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Balbinder Broadbent
Contemporary artist, Yorkshire, UK
Acrylic and ink on board 66x60.5cm £900
Acrylic and ink on board 65x65cm £900
Acrylic and assemblage 30x30cm £500
Acrylic and assemblage 30x30cm £500
Wood assemblage with acrylic & ink 64x64cm 81x81cm framed £1050
Acrylic and Ink on panel 64x42cm 80.5x59cm framed £750
Acrylic on panel 40x40cm 56.5x56.5cm framed £650
Acrylic on panel 40x40cm 56.5x56.5cm framed £650
Acrylic and ink on panel 52x74.5cm 68x90.5cm framed £850
Acrylic, ink and collage on panel 78x88cm 95x104cm framed £1450
About the Artist
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"Balbinder Broadbent makes abstract paintings, rich in layers of symbolic colour that reveal and conceal shapes and marks, as though they are emerging from our subconscious or the edges of our vision.
Originally from Leeds, Balbinder graduated with a BA Hons degree in Fine Art, Printmaking from the School of Art & Design in Hull. This was followed by an MA in Fine Art, Painting from the University of East London. She is one of Yorkshire’s most interesting abstract painters and has been a regular exhibitor and prize-winner in the Harrogate Open”
Karen Southworth,
Curator, Harrogate Museums and Arts, Mercer Art Gallery
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Artist's Statement
My work is rooted heavily in the creative process. I have an enduring fascination with the metamorphosis of shape and intersecting forms and their ability to communicate/trigger an emotional response whilst allowing the viewer to navigate a passage through the painting. Metaphorical windows are a recurring motif, as are marks and symbols that dance and scribe over shifting planes.
I have been influenced by the textile history of my Indian heritage, having grown up in a household of textile ‘artists’ where this played an important role in storytelling. Colour is fundamental to my work. The prowess of colour, its history, psychology and symbolism are vital cornerstones of the work.
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Education:
1996 – 1998 MA Fine Art, University East London, London, UK
1993 – 1996 BA Hons Fine Art, Hull School of Art & Design
1992 – 1993 Foundation Diploma Art & Design, Jacob Kramer College, Leeds, UK
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Awards & Nominations:
2021 Painting purchased for the Public Collection, Mercer Gallery, Harrogate
2019 2nd Prize Mercer Open Exhibition, Harrogate
2017 Highly Commended Mercer Open Exhibition, Harrogate
2010 2nd Prize Mercer Open Exhibition, Harrogate
1998 UEL Painting Purchase Prize, UEL, London
Exhibitions:
September 2023 ‘Abstraction’ Thompson’s Gallery, Aldeburgh
May 2023 Summer Show Silson Contemporary, Harrogate UK
September 2022 The Mercer Open Exhibiton, Harrogate
June 2022 Leeds Summer Group Show, Leeds Playhouse
May 2022 Summer Show, Silson Contemporary, Harrogate, UK
September 2021 - March 20th 2022 Distillation Solo Exhibition at the Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate
August 2021 Showcase Exhibition, Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax
June 2021 Summer Exhibition, Silson Contemporary, Harrogate
October 2020 Scarborough Art Gallery Curators Choice - showing alongside the New Light Art Prize
August 2019 Mercer Open Exhibition, Harrogate UK
August 2017 Mercer Open Exhibition, Harrogate UK
October 2016 Inaugural Show Silson Contemporary, Harrogate UK
August 2014 Mercer Open Exhibition, Harrogate UK
October 2012 Mercer Open Exhibition, Harrogate UK
August 2010 Mercer Open Exhibition, Harrogate UK
August 2008 Mercer Open Exhibition, Harrogate UK