Who

Contemporary abstract artist.

Trudie Moore’s paintings contrast control and restraint with freedom in the painting process.  Her installed works can immerse and energise the viewer, uplifting them through the use of luminous expanses of colour and calm, sheer transparencies. Light and colour are relayed outside of the works and into the external space, impacting on their surroundings.

Natural materials and gentle veils contrast with synthetic acrylic, strong fluorescents and precise edges, which are applied through process-led and experimental techniques. 

Materiality is pronounced through large scale canvases, acrylic pieces that transmit or displace colour and light, and installations which play with three and four dimensions, sometimes emerging from the wall or floor. On occasion the paint can encase or form a skin around the canvas, producing a tactile layer, or the colour and light may be contained within.

Often on a large scale, these concepts invite an energising physical and emotional response from the viewer so that they can feel a positive experience on this passage into form and space.

Biography

Trudie Moore

B 1975, Torquay. Studied De Montfort University, Leicester, 1994-1997.

Trudie has had solo exhibitions in Leicester and Penryn and has participated in art fairs in London. Her works are held in a number of private collections with commissions undertaken for private collectors. 

As a student she was notably taught by Ian Kirkwood and Eliza Bonham-Carter RSA and took part in colour workshops led by Bridget Riley. She cites current influences from Regine Schumann, Rana Begum & Sigrid Calon.

A current Associate member of the Penwith Society of Arts and Axis Arts. Trudie was awarded a residency in 2020 at Gray’s Wharf, Penryn.  

Her work has included 18 years in marketing and advertising, graphic design and ethical brand consulting with influences that come from previous work related to furniture and interiors, with British, European and Scandinavian furniture and product design.

Trudie currently lives and works in Cornwall

CV

Education

BA Honours Fine Art, De Montfort University, 1997 

Foundation Studies in Art and Design, South Devon College of Arts and Technology, 1994

 

Solo Exhibitions

‘New Works’ Gray’s Wharf, Penryn, October 2020

‘Trudie Moore’  LCB depot Leicester,  2012 

 

Group Exhibitions

Associates Members Spring Exhibition, Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, 2022

Associates Members Winter Exhibition, Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, 2022 

Open 28, Leicester Museums, Leicester, 2017 

Open 9, City Gallery, Leicester Museums, Leicester 1998

Group Show, The Attic, Leicester, 1997

Open 8, City Gallery, Leicester Museums, Leicester 1997

 

Art fairs

The Great Art Fair, Alexandra Palace, London, 2006

Urban Art, Brixton, London, 2007

 

Residencies

Studio Residency, Gray’s Wharf, Penryn, 2020

 

Commissions

Work is in a number of private collections, 1997-present

 

Collections

Work is in a number of private collections, 1997-present

De Montfort University, work retained, 1997-1998

 

Funding Awards

Skills Grant, supported by Cultivator Cornwall, European Regional Development Fund, Creative Kernow, Arts Council England, Cornwall Council, HM Government, 2023 

Immersive Business supported by European Regional Development Fund, Falmouth University, University of Exeter, 2022

 

Memberships

Axis Arts, 2023

Associate Member, Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives 2023

Associate Member, Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives 2022

Axis Arts, 1998-2000

 

Press: 

The West Briton, 2020

My Cornwall, 2019 

The Chromologist, interview, online, 2016