“I am a Brighton based, combined media artist incorporating digital technology, audio, film, and recently I have introduced textiles, spoken word and performance into my work. My artistic inspiration comes from the intricate role’s women play in families and society, extending into our relationships in urban spaces and to nature. My ultimate objective is to use my art as a platform for instigating change, contributing to the ongoing discourse around identity, and society. I aspire to collaborate with fellow artists, engage with communities, and exhibit my work in spaces where it can spark dialogue and motivate change”.
Karen was resident on the ‘ArtsDRIVA @ Fusebox’ programme in Brighton, run by Wired Sussex and worked with sound artist Kevin Grist on immersive Installation (Solace), inspired by people’s interaction with open space.
She is currently supported by Arts Council England.
https://vimeo.com/karentilley
2023: Swear on the Duster, touring UK, @domesticdusters, Instagram
2023: Photography, The Red Door , Brighton
2023: Visual Arts Open, long-listed
2023: Apron, Edgeland Modern Project Space, Newhaven
2023: Group Show, Southwark Park Galleries, London
2022: Back of Envelope, Edgeland Modern Project Space
2021: Group Show, Southwark Park Galleries, London
2021: Soundscape & interactive sound-board, The Red Door
2020: Along The Vale, Group Exhibition, DC1 Gallery, Eastbourne
2020: Solace, Audio & Visual Installation, DC1 Gallery, Eastbourne
2020: Solace, Audio & Visual Installation, Ditchling Museum & Art Gallery, Sussex
2019: Solace, Audio & Visual Installation, The Crypt, Seaford
2017: Slippery Fish, DC Gallery, Eastbourne
2016: Moving image, Repository of Memory, Le Cadre de Normadie Impressionniste
2013: Audio Installation, Shine on London Road, Public Art Commission
2012: Yes We Are, Dublin Photo Festival
2012: Sculpture, Divine Intervention, Brighton Jubilee Library & Claude Nichol Centre
2010: Brighton Photo Biennial Fringe
2009: Moving and still image, Deep Fill, Gallery 10, Reading
2007: Moving image, The Space Between, Brighton Festival
2003: Text & Sculpture, After Caro, Lewes. Commissioned by The Hampshire Sculpture Trust to make new work for the exhibition ‘After Caro’ at the Thebes Gallery, Lewes
2002: Grounded Theory, Pam Brabants & Karen Laycock (Tilley), The Foundry, Great Eastern Street, London
2001: Text in 2nd & 3rd voice, printed on plastic bag. What we did on our holidays, venues in Hastings & St. Leonards
2001: Moving image, Text in stone, Brighton Icons, St Bartholomew’s Church, Brighton
2001: Record Collection, VTO Gallery (London), International 3 Gallery (Manchester), Forde Espace Art De-Contemperain (Geneva)
2001: Installation, St Mary Magdalene Church/Crypt London
2000: Resolution, BMC, Brighton
Artist in Residence
2019-2020: Resident on the ‘Arts Driva @Fusebox’ programme in Brighton, run by Wired Sussex to develop practice in emerging technologies
Memberships
2019-2020: Matt Roberts Mentoring Programme
Devonshire Collective Artist Group
AXIS Web Art Rabbit
Awards
2016: Short list for British Women’s Artist Award – “Repository or Memory” moving image
1999-2000: Scholarship for Chelsea MA
Individual artist award/commissions
Arts Council England, East Sussex Arts Partnership
Windlesham Charitable Art Trust
The Hampshire Sculpture Trust Commission
Brighton Council with Porta Pilot, Public Commission
Education
2009: Certificate in Arts Award, Assessor Levels 1 & 2
2006-2008: Certificate in Education, PGCE, University of Sussex
1999-2000: MA Fine Art/ Combined Media, (Scholarship funded), Chelsea College of Art and Design
1996-1999: BA (Hon) Fine Art Sculpture, (First), University of Brighton