Artist Statement
Gemma Moore is a British socially engaged artist based in the West Midlands. Her latest projects have involved working with people living with dementia on a large-scale project called Durational Drawing, which has included making and documenting the project’s process. Other photographic bodies of work include the Feminist Persona Series (2021) which has won several awards, including the Sidney Nolan Trust Residency Award (2021) and The Mike Holland Award upon commencing her Masters Degree studies in Fine Art at the Birmingham School of Art. Her main photographic interests are the following – abstract, black and white, feminist performance photography and social documentary photography.
Education
BA Hons Fine Art, First Class Honours Degree, Hereford College of Arts (HCA), July 2021
MA (Masters Degree) in Fine Art, Merit, Birmingham School of Art, October 2022
Leadership and Management, ILM Level 3, Distinction, July 2021
Presentations
Moore, G. (2024) Presentation – How can people living with dementia experience mark making in Meeting Centres? Thriving Together Symposium – A symposium on couple hood, arts participation, and dementia, Sheffield
Moore, G. (2024) Presentation – How do people living with dementia in Meeting Centres experience mark making? Postgraduate Research Student Conference, Worcester
Moore, G. (2024) Presentation – Dementia and mark making. The Art House – artist talks, Worcester
Moore, G. (2023) Presentation – How can Fine Art be embedded into Meeting Centres and can this further alleviate symptoms associated with dementia? UK Dementia Congress, Birmingham.
Heritage Pathfinders. Image Courtesy of Gemma Moore Presentation, London Zoo, Photographer, Kim Hudson.
Research posters
Moore, G. (2024) Poster – Dementia and Mark making: can mark making and exhibitions be used as methods of exploring communication, expression and the lived experience of people living with dementia attending Meeting Centres? UK Dementia, Congress, Coventry
Symposiums
MA Fine Art Materiality Symposium, Nottingham Trent University (2022)
Albutt, M., Bushell, D., Davies, R., Kirve, S., Tumuhairwe, J.B., Moore, G. & Mumford, S. (2024) Presentation – PhD symposium. UK Dementia Congress, Coventry
Selected Press
ONLINE Esmee Fairbairn, Learning about youth power on the Involving Young People Collective (2025) Access Link: Learning about youth power on the Involving Young People Collective | Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
ONLINE Gemma Moore’s Imagined Landscapes, OUTSIDE LEFT (2023) Access Link: Gemma Moore’s Imagined Landscapes in OUTSIDELEFT
ONLINE Bunch of Five, OUTSIDELEFT (2022) Access Link: A Bunch of Five – Gemma Moore in OUTSIDELEFT
April Fish, ZEST HALL, Virtual exhibition (2021)
Aftermath, AMASS Collective (2023)
Arthole Magazine (2020)
Self, isolated, The Gap, Birmingham (2020)
The Ludlovian Magazine, The Journal of the Old Ludlovians’ Association (2018)
Dementia and Art Workshops
Halo Leisure Centre Hereford, 2024
Evergreen Club Ledbury, 2023 and 2026
Deer Park, Ledbury 2026
Birchams Grange, Ledbury, 2026
Sanctuary Care Malvern 2026
Dementia Art Workshop, Bishops Castle Art Festival (2024)
Dementia Art Workshop, Bishops Castle Art Festival (2023)
Brockhampton Grange Hereford 2026
Dementia Café, St Martin’s Church, Hereford (2022)
Curation
UNFRAMED (2024), De Koffie Pot, Hereford
HVAN UNSEEN (2025) Bloomspace, Hereford
HVAN UNSCRIPTED (2025), Gomond Street, Hereford
UNSTORIED (2025) Quaker House, Hereford
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
Ledbury Town Council Office (2026), Masefield Matters Project, in collaboration with Evergreen Club, Birchams Grange and Deer Park care homes
The MONSTER, Canwood Gallery, Hereford, May 2027
Trauma Series (2025) July 2025 – September 2025, Unit 7, Gomond Street, Hereford
Marginalised Represented (2023), St. Laurence’s Church, Ludlow
Marginalised Represented (2023), Old Stable Gallery, Leominster Tourist Information Centre
