ANNETTE ELIZABETH SYKES CV EXHIBITIONS
2015
Winter Show, Dolby Gallery, Oundle
2014
FPS Open, Menier Gallery, London
Dolby Gallery, Oundle Christmas Show
Northampton Town and County, Northampton Museum
The Last Picture show, Holt, Norfolk
Missing Narrative at Menier Gallery, Southwark St, London
Lamport Hall, with Northampton Town and County Art Society.
The Art of Poetry, Obsidian Gallery, Stoke Mandeville
Dial House Gallery, Kimbolton, Cambs - ongoing
Dolby Gallery, Oundle, Peterborough
BBH Print Society, Bishops’ Stortford
2013
Northampton Town & County
FPS, Menier Gallery, December.
Solo show - Journey Through Myth, JGallery, Moulton, Northants
The Art of Poetry, Obsidian Gallery, Stoke Mandeville
Folk and Fairytale, Obsidian Gallery, Stoke Mandeville
Cork Street Open, London
2012
Dolby Gallery Winter Show, Oundle, Cambs
Northants Guild of Designer Craftsmen, Alfred East Gallery, Kettering
Society of Wildlife Artists, The Mall, London
Cork Street Open, London
Northampton Town and Country. Won ‘Best Print in Show’. Made an associate member.
BBH Print Society, Obsidian Gallery, Bucks
SOLO – Needhams, Witchford Cambs
Texture, Paint & Print, 2 man show, Rugby Art Gallery & Museum
8th International Print Exhibition, travelling for two years
Dolby Gallery, Oundle, Cambs
Art at 88, Berkhampstead, all year.
Ferrers Gallery, Staunton Harold, Leicestershire
2011
Art at the Manor House, Wildlife Trust, Cambourne, Cambs
Art at 88, August to December.
BBH Print Society, Boxfield Gallery, Herts
Printmakers Council, Stables Gallery, Bexley
Demonstrating at the Hatfield Living Craft Fair
Northampton Museum, Northants Guild of Designer Craftsmen
BBH Print Society, Letchworth
Featured Artist in ‘IMPRINT’ the magazine for the Printmakers Council
Dolby Gallery, Oundle, Cambs
2010
Bankside Gallery, London, Printmakers Council
Dolby Gallery, Oundle, Cambs
Printmakers Wildlife, Birdscapes Gallery, Cley, Norfolk
Out of Print? Bracknell, Berkshire
2009
Open Impact UK
Birdscapes Gallery, Cley, Norfolk
Society of Wildlife Artists, The Mall, London
Marcillhac Sur Cele, France
Keri Keri Print Studios, New Zealand
2008
Society of Women Artists, The Mall, London
PUBLICATIONS:
Featured artist, IMPRINT, Nov 2011.
‘Collagraph – A Journey Through Texture’ – K. Major-George;
‘Annette is a master of the linocut’.
‘The Art of Poetry’, published by Obsidian Gallery, Stoke Mandeville, 2013
‘The Art of Poetry’, published by Obsidian Gallery, Stoke Mandeville, 2014
AWARDS –
Best Print in Show, Northampton Town and County, Winter 2012
WORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Peace Hospice, Watford
Kettering General Hospital
ENDORSEMENTS:
‘One of the most exciting and original takes on wildlife art I have seen in a long time’.
Laurence Broderick, sculptor of ‘The Bull’ for the Birmingham Bullring.
ANNETTE ELIZABETH SYKES EDUCATION AND TEACHING CV
BORN:
1st March 1952, Higham Ferrers, Northants.
EDUCATION:
Wellingborough High School for Girls, gaining:
Eight ‘O’ levels and three ‘A’ levels in Art and Art & Architecture, English.
Coventry College of Education studying Art and Sculpture.
Worked as a screen print designer in industry.
Whilst bringing up the family I trained Part time at Loughborough to teach adults and then two years
part time, at Northampton, under the auspices of Leicester University gaining an FHE Diploma. I then
taught in Adult Education for a long time, including at Leicester University, Wellington Street. At the
same time helping to run a business with my husband, doing the office work.
After the children went to University I spent four years part time at Tresham College, studying Textile
Design & Embroidery, where I was re-introduced to printmaking. I then continued my design studies
with John Allen at Waterloo for two years, attending on one day a month.
I have continued to pursue Printmaking at West Dean College, Curwen Print and various other Print
Studios.
I am a member of our local Fellowship of Professional and Amateur Artists and was recently elected to
Northampton Town and County Art Society, which is my county society.
I have belonged to the Printmakers Council since 2009 and have exhibited widely with them.
In July of this year I co-founded the Swan Group of Artists which has already had two successful Open
Studio weekends and has three exhibitions lined up for next year, one in Northamptonshire and two in
Norfolk.
I took a very early retirement and devote most of my time to my artwork in my dedicated studio, which
is equipped with a mangle doubling as an etching press and a small relief press. My piece of heaven on
earth!