By Tessa Bunney on 13 April 2010
I’m pleased to announce that I am now represented for print sales by Zoe Bingham Fine Art, a new private gallery in central London. Visit www.zoebingham.com to participate in an online silent auction beginning with the launch of the website on Monday 12th April. Auction ends 10pm Sunday, 2nd May. Also visit her website to see the artists whose work she is currently representing. The inaugural selling exhibition is: Dorothy Bohm – Vintage Photographs from 15th May to 26th June. Home Work will be exhibited at the gallery from 3rd July to 21st August, 2010. Viewings strictly by appointment only….
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By Tessa Bunney on 2 April 2010
I’m heading off tomorrow for a week in Morocco returning on 10 April. I’m not sure what kind of mobile phone reception or email there might be in the mountains so please leave me a message and I’ll get back to you on my return.
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By Tessa Bunney on 20 March 2010
As Finland comes out of its long dark winter towards spring, the sunshine has put everyone in a good mood and I’ve had no problem in finding people willing to be photographed doing their chosen activity on the frozen lakes.
I’m steadily working my way around the ice swimming holes in and around Jyväskylä and with uncannily good luck have found people swimming at all of them and willing to be photographed. I’ve been shooting on film so photos will have to follow later as nowhere here processes 120 film – I haven’t met a single photographer here who uses…
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By Tessa Bunney on 14 March 2010
Thursday 11 March
I’m in the flat. There’s no television on. There’s no happy 4 year old child. There’s no internet. I can hear traffic and its raining. I’ve started knitting some socks but I’m thinking about the residency at the same time.
It’s taken us almost two days to get here with an overnight in Helsinki. It’s cold but not as cold as I expected and its started to rain. There are big piles of dirty snow everywhere.
I wanted to get off the train all the time to take pictures.
I’m here with Debby who is also part…
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By Tessa Bunney on 9 March 2010
Between 10 and 24 March, I will be undertaking the first part of Connections North, International Residency Exchange Project in Jyväskylä, Central Finland organised by Art Connections and funded by Arts Council England.
Situated in Finland’s lake district, I will be based at the Jyväskylä Printmaking Centre and working on a project exploring the landscape and leisure activities of the frozen lakes. Although this could all change once I am there! I will then return to Jyväskylä to complete the residency in late May.
The other artists taking part in the project are Debby Moxon (jeweller), Sally Greaves-Lord (textile artist)…
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By Tessa Bunney on 25 February 2010
I’m delighted to announce that the Home Work book will be published by Dewi Lewis in July 2010. Watch this space for details of the London exhibition and book launch in July and a series of book signings around the country.
£19.99 hardback 112 pages, 53 colour photographs 297mm x 245mm ISBN: 978-1-904587-88-0
It is available for pre-order on Amazon now!! Thank you to Arts Council England for their generous support through the G4A scheme which has made this publication possible.
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By Tessa Bunney on 25 January 2010
Home Work appears as an 8 page feature in the February issue of Geographical (the magazine of The Royal Geographical Society) out now!
Download a pdf of the feature here: GE022-029_Photostory_Feb10
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By Tessa Bunney on 22 December 2009
It’s been a couple of months since my return from China and I’ve been a bit busy with freelance work and doing talks about my work around the country. Personal projects are very needy in terms of energy, concentration and creativity as well as financially so its been nice in a way to step back from it for a while and earn some cash and as always freelance work takes you to places and meet people who you had never planned to!
Things are quietening now in…
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By Tessa Bunney on 21 December 2009
Axis presents a regular series of Curated Selections of artworks on Axis, selected by invited curators. Matthew Shaul, Head of Programming at the University of Hertfordshire Galleries, has selected one of my works for his piece, Mapping Absence, Confirming Presence – Mapping Absence, Confirming Presence – Artists’ Negotiations of Personal, Public and Domestic Space.
He writes: In closing I want to move briefly to a discussion of Tessa Bunney’s Romanian Travelogue ‘Hand to Mouth’ (2003-6). Funded by Arts Council England and the European Cultural Foundation, Bunney’s ambitious documentary project was an attempt to record Transhumance, the practice of moving livestock…
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By Tessa Bunney on 23 November 2009
If anyone happens to be in Wolverhampton on Thursday please coming along to the opening of Home Work at Light House between 5.30 and 7.30 – I will be giving a short talk at 6pm.
