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A n d r e a  G r e g s o n

 

Education

1997 – 98 Manchester Metropolitan University: MA Fine Art

1995 – 97 Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland: Postgraduate Fellowship

1987 – 90 Bretton Hall College, W. Yorkshire: BA (Hons) Fine Art

1986 – 87 Preston Polytechnic: Foundation Course in Art/Design

 

Solo Shows

2021 AFTER (LIFE OF) OBJECTS, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London

2019 SEEING THROUGH THE GROUND, Grizedale Forest Gallery, Cumbria

2016 RESTLESS TERRAIN: SCULPTURE FROM THE ANTHROPOCENE, AVA Gallery, University of East London

2012 MINDFUL THINGS, Concrete Bar, Hayward Gallery, London (curated by Charu Vallabhbhai – Assistant Curator, Hayward Gallery  )

2009 LAST NIGHT FOR EVER, The Garden Museum, London

2008 A WORLD WITHIN, Phoenix Gallery, Exeter

2007 GALERIE 1816, Bretenoux , France

2003 HIDDEN MUSEUM, Guildhall, Windsor

2002 IN LOVING MEMORY, Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster University

2001 CHAPEL HILL, St. Peter’s Church, Heysham

2000 SLEEP, Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland.

2000 SLEEP, Contemporary Artists Gallery (BWA), Sandomierz, Poland.

2000 DEVOUR, Red Gallery, Hull.

2000 WATERSCAPES, Oldham Art Gallery

1996 BEYOND WORDS… Moje Archiwum, Koszalin, Poland.

1996 WITH(OUT) WORDS, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland.

 

Group Shows

2023 MIND & MATERIALS, Patrick Heide, London curated by Michael Roberts

2021 COMING UP FOR AIR, James Hockey Gallery, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham

2020 GREENNESS IS A KIND OF GRIEF, curated by Yard Projects, online

2020 DANCE FIRST THINK LATER, General Practice, Lincoln

2019 THE COLLECTION, Squires and Partners & London Bronze Casting, London

2017   ARTPARK 2017, Gæsteatelier Hollufgård, Fyn, Denmark

2017  GESTURES OF RESISTANCE, Romantso, Athens, Greece, curated by Jean Wainwright

2015  RIVER, University of East London, Curated by Richard Wilson RA & Pete Cobb

2014  DOWN TO ZERO, Patrick Heide Gallery, London

2011 POLEMICALLY SMALL, Torrance Art Museum, California, USA & Charlie Smith, London

2009 THE FUTURE CAN WAIT, Galerie Schuster, Berlin

2008 THE DAMNED AND THE SAVED, Studio 1:1 & Standpoint Gallery, London

2008 THE FUTURE CAN WAIT, Old Truman Brewery, London

2007 INTERVENTION, Fieldgate Gallery, London

2006 REPATRIATING THE ARK, Museum of Garden History, London.

2005 EPHEMERAL CITIES – DEPTFORD X, Deptford, London

2005 JERWOOD SCULPTURE PRIZE, Jerwood Space, London

2005 HEADROOM, Blyth Gallery, Imperial College London

2004 CREEKSIDE ARTISTS OPEN STUDIOS, Deptford X, London

2002 APPROACHES, Wirral Art School Staff at the Williamson Art Gallery

2002 INSHORE ALCHEMY, Installation at Fleetwood Museum

2001 BURSARIES 00/01, Royal Soc. of British Sculptors Gallery, London

2001 PHENOMENA, Bankley Gallery, Manchester

2001 RE(COVERED) MEMORY, St. Patrick’s Chapel, Heysham

2001 A HULL FAVOUR, Andrew Marvell monument, Hull.

2001 CORPUS, Storey Gallery, Lancaster

2000 4 CORNERS, Becky Shaw, Sue Leask, Steff Corbellli, Static Gallery, Liverpool.

1999 VESSEL – WATER WAYS, Clarence Dock, Leeds.

1999 ILLUMINATION, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool.

1999 OPEN STUDIOS, Bankley Studios, Manchester.

1999 THERE IS NO SEXUAL RELATION, Centre for Freudian Research+Analysis, London.

1998 MA SHOW, Upper Campfield Market, Manchester.

1997 FOR SALE, ‘International Art Symposium, Borne Sulinowo, Poland.

1997 BREATHING SPACE, during ‘Multi-Media Symposium’, Skoki, Poland.

1996 WIDTH 52 14’ 40” LENGTH 21 00’ 42”, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw.

1996 PIONEERS, during ‘Internat. Arts Symposium’, Borne Sulinowo, Poland.

1996 THOUGHT TREES, Kasia Rokosz & Laboratory for Creative Education, Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw.

