About Silvy Weatherall
Silvy Weatherall (nee Johnston) is married and has 4 children. Between 1995 and 2005 she concentrated on rearing her young family. During that time they lived in Hong Kong for three years followed by two years in Sydney, Australia. They moved back to Dumfries in South West Scotland in 1998. Her husband Ben, is a farmer, game dealer and food producer.
Silvy has exhibited in a number of group exhibitions and had solo shows in the Philippines and Hong Kong. Silvy is currently working on a series of large commissions. She cooks and sings rather a lot as well! She has a CD coming out before Christmas 2008 ,singing jazz favourites with the Pianist Derek Paravicini, raising funds and awareness for The AMBER Trust.
(born 1968)
| Education | ||||
| 1987 - 1990 | Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts B.A (Hons) degree in Fine Art (painting) | |||
| Sept - Dec 1986 | 7th term Art Course, Marlborough (A Foundation course condensed into a term) | |||
| 1984 - 1986 | Marlborough College, Wiltshire | |||
| 1980 - 1984 |
Faringdon Secondary School, Oxfordshire |
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| Residences | ||||
| 2007 September | Artist in Residence for Brandy de Jerez, Spain. Taking photographs for a book on Brandy de Jerez. | |||
| 2006 June and September |
One of four photographers selected to reside in Brittany over a period of a month as a Celtic link with the Brittany Tourist Board. |
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| 1991-1992 | Artist in Residence.Baguio Arts Guild,Philippines | |||
| Solo Exhibitions | ||||
| 1995 | Foreign Correspondents Club. Hong Kong | |||
| 1991 | "Food for Thought" Pheonix Gallery. Baguio City, Philippines | |||
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Selected Group Exhibitions |
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| 2008 December | "The cart before the Horse",Maxwellton Gallery,Dumfries | |||
| 2008 25 Oct-30 Nov | "Country Pursuits IV", the Whitehouse Gallery,Kirkcudbright | |||
| 2008 September-October | "Brittany by Ecosse", Maison de Bretagne, PARIS | |||
| 2008 24-26 May | Spring Fling, Dumfries and Galloway | |||
| 2008 22 Feb- April 4 | Kirkcudbright,Tollbooth Gallery. Brittany photography. | |||
| 2008 17 Jan-14 Feb | Edinburgh French institute.Brittany photography. | |||
| 2007 December 3-7 Jan | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.Brittany through the eyes of 4 Scottish photographers. | |||
| 2007 December 3-21st | Glasgow Alliance Francais. Brittany through the eyes of 4 Scottish photographers. | |||
| 2007 December 3-27th | "The Cart before the horse" Maxwelltown gallery, Dumfries | |||
| 2007 May26-29th | Spring Fling Open Studios. Crochmore House, Irongray,Dumfires. | |||
| 2007 April-September | Photographic residency exhibition.Brittany. See news and events for further details on dates and location. | |||
| 2007 March-April | Spring Fling Taster Exhibition.Gracefirld Arts centre.Dumfries. | |||
| 2007 March17-April12 | VAS annual open.Scottish Royal Academy,Edinburgh. | |||
| 2007 January | "Farm" Stroud House Gallery, Gloucestershire. | |||
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2006 Dec 3 - Jan 3 |
"The Cart before the horse" Maxwelltown gallery, Dumfries | |||
| 2006 April 21 - May 13th | "Wild Life" Ottersburn Art Gallery, Dumfries | |||
| 2006 March - April 16 | Spring Fling Taster Exhibition.Gracefield Arts Centre.Dumfries | |||
| 2006 May 20th | Photography at the Galloway Garden Festival | |||
| 2006 April 1 - June 18 | Landmarks III, Lowood Gallery, Armathwaite, Cumbria.Village Bakery Gallery, Melmerby,Cumbria | |||
| 2006 May 27-29 | "Spring Fling" Open studios Dumfries and Galloway. | |||
| 2005 Nov - Dec | Stroud House Gallery. | |||
| 1993 | "20 Years of Marlburian Artists" Covent Garden, London | |||
| 1992 | "Book Art 2" The Luz Gallery, Manila, Philippines
Penguin Cafe, Metro Manila, Philippines "Paper Art" Duntog Gallery, Baguio City, Philippines |
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| 1990 | Baguio Arts Festival, Baguio City, Philippines | |||
| 1991 | "Book Art" Luz Gallery, Manila, Philippines | |||
| 1991 | First Philippine Handmade Paper conference. Philippines | |||
| 1990 | "What they Showed" A selection of the best of the London Degree Shows. Chelsea, London | |||
| Commissions | ||||
| 2007 | To make a Corrugated iron sculpture for the CatStrand Arts and Community centre.New Galloway.Scotland. | |||
| 2003 -2006 | To run the Shawhead Primary School after school Art Club | |||
| 2005 |
To collate the ideas of the school children at Shawhead Primary School.To design and oversee the construction of Shawhead School and Community Garden. |
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| 1994 | The 1994 Hong Kong Land Co Christmas card. An Original Art work that was photographed for the card, now hanging in the boardroom at Hong Kong Land Co. Hong Kong | |||
| 1993 | Murals commissioned by "Playright" for Caritas Medical Centre and the Queen Mary Hospital (Children's Wards) Hong Kong | |||
| 1992 | Stage Sets and props for "Eugene Onegin". Oxford |