Artist in residence
at Cliffe Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Keighley April 2010 to April 2011.
Solo Exhibition of resulting works April 2011.

Colouring outside the lines exhibition

A Group exhibition including portraits from ‘Tension’
Gallery 11, Bradford University
Friday 26th June to Friday 24th July, 2009

Face Book Comment

Naseem Darbey’s stitched portraits made me think of gender issues more than anything else in the exhibition, largely because for most adult males it’s an unusual feeling to have the opposite sex be bigger than you, physically looking down on you. I felt oddly uneasy moving in between her ‘tension’ pieces, with the faces that look somewhat angry and disapproving- one particular portrait, of a woman in a top with a blue collar, really seemed to be watching me! I thought the way Naseem’s pictures were presented was very effective, allowing the visitor to get in amongst them and enter the world of her work, populated by anxious giantesses.

Dave Jennings