1996 FAMILY TREES, Installation with Kasia Rokosz, National Museum, Warsaw.

1996 INSIDE OUT : Installation, Laboratory for Creative Education, CCA, Warsaw.

1995 12 MOMENTS, during ‘Irish Days 3’, Baltic Arts Centre, Poland.

 

Curatorial Projects

2022 SUBTEXT, Jane Austen’s House, Chawton (Curator)

2015 REMEMBER  NATURE by Gustav Metzger ( co-curator with London Fieldworks, Serpentine Gallery, CSM)

2014 FACING EXTINCTION – EXHIBITION, Gustav Metzger, Herbert Read Gallery, UCA Canterbury  (curator )

2014 FACING EXTINCTION – EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE, Gustav Metzger, UCA Farnham (co-curator / convenor)

2009 WORKSHOP OF HEREAFTER-DIAGRAMS,MODELS & PROTOTYPES,

Blyth Gallery, London (curator / artist)

2006 THE MINIATURE WORLDS SHOW, Jerwood Space, London (co-curator/artist)

2005 TRANSFORMED SPACE, Gallery XX1, Warsaw, Poland (co-curator/artist)

2004 LOST & FOUND, Chambers Gallery, London (co-curator/artist)

1998 IN TRANSIT, Chelsea Arts Building, New York (co-curator/artist)

1997 CONSUME, Tonia Rees at Galeria Dzialan , Warsaw, Poland (co-curator/artist)

1994 JOURNEY, Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow (co-curator/artist)

 

Residencies

2017 Gæsteatelier Hollufgård, Fyn, Denmark

2015-16 Henry Moore Foundation Residency -Fine Art dept., University of East London

2015 Outlandia, Glen Nevis, Fort William, Scotland

2011-12 Bronze Fellow at Chelsea School of Art, London

2008-09 The Garden Museum, London

2002 Windsor Arts Centre

2001 Year of the Artist Award for St. Patrick’s Chapel, Heysham

 

Symposiums / Exchanges

2001 CYFUNIAD, Triangle International Arts Workshop, Wales (2 weeks) Participant and part of working party group

1994 TREFFEN – Two month exchange with exhibition at the Gedokhaus,

Lubeck, Germany and WASPS Studios, Glasgow – three artists.

1993 ORTSWECHSEL – One month exchange with exhibition at Castle Wiligrad,

Schwerin with WASPS and the Glasgow Sculpture Studios – eight artists.

1993 INTERNATIONAL STONE SYMPOSIUM, toured Poland (3 weeks)

 

Grants / Awards

2021  Arts Council England Project Grant – After (life of) Objects

2019  Arts Council England Project Grant – Seeing Through The Ground

2020-21 UCA Research Award – After (life of) Objects

2018-19 UCA Research Award – Restless Terrain

2014-15 UCA Research Award – Casting Space – Sculpture from the Anthropocene

2011-12 UCA Research Award – Together Forever

2009-10 UCA Research Award – Models For a Better Life

2008-09 UCA Research Award – A World Within

2007-08 UCA Research Award – Wonderland

2006-07UCA Research Award – Miniature Worlds

2006 Individual Artist Grant, Arts Council of England-London.

2005-06 UCCA Research Award: Miniature Worlds

2004-05 SIAD Research Award – Transformed Space

2004 Research Funding from Wirral Art School to visit City College, New York

2001 Bursary Membership from the Royal Society of British Sculptors.

2001 Arts Council Award – Residency at St. Patrick’s Chapel, Heysham.

2000 Exhibition Travel Grant to Poland – North West Arts Board

1998 Travel grant to New York – Manchester Met. University.

1997 British Academy Bursary for MA Fine Art Course.

1996 Travel grant to Borne Sulinowo – Glasgow City Council.

1996 Polish Government Scholarship – 9 months.

1995 Polish Government Scholarship – 7 months.

1995 Travel grant for Irish Days 3 – Glasgow City Council.

1994 Travel grant to Lubeck – British Council, Hamburg.

1993 Travel grant to Warsaw – British Council, Warsaw.

1993 Travel grant to Schwerin – British Council, Berlin.

1993 Richard Mills Travel Fellowship to Poland – The Princes Trust.

 

