Deborah Westmancoat
Deborah Westmancoat is a contemporary painter based in Somerset, UK. She has spent several years engaged in a long term project researching aspects of classical alchemy in relation to the movement of water found within the natural and built environment, considering how each stage of transformation might help us to understand landscape and our place within it. Current work looks at how a materials based practice can enable engagement with place on a deeper level through the actions of observing, following and recording the movement of water under / over / across / through specific environments.
Westmancoat exhibits frequently, throughout the UK and internationally, and was selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries in 2014, becoming a Royal West of England Academy Artist Network member in 2015. Works are held in many private and public collections.
Recent notable shows include:
2018 - Manifesta 12 Biennale: Ingruttati Palermo - international research project and installation of works in Palermo, Sicily
250th RA Summer Exhibition - London
Inventory of Behaviours - Tate Exchange at Tate Modern, London
The Porthleven Prize - UK touring exhibition (Bath, Cornwall, London)
2017 - Cross Pollination - 516 Gallery, New Mexico, USA
249th RA Summer Exhibition - London
Casespace - solo exhibition at Bruton Museum, Somerset
ING Discerning Eye - Mall Galleries, London
165th RWA Open (Judges’ Award: First Prize for Watercolour) - Bristol
2016 - Subasta de Arte Contemporaneo - exhibition and auction of international contemporary art, Casa de Subastas, Mexico City
248th RA Summer Exhibition - London
ING Discerning Eye - London
Points of Views - Lazy Susan Gallery, New York, USA
Material Fact - joint exhibition with Stewart Geddes PRWA, Studio 1.1, London
2015 - Bloomberg New Contemporaries - ICA, London and Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall
Subasta de Arte Británico Contemporaneo - exhibition and auction of British contemporary art, Morton Casa de Subastas, Mexico City
Subasta de Verano: Contemporary British Art - Morton Casas de Subastas, Mexico City
163rd RWA Open - Bristol
The Open West - Cheltenham
2014 - Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2014 - Liverpool Biennial
246th RA Summer Exhibition - London
Now In Reverse - Hundred Years Gallery, London
Website: www.westmancoat.com