Artist

Georgina Vinsun

Born in Stockport in 1983, Georgina studied at Loughborough University, graduating in 2005 with a BA Hons Fine Art degree.
Georgina paints gently expressive, romantic abstracts, which employ soft veils of saturated colour and flurries of energetic brushwork. The paintings are all inspired by the awesomeness of nature with the sky being particularly key. Its vast size and ever-changing cloud formations usually prove to be her initial starting point, from which she then incorporates other ideas and themes.
“I never tire of watching the sky, observing the changes in light and tone or feeling my spirits lift as I leave buildings to be surprised by spectacular colour combinations - especially grey tones - and the smell of the cool fresh air.”
Her paintings are not intended to provide faithful, photo-realistic works but rather to reflect an emotional and thoughtful response to nature and to capture the essence of these transient sensations through the medium of paint. There is an intentional ambiguity to the work which leaves them open to interpretation and subjective reflection. She is interested in the concept of spontaneous response and expression and hence her use of colour is often instinctive and impulsive – revelling in the contrast of soft, buttery layers of colour with a harder, gestural element.

RECENT EXHIBITIONS
Sept 2011 No.1: Paint. BLANKSPACE, Manchester
July 2011 Inaugural. Innate Projects, Queens Square, West Bromwich
July 2011 Showcase Exhibition 1: Parallax AF. La Galleria, Pall Mall, London
June 2011 NGS Bursary Recipients. Borough Museum, Newcastle - under - Lyme
Feb - March 2011 Twinned. Headspace@Eggspace, Liverpool
Feb 2011 Twinned. Contemporary Urban Centre (CUC), Liverpool
May - June 2010 Running Over. The Gallery Bar, Waterside Arts Centre, Sale (Solo)

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
Jan 2011 SMDC Grant for the Arts
Dec 2010 New Generation Space Bursary
June 2010 Catalogue Finalist: fringemk Annual Painting Prize
July 2009 Catalogue Finalist: fringemk Annual Painting Prize
May 2009 Winner – Public Vote. Needhams Open Art Competition
Oct 2008 SMDC Grant for the Arts
Oct 2007 Finalist. Lautieri Moores Open
Aug 2004 Purchase Prize. Cooper Parry, Think Art Competition