Drawn In Time (2023), Window Display, Leominster Library
Drawn In Time (2023), Old Stable Gallery, Leominster Tourist Information Centre
Drawn In Time (2022), The Ante Room, The Grange Court, Leominster
Group shows
Unspoken Reunion (2025) painting series, oils, Here without home exhibition, Artlandish (2026)
What she would have liked to have taken (2026) Collage and paper, Flee Exhibition, Artlandish (2026)
When is Home not a home (2026) Painting, Here without home exhibition, Artlandish (2026)
Found Marks Series (2025-ongoing) LTB Showrooms, Coventry (2026)
Trauma Series (2025) September 2025, Herefordshire Art Week (H.Art), Hereford College of Arts (2025)
The Soft Chains of Memory and Association (2024-2025), UNSEEN (2025) Bloomspace, Hereford (2025)
The Soft Chains of Memory and Association (2024-2025) UNSTORED (2025) Quaker House, Hereford (2025)
A Visual Dialogue (2024) UNSCRIPTED (2025) Gomond Street, Hereford (2025)
A Visual Dialogue (2024) ALT Space (2024) LBT Showrooms Coventry (2024)
Shredded Escapism (2024) UNFRAMED (2024) De Koffie Pot, Hereford (2024)
Hogback Hills Project, Discerned Endurance (2024) Ridgebank Gallery, Kington (2024)
Hogback Hills Project, The Desk (2024) Sidney Nolan Trust, Presteigne (2024)
Views through the Window (2023) Old Stable Gallery, Leominster (2023)
Mental Map Series (2022) Apple Store Gallery, Hereford (2022)
Boxhead: Future is Female (2021) Cyborgs Future, Henry Moore Room, Tate Britain (2022)
Should have taken 5 minutes (2021) Midlands Open, New Art Walsall Gallery (2022)
Should have taken 5 minutes (2021), The Materiality Symposium, Nottingham Trent University (2022)
The Feminist Persona, The Open Exhibition, The Courtyard, Hereford (2021)
Fine Art HCA Level 4 Archive Centre 2019
Fine Art HCA Level 4 The Green Dragon 2019
Fine Art HCA Level 4 Queenswood 2019
Fine Art HCA Level 4 Gomond Street 2019
Landscapes, Castles and Flowers,The Discovery Centre, Craven Arms (2019)
Landscapes, Castles and Flowers, Bishops Castle, Shropshire (2019)
UCAS Fair Manchester (2019)
Awards
Martin Parr Social Documentary Photography Competition, Ludlow College (2017)
Travel Bursary for Photography (2017) Ludlow College
Curry Prize for Sociology (2018) Caitin Kickstart Award, Ludlow College (2018)
Sidney Nolan Trust Artist Residency Award, Hereford College of Arts (2021)
Mike Holland Painting Award (2021), Birmingham School of Art
Arts Administration Roles
Network Co-ordinator, Herefordshire Visual Artist Network (HVAN)/Wye Contemporary (2023-ongoing)
Digital Photography Lecturer, Herefordshire, Ludlow and North Shropshire College (2025-ongoing)
Leominster Festival Co-ordinator (2023)
British Art Show 9 Invigilator (2022)
University of Wolverhampton Involving the Young People Consultant (IYPC) Esmee Fairbairn (2021-2025)
Art Assistant, Shrewsbury Colleges Group (2022)
Youth Trustee for Meadow Arts (2022)
Student Ambassador at Ludlow College and Hereford College of Arts (2017-2021)
Course Representative, Birmingham City University (2022)
Gallery Assistant, Sidney Nolan Trust (2022)
Young Leader/Creative/Project Assistant for the P.O.V. (Point of View) project with Rural Media (2021-2023)
PPI Participant in the IMAGINED Research Group Dementia and Art (2025-2026)
Artist Residencies
The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London (November 2024) Sidney Nolan Trust Residency (2022)
Commissions
Heritage Pathfinders (2021-2023) funded by Tudor Trust and the Hereford Community Fund
Durational Drawing (2025-2026) funded by MS McDonald trust, hosted by Kirrie Connections Meeting Centre and designed and delivered by Supersum
Herefordshire Visual Artist Network Co-ordinator, Meadow Arts (2023-2025)
Guest Artist for the Arts Award (2025) Baxter College Kidderminster, St Bede’s catholic School, Redditch, Our Lady Mount Carmel, Redditch (2023-ongoing)
Masefield Matters, Ledbury Town Council (March – April 2026)
