CV
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Selected Exhibitions/Screenings
Incounter HBC Berlin, curated Melanie Clifford, Stephen Shielland Erica Scourti, Germany 2010
Brunswick Street Gallery, Melborne, Australia 2010
mikro_makro, Galeria Interdyscyplinerna MCK Slupsk, Poland 2010
Les Inattendus, Independent Film Festival, Lyon, France 2010
Steaming Festival, 4th Edition Online International Festival for Audio Visual Art, The Hague, 2009
Summer Screen, Spacex Gallery, Exeter 2009
Town and Country, Soup and Cinema, Project Space Leeds, 2009
GHost The Belfry Project Space, St John’s Church in Bethnal Green, London, UK. 2009
Scare in the Community, curated by Julia Gittner and Jon Purnell, Core Arts, London 2009
Visual Deflections, includes work by Pipolloti Rist, The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London 2009
Blue Movies, The Greenway- The fringes of the London Olympic Park, 2 x showings curated by Hilary Powell, 2009
Olympic Visions, the Nunnery Gallery 2009
Visions in the Nunnery 2009, The Nunnery Gallery, London 2009
BoS at Kurye International Video Festival, Istanbul, Turkey 2009
Underground City, Divus, Undergound City, Shoreditch, London, 2009
Betting on Shorts ICA - London, Point Ephemere- Paris, KIBLA Multi Media Centre -Maribo, Kino Rialto- Stockholm, Romanian Cultural Institute- Bucharest, Mikrokosmos Prince- Athens Kinoklub- Novi Sad, CCCB Pantalla Hall- Barcelona, Romanian Cultural Institute – Bucharest, Kadir Has University -Istanbul, Lanificio-Naples, Crna Kuka/ Kinoklub- Novi Sad, Teater Scenario- Thessaloniki, Kulturpalast- Wiesbaden, November 2008.
Ghost, The Belfry Project Space, St Johns Church in Bethnal Green, London, UK. 2008.
Videophile Phoenix Festival, Brighton 2008
Reading Experimental Film Festival Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading, 2008
Orebro International Videoart Festival, Orebro, Sweden. 2008
Drawing on Life Campaign for Drawing. Participatory installation created with artist Albert Potrony,The Wellcome Trust 2008
PureScreen 21: Follywood, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester. 2008
Gstaad, Film Festival, Switzerland. 2008
Stardust or the Last Frontier, Screening, MACVAL, Contemporary Art Museum near Paris, curated by Thibault Capéran 2007
Stimulus Respond, cross arts event, curated by Jack Boulton, Edinburgh. 2007
Another Roadside Attraction, Shoreditch, (3 works selected) London. 2007
Shortwave, Brick Lane, London. 2007
Visions in the Nunnery, international exhibition of artists working with the moving image. The Nunnery Gallery, Bow, London. 2007
East End Film Festival, (2 selected works) Rich Mix Cinema and Genesis Cinema, London. 2007
Video Art Screening, curated by Jonas Nilson, Vasteras, Sweden. 2007
Fresh, Undergound and Overground,(2 selected works) South Hill Park, Bracknell. 2007
Little Song Films, (screening) video event, Penzance, Cornwall, 2007
After Urban, Video Art and Architecture Event, Selected Philadelphia, USA. 2007
Rencontres International, Film and Video Festival, Paris, Berlin. 2006
The London Special, Clerkenwell Video and Film Festival, London. 2006
Gstaad, Film Festival, Switzerland. 2006
Projecktor, Café Gallery Projects, Southwark, London. 2006
B Tween 06, Forum 25, National Museum of Photography, Film and Television Bradford. 2006
Betrayed by the Senses, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, South Bank, London. 2006
Visions in the Nunnery, the Nunnery Gallery, Bow, London. 2006
Wormhole Saloon 11, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London. 2006
International Video Art Festival, Cardiff, Wales. 2006
Hybridomas, RampArt, Whitechapel, London. 2005
Seeing Things, Showing with Tim Braden, Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall . 2005
Ancoats Hospital Outpatients, group show ( DJ Simpson, David Burrows, Simon Morley, Chantal Joffe, Martin Westwood) The Nunnery Gallery, London. 2004
