Exhibitions
and Reviews
Current and Forthcoming
Shows and Events:
A number of silhouette
pieces by Lois Cordelia will be featured as part
of
SUFFOLK
ART
August 16th - 28th 2010
Click for map: Tourist
Information Centre,
St Stephen's Church, St
Stephen's Lane, Ipswich IP1 1DP
Monday - Saturday 9.00am
- 5.00pm (3.30pm on final day) - Admission Free
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"Habibti"
Screening of short film drama,
featuring artwork by Lois Cordelia
Autumn 2010,
London - time and venue to be announced.
A collection of landscape
paintings and portraits by Lois
Cordelia will be featured as part of a short film
drama, "Habibti",
based on a humorous short story by Ari
Folman (award winning
writer/director of "Waltz with
Bashir"), dealing with creative resolutions
to racial tensions between African and Asian
communities in South London.
Writers: Nour Wazzi and
Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan.
Panacea
Productions
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Lois Cordelia will
perform a live demonstration of her Silhouette
Paper-cut Art
at a meeting of the Embroiderers'
Guild Suffolk East Branch
Wednesday March 9th 2011
- N.B. Private meeting, for E.G.S.E.B.
members only
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Previous
Exhibitions and Events
Open Studio
Weekends
(as part of Suffolk
Open Studios):
Weekends, June
2010
Also throughout
the year, by appointment
2 Heywood
Close, IPSWICH IP2 9LG
A chance to see how the artist
works. SOS (Suffolk Open Studios) members invite
you to visit them in their studios, giving you
the opportunity to see the
creative process, discuss
the artist’s motivation and ask questions. There
will be work in progress, as well as finished,
some of which may be for sale, though there is no
pressure to buy.
Comments
from visitors to Open
Studio
Weekends June 2010:
"Refreshing to see
such beauty in our fragmented digital age!"
"As always I am in awe of
your endless patience and elegant designs."
"What an amazing gift you have for bringing
to life what are essentially just plain
materials. The composition, the flow, the
movement, the soul in all your pieces are
outstanding."
"Lovely to see your Islamic calligraphy
being used with your unique style and
technique."
"What a wonderful special place and what
fantastic inspirational work."
"Even more wonders to see!"
"Fantastic! Awe-inspiring! Inspires the
mind! Keep it up!"
"Wonderful surprise of art!"
"I came away feeling really inspired."
"Amazing works, so different from one
another, as if from different artists."
"Very talented artist who deserves wide
recognition."
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Silhouette
Paper-cut Art Workshop
Saturday 22nd May
2010, 10am - 4pm, Howden Park Centre, Livingston
EH54 6AE
"Lois Cordelia will
demonstrate and teach the basic techniques of her
intricate paper-cut creations, and present a
brief overview of the folk-art origins of this
unusual medium. You
will explore your own creativity in cutting
spirited paper 'silhouettes' by hand, using a
scalpel, balancing the blade's precision with
free flowing lines. Lois will guide you through
the evolving stages of design, drawing and
cutting, encouraging you to experiment with
elements of pattern, colour and texture,
re-evaluating the humble piece of paper: no
longer merely as a canvas, but as a medium in its
own right. Create
something extraordinary out of something
ordinary."
"Excellent
workshop giving a good grounding in the basics of
paper-cut silhouette art - more of these types of
art events please!"
"Will use in future projects - really clear
instructions."
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A number of silhouette
paper-cuts by Lois Cordelia were featured as part
of the
Suffolk Open Studios
Showcase Exhibition, Blackthorpe Barn,
Rougham
15th to 24th May 2010
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Love Letters
Exhibition of
silhouette papercuts by Lois Cordelia, inspired
by meditations on divine beauty and harmony, and
by mystical love poetry from the Middle East and
beyond. Part of the Edinburgh Festival of
Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace (MESP) 2010
Tues 2nd February - Fri
5th March 2010, Edinburgh
University Chaplaincy Centre
Comments
from visitors to Love
Letters February-March 2010:
"Wonderful. ... I
keep coming back to marvel again."
"Really remarkable work: unusual and highly
skilled."
"Meditative. Beautiful. Thank you."
"So impressed, I came back! ...
So impressed, I came back again, and brought my
family!"
"I love how your pictures have captured the
stillness of movement,
giving them a feeling of serenity."
"Absolutely superb! Wonderful imagination
& skill;
especially liked designs incorporating Arabic
text."
"I really enjoyed the diversity of style and
subject matter which nevertheless was united by
your artistic vision, concept and voice. Very
inspiring exhibition."
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Two silhouette
paper-cuts by Lois Cordelia were featured as part
of
Suffolk
Open
Studios
(S.O.S) - Autumn Exhibition 2009
23rd Nov - 24th Dec - "The
Upstairs Gallery", Beccles, Suffolk
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Metamorphosen
(Metamorphoses)
Kulturforum
Schwimhalle Schloss Ploen, Germany - Sunday 8th
to Tuesday 10th November 2009
Exhibition of
Silhouette Art and three Evening
Presentations
about the History
and Development of Paper-cut Art by Lois
Cordelia.
