Veronica Vickery a multi-disciplinary artist and producer living on a narrowboat on the frequently flooding Bristol Avon. Previously, Vickery lived for many years in the far west of Cornwall facing on to the Atlantic.
Constantly surrounded by water, Vickery is drawn to places and materials that are constantly changing, in which different forms of life and histories rub often uncomfortably up against each other: along the margins of tidal mudflats, city harbour detritus, floating carcasses, rusty paint-pitted boats… She is interested in the way that lived experiences feel echoed in the wounds and fragilities contained in these places and the material porosity of marginalised, hidden forms of life and living. Vickery make work that is deliberately layered and storied to provide different points of entry with a broad audience in mind; elements of humour and lightness are important.
An installation of her work was included the exhibition Found Cities, Lost Objects: Women in the City, curated by Lubaina Himid, Royal West of England Academy (2023). Other recent projects include curating a group collaboration ECO|CON (2023); co-producing Isn’t Bite Also Touch?, an event on contagion and desire (with artist-writer Jack Young, Spike Island, 2022); and BRISopoly, a large-scale site-specific installation for Centre of Gravity, Old Soap Factory (Bristol, 2020). Recent support (2022/3) includes Arts Council DYCP, Ideas Exchange funding from The Brigstow Institute, University of Bristol and a West of England Visual Arts Alliance R&D bursary.
Vickery is working with artist Helen Acklam to develop Laundry Projects, a vehicle for artist-led projects at The Launderette project and residency space in Stokes Croft, Bristol.
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