background
Steph Shipley explores aspects of place through an expanded practice of still and moving image, sound and printmaking. She holds an MA in Fine Art Site & Archive Interventions from the University of Central Lancashire and was awarded the ArtLab Contemporary Print Studios Fellowship in 2018. She has exhibited widely including international group exhibitions in Germany, Sweden and North Wales. She lives on the north coast of Anglesey.
Steph Shipley explores aspects of place through an expanded practice of still and moving image, sound and printmaking. She holds an MA in Fine Art Site & Archive Interventions from the University of Central Lancashire and was awarded the ArtLab Contemporary Print Studios Fellowship in 2018. She has exhibited widely including international group exhibitions in Germany, Sweden and North Wales. She lives on the north coast of Anglesey.
education
MA Fine Art Site & Archive Interventions (Distinction) University of Central Lancashire
BA (Hons) Fine Art (First Class) University of Bolton, 2015
Foundation Diploma Art & Design (Distinction), University of Bolton, 2010
BA (Hons) French, University of Leeds
BA (Hons) Fine Art (First Class) University of Bolton, 2015
Foundation Diploma Art & Design (Distinction), University of Bolton, 2010
BA (Hons) French, University of Leeds
awards
Sept 2018 MA Fine Art Site & Archive Interventions (Distinction) - awarded by UCLan, Preston
Sept 2018 ArtLab Fellowship 2018 - awarded by ArtLab Contemporary Print Studios, Preston
May 2017 GM Arts Prize, Manchester - shortlisted
May 2016 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2016 - shortlisted
Apr 2016 Waterside Open 2016, Sale - Best Graduate Award
Jun 2015 Vice Chancellor's Award, University of Bolton
Jun 2015 NADFAS Winner
Sept 2018 ArtLab Fellowship 2018 - awarded by ArtLab Contemporary Print Studios, Preston
May 2017 GM Arts Prize, Manchester - shortlisted
May 2016 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2016 - shortlisted
Apr 2016 Waterside Open 2016, Sale - Best Graduate Award
Jun 2015 Vice Chancellor's Award, University of Bolton
Jun 2015 NADFAS Winner
exhibitions / residencies
Jan 2024 Cysylltu - Connecting. Performance / Exhibition. Pontio, Bangor, Anglesey
Dec 2023 Entropi, Cei Llechi Caernarfon, Gwynedd
June 2023 Cysylltu / Connecting, Penrhyn House, Bangor
June 2023 Take my hand, solo exhibition, Llanfechell, Anglesey
Mar-May 2023 At Ein Coed Tree Sense Experimental School, Utopias Bach / Pontio, Bangor
July 2022 Into Deeper Water. Gwyl Metaboliaeth Arts Festival, Bangor.
July 2022 Crone Borg. Gwyl Metaboliaeth Arts Festival, Bangor
Apr 2022 Welcome to Paradise. Bodfa Continuum, Plas Bodfa, Llangoed
Feb 2022 Hirbarhad | Durational Performance, Pontio, Bangor
Jan 2022 The Invisible City. This Little Buoy's Life/2 | White Box, Pontio, Bangor
Nov 2021 Sounds for an empty house. Plas Bodfa Sounds | Soundlands |Amgueddfa Llwch
Oct 2021 Metamorffosis Festival 2021 | Crone Cast - Dinas Dinlle
June 2021 In another world. Geocache Bach | Utopias Bach - Revolution in Miniature
June 2021 Metamorffosis Festival 2021 | Cast of Crones - Bangor
Aug 2020 Upload. Castle Park Forum, Paderborn, Germany
July 2020 Sporadic Assemblage / Collaboration
July 2020 All that Glitters, Unus Multorum 2020, Plas Bodfa, Anglesey
July 2020 Sporadic Assemblage, CGA / Collaboration
Mar 2020 The Return. Following the Lght Screening, Lizard Point Lighthouse, Cornwall
Feb 2020 Piano Microstories - The Eighth Note, Fabrizio Paterlini
Apr 2020 All that glitters. Unus Multorum, Plas Bodfa, Anglesey
July 2019 Just around the corner. Murze Summer Film Festival
July 2019 Beyond Nostalgia. In Pursuit of Error - practice research project
June 2019 Making Presence Felt. Symposium. UCLan Dance - participating artist
May 2019 @orrbbitt Instagram. Artist Residency
Feb 2019 Fragmentation(s), neo:galleryx, Bolton
Feb 2019 NAS Bolton, supported by Castlefield Gallery's New Art Spaces in creative partnership with neo:artists
Sep 2018 MA Fine Art Degree Show, UCLan, Preston
Sep 2018 Corduroy Part 2, neo:gallery23, Bolton
May 2018 City like me, solo exhibition, The Gallery at St George's House, Bolton
Apr 2018 Camera Optional, PS Mirabel, Manchester
Feb 2018 Interlude, MA Fine Art Interim Exhibition, UCLan, Preston
2017/18 City like me, NAS Bolton | in creative partnership with Castlefield Gallery
Nov 2017 Corduroy Part 1, Studio44 and ABF, Stockholm, Sweden
Oct 2017 Intimate, Isherwood Gallery, The Old Courts, Wigan
Sept 2017 WCAFOpen17 Photography Open, Bank Quay House, Warrington
Aug 2017 (re)allotted, The Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
July 2017 (re) Allotted, The Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, Cumbria
June 2017 Open House, Old Trafford, Manchester
May 2017 GM Arts Prize Contemporary Summer Exhibition, Manchester
Apr 2017 Replica, The Market Place, Bolton
Apr 2017 One Year On, Lauriston Gallery, Waterside Arts Centre, Sale
