Born in 1963
Lives and works in Caylus (Tarn-et-Garonne) FR/UK
It's been twenty years since Grete
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TRAINING
BA Hons Fine Art, Sculpture Staffordshire University (UK) PGCE Art & Design Education, University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UK)
1998 Art and Design Mentor Fellowship, Skidmore College USA/University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UK)
1985 William Painter Bequest Scholarship/Prize, Staffordshire University (UK)
EXHIBITIONS
2004 - 2025 DRAWinternational, Caylus. A place for research, experimentation and production related to drawing in all its forms. Residency program founded by Grete and John McNorton. Partner of Les Abattoirs, Musée - FRAC Occitanie Toulouse since 2018
2011-2017 Visual arts instructor and referent, teaching adults & children, Montauban.
1997-2002 Art teacher, Ynysawdre Comprehensive School, Bridgend, Wales (UK)
For twenty years, visual artist Grete McNorton and her husband have co-organized the DRAWInternational research center in Caylus. In 2023, in her own practice, she sought to break away from the use of polluting materials such as fiberglass and resin. Porcelain soon became an obvious choice, offering her unexpected versatility. She combines it with textiles (sheep's wool, plant-fibre-based textiles) and graphics, and raises questions about the construction of volume and the status of the domestic object, echoing artists such as Eva Hesse and Tony Cragg.(...)
Read the full text in the 2025 exhibition catalog
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