{"id":6115,"date":"2019-02-08T15:46:14","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T20:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/?p=6115"},"modified":"2019-12-24T13:13:50","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T18:13:50","slug":"bev-speight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/bev-speight","title":{"rendered":"Bev Speight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBoom<\/em>
\n11″x8.3″; washi tape, magazines, photocopies; 2018<\/p>\n

Bev Speight
\nLondon, United Kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n

STATEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am passionate about art, and in particular, I love collage. This art of reinvention is a magical and tactile process that allows me to collect, experiment, combine and transform imagery. Working with old family photographs, vintage magazines and my own holiday snaps, I enjoy exploring and experimenting with different styles to produce a variety of artworks: from architectural builds to mixed media menageries and washi tape mash-ups to juxtaposed joiners.<\/p>\n

BIO<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bev Speight is a graphic designer, illustrator and art educator who teaches at Middlesex University, London, UK. She was previously creative director for a major London book publisher and, amongst many other clients, has worked on high-profile campaigns for the BBC, Lonely Planet and Berlitz. Now an independent creative, she balances her time between her creative graphic design and illustration practice, university lecturing and writing books.<\/p>\n

At Middlesex university, Bev leads the Visual Arts and 3D Design BA Foundation programmes.<\/p>\n

Bev illustrated the Victorian Steampunk Tarot for Cico publishers, London.<\/p>\n

Over the past couple of years, she has published two books with Octopus Publishers: ArtLife<\/em> (2017) and Fast Art<\/em> (2018), and is about to launch her new book with Octopus Publishers and Tate London, Project:Collage<\/em> (March 2019).<\/p>\n

Bev designed this new art series for Tate and has written, illustrated, designed and photographed the first title, Project:Collage<\/em>.<\/p>\n

ARTIST CONTACT<\/strong><\/p>\n

[click to email<\/a>]
\nbevspeight.com<\/a><\/p>\n

IMAGES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nWhitby Beach<\/em>
\n9.6″x7.5″; old photograph, coloured paper, photocopies; 2018<\/p>\n

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\nI Dreamed I Was a Beautiful Swan<\/em>
\n9.6″x7.5″; magazines, photocopies, coloured paper<\/p>\n

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\nHunter Gather<\/em>
\n11.8″x11″; matchboxes, ephemera; 2018<\/p>\n

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\nTwist<\/em>
\n7.9″x7.9″; magazines, photocopies; 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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