Linda Bell
Linda Bell creates complex, sometimes raw, often delicate, interactive art works. She has a unique style which has grown through her experimental approach to developing her practice. The process of making is crucial to Linda’s own relationship with her work. She frequently makes sculptures which can be played with and whilst making she will experiment with ways of moving and engaging with a piece. This playing approach means the tactile quality of the materials is vital, Linda seeks out materials which can satisfy her need to create certain movements and shapes. She has many varied processes she applies to different types of materials and is immensely flexible and skilled in bringing materials together, developing sensitive connections between materials and forms. Linda is keen to collaborate whilst creating work and enjoys exploring the relationship between herself, her work and the viewer or collaborator, sharing the playing experience.
Exhibitions
- Open House, Studio Voltaire, 2021 (group show)
- Making It Live, Wandsworth Arts Fringe, online, 2020 (group show)
- TUBE LINES, Tate Exchange, 2019 (group show)
- Cube Station, Pump House Gallery, 2018
- Watch This Space, Wandsworth Fringe, Southside Shopping Centre 2016 (group show)
- Radical Craft, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester (group show)
- Voltaire Open, Studio Voltaire, 2016 (group show)
- Stretch and Squeeze in collaboration with Sam Haynes, Festival of Love at Southbank Centre, 2015
- Watch This Space, Wandsworth Fringe Festival, Southside Shopping Centre, 2015 (group show)
- Brighton Art Fair, Corn Exchange, 2014 (group show)
- Watch This Space, Wandsworth Arts Festival Fringe, Southside Shopping Centre, 2014 (group show)
- Outside In, CGP, 2012 (group show)
- Side by Side international exhibition, Southbank Centre, 2013 (group show)
- Open House, Studio Voltaire, 2013 (group show)
- Dreamcatcher. Moment in Time. Part of Shape in the City, Gracechurch Street, 2013 (group show)
- Part of It 3, Wandsworth Arts Festival, Tooting Market, 2012
- Part of It 2, Wandsworth Arts Festival, Southside Shopping Centre. Participatory installation, 2011
- Part of It, Wandsworth Arts Festival, Southside Shopping Centre. Participatory installation, 2010
- Cut it out, Southfields Library, 2008
- Under Glass, University College Hospital, 2008
- Sculpture for Play, Studio Voltaire. 2007
- Pigs Might Fly, Pump House Gallery, 2006
- 18 Drivers, Studio Voltaire, 2005
- Big Show, Studio Voltaire 2003
Biography
Linda led ‘Cube Station’, a live participatory event for WAF 2018 at the Pump House Gallery, Battersea Park, inviting participants to co-create a large-scale interactive sculptural installation. In 2019 Linda co-led Tubelines, ActionSpace’s live event for Tate Exchange, Tate Modern alongside artists Nnena Kalu, Pardip Kapil and Mark Lawrence. For TubeLines Linda created her lengthy sculptural tubes and interconnecting fabric forms along and within the mega tubing structure that stretched across the Tate Exchange space and explored with visitors the potential of movement and interaction with her artwork.
Film
Workshops and Participatory Events
- Get Creative, British Museum, online 2021
- I am festival, New Direction, online, 2021
- TUBE LINES, Tate Exchange, 2019 (group show)
- Workshop at Rights in Focus Conference: The Politics of Engagement, Autograph, 2019
- Cube Station, Pump House Gallery, 2018
- Workshop at OneTrust, Wandsworth Arts Fringe, 2018
- Workshop for Lambeth Day Centre, 2018
- ActionSpace Fun Palace, The Library at Willesden Green, 2017
- Workshop, PIP, 2017
- Watch This Space, Wandsworth Arts Festival, 2017
- Tactile Space Workshop, Antil Road Day Centre, 2016
- Watch This Space, Wandsworth Arts Festival, 2016
- Workshop for the Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Academy, 2016
- Watch This Space, Wandsworth Fringe Festival, Southside Shopping Centre, 2015