Interested in Humanities, since I majored in History and Literature
(Drama) with a minor in Philosophy.
Later, I studied Filmmaking and began to work as a filmmaker in art film, factual and
documentary.
I did a Studio Master of Fine Art: on the subject of
site-specific art and the question of "documentation into art: documenting ephemeral and site-specific work." My Master's thesis was the exhibition The Derelict Sensation, together with a
written thesis that formed the basis of http://www.sitespecificart.org.uk and a series of short films collected together as Black Moon RIsing: La Luna Nera.
I'm now combining my interests in art and cinema and am working
on the relationship between art (particular painting and art history) and cinema, publishing books and curating projects. Film curating, screenings, workshops and more.
My CV
Curated
Exhibitions and Projects
2018 #TimeToAct PSVI Film Festival, BFI Southbank
2018 Art and the Urban Symposium, Senate House London
2016 Women on Screen, Hackney Picturehouse
2012 Night of the Black Moon, site-specific
video outdoor multi-screen installation
2012 The King's Land Site Specific mural project, Laburnum Street Hackney
London.
2010 Films About Cities: London and Helsinki TINAG Festival
London
2011 "rip it up, mash it up, stick it up!" Studio 75 London
2011 Prospero's Library, Book Art. Studio75 London
2008 Schematic: Eric Raymond. Canada House London
2008 Schematic: the machine that moves us, SPACE London
2008 "Postindustrial Baroque" Globe Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
2008 "The Newspaper House: Sumer Erek" Gillette Square, London and Liverpool
Biennial
1997-2009 Luna Nera
Selected Commissioned
Publications
"Apocalypse Colour" Colour and Film Blog BAFTSS
2018
"Painting, Cinema, and The Exchange of Cultural Value", The London Film & Media Reader Vol. 5, ed. Phillip Drummond, London Consortium
Publishing, 2017
Art History for Filmmakers Bloomsbury 2016
Review: Frieze London – a good education in how the art market works A-N 17 Oct
2013
Nam June Paik: Retrospective" A-N Feb 2011
“I Am Here ” Critical Cities vol. 2 ed. Deepa Naik & Trenton Oldfield, Myrdle Court
Press 2010
"Stefanos Pavlakis: Artist of the Month" Axis Sept 2010
“Over site? Site Specific Art Today” Arts Professional Jan.
2010
“Overflow: Ima Pico and the digital mural” Catalogue essay for Overflow, an exhibition by
Ima Pico, Milton Keynes Contemporary 2009
Schematic catalogue essay 2008
Awards
Canada Council for the Arts, Critics and Curators
Award
I have sought and received funding from the
Canada Council, British Council and Arts Council of England, as well as many private foundations. My MA and PhD artistic research projects have been funded by the
AHRC.
education
BA University of British Columbia
MA University of Toronto
BA (Film) University of Westminster
MA Fine Art London Guildhall University
PhD Roehampton University
Certificate Independent Curating Central St
Martins
Certificate Instructional Skills, Ministry of Education, Gov't of
BC
Teaching Certificate (Lifelong Learning in Further Education)
University of Greenwich
SEDA Roehampton University with full HEA Fellowship status
teaching
University for the Creative Arts, Farnham
Central St Martins
Roehampton University