Beth Cullen-Kerridge

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Beth Cullen-Kerridge (born 1970) is an English sculptor.

Cullen-Kerridge was born in Stoke-on-Trent to Judith Vincent, a businesswoman, and James Cullen, a painter. She attended John Moores University [1] and the Royal College of Art. In 1994, she became the first artist to be presented with the commission for the Napoleon Garden Sculpture exhibition in Holland Park. [2] Her work was subsequently shown in two of the London Parks. [3]

Her work has been shown in exhibitions England including specifically-made sculptures for her home town of Stoke on Trent. [4] She has worked as an assistant in foundries producing works for Eduardo Paolozzi, Elisabeth Frink, and Sir Anthony Caro. [5]

In 2004 Cullen-Kerridge moved to Norfolk to work on property renovation. [6] A year later she moved to Marlow in Buckinghamshire to develop and open a gastropub, The Hand and Flowers with her husband, chef Tom Kerridge, with whom she has one son, Acey (born 2015). [7] [8] They were able to purchase the pub with the help of money she had received for a sculpture commission for a roundabout in Stoke. [9] She subsequently gave up producing sculpture for a number of years while she developed the business. [10]

Cullen-Kerridge travelled to Carrara in 2010, to study marble carving with artisans there. [11]

She had an exhibition at Hoxton Arches, Hoxton, East London, in 2014. [ citation needed ] Works included a formal shirt on a crucifix called "Hung out to Dry".

Her sculptures also include a shirt torso with a shark fin protruding from the back. [10] She exhibited at Gallery Different in Percy Street, London in October 2015. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Notable alumni". www.ljmu.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Five Minutes with | Sculptor Beth Cullen Kerridge | edition magazine". Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  3. ↑ CASS Foundation Archived 19 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Dalya Alberge (25 September 2014). "Beth Cullen show tilts at 'suits' who failed to finance Tom Kerridge venture". The Guartian. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  5. ↑ The Last Judgement Sculpture by Anthony Caro - Venice Biennale - Catalogue published by Verlag Paul Swiridoff - Special thanks Beth Cullen Preface pg 3
  6. ↑ "About Beth". Beth Cullen Kerridge. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Sculptor Beth Cullen Kerridge on art, life with Tom and why they had to give up booze". i . 10 October 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  8. ↑ Caroline Davies (6 October 2011) "Hand & Flowers becomes first pub to win two Michelin stars", theguardian.com. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  9. ↑ Art Architecture and Sculpture, Fiona Waterhouse,George Noszlopy, Paperback,Series: Public Sculpture of Britain)
  10. 1 2 Dalya Alberge (25 September 2014) "Beth Cullen show tilts at ‘suits’ who failed to finance Tom Kerridge venture", theguardian.com. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  11. ↑ Tim Adams (16 November 2014) "Beth Cullen Kerridge and Tom Kerridge: art, food and the trouble with bankers", The Guardian. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "SUPERSUITS - Exhibition Page". www.gallerydifferent.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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