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.
Education
CV
2021 - 2023
Sculpture (MA). Royal College of Art - Distinction.
2016-2019
Fine Art (BA). University of Southampton - First Class Honours.
2024
Brief Attempt. ZEST 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
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.