Artist Linda Newcombe

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I am a visual artist based in Berkshire, UK. My work straddles the areas of printmaking, animation and illustration.

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​I create child-like work using symbolic and folkloric figures, objects and settings that invite interpretation and construction of narrative. I create emotionally charged encounters reminiscent of a fantasy childhood and bygone era..

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• ​Received a DYCP grant from Arts Council England to develop my work in stop-motion animation (2021)

• Commissioned to develop project work with The Museum of English Rural Life for '51 Voices' project (2021)

• Selected to take part in the digital project Breathworks at Modern Art Oxford (2020)

• Selected to take part in a Jelly.org.uk residency '12 Artists At Home' which was Arts Council supported and Lottery funded

• Shortlisted for the Museums Northumberland Folklore Commission (2020).

• Commissioned to adapted work for projection onto the wall of Reading Gaol in Oscar Wilde Walk for Reading Thames Festival in the event Art After Dark. (2019)

• Micro Residency - Books that Dont Speak - University of Reading (2019)

• Awarded Graphic Literature Prize by Falmouth University (2018)

• Awarded Distinction for Masters Degree, Authorial Illustration (2018)

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Works include commissions, concept books and short animation projects.

I teach printmaking and illustration in Berkshire and London

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