BIOGRAPHY
Raised in North London by European immigrant parents. Schotten’s father, was a book jacket designer and her mother a potter. After leaving art school she joined her father in London at Thames and Hudson ltd where she continued her artistic journey in a nurturing atmosphere, dedicated to the visual arts and its hero's. After 10 glorious years she married and moved to Norfolk to raise a family, where she continued her artistic path.
Schotten has exhibited in East Anglia and across the UK including The National Portrait Gallery John Player Portrait Award, and the Prince's Foundation, Shoreditch.
She has initiated and led several public interest focused projects, funded by Arts Council England, including I’m Not Dead Yet, The East Anglia Rural Building Trade Project and Lives in Science. Schotten will have a solo show at Mandells Gallery in August 2023 with her new work ‘ Pictures from an Exhibition’, inspired by her job as a gallery assistant at The Sainsbury Centre. She was lead in a series of workshops funded by Alzheimer's Research Uk, in 2023.
Art Education
1979–80 Foundation Hornsey/Middlesex London
1980–83 B.A. Hons Illustration Brighton
Selected Public Art Projects
2023 THE CREATIVE LINKS PROJECT Alzheimer's Research Uk, The Forum
2015–17 LIVES IN SCIENCE Arts Council/John Innes/NCC The Forum
2012–14 I’M NOT DEAD YET Arts Council/BBC/Age UK/NCC The Forum
2001–04 EAST ANGLIA RURAL BUILDING TRADE PROJECT Arts Council/NCC/ Thames & Hudson The Prince’s Foundation/Gressenhall
Selected Exhibitions
2024 RECENT WORK/SOLO SHOW- North House Gallery
2023 RECENT WORK/SOLO SHOW- Mandell’s Gallery
2020 RECENT WORK/SOLO SHOW- Mandell’s Gallery
2017 COASTAL FORMS & LANDSCAPES/SOLO SHOW Mandell’s
2016 DRAGON MURAL Norwich City Centre
2014 MATERNITY- SOLO SHOW The Fairhurst/Stew
2001 ONE TREE Crafts Council Touring
1998 & 2000 KETTLES YARD OPEN
1987 JOHN PLAYER/NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
Selected Teaching Appointments
2019 BTEC Drawing Workshop Norwich City Academy
2018 A-level Mark-Making Workshops Norwich Castle
Museum Teachers’ Drawing ‘Masterclass’ Norwich Castle
Museum GCSE Narrative Drawing Workshop John Innes Centre