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DEMELZA WATTS
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
Camp Amateur
All in a day, Brian
Poetry from the Planets
PACTO
pea proposals
#archivegiftshop
Homework
EXHIBITIONS
Hands On
Fever
Capsule Belongings
Wow, kāds Lielisks skats
free time
Fingers crossed
I’m in it
ART OBJECTS
Collages
Mortgage
2020 Greetings
Pubs in Space
We don't have to take our clothes off, to have a good time
Living arangements
I’m sorry
LIVE/SCREENED WORKS
hands on
My laptop is my home, the screen is my view
Drunk Hands
Space Food
Home Comforts
The Insider
mine
The play
Carpet
CURATION/EDITORIAL PROJECTS/
WORKSHOPS
The best place at the party is the kitchen
It’s not about being wanted or ‘Should I have bothered getting out of bed’
Talent
Collectives as catalysts
If the Artist is the Protagonist, does that make
the Collective the Antagonist?: A
roundtable discussion
Pub Quiz
What should be the name...?
Croydon (Public) Arts Store
INFO/CONTACT
Contact: demelzabwatts(at)gmail.com
Studio: London, N16
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Demelza Watts (B.1990) is a transdisciplinary artist traveling the waterways of southeast England (UK) whose interest lays in the common ground for the artist and the spectator. Collaging research, found objects, crafts and experiences to examine the intersections of art, home and the everyday. In Watts’ practice conversation, research and making converge, the boundary between art and life if not removed, challenged.
Watts’ has presented projects at; Muzeum Książki Artystycznej (2022), South Lodon Gallery (2021), British Library (2019), Raven Row (2019) Somerset House, London (2018); Tate Modern, London (2018); Marjorie Barrick Museum, Las Vegas (2017), Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (2017); Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis (2016); Whitechapel Gallery, London (2015); Camden Arts Centre, London (2015); Royal Academy, London (2015).
RECENT/UPCOMING PROJECTS
2021
MARCH - Pressure drop - Cylinder, Seoul, South Korea
AUGUST - SupaStore Southside, Slingbacks & Sunshine - South London Gallery, London, UK
OCTOBER - Fever - Duo with Jude Crilly - PuntWG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
DECEMBER - Hands-on - Kosminen, Helsinki, Finland
2022
JUNE - A Happy Death - Muzeum Książki Artystycznej, Łódź, Poland
JULY - Collective art and collaborative practices - Summer School of Socially Engaged Art - Rucka, Cesis, Latvia
NOVEMBER - Artist Residency - Sally’s Fault, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
BOOK - A Manifesto of sorts - Fifthsyllable, Margate, UK
NOVEMBER - The Great Imagining, Gavin Turks Studio, London, UK
DECEMBER - Front Garden - Turf Projects, Croydon, UK
2023
MARCH Chill - Sally’s Fault, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
CV LINK HERE
Running on Cargo
