statement cv

Informed by historical and archaeological enquiry. I am interested in bodies of knowledge, particularly those understood and used by people in the past and how this persists through artefacts, constructions, place names, routes and folk lore. Current archaeological thinking embraces conceptual practice with direct observation, forensic science with moving earth and technological knowledge with imagination. I’m interested in the knowledge and skills of people in the past, how it developed and how it endures and the impact it continues to have on our lives.

Engaging directly with landscapes of interest, I regularly present the final work at the site of influence. This generates opportunities for a wider public to encounter the work and ask questions both of it and me. If they leave with a richer understanding of the place I count that as a success.

Exhibitions + Projects
2010 Happidrome Four, Goonhilly Downs, Cornwall: ‘Goonhilly Taskscape’,
installation;
Piskey Farm of Croft Noweth’, installation
2009              Happidrome Three, Goonhilly Downs, Cornwall: ‘Fell of Dark’, audio work; ‘Pool’, installation & ‘Ghostly Lugger of Croft Pasco Pool’, DV film
2008              Newlyn Art Gallery: Transition (Curator’s Edition), ‘offsite : inside’ five day experimental exhibition with five artists
2007              Happidrome One, Goonhilly Downs, Cornwall: ‘persistence’ digital animation & ‘listening’, audio tour
2006              Wheal Art Weekend, Piece, Cornwall: ‘strange flowering’, installation
Arts for Health, Waiting Projects: ‘arriving’, DV film
2005              Newlyn Art Gallery: Transition 6, ‘2,200 miles’, audio map tour
2003              Nunnery Gallery, London: ‘excavate:overlay’, exhibition
NLCG, Caithness: ‘excavate:overlay’, project & exhibition
2002              VAKG, London: ‘strangely familiar’
1999              Public Library Shanghai, China: ‘New Glass Economy’, Contemporary British Glass from the University of Wolverhampton
1998              Studio Glass Gallery, London: Czech & British Contemporary Glass Sculpture
1997              Glas Galerie Leerdam, Holland: Joint exhibition with Floris Meydam
1996              Studio Glass Gallery, London: exhibition to Prague, Bratislava & London
1994              Wellcome Foundation/Courtauld Institute, London: ‘Eyes Abroad’

Education
1987-1989    Royal College of Art, London: MA (RCA) Glass
1976-1979      University College of Wales, Aberystwyth:
BA (Hons) Visual Art (Painting & Art History)

Awards
2010 Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts: Happidrome Four
Cornwall Council Feast programme: Happidrome Four
2003              Scottish Arts Council: Visual Arts Award to NLCG for excavate:overlay
1989              RSA Design Bursary: Winner Dartington Crystal Award
1988              Rosenthal Jugendt Form Glas: Co-winner

Experience
2010 Happidrome Four: curator/exhibitor
2009              Happidrome Three: co-curator/artist
                      METHOD participant, Cultural Leadership Programme
2008              Portable Radio, Falmouth: host and contributor
2007              Happidrome One: lead artist/instigator
2006-             Newlyn Art Gallery: Director, Council of Management
2005-2011     University College Falmouth: Business Fellow in Visual Arts
2003 excavate:overlay: lead artist and project initiator/manager
2000-2003      University of Westminster, London: External Examiner BA Ceramics
1999-2005    Arts Council England, London: Visual Arts Officer
1998-1999    University of Wolverhampton: Research Associate
                      London Arts Board: Visual Arts Assessor
1998              David Powell Associates, London: Consultant
1992-1998    Crafts Council, London: Further & Higher Education Officer
1990-1992    Crafts Council, London: Temporary Exhibitions Officer
1990-1996    Wimbledon School of Art: Associate Foundation Studies Lecturer
1989-1991    Dartington Crystal Ltd, Devon: RSA Design Bursary Award
1986-1987    Charlie Meaker Glass Studio, Sunderland: Studio Assistant
1980-1986    Sunderland Polytechnic: Glass Technician (1984-86) and Slide/Audio Visual Technician (1980-84)

Writing & Presentations
2010 Exeter University, Creativity & Place Conference: ‘Happidrome: a site of
production,
consumption and influence’
2009              Theoretical Archaeology Group conference: ‘Palimpsest of the Past’ presentation
2008              National Trust: ‘Mined’ catalogue essay
                      Pilot publication: contributing artist
2007              British Archaeology magazine: ‘Just what is it about a disused mine that makes it so attractive, so appealing?’: feature article
2005              British Archaeology magazine: ‘Catching the light’: feature article
2003              University of Hertfordshire: ‘Sheila de Rosa’: catalogue introduction
2000              Academy of Fine Arts Wroclaw, Poland: ‘place…replace’: introduction
1999              Peter Bremers, Holland: ‘Metamorphosis’: edited interview
University of Wolverhampton: ‘New Glass Economy’: catalogue editor
1993              Crafts Council, London: ‘Glass Techniques Pack’: researcher/author
BBC Radio 4: interview for Woman’s Hour on ‘British Glass Show’

Web
2009              http://happidrome.wordpress.com
                      http://www.solarassociates.net/method/
2008              www.axisweb.org                curator
                      www.portableradio.org.uk
                      www.sarabowler.info
2007              www.britarch.ac.uk/BA/ba.html
                      www.morecornwall.org
                      www.happidrome.org.uk
2006              www.artcornwall.org
2003              www.caithness.org/community/arts/excavateoverlay/index.htm
2002              www.axisweb.org                artist