Feb 2017 neo:Open, Neo:gallery23, Bolton
Feb 2017 (re) allotted, St George's Gallery, Bolton
Jan 2017 Hotbed Press 20:20 Print Exchange, neo:gallery23, Bolton
Jan 2017 Mono, PS Mirabel Manchester
Sep 2016 Castlefield Gallery, NAS Bolton - the land behind, Churchgate House, Bolton
July 2016 West Lancs Open Exhibition, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
July 2016 Allotted, neo:gallery 27, Bolton
July 2016 Spectrum Arts Prize, PS Mirabel, Manchester
June 2016 GM Arts Prize Summer Exhibition 2016, Manchester
May 2016 Best of Bolton Fine Art, Castle Park Forum, Paderborn, Germany
Apr 2016 Waterside Open 2016, Sale, Manchester
Feb 2016 Transition, PS Mirabel, Manchester
Jan 2016 Hotbed Press 20:20 Print Exchange, neo:gallery27, Bolton
Jan 2016 PS Mirabel / neo:artists 24:24:24
Dec 2015 Portico Print Fair, Portico Library, Manchester
Nov 2015 Multiply, PS Mirabel Manchester
Sept 2015 Shelf Life, PS Mirabel, Manchester, prize winner
July 2015 West Lancs Open Exhibition, West Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk, prize winner
June 2015 Fine Art Degree Show, University of Bolton
May 2015 Accretion, Crook Street Collective - neo:gallery27, Bolton
Mar 2015 Mostyn 19 Open, Llandudno
Mar 2015 Hotbed Press 20:20 Print Exchange - touring exhibition
Feb 2015 Postcards, York House, London
Jan 2015 Hotbed Press 20:20 Print Exchange neo:gallery 27, Bolton
July 2014 PS Mirabel Open Exhibition (commended) - Manchester
Dec 2013 neo:presents salon exhibition - neo:gallery 22
Dec 2013 Bolton Open Art Exhibition, Bolton Art Gallery
Aug 2013 Palimpsest: apparent beneath the surface, neo:gallery 22, Bolton
July 2013 Do It, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester International Festival
Nov 2012 Future Perfect - group exhibition, neo:gallery 22, Bolton
Sep 2012 neo:printprize 2012 Finalist, neo:gallery 22, Bolton
Sep 2012 Calendar Girls - group exhibition, Bolton Little Theatre
Aug 2012 West Lancs Open, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
July 2012 Relative Values, Art Lounge, New Mills
May 2012 Moot Point, Cube Gallery, Manchester
Apr 2012 About Face - neo:artists, Bolton
Nov 2011 Open Art Exhibition, Bolton Art Gallery
Oct 2011 Take a Look, why don't you? Solo Exhibition: - Bolton Little Theatre
Sep 2011 Joint Exhibition - The Gallery, Harwood Library
Mar 2011 Biennial Exhibition, BAC - Bolton Art Gallery
Sep 2010 Nostalgia - neo:artists, Bolton
Jun 2010 The Long Good-bye, group exhibition - University of Bolton
public art / talks
July 2020 Treading Lightly, Artist Talk, University of Bolton
May 2018 City like me, Artist Talk, The Gallery at St George's House, Bolton
Nov 2017 Just around the corner, Artist Talk, University of Bolton
Oct 2016 The Space Between, Artist Talk, The Triangle, Bolton
Apr 2016 The Space Between, Artist Talk, The Triangle, Bolton
Dec 2015 The Space Between, Artist Talk, University of Bolton
Sept 2015 In Transit, Public Art Installation, Bolton Bus Station
May 2015 Moor Lane Bus Station - TfGM / University of Bolton
June 2014 Bolton Market - TfGM / University of Bolton
Mar 2014 Bolton Interchange Hoardings - TfGM / University of Bolton
May 2018 City like me, Artist Talk, The Gallery at St George's House, Bolton
Nov 2017 Just around the corner, Artist Talk, University of Bolton
Oct 2016 The Space Between, Artist Talk, The Triangle, Bolton
Apr 2016 The Space Between, Artist Talk, The Triangle, Bolton
Dec 2015 The Space Between, Artist Talk, University of Bolton
Sept 2015 In Transit, Public Art Installation, Bolton Bus Station
May 2015 Moor Lane Bus Station - TfGM / University of Bolton
June 2014 Bolton Market - TfGM / University of Bolton
Mar 2014 Bolton Interchange Hoardings - TfGM / University of Bolton
press / media
May 2018 - Treading Lightly, In Certain Places
May 2018 - City Like Me, Bolton News
July 2016 - Allotted, neo:gallery 27, Bolton, Bolton News
June 2016 - Best of Bolton Fine Art, Paderborn, Bolton News
May 2015 - In Transit, Bolton Bus Station Bolton News
Sept 2015 - NADFAS Autumn Review 2015 - Societies page
May 2015 - The Double Negative - Class of 2015 The North West's Top Fine Art Graduates
May 2018 - City Like Me, Bolton News
July 2016 - Allotted, neo:gallery 27, Bolton, Bolton News
June 2016 - Best of Bolton Fine Art, Paderborn, Bolton News
May 2015 - In Transit, Bolton Bus Station Bolton News
Sept 2015 - NADFAS Autumn Review 2015 - Societies page
May 2015 - The Double Negative - Class of 2015 The North West's Top Fine Art Graduates
teaching
2018-current: Part-time Fine Art Lecturer/Tutor – BA Fine Art Research in Context / Scholarship / Professional Practice; Art & Design Foundation Information and Interpretation. University of Bolton.
2018-current: Part-time Fine Art Lecturer/Tutor – BA Fine Art Research in Context / Scholarship / Professional Practice; Art & Design Foundation Information and Interpretation. University of Bolton.