'ORDNANCE 149 no1' mixed media printing; digital transfer, mono, relief and silk screen 73x53cm

STEPHEN BASSINDALE

Statement:

I was bored with the standard approach to printmaking I felt it was definitely not getting anywhere and was not happy with the final results. The process is secondary for me. I use mixed media printing, using; digital, silk screen, relief and mono printing on paper or fabric and other materials I come across on my journeys. I also like mixing lino, woodcut, drypoint and etching what ever suits my ideas. I think of the ideas first then look at the method and medium that suits. This can manifest in print, film, photography, graphics, paint or 3D (installations and sculpture). Much of my work responds to the environment, rural or urban and deals with issues of the environment, political or otherwise.
Was until recently lecturing at Barnet College, specialising in; printmaking, graphics, photography, painting and the usual art and design subjects. Packed it in to do my own work.

Education:
1993 - Feb 1996 Middlesex University MA - Printmaking
1990 - 1993 Middlesex University BA - Visual Art
1988 - 1990 Newham Community College, ND - Art & Design

Exhibitions:
2009 Portobello Film Festival
2008 The Waterloo Gallery
2005 News from Nowhere, ‘Visions of Utopia’ London September
2005 Print Open Surface Gallery Nottingham February
2002 Crescent Gallery Scarborough
2001 Voltaire Gallery, Camberwell, London
2000 Artists books in Bologna & Frankfurt International Book Fairs with Istituto D’Istruzione Superiore Statale, Varbania & Torino
1998 Provocative Prints, New End Gallery, Hampstead, London
1997 “The Large Edition”, A survey of British Printmaking, Malvern
1996 Print show Helsinki, Finland
1995 International Print show Lithuania
1994 Blackfriars Art Centre, Boston, Lincs
1994 Whitleys, Bayswater, London