Art in Romney Marsh 2023
Bio
Metalsmith, Roxanne Simone is a Black Caribbean British visual artist with a multi-disciplinary approach to contemporary art and Metalsmithing. Through ethnographic fieldwork and an autoethnographic approach, Simone’s research aims to develop Metalwork with a focus on an intersectional diasporic journey by layering contemporary art practices. Simone's metalwork explores the dismantling of physical and metaphorical boundaries within the contemporary craft, investigating through colour and materiality.
"My practice is multilayered with an emphasis on Metalwork; I explore a practice-led methodology, developing a multifaceted approach to object-making with a conceptual application by layering Film, Poetry and Photography to further explore narrative through the medium. With this methodological approach, I navigate the field through the hydroforming process by engaging in the disruption of making metal objects. By positioning Hydroforming into metal object-making, I explore the 'other' and the ideas of the 'imperfect' objects. The objects are primarily formed by water and pressure, which allows me to draw parallels to the body; the outcomes carry a disruption and require repair and often patination to highlight the contours the process has burdened the material with. My research is navigating within contemporary Metalwork by combining traditional and non-traditional making practices—the process used creates a pressurised environment drawing parallels to the plight of the diasporic over time."
Irtyu
Copper Vessel - Winner of the Theo Fennell Best Metal Award 2020
Indigo dyeing to trade with you, my soul is copper shaded with marks of green. Trapped water shines out blue, to tell your eyes a story of pigmented skies. My heaven is Lapus and stains your touch, with a wealth of wisdom leaving evidence of your intrusion to my moment in the sun.
Traces left on you disrupt your thinking, question your privilege to stratify your curiosity. Deep ocean of blue memories, I am created by mothering, my maker patinated me with tales of experiences. Time changed the complexion of my surface, revealing my quartz to sparkle at my preference.
By Roxanne Simone
CV
Exhibitions & Projects
2022/23
Exhibitor - Objects at Queer + Metal at MAC Birmingham
Curator - Earthseed Exhibition during New York City Jewellery Week 2022
Exhibitor - Harvest Rebellion sculpture for Apex Zero
Exhibitor - Objects at What is the colour of Metal?- England
Curator & Exhibitor - ‘Precious Materials’ Exhibition at Goldsmiths Fair 2022
Film - Screening of short Film ‘109’ for ICF’s Diaspora Pavilion 2: London at Block 366 with Andy Hart
Collaborator - Blacksmithing for Film: Drummer Warrior Storyteller (part two) with Apex Zero
Exhibitor - Objects What is the colour of Metal?- Ireland
Professional Experience
Co-founder & Director - Crucible World LTD
Director of Cultural Exchange - Jewellery and Gemstone Association of Africa
Tutor - MA Jewellery and Metal (‘Resistances’): Royal College of Art
Lecturer - BA Jewellery Design: Central Saint Martins
Visiting Tutor - Cairo Centre of Contemporary Jewellery: Egypt
Co-founder - RCA BLK - Royal College of Art Black Association of Students and Alumni
2020/21
Artist Residency: Harlesden High Street - London - May to August 2021
Exhibitor: IRL at Gallery SO - London - 15th July 2021
Artist Talk: What is the colour of Metal? - 6th May 2021
Co-Editor Crucible : Publication 21 in collaboration Current Obsession
Interview - My-Generation RCA
Exhibitor: Animation - 5hours Exhibition - London
Online Exhibitor: Film - Black History online - RCA SU online
Founding member: RCA Black Association - Ongoing projects
Online Exhibitor: Graduate showcase Objects, Film & Collage - Royal College of Art
Exhibitor: Objects & Jewellery - Gallery No Space - Beijing
2017/19
Workshop : Black History Month Origins - Woodmansterne School & Hackney Quest
Workshop: Bantu storytelling Jewellery workshop, Woodmansterne School
Panellist: Current Obsession Magazine - Social Club: Intersectionality - Munich
Workshop: Object d’ Art: Alternative Jewellery project for Women, Art of Seeing Centre -Egypt
Workshop: 3D Mythologies workshop, Outreach RCA - Royal College of Art
Professional Experience
Gallery Assistant - Gallery SO - London
Volunteer Young people’s Mentor -Hackney Quest
2014/16
Exhibitor - Hansen Gallery Souvenir -Jerusalem
Exhibitor -TENT LDF2015 - London
Exhibitor - New Designers 2015 - London
Curator: ARTAM SAW public art wall and Exhibitions.
Exhibitor - British Council - Cairo
Cultural exchange: Tandemize 2.0 British Council - London/Sri Lanka
Workshop: Flashfactory - London City Hall – London
Co-founder & Director: Art against Machine Collective
Cultural exchange: Tandemize Cass & Design & Azza Fahmy Design Studio, British Council – London/Cairo
Professional Experience
Visual Merchandiser at Annoushka Jewellery - 2010/14 & 2019/21
Scholarships & Grants
