{"id":2131,"date":"2017-11-25T04:03:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-25T04:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/?post_type=artists&p=2131"},"modified":"2025-01-07T23:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T23:19:15","slug":"neill-clements","status":"publish","type":"artists","link":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/artists\/neill-clements\/","title":{"rendered":"Neill Clements"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interview by Jimon<\/p>\n

\u00a0Where do you call home? <\/strong>I have recently moved to a small town in Kent, before that I lived for 8 years in South London, where I still work. I\u2019m originally from Northern Ireland although my Dad was in the army so we moved all over the world; Cyprus, Australia, Oman, USA, Germany, Lithuania, England, Ireland. I spent a couple of years in China after finishing my BA.<\/li>\n
Did you have any training or is it inherent?<\/strong>\u00a0 I have a BA in Fine Art from Staffordshire University and a Masters from Wimbledon College of Art. I also have a number of qualifications related specifically to teaching. I work full time in a school for children with diverse learning needs where I am the Art coordinator and year 11 teacher.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Do you remember the first piece of art that captured your imagination? <\/strong>There isn\u2019t a single piece of work that comes to mind but I remember in school being obsessed with the expressive figure painters of the late 19^{th<\/sup> and early 20^{th<\/sup> centuries. Modigliani, Soutine, Schiele, Gauguin, Munch.<\/p>\n}}
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