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Biography of jasmine maddock
www.abctales.com under ‘jass’ www.ArtWanted.com/wonderful
Imaginative original award winning journalist/artist – L: Scene, Frakture, Neon Highway Omma Gallery Greece, Deptford X London, The Kif, Big Arts Week children’s’ workshop, SAA-Society for all Artists 1st Prize Aldershot, Ritz Miami, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool Academy of Arts, Sefton Council teachers workshop, Channel 5’s Milkshake series and more! One of www.write-away.co.uk’s 2003 Poets. Trained in Community Radio news production at Keylink College Liverpool.
From www.http: //www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist/details.php? id=1165 Invited to submit work May 2006 on the prestigious saatchi gallery site and received this email:
Hello,
Very happy to see your work on the gallery site.
I am thrilled that the standard is so high from such a variety of artists and hope it will be interesting to gallery owners, exhibition curators and collectors to see such diverse work.
All my best,
Charles Saatchi
July 2006: Completed exciting surreal interpretations of Liverpool buildings for Malcolm Ranson of c21c a Liverpool company through Dot-Art a Liverpool arts agency run by Lucy Byrne. Prestigious commission linked to Liverpool 08 and will be promoted via Dot-Art in the autumn in the media.
FOUNDER OF MERSEYSIDE STUCKISTS MOVEMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH
STUCKISTS CO FOUNDER CHARLES THOMPSON JANUARY 2005.
Surreal original award winning artist - Omma Gallery Greece, Deptford X London, The Kif,
Big Arts Week childrens workshop, SAA-Society for all Artists 1st Prize Aldershot, Ritz Miami, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool Academy of Arts, Sefton Council teachers workshop, Channel 5s
Milkshake series and more
Charles Moffat, The Lilith Gallery said my work is A surrealist ideal that few artists dare attempt
Celebrity artist Charles Evans of the SAA said A really good example of experimental work
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Commissions/workshops:
www.dot-art.co.uk May 2006
Member and first commissioned artist for c21c Corn Exchange Liverpool.
Eye Candy shop Notts March 2006
Asked to produce 15 greeting cards hand printed and framed prints for new shop.Since Sept 2005
Selling well so asked to make more.
Fenlands Arts Association March Town Hall Cambridge Feb/Mar 2006
Charity fundraiser exhibition. Donated three prints and greeting cards.
Aesthetix agency Liverpool March 2006
Joined agency in June 2005. Invited to submit three artworks for Furniture Outlet Since Aug 2005
Centre, Liverpool- Lady, Hot Surreal Pencil and Umbrellas.
www.apictureofbritain.com Oct/Nov 2005
Artwork on site plus invited to write art features including a wry look at
conceptual artists, a review of my work and asked to submit more.
www.Artcollectiononline.com June 2005
Member of Manchester art collective. Gave childrens art workshop/exhibition
of my artwork. Artwork selected to appear on big screen at The Printworks.
Liverpool Academy of Art February 2005
Brolly Good Show exhibition- commissioned to produce two works
Rain+Collage and Umbrella drawing.
MMAS C/O Daniel Vinoly Ritz Hotel Miami USA December 2004
Postcard exhibition- three works including a version of Lady.
Website exhibitions: www.surrealism.co.uk www.takingitglobal.com since
December 2004
TV/Radio Appearances: BBC1’s Test the Nation quiz June 2005 in artist group, BBC1’s Good Neighbours documentary,1993, Granada TV/Salford University Hitting Home documentary 1995, Vox pop on Greater Manchester Radio (GMR) on childhood hobbies, August 2005. Skills relevant for a CHANNEL M NEWS ANCHOR: Confidence, talent, creativity and fluency in putting words across prepared or ad lib.
Journalism/poetry: Skills relevant: Research using internet to magazines, creating and responding to opportunities, imagination, topical news interest as seen in my poetry, articulation in performance, writing punchy, lively copy with feeling and great ability to deal with all kinds of people.
C4’s A Picture of Britain arts website
Requested to write a feature about art of my choosing for arts website September 2005+
Eye Candy arts shop, Notts August 2005+
New shop opened stocking my text and art cards, hand made and using pen, prints
of my artwork, fabrics and lettering
www.abctales.com under ‘jass’ – website featuring my surreal and satirical poetry. 1999 -current
‘The Red Boy’ voted poem of note, plus commissioned Nov 2000 to write a feature
‘Where Art Collides! ’
Terrible Work
Avant garde poetry publishers invited me to read at Plymouth Arts Centre a selection April 2004
of surreal and freeform poetry. Arts Council supported. Time management, travel,
rehearsal, reading, networking.
Neon Highway November 2003
Performed at poetry reading and published October 2003. Liverpool.
Involved rehearsal, selecting and refining work, performance, networking.
Twisted Shadows anthology August 2002
‘Sheep’ poem chosen plus a collection out of many entries for Spotlight Poets,
Peterborough.
Manchester Emergency festival and Frakture at ‘The Bluecoats’, Liverpool May and July 2002
Poetry performance, devising routine, liaising with organisers, rehearsals,
travel, time management and acting.
Merseyside Arts Magazine, Liverpool 2000-1
Ideas for articles, interviewing artists, getting in to private views, photography, writing
witty, thought provoking and funny articles, typing work, getting work in on time.
JASMINE MADDOCK
‘L: Scene’ magazine, Liverpool 1995-6
Theatre Sub Editor and Music trends journalist- promoted to Sub Editor in two months.
Organising interviews, interviewing celebrities and business movers and shakers,
contributing to Editorials including a way to increase readership which worked, writing
punchy, well researched and striking features, desk top publishing, designating of assignments.
Commissions/workshops: Skills relevant: Liaising with teachers and pupils, research,
writing fun, lively workshops that are well prepared and educational, helping pupils to write
their thoughts and ideas down in different formats from poetry to features.
Big Arts Week
Year 6 pupils engaged in imaginative drawings of everyday objects, June 2004
surreal collages and dream drawings/diaries/poems. Liscard Primary School, Wallasey.
Sefton Council Merseyside Out of Hours Conference July 2003
Research into the school curriculum, drafting and final copy of workshop for teacher
delegates: ‘Imagination in Creation’exploring the ways in which they can bring
imagination into after schools activities- writing imaginative uses for an object and
taking this and drawing it imaginatively. Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool.
Manchester EIC Poetry workshop/Imagination June 2003
Advanced 7-11 year pupils participated in workshop exploring symbol/free form
poetry, humour and dream telling. Also looking at my artworks/poetry/reading out
journalism and encouraging the pupils to comment and learn.
Whalley High School, Manchester.
Big Arts Week- Residency. National campaign including celebrity creatives June 15-22 2002
visiting schools for a week to work with pupils on projects. At Greenleas School the
children and I created diaries and poetry of the week, cut out models of the teachers
in fabric, imaginative interpretations of the teachers in paintings and surreal collages,
plus Photoshop work.
Featured in Wirral News July 3 2002. Greenleas School, Wallasey.
Qualifications:
BA Hons degree,2: 1 Literature, Life and Thought and Women’s Studies 1993-1996
Liverpool John Moores University
Included Contemporary Journalism and Women in Media.
4 A Levels,11 GCSE’s 1993
The Oldershaw School Liscard Wallasey 1991
Included Art, Media Studies, Maths, English, Business Studies.
Community Radio course 1995
Keylink College Liverpool.
Practical course in news bulletins, using carts, creating our own one hour programme using skills
learnt. My programme consisted of history spoofs, news, adverts, local issues, current music
and arts news. ..
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