Curriculum Vitae
Email: samanthajonesartist@gmail.com
Education/Qualifications
2015- 2019
Staffordshire University – BA (Hons) Fine Art, Secound Class, 1st Devision – Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
2014/2015
Newcastle Under Lyme College (NULC) – National Diploma in Art and Design – Merit Grade
Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire
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2000/2001
South Cheshire College – BTEC First Diploma in Performing Arts – Merit Grade
Crewe, Cheshire
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Awards
INSIDEOUT HEROES. 2019
Indoor Installation
1st Place Fine Art Category, GradEx19 Event
Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent.
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Exhibitions
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CAN'T BE ART, 2019, University Graduation exhibition
Cadman building, Staffordshire University, College Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
INTERFUSE, 2017, end of year level 5 exhibition
ACAVA STUDIOS, Spode Works Stoke, Staffordshire.
‘Relationships’ sculptural Painting, Soil, Acrylic Paint, Plywood panel board.
THISISTHIS, 2016, end of year level 4 exhibition
Cadman building, Staffordshire University, College Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
PERIPHERY, 2016
Cadman Building, Staffordshire University, College Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
This exhibition was curated by myself and 3 other students. The aim of this exhibition was to explore the viewers constant need to see things in the “Black & White”. The works within the show were to force us to step from the ordinary, allowing the viewer to develop their own responses to the unexpected.
End of Year Show- Confinement, 2015
Newcastle Under Lyme College (NULC), Knutton Lane, Knutton, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire
This exhibition was to showcase students artworks from their final major projects (FMP), each project was conceived planned and executed by the students themselves. My FMP was centered around the concept of Confinement.
Private commissions
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Chloe Belcher, Grogu pastel illustration, March 2021
Jane Williams, Insideout Heroes poster portrait, September 2019
Lyndsey, Holiday Home, acrylic painting, August 2014
Dominic Frost, Lone Tiger, acrylic painting, January 2014
Daniel Hambleton, Animal Portrait, acrylic Painting, October 2013
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Skills
IT Skills including Office word and PowerPoint
Presentational skills
Painting- Acrylic- Watercolour- Alcohol inks
Epoxy Resin Crafts
Freehand Sculpture
Graphite/Pastel Portraiture
Still Life Drawing
Digital Illustrations
Video Editing
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Employment/Voluntary work
February 2017
Community workshop with Letting in the Light as part of their Wonder Women group project.
Sculptural painting using natural and artificial materials.
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January 2019
Community Workshop with Letting in The Light's Wonder Women as part of studio practice.
Freehand figurative clay sculptures
August 2019
Creative workshop with The Carers Hub, Time For Me group.
Participants learned how to create images using oil pastels and graphite pencils.
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February 2020
Creative workshop with The Carers Hub, Time For Me group.
Participants learned how to create industrial like sculptures using polystyrene and mod roc.
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June 2020
Festival Echoes Commission, (Stoke Lockdown Stories)
This was a month long commission where I was asked to create experimental work in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and resulting lockdown. Artworks created include digital illustrations, photography and short video documentaries.
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September 2022- December 2022
SPLAT Staffordshire - Arts Project Worker
Splat is a local organisation which runs children's activity sessions across the Stoke 0n Trent area, where children are able to come together and socialise in a safe environment which trying different activities . During my time there my role was to develop, prepare and run different creative arts and craft workshops for the children each week.
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Art Classes
From November 2019 I have held weekly art classes teaching mark making skills with a range of media within drawing and painting. Which student are then taught to bring together to create their own images.
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Referee
Micheal Branthwaite
School of Art & Design (Crafts)
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Staffordshire University
Cadman Building
College Road
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 2DE
Email: M.Branthwaite@staffs.ac.uk
Telephone: 01782 294373
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Anne Kinnaird
Letting in The Light
64-72 Hartshill Road
Stoke on Trent
ST4 7RB
Email: anne@lettinginthelight.org.uk
Telephone: 01782 714776