Pop, Soho Square, Interactive installation. Showing with Mark Titchner, London. 2004
Visions at the Nunnery, the nunnery gallery, Bow, London. 2002
Field of Vision, Penwith, Cornwall. 2002
Super 8 Station, Station, Bristol. 2002
Obsessions, Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall. 2001
PALPitations, PALP. The Old Telephone Exchange, Penzance, Cornwall. 2001
Conceptual Interiors, Royal Beatrice Gallery, Southampton. 2001
Transition, Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall. 2000
Right Here Right Now, YOTA showcase, Watershed, Bristol. 2000
Margherita, SW Arts, Year of the Artist, touring show including venues Eden Project, Cornwall, Watershed Bristol. 2000
Remote, Art today Foundation, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. 2000
Critics Choice, selected by Charlotte Mullings, Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall. 2000
Dividing Lines, Newlyn Society of Artists, Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall. 1999
NSA, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. 1998
Return of the Showgirls, The Workstation, Sheffield. 1998
Sculptural Objects, Plymouth Art Centre, Plymouth, Devon. 1997
Light/Weight, Peninsular Program as part of St Ives International’s
A Quality of Light in association with TATE St Ives, Cornwall. 1997
Mavis Goes Shopping, International Women’s Week, London wide exhibition, Camden High Street, London. 1997
After Eden Ikon Touring Exhibition, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. 1996
Critics Choice, selected by Sacha Craddock, Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall. 1996
Small Objects of Desire, The City Gallery, Leicester. 1996
Awards
Arts Council England, exhibition award Visions in the Nunnery, 2007
ALIAS, Arts Council South West, Research Grant, CST. 2004
National Touring Award, ACE, Coal Salt Tin, PALP. 2003
National Touring Research and Development Award, ACE. 2003
Individual Artists Award, (Major), SWA. 2002
Regional Arts Lottery Award, PALP. 2002
Travel Award, SWA, PALP. 2001
Awards for All, Lottery grant, PALP. 2001
SWMDA, South West Media Development Agency Exhibition Grant. 2001
Penwith District Council, Exhibition Grant. PALP. 2001
South West Arts, Year of the Artist Award. 2000
ALIAS South West Arts, Research Grant. PALP. 2000
Commissions
Pop, Soho Square, interactive installation. (Other artists commissioned Mark Titchner, John Strutton) 2003
Eden Project, research and development commission, St Austell, Cornwall. 2002
A Sense in History, new media installation, Turton Tower, Bolton, Lancashire. 2001
Curational Experience
Olympic Visions, Lens based and performance work by artists responding to London 2012, The Nunnery Gallery, London 2009
Visions in the Nunnery, with guest curator Myriam Blundell, Co Curator and organiser with Cinzia Cremona. Artists include Michael Nyman and Karen Knorr, 2009
Visions in the Nunnery, International Screening, City Choreographies, curated by Tracey Warr and Works on Water curated by Ricarda Vidal. Event organiser and co curator for international selection. The Nunnery Gallery 2008
Visions in the Nunnery, International screening of video art, film and installation, co curator and main organiser, The Nunnery Gallery, Bow, London 2007
NODE.L the nunnery gallery. Bow, London. 2006
Visions at the Nunnery. International screening of video art, film and installation, project organiser and curator. The Nunnery Gallery, Bow, London 2006
Art in Romney Marsh, Mentor curator. Site specific work in 6 medieval churches, Romney Marshes, Kent. 2005
In-Transit, various locations around UK. 2005 onwards
Coal, Salt, Tin. National Touring Show, Leeds, Cornwall, Newcastle. 2003
Wish You Were Here, Touring show, Cornwall. 2003
Field of Vision, Arts Festival and site specific exhibition, Ludgvan, Cornwall. 2002
