| Pauline Amos | |
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| Birth name | Pauline Amos |
| Born | April 9, Liverpool |
| Field | Artist, Performance Artist, Painter, Writer |
| Works | Improvising with sound/vision, bass guitar, vocals, film maker; |
Pauline Amos born in Liverpool, UK; currently based in London, works internationally.
First came to media attention in 2005, with a painting on sale in London for £1.3m, a comment on the art/commodities markets; followed by a series of performance works; featured in The Times[1] newspaper; working in the art collective Luxor with William Orbit and Anna-mi Fredriksson.
I place my self within the painting and become part of it, the art is the person - the life that is making the work. The paintings are documents and a recording of an event, an action that happened - they are not the work; the action, the performance the improvised and impulsive moment is the work
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Interview and quizzed on Radio 4 Womans Hour programme by Jenni Murray.[2]
'Combining performance and painting works, began in 1999 - Master of Arts degree followed by a Phd with Professor Edward Cowie at Dartington College of Arts and a series of performed works titled ‘My Flesh My Canvas’ that led to many works in Europe and Asia. Using the body ‘as a blank canvas’ has been paramount to the Amos code; ‘ the world imposes itself, some of it good some of it bad – we own and are the canvas that is to be composed and structured and painted upon ' Amos
In October 2009, Amos, and classically trained dancer, Anna-Mi Fredriksson, paired up to present an exhibition and performance of painting, sound and movement. William Orbit joined the collaboration and LUXOR[3] was created.
Citing Robert Robert Enrico's film version of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge as an influential film for her, curiosity with film making and having a close connection with film producer Colin Vaines[4] has enabled new work in films that have been shown in various festivals including the short film festival at Cannes, the most recent being ‘Love Scars’ with Meredith Ostrom.