Biography: Lynsey Storer


EDUCATION:

01-04 EDUCATION (Masters Degree)
Newcastle University

98-00 ART & DESIGN EDUCATION (PGCE)
University of Northumbria at Newcastle

98 LEMPA PRIZE WINNER
Awarded the Lempa Prize to study at Cyprus College of Art, Cyprus

95-98 VISUAL ART WITH ART HISTORY (Batchelors Degree)
University College Scarborough (Affiliated to York University)


PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY PROJECTS:

05-06 T.A.K.S. ('Through Art Keep Smiling')
Lynsey helped to established the charity and was involved in an art auction to raise funds in London and establishing the arts centre in Uganda

04 CROCODILE MAYDAY FESTIVAL
Involved with the project to make a 40 foot crocodile with the pupils of Oxford Community School as part of the Cowley Road Carnival in Oxford

03 HAND & FOOT PAINTING WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT
Involved with a world record attempt at creating the world's largest hand & foot painting at Malvern Girls College in Worcestershire

99 MAYDAY MURAL
Assisted with a project to encourage young people from the local area to help paint a mural backdrop for the 'Seaside Sassiness' installation at Tynemouth Metro Station, Newcastle Upon Tyne

99 'SEASIDE SASSINESS'
Part of a community project to design and construct an installation at Tynemouth Metro Station, Newcastle Upon Tyne



EXHIBITIONS/COMPETITIONS:

09 'THE OLD PALACE ART EXHIBITION'
Mixed group show at Long Gallery, The Old Palace, Ely, Cambridgeshire

09 'SUMMER EXHIBITION'
Mixed group show at Needhams, Witchford, Cambridgeshire

08 'DECADE 1998 - 2008'
Solo exhibition at Artrix, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

08 'PISSARRO, STORER & JOHN'
Group exhibition at The Lewis Gallery, Rugby

06 ‘TAKS’
Group exhibition in aid of TAKS Ugandan Arts Centre at the Benedictine Art Centre, Ealing, London

05 ‘ART AUCTION’,
Art auction in aid of TAKS Ugandan Arts Centre at NHEHS, Ealing, London

05 'EXHIBITION'
A Collaborative exhibition of student’s and teacher’s work’ at the Benedictine Art Centre, Ealing, London

04 'SUMMER EXHIBITION’
Group exhibition at the Royal Society of Birmingham Artists, Birmingham

03 ‘TAKS Launch’
Oxford, London

02 ‘ARRESTED ART’
Group exhibition at Carpenter's Hall, Bayswater, London

02 ‘SEFTON OPEN’
Group exhibition of selected finalists at Sefton Open Art Competition, Lancashire

02 ‘25cm x 25cm’
Group exhibition of small works at University of Northumbria, Newcastle

02 ‘ARRESTED ART’
Group exhibition at Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London

00 ‘ART LIVES’
Vane, University of Northumbria, Newcastle

99 ‘WISH YOU WERE HERE’
Group exhibition and installation at The Bridge, Tynemouth Metro Station, Newcastle Upon Tyne

98 PRO-LOCO PAINTING COMPETITION
Winner of the Pro-Loco painting competition, Derbyshire