Artist Bio
Artist Statement
Lindsay Madden is a figurative painter who explores, through painting, objects and photographs, the theme of childhood and growing up.
The timless honesty in children's body language is the focus of Lindsay's work, adopting playful narratives that connect the past to that which remains relevant in adulthood. Lindsay's interest lies in the uninhibited freedom of children, often juxtaposing the freedom that children feel while playing, throwing handstands and cartwheels for example, against and within, the rigid constraints and limitations of a ruler.
Using objects associated with schooldays, chalkboards, vintage school rulers, book covers and vintage game boards as an alternative canvas, to communicate our longing to hold on to the past.
The combination of chalk and paint acknowledge the ephemeral nature of youth, the inclusion of vintage rulers are a nod to the notion of continual measurement (physical, mental, and academic) against peers, siblings and the wider world. Lindsay's work has a sense of nostalgia, whilst offering a reflection on the bittersweet essence of childhood, inviting the viewer to probe their own personal and individual memory archives and bring their own narratives to play.
Lindsay graduated from Sunderland university in 2013 with a first-class honours degree in Fine Art and is represented by several galleries in the UK. She has exhibited in the National Open Art Competition as Somerset House and has been selected for the Discerning Eye at the Mall Galleries multiple times.
Original Artwork
Stockists & Galleries
2024
Christmas Cracker, Byard Art
Battersea Art Fair, Byard Art
Summer Exhibition, Tallantyre Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Dockside Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Byard Art
Summer Exhibition, Baxters Gallery
Mixed Summer Exhibition, Byard Art
Affordable Art Exhibition, Smithy Gallery
Affordable Art Fair, New York, Byard Art
2023
Winter Exhibition, Southwold Gallery
Christmas Cracker, Byard Art
Battersea Art Fair, Byard Art
Summer Exhibition, Byard Art
Summer Exhibition, Southwold Gallery
Mixed Summer Exhibition, Byard Art
The Story of Art, Byard Art
Figurative Exhibition, Byard Art
Driftwood Rules, three man show, Southwold Gallery
2022
‘Cover Stories’ solo show, Dockside Gallery
Christmas Cracker, Byard Art
Winter Exhibition, Southwold Gallery
Battersea Art Fair, Byard Art
Summer Exhibition, Whitehouse Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Southwold Gallery
Cheltenham Art Fair, Byard Art
Spring Exhibition Southwold Gallery
Back to Square One Exhibition, Dockside Gallery
2020
Christmas Exhibition, Southwold Gallery
Christmas Cracker, Byard Art
Selected for The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries
Summer Exhibition, Dockside Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Byard Art
2020 Exhibition, Byard Art
Spring Exhibition, Fine Art Consultancy
Summer Exhibition, Southwold Gallery
Mixed Exhibition, Byard Art
2018
Winter Exhibition, Dancing Light Gallery
Christmas Cracker, Byard Art
Christmas Exhibition, Dockside Gallery
Winter Exhibition, The Hawthorn Gallery
Battersea Art Fair, Byard Art
Summer Exhibition, Byard Art
Summer Exhibition, The Bakehouse Gallery
Suff and Nonsense, Harding House Gallery
Summer Exhibition, The Hawthorn Gallery
Spring Exhibition, The Dockside Gallery
Fresh Art Fair, Byard Art
A Brush with Colour, The Whitehouse Gallery
2016
Christmas Cracker, Byard Art
Christmas Exhibition, Albany Gallery
Imitation of Life, The Velvet Easel
Selected for the Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries
Stockholm AAF, Byard Art
Cambridge Art Fair, Byard Art
Figurative Exhibition, Hour Image Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Byard Art
Summer Exhibition, Heart Gallery
A Way of Seeing, The Velvet Easel
Solo Exhibition, Bakehouse Gallery
Hampstead AAF, Byard Art
The Little Picture Show, Albany Gallery
New York AAF, Byard Art
Battersea AAF, Byard Art
The Somme Remembrance & Expression, Daisy Arts
Art and Ducks
2014
Selected for The Discrning Eye exhibition 2014, The Mall Galleries
Selected for NOAC exhibiton, Somerset House
Playing By the Rules, solo show, The Hawthorn Gallery
Always Remember Never Forget DLI Museum and Art Gallery
2021
Christmas Exhibition, The Whitehouse Gallery
Christmas Exhibition, Byard Art
Battersea Art Fair, Byard Art
Summer Exhibition, Tallantyre Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Byard Art & Southwold Gallery
Sprint Exhibition, Fine Art Consultancy @ Dockside Gallery
2019
Christmas Cracker Exhibition, Byard Art
Christmas Exhibition, Tallantyre Gallery
Edinburgh Art Fair, Tallantyre Gallery
Miniature Exhibition, Dockside Gallery
Battersea Art Fair, Byard Art
More Than Words Exhibition, Dockside Gallery
Melbourne Art Fair, Byard Art
Summer Exhibition, Byard Art
Along Your Street Exhibition, Byard Art
Spring Exhibition, Dockside Gallery
Off the Wall Exhibition, The Velvet Easel
Art & York
2017
Christmas Exhibition, Albany Gallery
Christmas Cracker, Byard Art
Tinsel Town, Dockside Gallery
Christmas Exhibition, The Hawthorn Gallery
Christmas Exhibition, The Bakehouse Gallery
Big Books Exhibition, Newcastle Library
Battersea AAF, Byard Art
Solo Show, Bakehouse Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Byard Art
Summer Exhibition, The whitehouse Gallery
Spring Exhibition, The Hawthorn Gallery
Spring Exhibition, Bils and Rye
Beneath the Surface, The Velvet Easel
2015
Christmas Exhibition, Albany Gallery
Christmas Cracker, Byard Art
Tinsel Town, Dockside Gallery
Christmas Exhibition, The Hawthorn Gallery
Christmas Exhibition, The Bakehouse Gallery
Big Books Exhibition, Newcastle Library
Battersea AAF, Byard Art
Solo Show, Bakehouse Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Byard Art
Summer Exhibition, The whitehouse Gallery
Spring Exhibition, The Hawthorn Gallery
Spring Exhibition, Bils and Rye
Beneath the Surface, The Velvet Easel
Exhibitions
Education
2011 - 2013 | Fine Art BA(Hons) - 1st class degree
University of Sunderland
2008 - 2011 | FdA (Applied Art) (with commendation)
University of Sunderland
2007 - 2008 | Access to Art and Design
City of Sunderland College
2011 | Applied Arts Achievement Award Foundation Degree