KIRI HORIKIRI-WHITE 堀切希凛


Kingswood, Bristol, UK
kirihorikiriwhite.art@gmail.com


PERSONAL PROFILE

A friendly and highly motivated first class Drawing and Printmaking graduate with a passion for creativity and community engagement. Independent and proactive with excellent time management skills developed through a Graduate Educational Artist Residency and self-directed degree projects. Strong communication and organisational skills gained through work experience and volunteering in business, events, customer service, and care. My practice explores my identity and heritage, taking inspiration from traditional Japanese printmaking and classic British textiles. My experience from the Educational Artist Residency has harboured a passion to inspire and nurture children in their own artistic self-expression.

EXHIBITIONS

  • Threads: The Stories That Tie Us Together, The Chapel Gallery, Chapel Art Studios, Andover, July 2024.

  • Exhibition to showcase artwork created in collaboration with primary school children that I have taught art to throughout the Graduate Educational Artist Residency
  • Developed experience in teaching, managing, collaboration, curation, installation, organising

    UWE 2023 Degree Show, Bower Ashton Campus, Bristol, June 2023.

    Objects in the Mirrors are Closer Than They Appear, CentreSpace Gallery, Bristol, February 2022.

  • Gained valuable skills and experience in curation, installation, and safe transportation of artwork


EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), 2020-2023.
BA (Hons) Drawing and Printmaking, Bachelor’s Degree with First Class Honours.

  • Modules: Exploring, Locating and Developing Practice, Preparation for and Extended Study in Drawing and Print, Professional Practice, Visual Culture, Independent Research Project

Developed essential creative and organisational skills during self-directed research and project work

Graduate Artist in Residence, Chapel Art Studios (CAS), Andover, 2024.

Graduate Educational Scholarship Scheme.

  • Artist residency involving primary school teaching placement. Responsibilities include lesson planning, ensuring that teaching material is engaging, fun, educational and accessible, as well as delivering and running the sessions once a week. I am responsible for two classes of 32 year 4 children, teaching each class for an hour and a half on alternating weeks for the duration of the residency. Sessions have focussed on the theme of storytelling through art, self expression and identity. I have also been responsible for ensuring smooth communication between the primary school teachers, myself and Chapel Art Studios, ensuring that all parties are well informed and happy
  • Developed valuable organisational skills, managing my time between working full time in Bristol Monday-Thursday and teaching and dedicating time to my creative practice in the studio in Andover (Hampshire) on Fridays and weekends
  • Currently organising an exhibition showcasing the collaboration between myself and the primary school children that I have been teaching, which will take place in the Chapel Gallery at the Chapel Art Studios in Andover. Have gained experience in curation, installation, collaboration, marketing (such as poster design and promotion)
  • Enhanced DBS checked 

Wiltshire College, Salisbury, 2018-2020.

UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma in Art and Design (Distinction).
UAL Level 3 Diploma in Art and Design (Pass).
South Wilts Grammar School for Girls, Salisbury, 2012- 2017.

10 GCSE’s, Grades A*-C including Japanese, English, French, Mathematics and Computing.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Business Administrator, DelaControl, Bristol.
Oct 2023- July 2024.

  • Developed a wide range of valuable organisational and administrative skills ensuring that the engineering company runs smoothly, helping to manage the office and workshop. I provide exceptional customer service, as well as data input, purchasing, financial administration, and design and marketing for the small business
  • Proficient user in Excel and Quickbooks accounting software as well as CRM management software TotalETO

A Variety of Customer Facing Roles including working within Events,
Retail Assistance, Domiciliary Care, Barista and Kitchen Work, Bristol and Salisbury Area.
2017- 2024.

  • Developed an exceptional awareness of customer relationship management and friendly, efficient and professional communication whilst working with challenging customers and clients in high pressure environments. Regularly received positive feedback about my standard of service from customers and managers/colleagues
  • Demonstrated importance of working as a team with colleagues in order to ensure customers and had positive experiences and that I was doing the most to make their day

VOLUNTARY WORK

The Marmalade Trust, Bristol, 2022.

  • Voluntary work to help combat loneliness and isolation in Bristol. My role was to have weekly telephone calls with a member of the community, to build rapport and a positive relationship, and to signpost the member to groups and activities to reintegrate them back into the community to boost wellbeing and to build long term and meaningful social connections in their communities

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

  • Have worked freelance for Chapel Art Studios, running an arts and crafts stall for families, children and young adults for A Fest 2024
  • I can speak Japanese fluently and have provided Japanese tutoring in my spare time. Ensuring that my lessons are structured clearly, concisely, and most importantly enjoyably
  • Proficient user of Microsoft Office applications
  • Competent user of editing software such as Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
  • Proficient user of Web Design such as WordPress, Weebly and Cargo Collective
  • Regular user of Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook and have managed business social media accounts such as LinkedIn pages in my work experience