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Selected exhibitions and commissions:

2025

  • Celebration Mosaic commission to celebrate Derby Market Halls reopening, this large mosaic will be created in collaboration with local residents and will be a key feature in the new Market Hall Space.

  • Toasted ceramic art fair at Derby Museum.

  • Only Clay ceramic fair at Kelham Island in sheffield.

  • Derbyshire Open Arts at Long eaton Art Room.

  • Sculpture at Doddington Hall Exhibition. Lincolnshire.

2024

  • ‘The Coral bud project’ commission, a sculpture commission to create 50 ceramic flowers with NHS staff to celebrate 75 years of the NHS, this commission was part of the Derby Air Arts Charity ‘Our NHStories’ event, and was part of a one day national live event taking place over the whole of the UK. The Air Arts project won the national royal Society of public health and Wellbeing award 2024.

  • Mosaic celebrating 75 years of the NHS for Nottingham Hospital charity, created in collaboration with NHS staff from three nottingham hospitals.

  • Artist residency at the museum of making derby, Part of the museums first National saturday club projects. Working with young people from. Derby we created ceramic signage inspired by the museums historic collections, the artwork was exhibited at somerset house in london.

2022

  • Mosaic wall piece created with participants in the Beeches hospital ward at Derby Royal Hospital - in collaboration with Derby Quad LTD

2020 - 2021

  • Lead Designer for The Royal Derby Hospital decorative fencing Project. Consisting of a number of laser cut decorative metal panels, sponsored by local businesses and Hospital Wards. Fence panels project

  • Selected artist for the Derby and Burton Hospital Charities own Derby Ram, i will be designing the Ram as part of an artists residency at Derbys Royal Hospital.

https://derbyramtrail.org/the-trail/

2019

  • Queens Hospital Memorial Tree Sculpture – Located at Queens Hospital Burton, the Steel and Ceramic sculpture is a permanent public art work that honours members of Hospital staff. This is an ever evolving artwork please visit the link below for more information or to order a hand carved leaf:

https://www.airarts.uk/remembrance-garden/memorial-tree/

2017

  • Sculptural flower forms for The Royal Derby Hospital’s Remembrance garden project. This is an ongoing project, flower sculptures can be ordered here:

http://www.airarts.uk/remembrance-garden/

2013-2014

  • The Ceramica project was an illuminated sculpture commission supported by County Youth Arts and Gedling county council based in Nottinghamshire and the Arts Council England.

2012-2013

  • ‘Switch City’ commission supported and funded by the organisations Rednile, Multistory and the Arts Council England.

http://elainelimnewton.com/2013/05/16/switch-city/

  • ‘Night Bloom’ sculpture installation at the Derby Royal Hospital.

http://elainelimnewton.com/2013/05/16/night-bloom/

2011

  • ‘Biome’ interactive sculpture installation: Bolsover Light Nights event, funded and supported by Junction Arts and the Arts Council England.

http://elainelimnewton.com/2013/05/14/biome-2/

  • Joseph Wright Festival Mosaic: Working with the Derventio Housing Trust and commissioned by Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

  • Mosaic commission in collaboration with the ‘Alternatives’ charity, Derby. Commissioned by Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

2010

  • Ceramic award commission for Derby’s Creative Industry Network awards.

  • Sculpture commission, celebrating Derby City councils links with Chinese business and trade, Solo exhibition.

  • ‘Strange Attractors’ Mixed media sculpture commission, Mantle arts anniversary celebrations, Leicestershire.

  • Mosaic commission, Liverpool University Hospital.

  • Ceramic wall sculptures, Macmillan Unit, Derby Royal Hospital.

Selected education projects and artists residences:

2015 ongoing:

  • Artist residency with Mercurial Dance for the ‘Every child is an Artist’ project based at the Oasis Academy Hobmoor, in Yardley Birmingham. Working from years 2 to 6 i have been creating a number of large ceramic sculptural installations within the school grounds.

  • Artist residency with Ecclesbourne secondary school, Duffield, Derbyshire. Creating illuminated Sealife inspired sculptures with GCSE students.

  • Lead participation artist for Quad LTD based in Derby City since 2001. Current projects include working with the QClub after school group on sculpture and digital based projects.

https://www.derbyquad.co.uk/young-people/q-club-group.aspx

2013:

  •  ‘Spepnik’ public art project, Public consultation workshops, Derby City council, working in collaboration with the Plowman – Williams’s  partnership.

  • Lead participation artist for Erewash Borough council arts team. For the annual Erewash festival of lights events, specialising in east Asian workshops and festival puppets.

  • Artist Residency with High Peak Arts for Project eARTh. Project eARTh stands for environmental arts and health and is an exciting five year project for people experiencing mental distress and other long term conditions, funded by the Reaching Communities programme of the BIG Lottery Fund.

2012-2013: Artists residency, AIR arts programme, stroke rehabilitation unit, Derby Royal Hospital.

2012 Onwards: Regular collaborations with musician Ling Peng on various east asian cultural projects. http://www.ling-peng.com/

2011: Artist residency, ‘Arts on prescription programme’, City Arts, Nottingham.

2005 Onwards: Lead participation artist, Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

2005 – 2011: Lead participation artist, ‘Arts on Prescription’ and ‘Art in mind’ program, City Arts, Nottingham City.

Qualifications:

– 2001-2003 NVQ Level 3 Arts Development and Teaching, Derby College.

– 1998-2001 BA ( Hons ) Applied Arts 2:1, Derby University.

Awards:    

2013: Arts Council England ‘Grants for the arts award’ for the Ceramica project.

2012: A Rednile Factory nights award for the Switch City project.

2011: A Cultural Olympiad ‘ Creative innovation grant’.

2011: Arts Council England ‘Grants for the arts’ award for the Biome project.

Experience:

Lead assistant for sculptor Laura Ellen Bacon, assisting in the construction of site specific sculptural work for clients nationally and internationally.

http://www.lauraellenbacon.com/

Membership to professional organisations:

– Design Nation uk the leading creative development agency in the east midlands.Design Nation Uk link

– Find a Maker Member Find a Maker website