Accompanied by a concert of
French Impressionist harp music, played by Janina Albrecht,
and by a reading of Rudyard
Kipling's "The Butterfly That Stamped",
read by Friedrich
Wackernagel
Comments
from visitors to Metamorphosen November 2009:
"Eine seltene und
absolut sehenswerte Kunst.
Fantastisch und liebenswert!"
"Bewundernswert!"
"Ueberaschend ist die Vielfalt der Themen.
... Eine Vielfalt der Formen, filigran
geschnitten, aber ausdruckstark."
"Es ist eine ganz besondere Atmosphaere hier
in der Ausstellung, und alles wird bestimmt seine
Spuren hinterlassen!"
"Ist es die handwerkliche Kunst oder sind es
die geschwungenen Linien, die mich begeistern?
Wahrscheinlich beiden. Das Schoenste ist: in fast
allen Bildern ist Bewegung!"
"Vielen Dank fuer diese bezaubernd, sehr
aussergewoehnliche Kunst und die vielen
Hintergrundsinformationen."
"Eine wunderschoene Entdeckung!"
With harpist Janina Albrecht, whose
beautiful playing accompanied the first evening
presentation
Photograph by Elisabeth Ruebcke
Photograph by Elisabeth Ruebcke
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"Sanctuary 4
Art"
Bacchus Barn,
Lawshall, UK - Sat 19th & Sun 20th September
2009
Featuring a number of silhouette
paper-cuts and plaster sculptures by Lois
Cordelia,
along with works by David Leeming, Tilly
Taylor-Levy and Lizzy Hall.
"Samson"
and "Diamond
Siren"
"Rearing
Unicorn" and "Kicking
Horse" displayed on an
elegant Chinese sideboard
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A number of silhouette pieces by
Lois Cordelia were featured as part of
SUFFOLK
ART
August 17th - 29th 2009 St
Stephen's Church, Ipswich
Joint exhibition with other local artists.
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Open Studio
Weekends
N.B. Also by appointment
throughout the year
- please contact me
for full details
(as part of Suffolk
Open Studios): Weekends June
2009 - Ipswich, England
Please click
here for my S.O.S. brochure listing
A chance to see how the
artist works. SOS (Suffolk Open Studios) members
invite you to visit them in their studios, giving
you the opportunity to see the
creative process, discuss
the artist’s motivation and ask questions. There
will be work in progress, as well as finished,
some of which may be for sale, though there is no
pressure to buy.
Comments
from visitors to Open
Studio
Weekends June 2009:
"I could have
watched you and spent hours in your studio - was
so much to see. Incredible."
"Your work puts one in a different
world."
"An artist with a truly special talent, such
diversity in thought, execution and meaning. A
very special exhibition."
"Beautiful new 'slant' on traditional
cultured craft. So clever!"
"You must need steady hands!"
"What a lovely way to spend an
afternoon!"
"A lovely delicate technique requiring a lot
of patience."
"Unbelievable! ... I could study your pieces
for ages. Truly breathtaking!"
"So diverse and intricate - I felt like I
was in Aladdin's cave!"
"Never ceases to amaze."
"Open Studio", June
2009. Photograph by John Buelow-Osborne
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A number of silhouette pieces by
Lois Cordelia were featured as part of
"CHOICE"
Artworks-MK, Milton Keynes.
November 15th 2008 - January 10th 2009
Exhibition and sale of
contemporary craft from nationally selected
makers:
Textiles, Glass, Jewellery, Prints, Ceramics, and
much more...
"Artworks-MK" Gallery, Milton Keynes.
December 2008.
The picturesque setting of the
"Artworks-MK" gallery, Milton Keynes.
December 2008
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Solo exhibition of silhouette
art - October 14th-20th 2008
VIEW From The Top gallery, Nottingham
Comments
from visitors to THE MOON
TREE Oct 2008:
"Amazing mix of
vision and technology. Wonderful! Thank
you."
"Very beautiful and technically brilliant
too. Love them."
"Very interesting work - intricately
cut!"
"Very beautiful and appealing."
"Breathing new life into an eighteenth
century tradition!"
"Awesome!"
"I just love your collection. I could look
at them all day. Thank you for making my day."
"Love your work. So fine and detailed. You
obviously are very patient."
"Amazing, it's always so uplifting to see
that there are people who pride themselves on
their craft and storytelling. I can walk back to
my degree, inspired all over again on my current
project."
"The 'Proud Stag' spoke to me, as I come
from Canada. It was a wonderful reminder of home.
I loved the warmth of the background as
well."
"View
From The Top" Gallery, Nottingham. October
2008
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SUFFOLK
ART
- Silhouettes
September 1st - 13th
2008, St Stephen's Church, Ipswich
Joint exhibition with
other local artists. Featuring silhouette art by
Lois Cordelia.