Lecturing Posts

2004(current) UCA FARNHAM – MA & BA FINE ART

Senior Lecturer in Fine Art Sculpture / Subject Leader MA Fine Art (0.5)

1999 – 2004 WIRRAL METROPOLITAN COLLEGE – BA FINE ART

PT Lecturer in Fine Art Sculpture (0.4)

2001 WIRRAL MET. COLLEGE – FOUNDATION COURSE IN ART & DESIGN

Fine Art lecturer ( 1 day per week for one semester)

2001 – 2002 UNIVERSITY OF DERBY – BA FINE ART

Part time lecturer in Fine Art (1 day per week) – Year 3 tutor

1999 – 2000 BOLTON INSTITUTE – BA VISUAL ART

Part time lecturer in Fine Art Sculpture

 

Visiting Lecturer

2021  External Examiner – BA Visual Arts , University of Bedfordshire

2018 Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University – MA Fine Art

2007-10 External Examiner – BA Fine Art, Liverpool Hope University

2001 Chester College – MA Fine Students

2000 Manchester Metropolitan Uni. – MA Fine Art students

1999 International Art Festival, Harlev, Denmark.

1999 Parc Menai, Bangor, Wales – Foundation Course in Art and Design

1998 Pratt Institute, New York – BA Fine Art students

1996 International Art Festival, Upice, Czech Republic.

1996 Koszalin Art School, Poland – Art Foundation students

1993 Lancaster Whitecross College – BTEC/Foundation Course in Art Design

1993 Lodz Art School, Poland – Fine Art students

 

Publications

2022 After (Life of ) Objects, essay by Rebecca Geldard

2019 Seeing Through the Ground, essay by Dr. Lizzie Fisher

2016 Restless Terrain with text by Andrew Stephenson from UEL

2009 Last Night For Ever, booklet by Fraser Muggeridge published by Parabola

2006 Repatriating the Ark, catalogue published by Parabola

2005 Jerwood Sculpture Prize, catalogue published by Jerwood Foundation

2003 Hidden Museum; Catalogue funded by Arts Council of England, S. East.

2000 In the Place of an Object; Editors Sharon Kivland & Marc du Ry. Pub. by The Centre for Freudian Analysis & Research, London.

2000 Sleep; Catalogue ed. Grzegorz Borkowski, Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw.

1999 Illuminations; Catalogue pub. by Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool.

 

Reviews

2020  Interview with @theasiancurator

2019  The Westmoreland Gazette, Cumbria, 28 July 2019

2009 The London Magazine, Walking The Length of Night (p.60-65), Dec 09/Jan 10

2009 Sleek Magazine, Minimal Art, Jolanda Buck, Autumn 2008 (p.58)

2006 The Guide Preview, Jessica Lack, 11th August

2006 London Metro News, Fisun Guner, 17th August

2006 The Big Issue, Martin Coomer, 28 August- 3 September

2006 Vogue Magazine, Small Is Beautiful, Charlotte Sinclair, September

2006 The Independent on Sunday, Christopher Stocks, 13th August

2005 Obieg, Grzegorz Borkowski, Sept

2005 New York Arts Magazine, Slawec Marzec, Oct

2005 Gazeta Wyborcza, Sept

2005 Rzeczpospolita, Monika Malkowska, Sept

2005 The Times, J.R.Taylor, 9th March

2005 Independent On Sunday, Charles Darwent, 10th April

2005 London Metro News, Fisun Guner, April 7th

2005 BBC Radio 4 Review Tom Sutcliffe 9th April

2005 The Independent, Louise Jury, 20th April

2005 TV / Whats On, Interview 22nd April

2005 The Independent, Thomas Sutcliffe, 22nd April

2005 AN Magazine April

2003 Windsor Observer, 10th Oct

2001 The Guardian Guide, Robert Clarke, 1th Aug

2000 AN Magazine, Nov issue

2000 Zycie Warszawa, 7 August,

2000 Gazeta Wyborcza, 7 August

2000 Rzeczpospolita, Monika Malkowska, 8 August

2000 Yorkshire Post, Alfred Hickling, 19th April

1999 AN Magazine, Julie Lapish, Nov issue

1999 Manchester Evening News, 15th July

1997 Art & Business ( Poland), Michal Kaczynski

1994 The Glasgow Herald, 9th June

1994 Lubecker Nachrichter, 27th July (Glasgow/Lubeck artists exchange)

1992 The Glasgow Herald, Clare Henry 30 Oct

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