Visions at the Nunnery, digital media show. the nunnery gallery, London. 2002
PALPitations, Penzance, Cornwall. 2001
Shed, site specific work, Penzance, Cornwall. 2000
Education Experience/Employment
Community TV station providing set up and training for local community and teachers and staff of St Paul with St Luke Primary School, Mile End, London. 2008- 2009
Drawing on Life, (Making participatory installation) at The Wellcome Trust, Collaboration with Albert Potrony. Organised by The Wellcome Trust,The Big Draw and The Bow Arts Trust 2008
Tested to Destruction; Animation, BBC 1 Despatches, Panarama programme, Director Terry Tyldesley 2008
Collaboration with Dr Pat Healey Interaction, Media, and Communication Research Group, interactive drawing workshops for Ph D students within the university. Funded by the Wellcome Trust Organised by The Bow Arts Trust and Queen Mary University; 2007/2008
One Cell Made Me; The creation of content for QMUL art/ science DVD for CS4FN magazine, (circulation of 6,000). Lead artist and director. Funded by The Wellcome Trust. 2008
Visiting lecturer, numerous art colleges in the UK . 1998 - present
Art INSET, consultancy and mentorship to numerous primary and secondary schools, nationally. Bow Arts Trust, Unicorn Theatre, Outlook, St Ives International 2000 – present
Gallery and Museum Education; Numerous including, TATE St Ives, British Museum. 1995 - present
Artist workshops and residencies; primary, secondary, FE and HE colleges, nationally. Through numerous organisations including: The Bow Arts Trust, Unicorn Theatre, The British Museum, Newlyn Gallery, TATE St Ives, Kneehigh Theatre
Falmouth College of Arts, Lecturer in Art, Falmouth, Cornwall. 1998 - 2001
Penzance Arts School, Lecturer in Art, Penzance, Cornwall. 1993 - 1996
Penwith College, Lecturer in Art, A level and B Tec courses. Penzance, Cornwall. 1991 - 1996
Other Experience
Salon de Refuses Olympique, Alternative Legacies; presentation to Yale students at The Elevator Gallery, London 2009
Drawing on Life; presentation at The Wellcome Trust, to scientists and artists for The Big Draw National Launch, London 2008
Salon de Refuses Olympique, organised by Hilary Powell, Invited speaker, Café Oto, Dalston, London 2008
Creative Skills, Cornwall Visual Arts Forum, invited speaker, 2006
Artist member, In-Transit, Mobile art space, Cornwall. 2005 - present
Chair PALP, Penwith Artist Led Projects. Cornwall, 2000- 2003
Committee Member of N.S.A. Newlyn Gallery. Cornwall. 2000 - 2002
‘Right Here, Right Now’, South West Arts YOTA Conference, Watershed, Bristol, showcase of Margherita. 2001
ALIAS seminar organiser, Flashpoint, ‘Artists Taking the Initiative’, Cornwall. 2000
Co- founded PALP (Penwith Artist Led Projects). 2000
Selected Publications and Reviews
PureScreen 21: Follywood, Castlefield Gallery, Laura Steadman Trafford Metro News Manchester 2008
Zombie, East End Film Festival, London, The Independent, Charlotte Cripps, April 2007
Visions in the Nunnery, AN Magazine Cinzia Cremona, July 2007
Betrayed by the Senses, Time Out, Sara O’Reilly. March 2006
Art In Romney Marshes, Catalogue. 2005
AN magazine, Alan Bleakley. Jan 2003
Evening Standard, Ancoats Hospital, Outpatients, Nunnery, London. Feb 2004
Art Monthly, (exhibiton supplement) Field of Vision. July 2002
Breaking The Barriers, YOTA National Magazine. June 2000 - May 2001
PROOF Magazine, SWA, Ed Krcma. Autumn 2001
AN Magazine, Stephen Palmer, Margherita. September 2000
ALIAS publication, (Artist Led Initiative Advisory Service). Editors Jo Leahy, Neil Walker. August 2000
Yearbook 2000, South West Arts, Year of the Artist. June 2000
Folio, ( Bristol ) No.43 NSA at RWEA. 1998
Venue, ( Bristol ) No.423 NSA at RWEA. 1998
Big Issue, ( London ) Mavis Goes Shopping. March 1997
Make, womens Arts Magazine Amanda Sebestyen, No76, Mavis Goes Shopping. 1997