My practice incorporates creative and critical writing, curation, and collaboration, often rooted in nature, memory, and creative heritage.
Recent work includes curating Tinctoria - an exhibition exploring the cultural legacy of woad, and directing and curating a collaborative artist trading card project - featuring artists such as Christopher Bucklow, Mark Karasick, and founder of i-D magazine Terry Jones. I’m currently working on writing my first novel.
Projects & Publications
Education
MA Writing for Young People (with modules taken from the creative writing MA including nature writing and non-fiction writing) - Distinction.
BA (Hons) Photography - 1st Class.
Represented by Lindsay Literary Agency.
Projects, workshops & residencies.
The Collectable Artist Trading Print Project, curator & contributor of group project, Frome
SAW Creative Pathways Bursary winner: researching the archives and history of Dove Studios, Butleigh, leading to an infographic and accompanying book An Amazing Space and a secondary project two years later An Amazing Space II
Writer/ artist in residence – Porthleven, Cornwall. Based at CAST studios in Helston, and Porthleven Holiday Cottages in Porthleven. (15 days total, culminating in three exhibitions)
Curator for four exhibitions at The Old Print Room Gallery: Netted in a Silver Mist; Water, Air, Luminosity; White Heart; Biophilia.
Co-director and founder of Storyslingers writing group www.storyslingers.co.uk
Workshop leader/ facilitator of several art, writing and fictional map-making workshops in Dorset:
“Fictional Worlds” event at Shaftesbury Arts centre, 2013: leading a creative writing workshop.
Geofiction writing/ fictional map making workshop, Bath Spa University, 2014.
“Snippet” a writing from life workshop in Bath city centre as part of Bath Literature Festival, 2014.
“Situationists Survival Kit, Arts & Spirituality” at Poole Lighthouse arts centre, art/ writing workshop alongside artists Jason Miller and Bevis Fenner, 2015.
After-school writing workshop at Gillingham School, 2015.
“Online Publishing” writing workshop for Dorset Writers Network, 2015.
“ebook short story workshop” Dorset Writers Network, 2015.
Organiser of various literary events:
Bridport Story Slam, The Beach & Barnicott, 2012.
Dorset’s first story slam at Shaftesbury Arts Centre, 2012
Prose, Poetry & Music Night at Beggars Banquet, Shaftesbury, 2012.
Bridport’s 2nd Story Slam, Bridport’s Open Book Festival, 2013
Fictional Places and geofiction competition, Shaftesbury Arts Centre, 2013
Children’s Publishing evening at Shaftesbury Museum, 2015
Judge for Poole Literary Festival Story Slam, 2015
Contributor to Dorset Writers Network Writing Lives series of author interviews.
Social media and marketing director for “Inklings Anthology” campaign, Bath Spa University.
Exhibitions
2025: Tinctoria, curator & contributor of group exhibition, Silk Mill Studios, Frome
2024: Black Swan Open, group exhibition, Black Swan Arts, Frome
2019: To The Fore, curator & contributor of group exhibition, Silk Mill West, Frome
2018: 5 Years of the Porthleven Prize, group exhibition, Bath
The Transformed Land, touring group exhibition, ACEarts Somerton
Aborealists & Guests, group exhibition, Black Swan Arts, Frome
2017: Transformed Land, touring group exhibition, Taunton and Bath.
Telling Tales Creative Pathways Retrospective, group exhibition, Taunton.
An Amazing Space II, group exhibition, Dove Studios, Butleigh
Mixing Signals, group exhibition, Kobi & Teal gallery, Frome
2016: The Dove, group exhibition, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton.
Whispering Pendulum, group exhibition, Bath Artists Studios
1000 Postcards, group exhibition, Black Swan Arts, Frome
Quartz Festival, group exhibition, Taunton, Somerset.
2015: Trigonometry group exhibition, O3 Gallery, Oxford.
New Designers group exhibition, London.
Best of the West group exhibition, Pound Arts Centre, Corsham.
Summer Show, group exhibition, Bruton Art Factory, Bruton.
An Amazing Space, archival project and group exhibition, Dove Studios, Butleigh
Somerset Art Weeks, group exhibition, the Silk Mill, Frome
SAW Members exhibition, group exhibition, RUH Somerset
Accordingly; Art & Text, group exhibition, 44AD, Bath
Black Swan Open, group exhibition, Black Swan Arts, Frome.
2014: Porthleven: A Peripatetic Encounter group exhibition, O3 Gallery, Oxford, & BSAD Gallery, Bath.
Deck the Walls group exhibition, 44AD, Bath.
Publications & awards
Silver Honourable mention, L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest (Mar 2022) for Apply Within.
Honourable mention, L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest (Dec 2021) for Irida.
Book Designer & illustrator of Magnum Mopus, Dave Walsham (2020), Mount Art Books.
Newbury, Jennifer (2017) Between Darkness, handmade book for Amazing Space II, Dove Studios, Somerset.
Newbury, Jennifer (2016) The Orchard (extract) In Inklings: MA Writing for Young People anthology, Bath Spa University Presses, p151
Amazing Space: Dove Arts and Somerset Art Works Emerging Artist Bursary: winner. 2015.
Porthleven Prize 2014: Winner.
Ideastap Editors Brief Spring 2012 Grow, text category. Winner. Succession.
Noise Festival Curator’s Choice Award (Written Word category) 2008. Judged by Niven Govinden. (For The Wolf’s Story)
Bell, Jennifer and Morison, Dan (2012) The Peters. Comic book illustrated by Dan Morison (e-book).
Bell, Jennifer (2012) Trapped in Nomansland In Kissing Frankenstein and Other Stories, Flash Fiction South West, p76-79
Bell, Jennifer (2011) Intersection. The Pgymy Giant
Bell, Jennifer (2011) Beached. KasmaSF
Bell, Jennifer and JY Dong (2010) The Klandestines, Issue 1. Self-published graphic novel illustrated by JY Dong.
Bell, Jennifer (2009) Stone. Dogmatika
Bell, Jennifer (2008) Elder. The Pgymy Giant.
Newbury, Jennifer (2007) A Reflection and Nothing More. Dingsdabumsda Magazine. Issue 13. pp64-65
Newbury, Jennifer (2007) Toni Was a Quiet Man by Nature. Dingsdabumsda Magazine. Issue 12. pp22-23
Newbury, Jennifer (2006) First Kiss In Christine Lawson (ed) (2006), Just a Kiss; Anthology of Poetry and Prose, Freelance Press, Oxford. pp.24-25