D E M I O V E R T O N
b. 1991 Nottingham, UK
Demi creates sculptural works on paper as she explores drawing and mark making using pinpricking, sewing and painting. She uses her experience of landscape as her starting point, inspired by maps and aerial imagery focusing on stark areas such as mountains, canyons and deserts and translating them into her own minimal abstract language. The work intentionally slows the creative process down to inspire a meditative practice as the visual information is paired down to a minimum, hinting at features found within nature.
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demijaneoverton@gmail.com for all enquiries
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Curio is an evolving collection of handcrafted objects, beautiful art and imaginative design from around the world. Our mission is simple: to make it easier to find, fall in love with and acquire those truly special pieces that – large or small – have the power to transform spaces and enrich life.
Founded in 2022 by designer Shalini Misra and led by a team of industry experts, Curio represents the culmination of a decade long quest for such items, and offers not only a new e-commerce destination, but a world of stories, cultures, materials, tools and techniques. Inspiring and enabling a new generation of patrons who champion craft and the power of the handmade, Curio is, at its essence, a champion of human creativity, and works to preserve and safeguard these precious skills for the future by bringing makers, aesthetes and contemporary collectors together.
Education
Newcastle University, Ba (Hons) Fine Art 2011-2015
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Selected Exhibitions & Fairs
Manchester Art Fair, November 2024
Art on a Postcard 10 year Anniversary Auction (curated by Tom Best) 2024
Open, Leicester Museum, 2024
Precious Postcards, Bristol 2023
Meet the Locals, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield, 2023
Studio Sale with Auction Collective, 2022
The Other Art Fair, London, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017
Mundella Showhome Project, Nottingham, 2020
Online Studio Project, Saatchi Art, 2020
​Open 29, New Walk Museum and Gallery, Leicester, 2019
UKYA City Takeover: Nottingham, Surface Gallery, 2019
The Spring Auction, The Auction Collective, Menier Gallery, London, 2019
Summer Show, Lakeside Arts, Nottingham, 2019, 2017, 2016
Windsor Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Windsor Racecourse, 2019​
Processes, Stour Space, Hackney, London, 2018
Same as it Never Was, Backlit Gallery, Nottingham, 2018
Paper | Scissors | Stone, The Auction Collective, Alon Zakaim Fine Art, Mayfair, 2018
Think in NG Summer Show, Cobden Chambers, Nottingham, 2018​
SEE HERE @ The Old Auction House, Nottingham, 2018
Lady Bay Arts Festival, 2018, 2017​
Summer Open, The Harley Gallery, 2017​
Mass, Backlit Gallery, Nottingham 2016
HIX Award Finalist, CNB Gallery, Shoreditch, 2015
Art Houses, Whitley Bay Film Festival, 2015
Newcastle University Fine Art Degree Show, SCIN Gallery, London, 2015
Newcastle University Fine Art Degree Show, Newcastle University, 2015
VSVU, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2014
Collabor8, Bamburgh House, Newcastle, 2014
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Known Collections
The Whiteley, London
P&O Iona
Ritz Carlton, Naples, Florida
Westin, Washington DC
JW Marriott, San Antonio, Texas
Cadogan Hotel, London
Islander Resort, Florida Keys
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Demi is a member of Artcan.
Her work can also be found at Saatchi Art, Curio and Artiq.
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