- 2007 From Auschwitz
to Ambleside
A DV installation journey in the footsteps of child survivors from
Eastern Europe concentration camps to Cumbria following one year research
and development. Scheduled for Cumbria in early 2007. Supported by Arts Council
England, South Lakes District Council.
- International Festival of Women’s Contemporary
Art and Culture Brewery Arts Centre
Project manager of multi art form international festival involving artists
from around the world. Supported by the Madeline Mabey Trust.
- 2006 Movement/Movimiento Ciudadela, Pamplona
Project manager of Rebecca Chesney and John Baldwin exhibition.
- 19.16 Memory and the Act of Remembrance Accrington
Town Hall and Haworth Museum and Art Gallery
Supported by Hyndburn Borough Council
- 2005 Art Gene North West Open, Barrow
- In Defiance of Gravity Brewery Arts Centre
Co producer with Allan King of museological exhibition based on Short Sunderland
Flying Boat factory at Windermerein the Lake District of England.
- Samsara/Fish and Rain Brewery Arts Centre
Organiser of major exhibitions and residencies by Pam Johnston Murai Tighara
and Sundar Kanta Walker, Aboriginal Australian artists and Punjabi artist
respectively.
- 2004 19.16 Memory and the Act of Remembrance
Kendal Town Hall.
Artist exhibitor in one day installation event using source material from
World War One and own film. Supported by Arts Council England and South Lakes
District Council
- 2003 Common Wealth Tate Modern
Thomas Hirsschorn includes adapted text work from Rock Drill and Beyond 1998
in U-Topia Room.
- 2001-present Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal,
Cumbria
Exhibitions organiser. Artists exhibited include Douglas Gordon, Asylrecht,
Nathaniel Mellors, Russell Mills, Rampton Hospital, Chandrika, Robert S Richfield,
Aidan Shingler, Dr Pam Johnston
- 2000 Subterranean Landscape Blues Art.tm. Inverness
Artist collaborator with Nigel Mullan on New Media Scotland Commission. Exhibition
installation of digital and museological pieces based on the history and present
day impact of the oil industryand militarism on the Highlands of Scotland,
andon the Cromarty Firth in particular.
- Subterranean Landscape Blues Glasgow Film
Theatre
- Subterranean Landscape Blues Belmont Cinema,
Aberdeen
- Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition Edinburgh
- 1999 GERNIKA! The Hangar, Highland Deephaven
Director of Another Space. Curated international exhibition in a former aircraft
hangar near Invergordon in consultation with the Reina Sofia, Madrid. International
installation of Basque Cuban, Irish, Scottish, and Spanish artists. Supported
by the Scottish Arts Council, International Initiatives Fund, RACE, Basque
Regional Government, Vittoria and Pamplona Local Authority, Ayuntamiento de
Pamplona.
- GERNIKA! The Peace Museum, Guernica
- GERNIKA! The Citadel, Pamplona
- GERNIKA! Eibar Museum and Art Gallery
- Shimmer yinar dhenewan Inverness Museum and
Art Gallery
Curated UK touring exhibition and performances by Aboriginal Australian artist
Pam Johnston.
- In Defiance of Gravity Invergordon Arts Centre
Curator and exhibitor with Mairi Sutherland and Nigel Mullan for Highland
Festival Installation event. In association with the National Museum of Flight
at East Fortune this installation focussed on digital references to an RAF
Tornado pilot at Lossiemouth and included actual debris and museum artefacts
from aircraft history. Supported by Scottish Arts Council, Ross and Cromarty
Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Highland Council.
- ASYLRECHT – The Right to Asylum The
Hangar, Highland Deephaven
Curated and designed this exhibition with Nigel Mullen as a comment onThe
Refugee as a Monument to the Twentieth Century. In association with the Yorkshire
Sculpture Park and TheBundesarchiv, and Transit Film Berlin. Mutli media installation
of digital film, a section of the Berlin Wall, and detritus from a refugee
camp in Serbia. Supported by Scottish Arts Council, Ross and Cromarty Enterprise,
Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Highland Council.
- Mi Nombre es Dita (un proyecto clonico) Diorama,
London
Exhibitor in a joint Basque and Highland exhibition association with Ayuntamiento
dePamplona)
- Counting Sheep Inverness Museum and ArtGallery
Exhibitor and interviewed by Francine Stock on Radio Four for Front Row.
