AMELIA MATTHOLIE
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Photographer (Freelance)
Choreographer (Thesecretvaultdc)
Dancing Bartender (Coyote Ugly Camden)
Work with Me
‘BLUD & GUTZ...YUCKS OH MY!’
Amelia Mattholie, better known as Crimson within artistic fields. Her art practice explore motifs regarding, life , death, abjections, surreal vs the real and body politics through various mediums, such as sculptural work, paintings in her own blood, dance, performance art, poetry, photographic documentation as well as film-making methods.
Through raw, unfiltered methodologies, she utilises the safe spaces of creativity as her own form of phototherapy to ‘feel, reveal, heal’. Expressing the rawness of the body, uncovering various relationships towards it as individuals. With ongoing fascination of the abjection of witnessing internal bodies (BLUD, GUTZ & YUCKS!) externally.
#GETMESSY!
About
me
Previous
work
‘MONSTER IN ME’ -2019
‘NOT MY BODY?’ - 2020
‘LOOK AT THE LEGS ON THAT ONE!’ series - 2021
‘Raining Blood The Body And I’ series- 2022
‘DEAD SEXY!’ series - 2022
‘LETS DANCE! LETS CRY!, LETS DIE!’ Essay Film - 2024
https://youtu.be/y_8P6E0ngTo
‘DEAD ALIVE!’ Performance Film (UAL SHOWCASE) - 2024
PROJECT STATEMENTS
‘feel, reveal, heal’ - Amelia Mattholie
‘NOT MY BODY?’ - 2020
Explores the relationship I held against myself when experiencing verbal sexual harassment, feeling disconnected and reduced from my body against the wider perception of woman through feminine body politics.
‘MONSTER IN ME’ - 2019
Capturing the feeling of binge eating disorder, the monster that possessed my younger self. Overindulgence can become a suffocation of lust, guilt, loss of bodily freedom.
‘LOOK AT THE LEGS ON THAT ONE SERIES’ - 2022
A feminine bodily protest series inspired by catcalling endured one sunny day in SoHo, using arachnid imagery to reclaim the female narrative. I am the spider, ‘LOOK AT THE LEGS ON ME’ as I crawl out of your unwanted mouth.
‘RAINING BLOOD THE BODY AND I’ SERIES - 2022
As someone who is endures to server nose bleeds, there is something humbling about witnessing bloody liquids cover your face, body, hands. This photographic book project explores the transparency of the human body. Blood is alive, and can tell unlimited stories, I began to use my bodily response to create paintings with the blood falling from my face. The blood that exists vs the blood that existed.
‘DEAD SEXY!’ SERIES - 2023
After undergoing bodily reconstructive surgery in 2021 at 18, the new scars I possessed made me feel like this figure of Frankenstein, outcasted yet beautiful. This series becomes a celebration of being different, imperfectly perfect.
‘LET’S DANCE! LET’S CRY! LET’S DIE!’ ESSAY FILM - 2024
This research film was curated from archival materials in order to both consider and understand how dance is celebrated within media, as well as unveiling the struggle behind the person. Whilst also exploring narrative of endurance as shown within (1949) ‘The Red Shoes’, (2010) ‘Black Swan’ and Satine in (2002) ‘Moulin Rouge’. As well as artists that experiment with bloody bodily eruption and sacrifice from artist Hermann Nitsch as well as regain of control from iconic film figures such as Carrie and Frankenstein.
‘DEAD ALIVE!’ - 2024
This project considers the strength and struggle within the dance community, and the sacrificial nature the sport possesses. As a performer, the body becomes a stage, so i use my body as a canvas to reveal the truth about the resilience of the human body from the laborious activity. But when pain is passion, and passion is pain.
Core Skills:
-conceptual art
-photography
-professional dancer
-choreographer
-dance / workshop dance teacher
-hospitality / team management
-video direction / assisting
AMELIA MATTHOLIE / CRIMSON CV
education
BA in Photography
2021-2024 Graduate of University of the Arts London (London College of Communication)
Distinction in Foundation Art & Design
2020-2021 Oaklands college - 1 year UAL course
Higher Education, Sixth Form
2018-2020 A-Level in Photography (A*), Fashion & Textiles (B) and English Literature (C)
WOrk
Management Team at Coyote Ugly Camden
2022-present Team Leader / Bartender / Host / Waitress / Dancer
Dance Teacher / Choreographer at The Secret Vault Dance Company (London)
2023-present Acro-heels Rock ’N’ Roll dance/workshop teacher
AMELIA MATTHOLIE / CRIMSON CV
EXHIBITIONS
STAGECOACH SHOW - 2014
Singing, dancing, acting school final show at Her Majesty's Theatre, Piccadilly Circus
PHEONIX YTC SHOW - 2016
Dancing/acting school end of year show ‘Twisted Tales' at the Royal Albert Hall, South Kensington
PHEONIX YTC SHOW - 2017
Dancing/acting school end of year show ‘Creep Show’ at the Royal Albert Hall, South Kensington
GCSE END OF YEAR SHOWCASE - 2018
GCSE Fashion & Textiles catwalk show of final garment, Hertfordshire
SIXTH FORM END OF YEAR SHOWCASE - 2019
A-level photography showcase, Hertfordshire
KINGS COLLEGE, LONDON DIWALI SHOW -2021
Distortion dance group performance, raising money for charity at Queen Mary, Mile End
KING’S COLLEGE LONDON, DIWALI SHOW - 2022
Distortion dance group performance, raising money for charity at The Shaw Theatre, Kings Cross
‘MOTHERS DAUGHTER’ PERFORMANCE VIDEO BY 4EYEDBARBIE - 2023
Protest performance dance video with TheSecretVaultDc (Heels Team Captain)
‘TEKK STAB’ BY PAID’RO MUSIC VIDEO - 2024
Back-up dancer for afro beats music video shoot
‘ALL IN’ MOVIE SERIES BY JAQ MOON (2025) - 2024
Back-up dancer for 1920s dance video shoot (scene 1)
UAL FINAL SHOWCASE - 2024
BA Photography end of year showcase at London College of Communication, Elephant & Castle
‘SPIT’ POETRY NIGHT - 2024
‘Sunflowers’ / ‘Spit’ poems displayed at The Ministry, Borough
Amelia Mattholie / Crimson
Get in touch
Email:
i.am_crimson@hotmail.com
Social Media:
@ameliam.02 via Instagram
Phone:
+44 7884551810