Meet The Artist

Mary Rouncefield

Artists statement

Mathematical Curves

Bristol artist, Mary Rouncefield has tried in her latest works, to express some of her complex ideas about mathematics.
What have corsets to do with maths? Well, mathematics is a discipline, which involves strict logic and rules, but which enables us to express quite complicated ideas relatively simply and elegantly. So while mathematical language can be used to describe beautiful curves, it is also very constraining. It was this constraint which led Mary to link mathematics and corsets.
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Mary’s screen prints feature mathematical curves together with the corset- wearing ladies, whose poses echo the forms and shapes of the graphs. There are twelve prints in the series each showing a different graph. People have been so enthusiastic about these, that she has scaled some of the images down and produced a hand printed book. This book, entitled “The Older Boy’s Book of Mathematical Curves” appears in an extremely limited edition of only ten copies. The concertina format means that the pages can be opened out for display.


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Education: University of the West of England 2005-
Course B.A. Illustration
EXHIBITIONS
1992 Broekman Gallery , Chester

1994 The Art Show , Alexander Palace, London

1997 Bridgegate Gallery, Chester

1997 Black Sheep Gallery, Hawarden, N.Wales

1999 Gateway Theatre Chester (solo exhibition) also 2001 , 2003

2000 Ktisis Gallery Liverpool Visiting Artist of the Month
(solo exhibition)

2003 and 2004 Bridgewater Arts Centre Open Exhibition

2004 and 2006 Black Swan Arts Centre Frome Open Exhibition

2004 Tobacco Factory Theatre Bar ( Bristol South Bank Arts Trail)

2005 “The Art of Love” Londonart OXO Tower Wharf London

2005 Bristol Folk House (solo exhibition)

2006 Grant Bradley Gallery Bristol also 2007

2006 Stroud House Gallery Stroud :Can You Eat it?

2006 Spirit of Women Competition (organised by Surgicare) Regional winner

2006 Bristol Art Show 06 , Centrespace Gallery



2007 Jerwood Drawing Prize shortlisted exhibiting artist

2007 Cheltenham Illustration Awards (Highly Commended)