The
Unofficial Website
The Rotherham-Based Artist Vincent Snee
Vincent Snee is a Sheffield lad born in 1957. He lives and works in Rotherham so I thought I'd add a bit about him here. He held an exhibition at Rotherham Art Gallery summer 2002 and it was one of the best that I have seen there. You must understand that I do not like chocolate box art or photographic representations: certainly you will get neither of these from Vincent.
Vincent's Mission Statement:-
"I work on paper, using graphite, oils, printmaking inks, etc. I am influenced by among other things, cartography, chaos theory, the science of visual perception, Cubism and the artists Jasper Johns, Frank Stella and Gerhard Richter. I aim in my work to create a visual graffiti/map of my personal contemporary visual experiences. I try to engage the viewer on as many levels as possible- visual and conceptual. The work I create is personally symbolic of the ideas, concerns and obsessions of the contrasting perceptions of constraint and freedom. For me Art is one of the few areas of of human experience where the individual can still attain a level of freedom of thought that is often denied and repressed for most people. In a work of Art anything is possible...."
Image adapted from one on Vincent's website.
Solo exhibitions
2002 Borderline, Sheffield University, Sheffield
2002 Earth, Rotherham Arts Centre, Rotherham
2000 Landed, Swinton Lock Adventure Centre, Rotherham
2000 Landed, Room 58, The Waterways Museum, Goole
2000 Landed, Unit 2 Gallery, Penistone, near Sheffield
2000 Marked, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield
1999 Living Space, Rotherham Arts Centre, Rotherham
1997 MA Exhibition, Aberystwyth, Autumn
Group exhibitions
2000 Sampled, Yorkshire Artspace Group Show, Rotherham Arts Centre, Rotherham
1996 Clock Tower Gallery, Sheffield
Prizes and awards
2000 Funding for hire of photographer to photograph work, Yorkshire Arts
1999 Funding for solo exhibition, Livingspace, Rotherham College of Arts and Technology
1996 Bursary to enable me to study for MA, Department for Education
1995 University of Leeds Armes Prize, form achieving highest marks in final degree examinations
1992 Access to Art and Design Course, Prize, Rotherham College of Arts and Technology
Qualifications
1997 MA, Fine Art, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
1996 BA Hons, Combined Studies/Fine Art, 1st, Barnsley College
1993 Access Course, Art and Design, Rotherham College of Arts and Technology, Rotherham
Training and work experience
2000 Career Development For Artists Training Day, Workstation, Sheffield
Teaching experience
1997 Part-time Tutor, Fine Art, Faculty of Creative Arts, Rotherham College of Arts and Technology, Rotherham
Professional societies
Yorkshire Artspace Society
Collections
Northern General Hospital, Sheffield
Rotherham Museums and Arts
Areas of work
Tertiary education, Adult education, Exhibiting, Lecturing
Art skills
Drawing, Painting, Printmaking
Interests
Ceramics, Murals, Photography, Practice-based research, Private commissions
Languages spoken
English
Vincent has been in touch and let me know that he now has a website that showcases his works and this can be found at www.vincentsnee.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk.
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Education:
1991-93 Access to Art and Design, Rotherham College of Arts and Technology.
1993-96 Degree Fine Art, Barnsley College.
1996-1997 MA Fine Art, Aberystwyth University.
Employment:
Fine Art Lecturer at Rotherham College of Arts and Technology, 1997 - ongoing. Duties include teaching life drawing and painting, printmaking and developing personal fine art projects
with Access and Foundation students. Also teaches CON community education classes in painting and drawing.