Artist Panel Discussion: Drawing The Night In

Join the Drawing The Night In artists Henny Burnett, Susan Francis, Nick Grellier, Debbie Lee, Prudence Maltby and Corinna Spencer for a discussion with The Young Gallery's Curator, Dr Emily Dunbar. Learn more about the artists and their practice, and uncover the night-time themes which inspired the exhibition.

Free, ticketed event. Please note, tickets must be booked in advance and will not be available on the door. You will be required to show your ticket on arrival.

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About the artists:

Henny Burnett has a studio in Bristol. She studied at Byam Shaw and Edinburgh College of Art and won awards from Juliet Gomperts Trust, British Council, and Arts Council England. She has exhibited nationally and internationally and has had residencies in the UK and Italy.

Susan Francis is a Wiltshire based artist. She makes objects, installation and digital work and has exhibited in the USA, Canada, Poland, France, and Spain. Her work is held in private and public collections in North America and the UK, and she is a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors.

Nick Grellier creates work that addresses the energy and information held within human-made objects. She has exhibited as part of the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, Jerwood Drawing Prize, John Ruskin Prize, Wells Art Contemporary and RWA Open. Grellier studied at Chelsea College of Art and UWE Bristol.

Debbie Lee studied drawing and painting at Glasgow School of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Royal College of Art. She taught painting at Grays School of Art before travelling to India on a Commonwealth Universities Scholarship to research folk arts. She lives and works in Dorset.

Prudence Maltby combines working in her Salisbury studio with curating exhibitions and coordinating visual arts projects. She has exhibited in Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Canada and the UK. Her work is held in numerous private and two public collections.

Corinna Spencer was born in London and studied art at Coventry University between 1993 and 2008. Her artwork is about imaginary landscapes and how bodies interact with them. Corinna currently lives and works in Devon, UK.

About the exhibition:

As the hour changes and the autumn light gives way to darkness, six artists come together to mark the drawing in of night. Their diverse and seductive interpretations, united by the subject of night's blackness and quiet shadows show the subject of night is a dark and personal one. Little is known of this 'other world', a tapestry of shadows that absorbs a third of our lived experience. Research suggests that sleep was traditionally split into two segments, with a natural waking period in the middle of the night - echoes of this, scientists say, may be what keeps us awake in the early hours when worries and unfettered thoughts take over.

Engaging with the Young Gallery's permanent collection, while offering their own individual interpretations, these six artists explore these questions and more, inviting the viewer to reflect on their own private experience of night.

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