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THE BURNING
BUSH
Solo Exhibition of Silhouette Art
July
21st - August 2nd 2008, Ancient House Gallery,
Ipswich
Comments
from visitors to THE BURNING
BUSH July-Aug 2008:
"Fantastic and
unique, far and away the most creative collection
I have seen."
"So unusual - superb."
"Very beautiful, intricate work. We love
it!"
"Exceptional, very nice surprise."
"Very original."
"Truly beautiful work!"
"Your paper-cuts suspended in the window
against the light
look almost supernatural, if I may say so!"
"An amazing talent that deserves a bigger
venue."
"Delicacy
and strength - what a combination!"
"Inspiring and unique work. Destined to go
far."
"Knockout! You have done it again, show
stopper, sure detail. You amaze me."
"What patience and talent!"
"Contageous! May the Fire burn and
spread!"
The
atmospheric timber-framed "Ancient House
Gallery", Ipswich. July 2008
Performing
a live demonstration of the silhouette cutting
technique. July 2008.
Unframed
silhouettes suspended across a window, to
emphasize the stark black and white contrast
created by light from behind.
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COVER
VERSIONS
14th-31st May 2008,
View From The Top gallery,
Nottingham
A joint exhibition with other artists
featuring "recycled record sleeves -
revamped and reinvented by artists
working in a variety of mediums."
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SuffolkArt
Joint exhibition
with other Suffolk-based artists,
Aug-Sep 2007, at St Stephen's Church,
Ipswich
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Coyaba
Solo
exhibition at the Coyaba Jamaican
Restaurant, Edinburgh, featuring
portraits, paintings and silhouette
cut-outs inspired by themes of Jamaica,
Africa, Roots Reggae and Rastafari.
December 2006 - January 2007
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CHIAROSCURO
(Italian: "Light and Dark")
Solo exhibition of silhouettes and
portraits. January 2007, at the Fine Art
Library, Edinburgh |
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ROOTS
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Solo
mixed-media exhibition featuring
portraits, paintings, silhouette
cut-outs, and sculptures. Sep-Oct 2006 at
the University of Edinburgh Chaplaincy
Centre, Edinburgh
Comments
from visitors to ROOTS Sep-Oct 2006:
"A
beautifully striking - sometimes haunting
- exhibition."
"Beautiful living pictures.
Obviously a lot of love went into your
work."
"The life expressed in the eyes of
the portraits is remarkable. Some
challenging, thought-provoking angles
too!"
"Remarkable breadth of subject
matter and versatility with different
media - though, above all, a coherent
whole. You have a wonderfully clear
artistic voice and use it to say
something worth saying."
"Absolutely breathtaking! There is
such a moving spirituality and beauty in
the work as if one could feel each
piece's essence or soul."
"Wonderful pictures! They portray
the subjects' personalities and inner
beings as well as their outer
appearances."
"Vivid and stunning - a beautiful
and thought-provoking exhibition."
"You have such a marvellous gift!
You really do bring people to life on
paper."
"A really diverse set of media and
inspirations!"
"She has talent! Buy now, before her
work becomes expensive."
"A beautifully presented exhibition.
The paintings and sculptures reflect the
spirit and soul of completeness and
unity. Peace, love and authenticity
emanate from each one."
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White House,
Great Glemham
May
2005
A
number of sculptures were featured at an
exhibition at the White House, Great
Glemham, in May 2005.
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Mythology and
Religion
September
2002
Solo
mixed-media exhibition, held at The
Ancient House, Ipswich, in September
2002, featuring sculptures in plaster and
Fimo, as well as paintings, drawings and
silhouette art.
Comments
from visitors to Mythology
& Religion, Sep 2002:
"Intriguing
and full of surprises."
"Unusual and courageous!"
"Lovely interesting pieces, unusual
style and finish."
"Exquisite and impressive - keep
going!"
"Breathtaking. You should go
far."
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General feedback:
"You amaze me every time you create
something."
~
Anonymous site visitor, August 2008.
"Your work really never ceases to amaze
me. You find beauty in the mundane, eternity in
the everyday world. Simply, hats off..."
~ Ritayan
Mukherjee, site visitor, July 2008
"Thanks for the chance to look at your
artwork...I am VERY impressed. You have a great
style which seems to transcend whatever medium
you choose to use. Your paintings are very
good...as are your "other" works! I
especially liked your sculpture, it really is
your medium. There is life in your horses and
that is very rare!"
~ Steve
Hughes, site visitor, July 2008
"I'm extremely impressed with your art,
all the mediums you've mastered..."
~
Anonymous site visitor, March 2008
"Your site is a glowing smile of vibrant
energy both noble and authentic. I enjoyed your
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vitality and riveting presence make it a
meaningful experience for the viewer. Thank you
for sharing your personal story as it is a vivid
memoir that is a testament to your imagination
and sincerity. It is a
garment that you wear well. I wish you an all
embracing light that illuminates a path of
visionary experience and universal truth."
~
Anonymous site visitor, October 2007
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