Branching out

1 May- 27 September 2005

Willow sculptures by Iris Bertz, inspired by
and situated in the beautiful gardens of
Rockingham Castle, East Northants

Admission to garden: £4.50
(please contact Rockingham Castle
for further details)

Open 12-5pm on Sundays,
Bank Holiday Mondays and Tuesdays

Rockingham Castle
Tel 01536 770240
www.rockinghamcastle.com

This exhibition has been organised and
curated by Fermynwoods Contemporary Art

Fermynwoods Contemporary Art
The Water Tower
Brigstock
Kettering
NN14 3JA
Tel 01536 373469
www.fermynwoods.co.uk

Iris Bertz:

Education:
1999 – 2000 MA in Sculpture, MA Art and Design Network, University of
Wolverhampton
1989 – 1992 Apprenticeship as Basketmaker, qualified with the
German Guild of Basketry, Stuttgart, Germany

Awards:
2001 Prize-winner, “Resonance”, Royal Pump Rooms,
Leamington Spa
1994 Carl Duisberg Personal Development Grant to work six months in Ireland with Joe Hogan

Selected Exhibitions:
2004 “Mantel”, Solo show, the gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon
“Ghostly”, The Library Gallery, Warwick University, Coventry
“All People”, Site-specific Installation at All Saints Church, Leamington Spa, as part of Warwickshire Artsweek

2003 “It´s a wonderful world, Collide Festival, Birmingham
“Voyage Out”, Dock Museum, Barrow-in-Furness

2002 “Raw”, Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire
“Tracing”, South Town Gallery, Leamington Spa
“Intervention”, 50 Artists 5 Houses, Handsworth, Birmingham
“Two Person Show”, Schranne, Giengen, Germany

2001 “In Situ”, Solo Exhibition, South Town Gallery,
Leamington Spa
“Resonance”, Leamington Spa Open, Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa
“The View belongs to Everyone”, Lickey Hills, Birmingham
“Displaced”, Batley Art Gallery and Library, West Yorkshire
“Don’t mention the war”, The Juggler, Hoxton Market, London
“Refuge”, West End Centre, Aldershot

2000 “Be” MA Show, School of Art and Design Wolverhampton
“In Process”, Queen Street, Wolverhampton

1998 “Fairy Tales”, Gedok, Stuttgart, Germany
1997 “Making Weaves”, Gracefield, Dumfries, Scotland
1996 “Willow”, The Ark, Kirkburton, West Yorkshire
1995 “Life is a Beach”, City Gallery, Leicester
1993 “Architecture and Nature”, Imperia, Italy
1992 “Wood”, City Gallery, Potsdam, Germany

Selected Commissions and Projects:

2003 Journey Continued, Bronze commission, Lickey Hills

2002 Temporal, Commission for Ernest and Julio Gallo Winery, Civic Hall, Stratford upon Avon

Oast house, sculpture workshop with visually impaired students and Malvern Youth Club, Spring Gardening Show, Malvern

Artist in Residence, Design of permanent fence for Community Centre, Grange Park, Towcester

Intervention, Fifty Artists Five Houses, Handsworth, Birmingham

2001 Artist in Residence, Gallery in the Trees, Lickey Hills, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Workshop Leader, Cr@ftroutes residency programme, Herefordshire

Artist in Residence, “Out of Darkness” Project, Oxley Primary School Wolverhampton

2000 Consultant for Open College Network, Devising Art Courses for the Prison Service, Warwick University

1998 Consultant for GTZ (German Development Agency) and the Regional Agricultural Ministry, Santa Catarina, Brazil

1997 Artist in Residence, adviser on re-establishing willow beds, Sculpture: “Nest II”, Brereton Heath Country Park, Congleton Borough Council

Artist in Residence “Nest”, Europos Parkas, Lithuania
Commission, suspended ceiling XS- Bar, Liverpool

1996 Collaborative Artist in residence “In the Field”, Living Sculpture Project, North Kesteven Council, Lincolnshire

1995 Commission, Interior Design Project, Ho Ho’s Restaurant, Oldham

1993 Collaborative Living Willow Project, with Ute Mahling, Berlin, Germany

1992 Commission, Construction of a beehive sculpture for artist Jeanette Zippel, Stuttgart, Germany

Collaborative Design Project “Uebergriffe”, part of a 30 person design team, Stuttgart, Germany