Profile
My preoccupation with the theme of hidden histories emerged from my practice-based 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
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
2003 Artist-in-Residence, Hospitalfield House Arbroath, Scotland
2002Artist-in-Residence
Prestongrange Industrial Museum East Lothian, Scotland
2001 Visiting Artist, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
2000 International Artist-in-residence, Convergence International Arts Festival Rhode Island, USA
2000 Artist-in-residence, Dimbola Lodge Isle of Wight, England
Selected Awards & Commissions
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
Selected Published Writings in Art Journals & Exhibition Catalogues
2007 ‘Christine Borland’ Art Monthly Feb Issue,
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
2006 ‘Graham Fagen’ Art Monthly Dec-Jan No. 302
Doggerfisher, Edinburgh
2005 ‘Barbara Kruger’ Art Monthly Sept No.289
Tramway, Glasgow
‘Ellen Gallagher’ Art Monthly Feb No.282
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
2004 ‘Terminal Frontiers’ Art Monthly Sept No.279 Streetlevel,
Glasgow Group show of international artists including Virtual Migrants and Keith Piper
‘Strangers to Ourselves’ Art Monthly Feb No.273 Venues in East Sussex & Kent; international artists including Pavel Büchler, Ken Lum, Adam Chodzko
2003 ‘Anneè Olofsson’ Catalogue Essay Site Gallery, Sheffield
‘Christopher Wool’ Art Monthly May No 266, Dundee Contemporary Arts
‘The Lost Collection of the Invisible Man’ Art Monthly April No 265; group show of international artists including Keith Tyson: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
2002 ‘Con Art’ Art Monthly April No.255; group show of international artists included Mark Wallinger, Keith Tyson: Site Gallery, Sheffield
2001 ‘Words and Things’ Art Monthly Dec/Jan 02 No.252; group show of international artists included Mark Dion, Simon Starling: CCA, Glasgow
‘Trauma’ Art Monthly Sept No.249; group show of international artists included Tracey Moffat, John Grimonprez: Dundee Contemporary Arts
‘Wendy Ewald’ Art Monthly Mar No.244; Stills Gallery, Edinburgh
‘Roderick Buchanan’ Art Monthly Feb No.243; Dundee Contemporary Arts
2000 ‘Become Like Me’ Art Monthly Mar No.234; group show of international artists included William Wegman, Vito Acconci: Stills Gallery, Edinburgh
1999 ‘Atelier Van Lieshout’ Art Monthly Oct No.230
‘ESP’ Art Monthly June No.227; group show of international artists included Susan Hillier, Wendy McMurdo: Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Locale: Contemporary Art in Edinburgh ed. Jane Warrilow, City Art Centre, Edinburgh, ISBN 0 905072 92 8.
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
1997 Lecturer, BA Visual Cultures, University of Derby
1996-97 Tutorial Assistant, BA Fine Art, University of Leeds;
P/T Lecturer, Foundation Studies in Art & Design, Bradford
1993-95 Studio Demonstrator/Tutorial Assistant, BA Fine Art, University of Leeds
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
2005Visiting Artist, PhD Practice, University Of Leeds, Leeds & 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
Gallery based talks, Edinburgh: After-Image, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
Visiting Artist, BA Fine Art, Duncan of Jordanston College of Art, Dundee
Visiting Artist, PhD Practice, University Of Sunderland, Sunderland
Gallery based public lecture, Edinburgh: Wendy McMurdo and the Rosyln Institute Commission, National Portrait Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
Guest Speaker, Artist’s bookfair, Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax
2001 Gallery based talks, Edinburgh:
Tracey Moffat, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
1998 Conference Convenor, Site Gallery, Sheffield: ‘Playing Detective: Facts, Fictions & the work of Sophie Calle.’ Speakers included Mark Durden & Irit Rogoff
1997-2000 External Examiner, BA Subject Applied Photographic Practice, University of Central Lancashire, Preston
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