widely in the UK and abroad. Residencies include Manchester School of Art (2012) and 501 Artspace, Chongqing, China (2011). In 2016, she presented new work in solo exhibitions at The Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool and InCertainPlaces, Preston. Shortlisted for the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012, Steele is a Goldsmiths MFA (2007) and Duncan of Jordanstone (2002) graduate.
