CAROLINE PERKINS Abstract Painter

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STATEMENT

Abstract painter working in acrylics and oils with a sustained focus on layered markmaking and expressive composition. My practice engages themes of geological and coastal time, residue, and emotional interiority—materiality as a vehicle for meaning rather than ornament. Work rooted in intuitive, process-led methodology with attention to material behaviour and tonal architecture.

 

EDUCATION

MA Painting     Royal College of Art, London     2021–2023

QEST Scholarship     QEST, London     2020

Colarts Bursary     Arts Council England     2020

 

PUBLICATIONS

Markmaking Through Grief – Artist publication documenting practice and process through image and text. 2026.

 

CURRENT ACTIVITY

Solo Exhibition: Undercurrent     Unity Art Studio Gallery, Andover     17 April – 16 May 2026

 

EXHIBITIONS & PUBLIC ACTIVITY

Solo & Curated Projects

Undercurrent – Ten-piece body of work spanning large scale (150×100cm) to A2 format. Private view 17 April 2026; Unity Art Studio Gallery, Andover.

Grief Wall – Site-responsive installation and artist takeover. UAS Gallery, June 2025.

 

Artist Residencies

Artist takeover residency, Chapel Art Studio, May 2025.

 

Group Exhibitions

The Base Gallery, Newbury – Group show, 13–27 September 2025.

Chapel Art Studio – Associate group show, 16 August – 13 September 2025.

Salisbury Art Scene – Seven paintings from personal creative practice, Easter 2025.

Public Programming & Artist Talks

Pechakucha presentation, Stroud Valley Art Space, 25 January 2025.

Artist talk, 20 June 2025.

 

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Teaching & Community

Art classes: Friday mornings and Saturday afternoons at Unity Art Studio. Focus on process-led mark-making and intuitive approaches to abstraction.

Studio & Space Management

Leaseholder and director of Unity Art Studio—a multi-use creative complex comprising artist studio spaces, a working gallery, retail shop, and accessible workshop facilities. Active in artist recruitment and community programming.

Studio Director & Lead Artist     Unity Art Studio, Andover     2022–present

 

PRACTICE CHARACTERISTICS

Intuitive and process-led methodology • Sustained exploration of layered markmaking • Acrylics and oils • Large-scale and intimate formats • Material behaviour as conceptual language • Tonal architecture and compositional tension • Gestural and controlled mark systems in dialogue • Emphasis on surface depth and material residue • Site-responsive and installation-based practice

 

ONLINE PRESENCE

Website:     www.carolineperkinsart.com

Instagram:     @caroline_perkins_art (artist practice); @Unity_art_Studio (institutional)