Beth Cullen-Kerridge

Beth Cullen-Kerridge (born 1970) is an English sculptor.

Cullen-Kerridge was born in Stoke-on-Trent to Judith Vincent, a businesswoman, and James Cullen, a painter. She attended John Moores University[1] and the Royal College of Art. In 1994, she became the first artist to be presented with the commission for the Napoleon Garden Sculpture exhibition in Holland Park.[2] Her work was subsequently shown in two of the London Parks.[3]

Her work has been shown in exhibitions England including specifically-made sculptures for her home town of Stoke on Trent.[4] She has worked as an assistant in foundries producing works for Eduardo Paolozzi, Elisabeth Frink, and Sir Anthony Caro.[5]

In 2004 Cullen-Kerridge moved to Norfolk to work on property renovation.[6] A year later she moved to Marlow in Buckinghamshire to develop and open a gastropub, The Hand and Flowers with her husband, chef Tom Kerridge, with whom she has one son, Acey (born 2015).[7][8] They were able to purchase the pub with the help of money she had received for a sculpture commission for a roundabout in Stoke.[9] She subsequently gave up producing sculpture for a number of years while she developed the business.[10]

Cullen-Kerridge travelled to Carrara in 2010, to study marble carving with artisans there.[11]

She had an exhibition at Hoxton Arches, Hoxton, East London, in 2014. [citation needed] Works included a formal shirt on a crucifix called "Hung out to Dry".

Her sculptures also include a shirt torso with a shark fin protruding from the back.[10] She exhibited at Gallery Different in Percy Street, London in October 2015.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Notable alumni". www.ljmu.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Five Minutes with | Sculptor Beth Cullen Kerridge | edition magazine". Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  3. ^ CASS Foundation Archived 19 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Dalya Alberge (25 September 2014). "Beth Cullen show tilts at 'suits' who failed to finance Tom Kerridge venture". The Guartian. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  5. ^ The Last Judgement Sculpture by Anthony Caro - Venice Biennale - Catalogue published by Verlag Paul Swiridoff - Special thanks Beth Cullen Preface pg 3
  6. ^ "About Beth". Beth Cullen Kerridge. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Sculptor Beth Cullen Kerridge on art, life with Tom and why they had to give up booze". i. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  8. ^ Caroline Davies (6 October 2011) "Hand & Flowers becomes first pub to win two Michelin stars", theguardian.com. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  9. ^ Art Architecture and Sculpture, Fiona Waterhouse,George Noszlopy, Paperback,Series: Public Sculpture of Britain)
  10. ^ a b Dalya Alberge (25 September 2014) "Beth Cullen show tilts at ‘suits’ who failed to finance Tom Kerridge venture", theguardian.com. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  11. ^ Tim Adams (16 November 2014) "Beth Cullen Kerridge and Tom Kerridge: art, food and the trouble with bankers", The Guardian. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  12. ^ "SUPERSUITS - Exhibition Page". www.gallerydifferent.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2018.