Exhibition Opening and Talk: Thursday 26 Nov, 5.30 – 7.30
Light House The Chubb Buildings Fryer Street Wolverhampton WV1 1HT
t. 01902 716055 e.info@lighthouse.co.uk www.light-house.co.uk
The exhibition continues until the 13 Jan 2010
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By Tessa Bunney on 3 November 2009
Thanks for Tim Clark for the mention in the 1000 words blog, follow this link to see it: http://1000wordsphotographymagazine.blogspot.com/2009/10/tessa-bunney.html
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By Tessa Bunney on 13 October 2009
On Friday I am off for a two week trip to China, back to Yunnan province but this time I am heading south from Kunming to Jinghong and down to the Lao border. The rainy season is meant to have ended but I’ve been checking the weather forecast for the past two weeks and all is says is hot, humid and RAIN and the 10 day ahead forecast says the same. It may just mean we cannot get to where we planned because the road conditions will be bad but no doubt it will be an adventure.
Hence, I probably…
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By Tessa Bunney on 9 October 2009
I’m pleased to announce that Hand to Mouth, a journey through the Romanian Carpathians is being exhibited by Peninsula Arts at the Cube ³ Gallery, Portland Square Building as part of The Romanian Festival at the University of Plymouth.
Friday 06 November – Friday 11 December
Open Monday – Friday 10.00 am – 5.00 pm
Saturday by appointment
FREE admission
for more information please visit http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/
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By Tessa Bunney on 9 October 2009
I will be giving a talk at The Mercer Art Gallery on Tuesday 3rd November at 2pm to accompany my current exhibition of Home Work
Cost £5
To reserve a place please phone The Mercer Gallery on 01423 556188 or email museums@harrogate.gov.uk
The Mercer Art Gallery, Swan Road, Harrogate, HG1 2SA
Gallery talk by North Yorkshire based photographer TESSA BUNNEY. Tessa has a particular interest in how different landscapes have been shaped by human activity. She will talk abut the background to her work, which involves close links with communities and individuals, and about her recent experiences of working in…
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By Tessa Bunney on 16 September 2009
Thank you to all my friends and colleagues who came along to the opening of Home Work at the Mercer Gallery in Harrogate on Saturday and for all those who aren’t able to make it to see the exhibition or to entice those who are intending to, here are a couple of pictures of the show.
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By Tessa Bunney on 4 September 2009
Thank you to Jim and Zoë at Lens Culture for putting up a gallery of photographs from Home Work – please copy this link into your browser if would like to see it:
http://www.lensculture.com/bunney-2.html
or try lensculture.com/bunney-2
The exhibition is open at the Mercer Art Gallery in Harrogate from tomorrow! I’ll post up some pictures of the exhibition next week.
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By Tessa Bunney on 10 August 2009
I’m delighted to announce that the first exhibition of Home Work will open at The Mercer Art Gallery in Harrogate on Saturday, 5th September.
The opening reception will be on Saturday, 12th September 12-2pm.
Gallery address: The Mercer Art Gallery, Swan Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 2SA 01423 556188
Gallery opening hours: 10am to 5pm Tues to Sat, 2pm to 5pm Sun, closed Mondays except Bank Holidays. ADMISSION FREE.
The exhibition continues until the 8th November and then it will begin its tour at…
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By Tessa Bunney on 10 August 2009
Anyone who might be interested in visiting or knowing more about some of the ‘craft’ villages around Hanoi may like to know of a new book just published by Sylvie Fanchette and Nicholas Stedman: Discovering Craft Villages in Vietnam: Ten itineraries around Ha Noi.
“This book, the fruit of several years research by specialists working in Northern Vietnam, comprises ten itineraries, blending potted histories, legends, descriptions of craft techniques, signposted walks and maps, designed to introduce travellers and lovers of Vietnamese culture to forty or so…
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By Tessa Bunney on 8 June 2009
On Wednesday, I will be travelling to Madrid to take part in Descubriemientos PHE Madrid, PHotoEspañas annual portfolio review that gives photographers the opportunity to show their work to curators, gallery owners, critics, editors and publishers specialising in Photography in order to generate new professional possibilities.
The 70 photographers’ works which were selected by open submission will be included in a collective exhibition at the Complejo El Aguila.
The online portfolios can be seen at http://www.phe.es/festival/
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By Tessa Bunney on 15 May 2009
The North Yorkshire Open Studios ’09 are taking place on 20/21 and 26/27/28 June. Although I don’t have a studio open, to coincide with this event some ‘work in progress’ from my Inspired by Heritage residency at Newby Hall will be on show in the Grantham Room restaurant at Newby Hall. Also, as part of the events programme, in the Grantham Room I will be running family workshops using photography and digital imaging techniques on Sunday 21st and Sunday 28th June, 11am to 4pm. Normal admission charges apply. For more information about the Open Studios or associated events please visit…
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