Siobhan Wall is a British author, journalist, artist, poet and academic. She is most noted for her series of guides about tranquil places in busy cities, including Quiet London (2011), Quiet Amsterdam (2012), Quiet Paris (2013), Quiet New York (2014), and Quiet Barcelona (2017). She is an exhibiting artist, exhibition curator and author. [1][2][3] 

She studied at Cambridge University and Central St Martin's College of Art and Design, receiving her MA in Visual Culture at Middlesex University, London in 1999.[4][5][6]

She was the artist in residence with the Clean Clothes Campaign where she curated its 2002 exhibition The Clothes She Wears, a collection of clothes worn by eight women working in the garment industry. The show toured to Paris, Worthing, Ghent, and Utrecht as well as the Royal Geographical Society and The Fashion and Textile Museum in London.[7]

In her own drawing and paintings she tries to show human vulnerability and discomfort.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Biography – Siobhan Wall". Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. ↑ Wall, Siobhan (27 July 2012). "Crowd-free places: My perfect London day out". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Five of the best quiet London eateries". www.ft.com. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "CV – Siobhan Wall". Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Wall, Siobhan, b.1961 | Art UK". ArtUK. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  6. 1 2 Buckman, David. 'Artists in Britain Since 1945'. Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company. ISBN 9780953260959.
  7. ↑ "CCC Newsletter No. 18". Clean Clothes Campaign. 2002. In 2002, Amsterdam-based artist Siobhan Wall was appointed "artist-in residence" at CCC. She decided to raise these questions through an innovative art installation
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