Cairnhill Garden
Located in the south of the Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Cairnhill is a long term creative and ecological project. Commenced in 2009 the garden covers 1 ½ hectars and opens once a year to the public for the festival Rendez-vous aux jardins. The festival organized by the French Ministry of Culture involves nearly 2,400 historic, botanic and private gardens, Cairnhill has participated in Rendez-vous aux jardins annually since 2014. Exhibitions involving French and British artists have been held each year for this event and respond to the theme given by the French Minister of Culture. Educational visits and artist talks accompany the exhibitions.
Membership
Member of the British collective Dialogue Founder member of the French Association Dialogue UK-FR
Selected Exhibitions
2022 - Semblance of Order Dialogue Exhibition at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, UK.
2022 - Island Nations Joint exhibition between the staff of Joshibi University of Art and Design and Birmingham City University. Co-curated with Tomoko Fukushi, Birmingham School of Art, UK.
2021 - Island Nations Joint exhibition between the staff of Joshibi University of Art and Design and Birmingham City University. Co-curated with Tomoko Fukushi, Joshibi Space 1900, Japan.
2019 – 2020 Human Nature / Nature Humaine – Dialogue exhibition Jardin Botanique de Bordeaux, France.
2019 - Human Nature / Nature Humaine - Dialogue exhibition Forum des Arts et de la Culture, Talence, France.
2017 - Hangar en bois, Bordeaux, France.
2016 - Déraciner, mac Birmingham, UK. Sculpture, print and live weblink to the garden Cairnhill.
Metavilla, #meet2 Bordeaux, France.
2014 - Apporter sa pierre à l'édifice / Bring to the table, Rugby Museum and Art Gallery, UK.
2012 - Allotment Plot 10 Dialogue group exhibition, mac Birmingham, live web link to Cairnhill, installations and digital prints.
2011 - Dialogue Group exhibition. Digital prints, Oxford Brooks University, UK.
Ludovic, Claude et Christophe Masse. Un siècle de passion pour l’art et la littérature - Digital prints selected by Christophe Masse. Pôle culturel du Bois fleuri, Lormont, France.
Transitions Curator of French artists exchange. ARTicle Gallery, Birmingham School of Art, UK.
2010 - Dialogue Art Chartrons group exhibition. Installation and digital prints, Bordeaux, France.
Jardin de la Lezardiere, solo exhibition of sculpture and digital prints, Charente, France.
2009 - Re-Place Curator / exhibiter in an Dialogue group exhibition Birmingham, UK.
2008 - Art Chartrons Curator of British artists shown at le Hangar en Bois, Bordeaux, France.
Art Chartrons, Installation and drawings, Le Hangar en Bois, Bordeaux, France.
Artyshow Marche des Capucin, Bordeaux, France
2007 - L’Abranet – Solo exhibition. Digital prints embedded in resin. Bordeaux, France
Epicier d’art. Digital prints. Studio of artist Isidore Kropo. Group show, Bordeaux, France.
2006 Novart – ‘Open doors Open eyes. Instillation, digital imagery and text. Bordeaux, France.
2005 Cru Bourgeois – Digital prints and resin sculpture. Chateau tour Castillon, Medoc France.
The window – Digital Print installation. Birmingham. UK
2003 Maison du Vin - Solo exhibition, Bourg sur Gironde, France.
2002 All in the Text – Stroud House Gallery, Stroud. U.K.
1V Salon y Coloquio Internacional de Arte Digital Digital Prints. Havana, Cuba.
The Cow Parade - ‘Lucky Cow’ London. Ceramic replica of ‘Lucky Cow’ in production.
Birmingham Works - Selected exhibition of Contemporary art in Birmingham. U.K.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists - Digital prints. Birmingham U.K.
2001 - Derby Open - Digital prints with cast resin. Derby, U.K.
1998 - 99 Site Specific - Organised and exhibited in a group show of sculpture, painting, photography and installation work. Melbourne, Australia.
Gallda - Group exhibitions. 4 Artists of Irish ancestry making work about the Irish Diaspora and cultural identity. Liverpool, Birmingham and London, U.K.
Publications
2022 - Island Nations Exhibition catalogue, co-edited with David Osbaldestin ISBN 978-1-3999-1535-9
2019 - Human Nature / Nature Humaine Exhibition catalogue, Jardin Botanique de Bordeaux collection ISBN 978-2-9551428-6-8
2016 - Déraciner Exhibition catalogue ISBN 978-1-907796-20-3
Digital https://dialogue-uk-fr.tumblr.com
https://jardin-cairnhill.tumblr.com
Facebook @JoshibiSummerSchoolatBCU
Facebook @CairnhillJardin
Qualifications
1986 / 87 - M.A. Textile Design, specialisation Print. Birmingham Polytechnic. U.K.
1983 / 86 - B.A. (Hons.) 3-Dimensional Design. Birmingham Polytechnic. U.K.
Awards / Research
2021 - Arts Council of England support for exhibition of work.
2020 - Marie de Bordeaux, Jardin Botanique de Bordeaux.
2019 - Maire de Talence, support for Dialogue Association.
2010 - Support from the Association Art Chartrons, Bordeaux.
2009 / 10 Arts Council of England support for exhibitions of work in Birmingham and Bordeaux.
2006 - Development of digital print imagery and resin lamination in conjunction with Dome Plastics, France.
2002 - Research Award - Lamination of digital imagery in resin. Wolverhampton University.
2001 - Creative Ambitions award for the research and development of Digital Imagery.
1999 / 98 - Sabbatical travel: - U.S.A., Canada, Alaska, India. Nepal, Thailand, Laos, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.
1998 - West Midlands Arts award for the exhibition of new work.
University of Wolverhampton research award for travel.
1997 - Lottery funding, Arts for Everyone award, production of new work.
Education / Teaching
2005 – 24 - Birmingham City University, Visiting Lecturer and Programme Manager, Joshibi Summer School for Joshibi University of Art and Design and Joshibi Junior College, Japan.
2012 - Birmingham City University, Programme Coordinator J. F. Oberlin University, Japan.
2005 - Classworks Birmingham Artists Schools Project. Lead Artist.
2004 - Lead Artist, Gallery 37, Birmingham City Council, U.K.
2003 - University of Central England Visiting Lecturer Joshibi Summer School, Visiting Lecturer in 3-Dimensional Design, Furniture.
Lead Artist, Gallery 37, Birmingham City Council, Birmingham, U.K.
2003 – 5 - Ecole de Communication Visuelle, Visiting Lecturer, Bordeaux, France.
1990 - 2003 - University of Wolverhampton, Senior Lecturer in 3-Dimensional Design. M.A.+ B.A. (Hons.) 3-Dimensional Design in Wood, Metal, Plastics.
1989 – 90 - Sandwell and Dudley College. Lecturer in Art and Design.
Languages English, French
