KEN HOWELL

Venus & Mars Are Alright Tonight, 2006.
Blown glass

Take a few moments to gaze inside the teardrop and discover an eternity of space, infinite depth, colour, light and darkness acting as a mirror of the mind.

As light passes through the glass walls of each tear, it is transcended and disseminated into the inner space, fusing the inner and outer colours as unbridled and unconstrained imagery into our psyche.

Without happiness we cannot know sadness.

As, without knowing sadness we cannot know happiness. The enormity of the human mind, the perception of people and how we can distort what appears to exist. The mind being formed by experiences. Sometimes joyful, sometimes sorrowful.

Light moving, changing the landscape, our space and our mood.

Light changing constantly as our bodies pass between the rays forming shadows. Our relationships with form, colour and light.

“I am always assessing my personal development and where I see my practice as an artist. I feel that I can only have a strong sense of commitment to what I do by trusting and believing in the journey of that moment in time”.

If the mind is healthy the body is strong.

Biography pdf

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Selected Biography

EDUCATION
1992 - 2000: Undergraduate student and Researcher, University of Wolverhampton I graduated from Wolverhampton University after a period of 8 years part and full time study. During my times of study, my influences stem from working with people and in places that inspired a way of life.

These study years were very formative regarding my technique and personal development, accumulating valuable experiences with a unique Research post and Masters Degree, coming together to deliver two large-scale, site-specific sculptural glass installations at the Merry Hill Shopping Complex at Dudley and in the University of Wolverhampton ‘Harrison’ Learning Centre. Valuable experience that helped launch my career as a freelance artist.

I began life as a freelance artist in 2000, delivering Community projects with youth groups in the Black Country, leading art workshops with Creative Partnerships Schools. I believe that working with open minded focussed individuals, we can deliver projects worthy of everyone’s investment of time, energy and resources. Artists have the ability to think beyond money and power and only then will change follow. This is why I work with young people using art as a vehicle for change.