- 1998 The Rock Drill and Beyond Inverness Museum
and Art Gallery
Curated this exhibition which included the fully reconstructed Rock Drill
of 1913 by Jacob Epstein. This touring exhibition was seen in six arts venues
across the Highlands and Islands and included commissioned responses by Robert
Callendar, Frank Pottinger, Gavin Lockhart, Alex Main, Mary Rosengren and
Tim Pomeroy. In association with Walsall Museum and Art Gallery, New Art Gallery,
Walsall, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Seaforth Highlanders Regimental
Museum. Funded by the Scottish Arts Council, Highland Council (Objective one
funding) Highland Festival, Hi arts, Tricore Limited, The Baring Foundation.
- 1997 A Mighty Blow for Freedom Touring Exhibition
Curated and managed thistouring sculpture project around the Highlands and
Islands. Michael Sandle loaned his sculpture from the Usher Gallery, and it
toured on a mobile gallery.Supported by the Scottish Arts Council, Highland
Festival, University of Illinois Initiatives Abroad, Hi arts.
- 1998 Chocolate Collins Gallery, Glasgow.
Exhibitor in this national touring exhibition. Photographic piece centred
on chocolate as a trophy of Empire.
- 1993-97 Exhibition Organiser Inverness Museum
and Art Gallery, Highland Council. Selected
- 1997 River Deep Mountain High Inverness Museum
and Art Gallery
Curated this touring international exhibition including Jimmie Durham, Will
Maclean, Emmi Whitehorse, Craig Mackay, Linda Lomahoftewa, Lubicon Cree Nation
and Norcelt Community, Skerray. A contemporary exhibition looking at the impact
and effects of migration and immigration from distinct perspectives. Supported
by the Scottish arts Council, ERDF Objective One.
- 1996 The Beltane Spirit Art Connoisseur Gallery,
London
Artist exhibitor in ERDF funded showcase of Highland based artists
- The Rising Art.tm, Inverness
Artist exhibitor in an exhibition marking the 250th anniversary of Culloden.
- 1996 Fir Chlis Museo de Arte, Pamplona
Artist and curator of touring Basque/Highland exhibition. Venues included
in Bilbao, Pamplona, San Sebastian, Wick, Thurso, Kingussie.
- 1995 The Storm Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
Artist exhibitor in this touring exhibition
- 1994 Eleven Gallerie Sal Monde, Paris
Artist exhibitor in group exhibition from London E11.
- The Best of Alternative Arts Camden Gallery,
London
Artist exhibitor in “Best of..” exhibition from innovative shop
squat gallery movement.
- 1993 Transport Mall Galleries, London
Artist exhibitor selected best in show by critic Sarah Kent
- Other Landscapes Alternative Arts, Soho Gallery,
London
Artist exhibitor.
- 1992 The Psychology of Military Incompetence
Edge Gallery, London
Artist exhibitor…as featured in “Time Out”
- Outposts St.Petersburg Biennale
Artist exhibitor alongside David M Porritt, Pilot and Ziegam in St Petersburg
- Outposts II Ariane Gallery, St Petersburg
Artist exhibitor.
- 1991 Deviations Pyramid Arts, London
Artist exhibitor
- 1990-1993 Co Director of Outposts Gallery,
Spitalfields Market, Lamb Street, London E1.
Selected curated exhibitions and events with Outposts Gallery include:
- 1993 European Outposts
Ongoing cultural exchange programme with David Porritt. Events, residencies
exhibitions linking the East End of London, St. Petersburg and the University
of Illinois, Chicago.
- Art Factory
Exhibition of Outsider Art and residency project.
- 1992 Presence
East End Open exhibition in association with the Whitechapel Open.
- 1984-1989 Co-Director of Northlands Art Show,
Northlands, Cheltenham
Co Director with Oswaldo Perez. Artist and member led organisation supported
by South West Arts Cheltenham Borough Council and Gloucestershire County Council.
Curated, initiated local, national and international exhibitions and events
with the emphasis on best quality and community involvement. Exhibitions included:
- 1986 Testing the Means Gloucester City Museum
and Art Gallery
Artist exhibitor and co organiser with Oswaldo Perez.selected exhibition.
- 1985 Best Wishes for the Future Northlands
Centre, Cheltenham
Artist and co- organiser of exhibition Including Terry Atkinson, Locky Morris,
Art and Language, Simon Lee
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