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Net Warner is a trans non-binary artist working between London and Southampton. They look at the plasticity of society, and the plasticity of the self.

Their practice investigates how we are taught to see, and how the texture of categorisation melts, hardens, and abstracts under the heat of time.

 

Interrogating how the mediums that define our age act as a mimicry of us, Net's work considers how we are redefined by the devices that capture our lived experience. How do we categorise ourselves in a digital age? How are we formed and transformed?

Net co-founded and co-direct ZEST Collective (est. 2020). Based in Southampton, ZEST has successfully delivered two Arts Council England funded projects between 2021-2023, alongside organising artist-led exhibitions and workshops.

In 2024, ZEST has successfully received programme funding from Arts Council England to support ongoing organisational development. 

Net's work has previously been credited under the name Annette Warner.

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Education 

CV

2021 - 2023

Sculpture (MA). Royal College of Art - Distinction.

2016-2019

Fine Art (BA). University of Southampton - First Class Honours.

                                               

 2024

Brief AttemptZEST Collective. Gods House Tower, Southampton.

Material Remains. Guildhall Square, Southampton. 

SOFT & HARD: Beyond Recognition and Queer Coding. The Art House, Wakefield. Supported by the Henry Moore Foundation

2023

Panel Speaker. Winchester School of Art, Winchester

Heavy Presence. ZEST Collective. Old Northam Rd, Southampton.

You Can Sit With Us. London Design Festival. London. Curated by 2LG Studio.

RCA Degree show 2023. Truman Brewery, London                                                                       

Living Community Murals. ZEST Collective. Old Northam Rd, Southampton. Supported by Arts Council England  

Snappy Title. The Winchester Gallery, Winchester                                                                                 

Polymer Waves. ZEST Collective. Old Northam Rd, Southampton                                                   

Ripe 5. Video Commission. Gods House Tower, Southampton                                                         

One Night Stand. 3 Lockes Brewery, London                                                                                         

Soft/Hard. Bermondsey Project Space, London                                                                                    

2022

Novum Citri. ZEST Collective. Old Northam Rd, Southampton                                                 

Stack. 67 York Street, London.                                                                                                         

Dystopia Holdings. ZEST Collective. Old Northam Rd, Southampton                                        

C.R.A.P26. Publication Commission. Central St Martins, London                                                                     

Riposte. Electrowerkz, London                                                                                                           

We Wont Stop Showing. SET Woolwich, London                                                                            

Too Much Fruit on the Cake. Amersham Arms, London                                                                

2021

Signs of the Times. ZEST Collective. Old Northam Rd, Southampton.     

Supported by Arts Council England                                                                                           

Oh Its Just The Phoneboxes. Annette Warner and Abigail Miller. K6 Gallery,                   

Southampton.

Collective Beginnings: An Emergence of Practice. Harbour                                                       

House Gallery, Kingsbridge.

2020

Spatial Temporalities. Annette Warner, Julia Watson, Edward Sault. Harbour                              

House Gallery, Kingsbridge.

Art Car Boot Fair. Virtual Exhibition, London                                                                                  

Homemade Mango Chutney. Virtual Exhibition. RIPE                                                         

2019 

Hidden. Solo Exhibition. The Hidden Wardrobe, Southampton.   

Mango Smoothie Exhibition. The Alfred Arcade, Southampton.                                                 

Object Manipulation. Artist-led workshop. The Alfred Arcade, Southampton.

Ripe Mangoes #01. Graduate Exhibition. The Alfred Arcade, Southampton.                                

Create, Curate. Winchester School of Art Degree Show, Winchester.                                       

Grooks Gallery Digital Collection. Available at: https://robotgroock.wordpress.com/.                   

Prompt.  MA Curation Exhibition. Winchester Gallery, Winchester.                                        

Itinerant Objects. Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London.                                                              

2018

Visiting Artist. Artist-led workshop (ages 15-16). Kingsbridge Community College.                                                     

Floored. MA-BA Show. Winchester School of Art, Winchester.                                          

You're an Exhibition Harry. Group Exhibition. Shepherds Road, Winchester.                                    

2017

Resonance. Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton.                                                                     

2016   

Summer Show. Totnes Art and Design Foundation Course, Totnes.                                               
 

Awards 

2023

Chanel NEXT Award Commission - Shortlisted

2022

The Pokémon Scholarship 2022 - Nominated 

2019

RIPE Graduate Scheme Award. Provided by 'aspace' arts

2019

Nancy Balfour Award for Studentship, Hard Work and Achievement. University of Southampton.

2015

Leonard Pearce Memorial Prize for Art. Devon.

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