Jess Flood-Paddock

Jessie Flood-Paddock (born 1977, London, England) is a British sculptor living and working in London.

Flood-Paddock studied at Royal College of Art (2003–05), Slade School of Fine Art (1996–2000), London and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Art Institute of Chicago (1999).[1]

Flood-Paddock first came to wider attention in 2010 because of her exhibition at the Hayward Gallery Project Space, London, centred on a sculpture of a giant lobster.[2] Her work often is monumental in scale, commenting on our consumer society.[2]

In June 2011, Flood-Paddock had a solo exhibition at the Carl Freedman Gallery of new sculpture called Fantastic Voyage.[3] and again in 2014 for a solo show called 'Nude' which was reviewed by Frieze Magazine.[4] Flood-Paddock is currently represented by Carl Freedman Gallery. From in 2017, The Tetley museum in Leeds hosted a large exhibition 'Refinding' bringing together new and recent works by Flood-Paddock, with the Oak Tree series of sculptures, drawings and prints by the celebrated 20th century sculptor, the late Kenneth Armitage.[5] Flood-Paddock was awarded the Kenneth Armitage Fellowship (2013–2015), which enabled her to live and work in Armitage's studio for two years. During her residency, Flood-Paddock became interested in Armitage's work on oak trees produced between 1975 and 1986.[5]

In 2012, Flood-Paddock collaborated on an artwork with British fashion designer Jonathan Saunders for 'Britain Creates', which concluded with an exhibition at the V&A.[6]

Flood-Paddock was named as 'Artist of the week' by the Guardian Media Group's theguardian.com website in July 2011.[2]

References
  1. "Jess Flood-Paddock at Carl Freedman Gallery". Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. Skye Sherwin (14 July 2011). "Artist of the week 146: Jess Flood-Paddock". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  3. "Jess Flood-Paddock". Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. "Jessie Flood-Paddock". frieze. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. "Refinding: Jessie Flood-Paddock & Kenneth Armitage – The Tetley". 29 September 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  6. "Jess Flood-Paddock and Charming Baker discuss Britain Creates 2012". DisegnoDaily. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
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