Profile
My preoccupation with the theme of hidden histories emerged from my PhD at University of Leeds (1994-99), under the supervision of artist Susan Taylor and Art Historian Professor Griselda Pollock. For more about this experience, and for examples of work produced on the PhD, go to Archives and Writings. My profile outlines the range of experiences I draw from: art practice (selected shows, residencies, publications and commissions); teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels; writing as practice.
Education
1994-1999 PhD in Fine Art (Practice & Theory)
University of Leeds
1992-1993 MA in Feminism & the Visual Arts,
University of Leeds (Distinction Awarded)
1979-1982 BA (Hons.) Fine Art (Painting),
Bristol Polytechnic (2:1 Awarded)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009 Beneath the Surface / Hidden Place (Touring)
Ninewells Hospital, Dundee (27 February – 27 August): Doon Valley Mining Museum & Dick Institute, Kilmarnock, (26 September-19 December): Prestongrange Museum, East Lothian (Site specific permanent public works: 2010 installation)
2008 Beneath the Surface / Hidden Place
Stills Gallery Edinburgh
2006-07 Question for Seller
Belfast Exposed Photography Belfast, Northern Ireland
2001 Tracing Echoes
Dimbola Lodge 19th Century Home of Julia Margaret Cameron, Isle of Wight, England
2001 Playing Detective in Convergence: International Arts Festival
The Arcade Providence, USA
1998 The Fitting
City Art Gallery, Leeds; Castlefield Gallery Manchester, England
Selected Group Shows
2008 Alt-W: New Directions in Scottish Digital Media
CAA Glasgow, Scotland
2004 Inside Out
Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2004 In Residence
Scottish Royal Academy of Arts Edinburgh, Scotland
2003 The Consistency of Shadows: Exhibition Catalogues as Autonomous Works of Art
Betty Rymer Gallery Art Institute of Chicago, USA
2001 I’m a Stranger here myself
Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2000-01Vague but True
Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham; Real Artspace, Limerick;
Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen; Arnolfini, Bristol
1999 6/24 Left, 6/36 Right
Thackray Medical Museum Leeds
1998 Haunting Houses
Lotherton Hall Yorkshire
1997 Domus: North & South Nomadic Spaces
York & London
1997A Company of Strangers
Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery
Selected Artist Residencies
2009-10Making Space,
Glasgow Women’s Library, Glasgow
2003Hospitalfield House
Arbroath, Scotland
2002Prestongrange Industrial Museum
East Lothian, Scotland
2001Visiting Artist, School of the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, USA
2000International Artist-in-residence, Convergence International Arts Festival
Rhode Island, USA
2000Dimbola Lodge
Isle of Wight, England
Selected Awards & Commissions
2009 Visual Artist Award, East Lothian Council (for forthcoming ‘Portrait in Time’)
Publications Award, The Kraszna-Krausz Foundation (towards production of publication ‘Beneath the Surface / Hidden Place’)
2008 Artist Commission, Stills Gallery (for Beneath the Surface / Hidden Place)
2007 Creative & Production Artist Award, Scottish Arts Council (for ‘Beneath the Surface / Hidden Place’)
2005 Production Award, Alt-W (for flash animation version of Question for Seller)
2004 British Academy Research Grant (for Knowing the Unknown Sitter)
National Lottery Award, Scottish Arts Council (for Imprinted Matter)
2003Artist’s Research and Training Award,
Stills Gallery, Edinburgh
2001 Site-specific commission, Convergence International Arts Festival, USA
2000 Assistance Grant, Scottish Arts Council (for ‘Tracing Echoes’)
TestArts & Humanities Research Board Project Grant (for ‘Tracing Echoes’)
1997 A4E Lottery Express Project Grant: ‘Haunting Houses’
A4E Lottery Express Project Grant: ‘6/24 Left, 6/36 Right’
1994-1997 The Stanley Burton Scholarship (for three year PhD full-time study)
Artist’s Publications/Catalogues
2004 Artists’ Residencies 2003/4
Essays by Illiyana Nedkova, Stills, ISBN 0 906458 34 x
2002 Portfolio: the catalogue of contemporary photography in Britain
No 35 ISSN 1354-4446
4 full colour plates & illustrated critical essay ‘Tracing Echoes: A Critical Romance’ by Dr. Russell Roberts.
