Jenette Coldrick Morrell
Jenette Coldrick Morrell has been an interdisciplinary artist for over fifty years. Born in Cornwall in 1952, she was inspired by the artists she encountered as a child, who encouraged her participation in the creative process and nurtured her early interest in art.
Working from studios in Yorkshire and the Midlands, Jenette explores emotion, memory, heritage and the environment through her practice. Her work reflects a lifelong enthusiasm for creativity and experimentation across a wide range of media. In recent years, adapting her methods in response to spinal stenosis has led her towards simpler processes, enhancing the distinctive character and immediacy of her work.
Among the first artists she encountered in Cornwall were Isobel Atterbury Heath and Peter Lanyon. Watching Heath paint left a lasting impression and helped inspire her decision to pursue a career in the arts.
Jenette studied at Ulster College of Art and Design in Belfast, one of the most progressive art institutions of the 1970s. There she was taught painting by Neil Shawcross and pottery by David Leach, whose expertise in hand-building techniques profoundly influenced her development as an artist.
Today, Jenette's mixed-media practice encompasses painting, drawing, printmaking and ceramics. Her work examines the relationship between the mental and physical worlds, exploring themes of memory, personal history, boundaries and connection. Fibres, marks, textures and deliberate imperfections recur throughout her work, creating a visual language that reflects both lived experience and inherited narratives.
2022
NTU X VIEUNITE ART PRIZE 2022, Shortlisted, October
Rhythm: Art in Conversation with Music, King Street Arts, Lancaster October
Mythos Zine, Norwich, July
Unapologetically me, Norwich, July
WAIWAV intervention Newlyn Arts and Exchange Penzance. July
2021
King Street Studios, Lancaster
D31 Autumn Exhibition, Doncaster
Semi finalist, Artist of the year (Artists Lounge)
Dwell Time Special COVID-19 Edition
Yare Gallery, Summer Open
D31 Summer Exhibition
Supporting the Arts, Online Exhibition