Sam Owen Hull

: June 2023

: 13

United Kingdom

 
 
  • My work explores the many polarities that we exist between, attempting to find a balance between them, perhaps for comfort, maybe for security. Using the speed of gestural brushstrokes against the slowness of hand embroidery I interrogate the tensions found in contemplating concepts such as presence and absence, freedom and constraint, masculine and feminine, urban and natural. 

  • 1991 - 1994

    Manchester Metropolitan University

  • : A Small Space

    : 30 Nov 2023 - 26 Jan 2024

    : SQFT Space, 95 Bell Street, London, NW1 6TL

    A collective of Manchester artists finding unconventional small spaces to show small works, in contrast to the conventional white cube gallery space.

    : Bury Open

    : 20 Oct 2023 - 4 Feb 2023

    : Bury Art Museum, Moss Street, Bury, Lancashire BL9 0DR

    Open exhibition of selected North West Artists

    : Abstract Perspectives

    : 27 Jul 2023 - 20 Aug 2023

    : BSMT Space, 529 Kingsland Rd, London

    Abstract Perspectives’, the new summer group exhibition at BSMT Gallery will, through a burst of colour and mechanicality, celebrate the resilience and relevance of the artist in the digital age.

    : A Generous Space 3

    : 15 Jul 2023 - 9 Sep 2023

    : Huddersfield Art Gallery, Unit 7, Piazza Shopping Centre, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield HD1 2RS

    A curated exhibition of 100 artists, 50 selected by Artist Support Pledge’s curators, and 50 selected by each participant.

    : Li / Lu

    : 1 Jul 2023 - 9 Sep 2023

    : Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, Trafford

    A solo exhibition by Sam Owen Hull as part of Manchester Made at Waterside Arts Centre.

    : Comme Ça X AWOL Open 2023

    : 18 May 2023 - 23 Jul 2023

    : Comme Ça Art Gallery, Hope Mill, Pollard Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M47JA

    Open exhibition of selected artists from the North West of England

    : RSA 197th Annual Open Exhibition

    : 5 May 2023 - 11 Jun 2023

    : The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL

    The Royal Scottish Academy’s 197th Annual Open Exhibition

1991 - 1994

Manchester Metropolitan University

: A Small Space

: 30 Nov 2023 - 26 Jan 2024

: SQFT Space, 95 Bell Street, London, NW1 6TL

A collective of Manchester artists finding unconventional small spaces to show small works, in contrast to the conventional white cube gallery space.

: Bury Open

: 20 Oct 2023 - 4 Feb 2023

: Bury Art Museum, Moss Street, Bury, Lancashire BL9 0DR

Open exhibition of selected North West Artists

: Abstract Perspectives

: 27 Jul 2023 - 20 Aug 2023

: BSMT Space, 529 Kingsland Rd, London

Abstract Perspectives’, the new summer group exhibition at BSMT Gallery will, through a burst of colour and mechanicality, celebrate the resilience and relevance of the artist in the digital age.

: A Generous Space 3

: 15 Jul 2023 - 9 Sep 2023

: Huddersfield Art Gallery, Unit 7, Piazza Shopping Centre, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield HD1 2RS

A curated exhibition of 100 artists, 50 selected by Artist Support Pledge’s curators, and 50 selected by each participant.

: Li / Lu

: 1 Jul 2023 - 9 Sep 2023

: Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, Trafford

A solo exhibition by Sam Owen Hull as part of Manchester Made at Waterside Arts Centre.

: Comme Ça X AWOL Open 2023

: 18 May 2023 - 23 Jul 2023

: Comme Ça Art Gallery, Hope Mill, Pollard Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M47JA

Open exhibition of selected artists from the North West of England

: RSA 197th Annual Open Exhibition

: 5 May 2023 - 11 Jun 2023

: The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL

The Royal Scottish Academy’s 197th Annual Open Exhibition

 

My work explores the many polarities that we exist between, attempting to find a balance between them, perhaps for comfort, maybe for security. Using the speed of gestural brushstrokes against the slowness of hand embroidery I interrogate the tensions found in contemplating concepts such as presence and absence, freedom and constraint, masculine and feminine, urban and natural.