Studio:   DG, Bow Arts Trust
183 Bow Road
Bow, London  E3 2JS
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E-mail: studio@raimes.com

 


Alison began her studies in art in 1992 after a fifteen year career in restaurant management. She also spent three years working as a chef on charter yachts in the Mediterranean, West Indies and the USA before buying and running her own seafood restaurant in Plymouth, the "Quo Vadis", for six years. Alison now works from studios in Bow, East London.

  • Education

2001-2002, Kent Institute of Art and Design: MA in Fine Art.

1994 -1997, Manchester Metropolitan University: BA (Hons) Fine Art, Upper Second Class Degree (2:1)

1992-1994, Plymouth College of Art and Design, National Diploma in General Art and Design
Pass with distinction in Art History + A level in Art History (grade C) 1994
  • Exhibition History
    'Multicomplexificationalities' curated by Roy Exley - 22nd June - 22nd July 2007 at the Nunnery Gallery, London E3
    'Chamber Works III', (made in collaboration with Seth Brignell) at Bow Arts Trust Open Studio     2007
    'From the Stars Down to Earth'    , curated by Andrew Hunt at the Nunnery Gallery, London E3, June - July 2006
    'Chamber Works I', (made in collaboration with Seth Brignell) at Bow Arts Trust Open Studio 2006
    Group Show: Bow Arts Trust Open Studios, June 2005
    Group Show: Bow Arts Trust Open Studios, June 2004
    Group Show: HYPE, Brick Lane, London - Feb 2004
    Group Show: Bow Arts Trust Open Studios, 21st - 25th June 2003
    Artlives Exhibition: Reconcilable Differences, Jersey galleries, Osterley Park House, Heathrow, London 3 - 27th April 2003
    Group Show:"Blurred Edges" - Alison A Raimes, Sam Stork, & Jules Sykes - Seven Seven Gallery, London 20 Feb-3rd March 2003
    Group Show:Evans Collection, www.evanscollection.org 23rd Jan - 9th Feb 2003 Rivington Gallery, 69 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3AY
    Group Show: Seven Seven Gallery, Broadway Market, Hackney, London "Snapshots"     Nov 2002
    Bow Arts Trust Open Studios June 2002
    Artlives International Group of artists     http://raimes.com/artlives.htm
    Bow Arts Trust, Open Studios June 22-24th 2001
    Skylark Gallery, Gabriel's Wharf, South Bank, London SE1
    Group Show: Art Beyond Borders, Sweden May 2001
    Group Show: Art Beyond Borders, Drachten, The Netherlands, February 2001
    Open Studios:     Cable Street Studios, London E1 18 -20th December 2000
    Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London SW1 October 2001
    Open Studios: Cable Street Studio, London E 1 9-11th June 2000
    Group Show: Greenwich Arts New Generation: Blackfriars Arts Centre, January 2000
    Group Show: Barley Mow Centre, "Invest in your sole"      London W4 August 30 - September 15th 1999
    Open Studios: Cable Street Studios, London E1 July 2-4th 1999
    Solo Exhibition: "Intimate Inquiry into Nothingness" Bedford Hill Studios, Battersea, London Nov 1998
    Solo Exhibition: Peterborough Art Centre May - June 1999 (previewed on Anglia Television)
    Solo Exhibition: Eltham College, London SE9 July 1998
    54 degrees, Manchester Metropolitan University Degree Show July 1997
  • Commissions
    mindAmp Corporation, South Carolina, USA Nov 2002 - Jan 2003
    Art Projects Ltd, November 2002
  • Public/Corporate Collections
    Overbury's London W1 March 2003 to present - work on loan.
    mindAmp Corporation www.mindamp.com, South Carolina, USA
    Evans Collection, www.evanscollection.org    , London
    Reuters International, Fleet Street, London
    Landmark Business Centre, The Royal Mint Court, London
    Aylwin Solicitors, Farnham, Surrey
    Overburys, London W1: Nov 2000 - May 2001
    William Baird PLC, London W1: November 1999 - July 2000
  • Relevant Experience
    Northbury Junior School, Essex: Fish and a Wish project - Cascade Project October 2002
    Langdon Park High School, Bow: Abstract art workshop with yr 9, July 2001
    Mayflower Primary School, Bow: Mural Project with year 3 June 2001
    Eltham College: technician/ support teacher Sept 1997 - July 1998
    Dartington Special School: Noah's Ark Project, July 1992
    Hackwood Special School: support teacher 1996 - 1997
  • Positions of responsibility, fund raising and employment
     The Architecture Centre Network, Finance Administrator www.architecturecentre.net March 2004 -
    The Building Exploratory, Finance Administrator www.buildingexploratory.org.uk Sept 2003 -
    Afghan Action Ltd, Finance Officer and Company Secretary www.afghanaction.com Apr 05 - Dec 06
    Employment Focus, Finance Officer and Company Secretary www.employmentfocus.org.uk Dec 04 - Dec 06
    Bow Arts Trust Charity Auction 2001 - Organiser
    The Ultimate Challenge - Trek Peru 2001 in support of the Cancer Research Campaign
    The Cancer Research Campaign - regional office secretary/volunteer fundraiser     Oct 2000-May2001
    Vision in Art, Report for Crisis in Space conference May 2000
    Bow Arts Trust Committee Member and fundraising co-ordinator
    Cable Street Studios: Director and Trustee Jan - Nov 2000
    Cable Street Artists Group: Secretary and Treasurer June 1999 - Dec 2000
    Manchester Metropolitan University Student Representative 1994 - 1997
    Editor of "BITE", MMU's Faculty of Fine Art student magazine.
    Plymouth College of Art and Design, Student Representative 1992 - 1994