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Caroline Wright is an artist whose practice spans visual and live work. Working in mediums as diverse as glass and gold as well as the human body, she has made work for cities and rural spaces, for galleries, theatres, churches, on desolate uninhabited islands and for audiences of 1000 and of 1. She is interested in human communication, control and power and the effect of outside influences and experiences on our actions and behaviour. The role of the audience, interactivity and ritual are important aspects in the work; Wright aims to use art to re-imagine the ordinary to take an audience to places of the imagination and the extraordinary. Site is a major influence on Wright’s work and many pieces are constructed to give and take added resonance to and from their physical locations.
In her drawing practice, Wright uses familiar media (pen, biro, pencil) on found materials, reconfiguring an intended narrative by adding or subtracting information to present an alternative understanding. In tandem, she is interested in the significance of surface, layering and notions of absence and presence.
Based at Wysing Arts Centre near Cambridge, Wright’s work has been shown across the UK and abroad, including Ireland, Japan, America, Germany, Russia and The Netherlands. A recipient of an Artsadmin bursary in 2003, Wright has received awards from The Arts Council, Suffolk County Council and The Sasakawa Foundation and is a member of the collectives Live Art Collective East (LACE) and Escalator collective Here We Meet. Wright is an Arts Council selected Escalator artist.
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