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Summary of Education and Qualifications
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee
Msc Electronic Imaging Present
Glasgow School of Art : 2000
BA (Hons) Fine Art : Sculpture 2:1 higher
Dissertation : Distinction (1st Class)
Leeds College of Art And Design : 1997
Btec Foundation Diploma in Art and Design : Merit
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
29th January 2004
Arts and Business Yorkshire : “An introduction to arts sponsorship”
Selected Exhibitions
8th July – 17th July 2004
Testbed2 @ Leeds Met Gallery, Leeds
In collaboration with Ric Spencer @ IASKA, Western Australia
http://leftandleftagain.blogspot.com
15th April – 18th April 2004
EXTENSION @ Glasgow Art Fair; on-site performance over 4 days; George Square, Glasgow
25th March – 3rd April 2004
[shift]; distributed fly poster, Leeds City Centre and surrounding areas
25th March – 3rd April 2004
[shift]; curator and project manager for dynamic city centre art project
21st February 2004 – 27th March 2004
ARTitecture 2004, artists’ books, multiples and sound pieces, Collins Gallery, Glasgow
November 2003
RCA Secret, artists’ postcards, Royal College of Art, London
22nd August 2003
E m e r g e D [accommodation2], site-specific multiple using text and hostel postcards,
Edinburgh Bruntsfield Youth Hostel, www.emerged.net
25th July 2003
Switchspace Art Auction, digital photograph, Impact Arts, Glasgow
11th July – 30th September 2003
Diffusion eBooks @ The Digital Hub, Dublin
11th July 2003 – 23rd August 2003
'Past Standing', downloadable eBook, as part of 'Past Standing' group show, The Changing
Room, Stirling
11th April 2003 – 31st May 2003
'Unoccupied Territories', Galerie K&S, Berlin, www.galerie-k-s.de
17th April 2002 – 18th April 2002
'Charing X', solo show, Mansions Café, Charing Cross, Glasgow
5th April 2002
Brand X, sculptural installation, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
17th August 2001
Switchspace Art Auction, Offshore Café , Glasgow
26th August 2000 – 11th September 2000
'For : Intermedia', group exhibition, Intermedia Gallery, King Street, Glasgow
22nd June 2000 - 1stJuly 2000
Glasgow School of Art Degree Show, Mackintosh building, Glasgow
14th March 2000 –17th March 2000
'Under construction', solo exhibition, White Space, Barnes Building, Glasgow
6th February 2000
'standard : Deluxe', group exhibition, Yang nightclub, Queen Street, Glasgow
24th January 2000 – 28thJanuary 2000
'Window on a dozen lines', joint exhibition, The Vic Gallery, Glasgow
15th December 1999
'Clear @home', group exhibition, Clear Projects, Pollokshaws, Glasgow
2nd March 1999
'Departure Lounge', group exhibition and web site design, Yang nightclub,
Glasgow, www.gsa2.ac.uk/departurelounge
RESIDENCIES AND TRIPS
14th – 22nd August 2004
Selected delegate on the Arts Council, England Greater North Curatorial Visit to ISEA 2004
30th June – 3rd July 2004
Testbed2 at Leeds Metropolitan Gallery, developing Left[…and left again] with Ric Spencer
January 2003
Short listed for Pépinières Eeuropéennes Pour Jeunes Artistes residency in Aix-en-Provence,
and Chateau de Sacy residency, France
Selected Arts Related Work Experience
August 2004 - Present
Pavilion (Project Manager)
Management of Pavilion educational, community and artistic programme, includes artist
recruitment, press and community relations, co-ordination of financial records and budgets,
project implementation, monitoring and evaluation
Pavilion (Studio 12 Co-ordinator)
Management of Studio 12, an audio visual media project, for people aged 16-25 to gain
accredited qualifications in creative digital media. Includes monitoring and evaluation for
European Social Funding.
October 2003 – May 2004
Initiator, Curator and Project Manager of [shift], a dynamic art project for and about the city of
Leeds. Through its structure this project proposed a different way of viewing art, opening up the
process of making work to dialogue and discussion with the audience. The first two weeks (15 th
March-26th March) were Process Lab and included an educational area, a networking event and
seminar. During this time artists made work in the space and in the final week, 27 th March-3rd
April an exhibition and performance schedule was staged, with much of the work having been
researched, investigated and made during Process Lab.
For more information please see www.emerged.net
April 02 - Present
E m e r g e D artist-run organisation, Co-Founder and Co-Director. Responsible for project
initiation and development, press and interpretative material and overseeing the online resource;
www.emerged.net . Also exhibition coordinating, curation, event organising and
business development
February 2004 – April 2004
Visiting Lecturer, Leeds College of Art and Design, BA (hons) Art and Design
Interdisciplinary, collaborative working and professional practice module.
12th December – 24th December 2003
Invigilator, ArtSparkle, artists’ multiples selling show, Corn Exchange, Leeds
October 2003
Installation, construction and performance for Reactor event, 'Ghaos', as part of the
NOW festival, Nottingham; October 24th 2003
July 2003
Assistant to jeweller, Hannah Louise Lamb, for design, implementation and operation of
demonstration stall at Art in Action, Waterperry House, Oxfordshire
11th October 2001 – 1st October 2002
Font of House, Gallery Guide and Receptionist, Centre for Contemporary Arts,
Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
May 2002
General Assistant at Burning Bush 2 'Doing Time'. Live Art and New Media art festival in
Dundee 10th - 12th May 2002
24th April 2002 - 29th May 2002
Creative Technician, C3 project (remote learning/teaching of art and design research project),
Glasgow School of Art, Sculpture Department, Barnes Building, Glasgow
PUBLISHED WRITING
Ongoing
Arts Reviewer, The List, Glasgow and Edinburgh Culture and Listings Guide
May 2004
Catalogue Essay, Amy Todman in ‘…and they had four years’, Generator Projects, Dundee
March 2004
‘Report’ on the Glasgow art scene, Spy Magazine, Issue 2, Leeds
April 2003
Web publication of ‘Two Figures Stand Motionless’ (later re-titled ‘Past Standing’) as part of
'Unoccupied Territories', Galerie K&S, Berlin, www.galerie-k-s.de
PRESENTATIONS
28th July 2004
fwd, Yorkshire artist and curators’ presentations, S1 projects, Sheffield
17th June 2004
Testbed2, Professional development seminar, Leeds Met Gallery and Studio Theatre
24th April 2004
Invited speaker, New Work Network members meeting, Oxford House, Bethnal Green, London
25th March 2004
Independent Art School seminar, [shift], Merrion Superstore, Leeds
27th February 2004
ARTitecture 2004 conference speaker, the Collins Gallery, Strathclyde University, Glasgow
12th July 2003
Past Standing artists’ talk with Juliana Capes and Jane Topping,
The Changing Room, Stirling