Faculty Member, Grays School of Art
Lecturer
Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen, UK
About
Current Job Title/Position
Lecturer (with particular responsibility for MFA Art, Design, Curating Course, UG Critical and Contextual Studies and Visiting Lecture programme), Gray’s School of Art, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
Academic Qualifications
2007 - 2012
Gray’s School of Art, Robert Gordon University, Research Student, Part-time PhD (title: The Craft and Occupation of Curatorial Practice: An Investigation and Definition of Contemporary Curating in Scotland).
Professional Experience
1999 – present
Lecturer, Gray’s School of Art, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
1996 - 1999
Freelance Curator and Exhibition Manager
1988 - 1996
Exhibitions Manager at The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, National Galleries Of Scotland, Edinburgh, Lux Europae, Edinburgh, CCA (Centre For Contemporary Arts), Glasgow.
Conferences/Curated Exhibitions/Projects
2010
Venice is the Venue, Short-listed to curate the Scottish representation at the Venice Biennale
Curated Stories, Cake Magazine, invited editor of writing by curators
2009
Shadow Curator, Gemuce project, Deveron Arts, Huntly, Aberdeenshire (cat)
When it all comes true, exhibition within Trust exhibition, National Trust for Scotland, Aberdeenshire
2005
Soft talk with Danger Museum, Jason Williamson and others, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen (research presentation and discussion).
Re-Interpreting Access, ENGAGE Conference, Duff House, Banff, (research workshop leader).
Public Art and Interpretation, ENGAGE conference, with Amanda Catto, David Harding, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow (paper given with Lorraine Grant)
2004
Oak Trees and Fountains - season of site-specific artwork at Drum Castle, Aberdeenshire - including Jim Harold, David Blyth, Victoria Clare Bernie and Janice McNab (booklet)
2003/2005
Catterline Arts Festival 1/2, Curated and organised art events and exhibition in the village of Catterline, Aberdeenshire.
2000
For Sale - Performance by Bill Drummond, Limousine Bull, Aberdeen.
The Blue Chamber, Exhibition, Duff House, Banff, Aberdeenshire including Claire Barclay, Annie Cattrell, Ross Sinclair, Kenny Hunter, Jessica Stockholder and Gareth Fisher. (Cat)
1998
The House In The Woods, Exhibition, Five Contemporary German Sculptors, major exhibition, CCA, Glasgow, Aberdeen Art Gallery and Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast including Stephan Balkenhol, Martin Honert, Mariele Neudecker, Wiebke Siem and Thomas Schütte. (Cat.)
This Island Earth, An Tuireann Art Centre, Portree, Isle Of Skye, including Mary Bourne, Roderick Buchanan, Matthew Dalziel and Louise Scullion, Moyna Flannigan, Douglas Gordon, Robert Maclaurin, Will Maclean, Wendy McMurdo, Tom O'Sullivan and Joanne Tatham, Carol Rhodes, David Shrigley, Ross Sinclair, Judy Spark, Donald Urquhart and Clara Ursitti. (Booklet)
Seeing Hozomeen Exhibition, The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, including Angus Hood, Christine Frew, Sandy Grant, Claire Barclay, Eva Rothschild, Rowan Mace, Jane Strachan, Jane Fawns Watt, Steve Hollingsworth and Alan Walker.
1996 - 1997
Top Ten ongoing mail art project including James Thornhill, Graham Fagan, Kirsty Ogg, Angus Hood, Judith Findlay and many others.
Iain Irving: Projects independent art space at Greenwards, near Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire. Exhibition/Projects included - Eva Rothschild, Great Wall/Black Hole, Ross Sinclair, Real Life Vs Nature, Sandy Grant, Views From The Crust, Dalziel And Scullion, Goes Ah, Angus Hood, Just Down There…
1996
CCATV initiated/curated public Video and Film Screenings, including Dan Graham, Dinos and Jake Chapman, Janine Antoni, Martha Rosler, Cheryl Donegan, Marina Abramovic and many others.
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