Artist in Residence Sam Larter's work on display in the gallery
Sam Larter makes sculptures using materials that are free, readily available, donated or discarded, transforming their original purpose. Observation and drawing are important to her practice. She often works quickly, in a spontaneous way, responding to materials and processes, exploring and experimenting.
Following the 2023 Open exhibition Sam was selected to be Artist in Residence at the Ferens. Her brief was to respond to the Ferens’ permanent collection and/or its building. An intersection of angles plays with aspects of the buildings architecture through shape and form, whilst drawing on specific paintings that are on display across the galleries.
Inspired by the colours and forms in works by Jan van Goyen and Frank Auerbach, and the references to geometry in Edgar Bundy’s The Night School, Sam has created a symmetrical sculpture constructed using several forms made from wooden frames and found materials.
Sam believes that everybody should have access to art and advocates making art with materials that are readily available to hand. She works as a Special Educational Needs teaching assistant at a secondary school in East Yorkshire, and has worked with Saturday Art Club and schools from around Hull during her residency.
Born in Bradford, Sam now lives and works in Hull where she makes sculptures, drawings, and prints. She has a BA in Fine Art from Hull School of Art and Design, 2017, and has shown work in a number of solo and group exhibitions around Yorkshire. In 2022 she was nominated for the Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award.
An intersection of angles is on display in Gallery 2 from 28 June to 22 September 2024.