Lynn Reed-Golden
ABOUT LYNN
Reworking the narrative through material and process
South African-born North Essex-based artist;
fabric, paper, bronze
stitch, direct casting,
threads, wire, screws and metal,
rusting away, sanding down,
the smell of beeswax and turps.
absence/ presence
recapture, retelling,
process obsessed, taking my time
exploring ideas/research through making
the feel of fabric and yarn between fingers,
the needle marking the surface, unpicking, redoing
(re)found text
changing meaning, recreating a new story.
recreating, reworking the story,
layers of meaning
ambiguity, peeling away
the supposed truth.
EDUCATION
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Masters in Fine Art (Distinction), Norwich University of the Arts. 2022.
BA(Hons) Creative Textile Crafts (2:1), University of Huddersfield. 2002.
EXHIBITIONS
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​2025
Contemporary Textiles. Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield, UK.
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2024
Unspoken. East 22, Anteros Arts Foundation, Norwich, UK.
Colchester Art Society Winter Exhibition, The Minories, Colchester, UK.
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2023
Colchester Art Society Winter Exhibition, The Minories, Colchester, UK.
Hidden. East 22, Undercroft Gallery, Norwich, UK.
Visual Art Open 2023 (longlisted), Visual Artists Association, UK.
Colchester Art Society Summer Exhibition, Old Bank Studios, Harwich, UK.
Mixtape No.5 by Cultivate Gallery, Online.
Colchester Art Society Spring Exhibition, Benham Gallery, Colchester, UK.
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2022
MA Showcase, Norwich University of the Arts, Norwich, UK.
East 22: Work in Progress, The Shoe Factory, St. Mary’s Works, Norwich, UK.
Contemporary Textiles, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield, UK.
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2021. Scratch, Norwich University of the Arts, Norwich, UK.​
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2018
IG11 Art Trail, Barking, Essex, UK.
Studio 3 Arts Summer Exhibition, Studio 3 Arts, Barking, Essex, UK.
Echoes, Morley Gallery, London, UK.
2006. Jabulisa: The art and craft of KwaZulu-Natal, Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg and touring round KwaZulu-Natal Art Museums, South Africa.
2005. Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria Art Museum, South Africa.
2004. Collabarts Exhibition; Margate Art Museum, KZN, South Africa.
2003. Annual Open Exhibition, Margate Art Museum, Margate, KZN, South Africa.
2003. Bbac Embroidery Exhibition, Arts Depot at the Bull Theatre, London, UK.
2002. Open Exhibition, Café Gallery Projects, London, UK.
2002. Textures, Surface Gallery; Nottingham; UK.
COMMISSIONS
2006
Series of embroidered cushions, ArtLink Gallery, KZN, South Africa.
Commission of embroidered fabric lengths, Stephen Falke, South Africa.
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2002
Commission of paintings and photographs, Moore Stephens LLP Chartered Accountants, London,