2001 Tracing Echoes
ed. Michelle Hirschhorn, Wild Pansy Press, ISBN 1 900687135
Essays by Professor Pamela Gerrish Nunn University of Canterbury, NZ;
Dr. Russell Roberts & Philippa Wright, Curators at the National Museum of Photography, Film & TV, Bradford
1998 Red Herrings
ed. Corinne Miller & Chris Taylor, Wild Pansy Press ISBN 0 901981 65 6
Haunting Houses
ed. Lynn Turner, Wild Pansy Press, ISBN 1 900687 06 2
Essay by Elsa Chen. Other Artists: Lynn Turner, Joanne Morris
Conferences & Talks
2009 Visiting Artist, History of Art, St Andrews University, Scotland
2009Visiting Artist, School of Fine Art, Newcastle University, Newcastle
2009Guest Speaker, Framing Time & Place: Repeats & Returns in Photography, University of Plymouth
2006Visiting Artist, PhD Practice, University Of Leeds, Leeds
Visiting Artist, MA in Fine Arts, University Of Central Lancs, Preston
2003Guest Speaker, ‘On A Portrait: The Aesthetic & Social World of Julia Margaret Cameron,’ National Museum of Photography, Film & TV, Bradford
2002Visiting Artist, BA Fine Art, Duncan of Jordanston College of Art, Dundee
Visiting Artist, PhD Practice, University Of Sunderland, Sunderland
Guest Speaker, Artist’s bookfair, Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax
Academic Experience (Supervision, Examination & Teaching)
2006- PhD Coordinator (0.5)
Fine Art, Design, Historical & Critical Studies
Glasgow School of Art
2006 External Examiner, PhD in Fine Art Practice University of Leeds, Leeds
External Examiner, PhD in Art History, University of Ulster, Belfast
2006- External Examiner, BA Fine Art (Critical Theory), Birmingham City University Birmingham
2005-08 External Examiner, BA Fine Art (Critical Theory), Arts Institute of Bournemouth, Poole
2005-07 External Supervisor, PhD in Studio Practice, University of Leeds, Leeds
External Examiner, MA in Feminism & Visual Arts;
MA in Feminist Theory & Practice in the Visual Arts, School of Art, University of Leeds
1997-2006Associate Senior Lecturer (0.5), School of Art, Northumbria University:
Supervisor, PhD programme in Fine Art
Responsible for Practice & Critical Theory Programmes on
BA Contemporary Photographic Practice at Level 2
Other relevant professional experience
2006-07Panel Member, Edinburgh Visual Arts and Crafts Awards
2006Photographer, Home, directed by Graham Eautough/Suspect Culture
National Theatre of Scotland
2005Lead Artist, Still Life? National Galleries of Scotland, Scottish Pensioners Forum/Caledonian University partnership project
2005Lead Artist, Below Stairs at Newhailes, National Trust of Scotland & National Galleries of Scotland partnership project
1998 Conference Convenor, Site Gallery, Sheffield: ‘Playing Detective: Facts, Fictions & the work of Sophie Calle.’ Speakers included Mark Durden & Irit Rogoff
1997 Conference Convenor, Site Gallery, Sheffield: ‘I can’t explain it all myself’ Speakers included Art Historians Fred Orton & Rosemary Betteron; artists Olivier Richon, Karen Knorr, Bernard Prinz & Dany Leriche
1986-1992 Photography Production Co-ordinator, Watershed Media Centre, Bristol