Drawing is not something I make. It is how I make sense of the world.
It is my way of discovering, revealing and understanding experience.
My work is one continuous enquiry pursued through different forms.
I explore movement, memory, displacement, belonging, language and
loss through personal and cultural narratives.
The vehicle changes. The questions remain.
I studied Fine Art at Leicester Polytechnic under the inspirational artist and educator Harry Thubron, whose philosophy and broad-based approach to art has had a lasting influence on my own practice. I later studied post graduate sculpture at Manchester Polytechnic before completing an MA in Fine Art at the University of Salford.
In 2001 I was awarded a two year sabbatical from the University of Salford to undertake an Honorary Research Fellowship at Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, USA.
I am also a member of the Contemporary Glass Society. After returning to Norfolk I now work full time from my studio continuing my exploration of drawing as a way of understanding experience.
Exhibitions
Lorna Fellas has exhibited extensively in the UK, Europe and the USA in solo, collaborative and invitational exhibitions. Her work is represented in public and private collections.
Solo Exhibitions
Graves Gallery, Sheffield
Holden Gallery, Manchester
United Christian Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, USA
State tower, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Anteros Gallery, Norwich
Cromer Art Space, Comer
Selected Exhibitions
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
Bluecoats gallery, Liverpool
Piccadilly Place, Manchester (Two Artists)
Mappin Gallery, Sheffield, ( Two Artists)
Gallery Merlo, Amsterdam (Two Artists)
Usher Gallery, Lincoln, ( Two Artists)
The Battelle Auditorium, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Gallery 200, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Hamilton Gallery, London (Style, Photography)
Diablo Glass, Boston, USA
Warrington Museum and Art Gallery, Prize Winner
Stockport Museum and Art gallery
Ludlow Open, Ludlow
Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
Guildford House Gallery, Guildford, Invitational exhibition ( Recyled By Design)
Salford Museum and Art Gallery
Yare Gallery, Norfolk(Now and Then curated by Lorna Fellas and Tony Keeler)
Court Yard Gallery, Aldeburgh (Two Artitst)
Quay Gallery, BrittenPears Arts, Suffolk (Two Artists)
St John Hurt Art Exhibition, Holt, Norfolk
Bell Gallery, Bungay, Suffolk