Michèle Lazenby
My practice is concerned with landscape and place as subjective/embodied experience, subjectivity in non-human beings, interspecies communication and relationships, ecologies and umwelts. We are all interconnected and interdependent.
I work with still and moving image, with and without cameras, sometimes installation.
Influences: Aesthetic and formal concerns, ecology, spirituality, feminism, gender, photographic materiality and process, cinema, creative writing, installation. Areas of work: Education, Community Arts, Exhibiting, Healthcare Arts, Lecturing, Practice-based research, Private commissions, Residencies, Workshops
Education & Qualifications: 2011 PG Cert Ed, Sheffield Hallam Uni, / 2004 - MSc in Electronic Imaging, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, University of Dundee, / 2000 - Postgraduate Certificate, Fine Art, School of Cultural Studies, Sheffield Hallam University, / 1994 - BA Hons, Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art, / 1991 - Diploma, Fine Art Photography, Sir John Cass, City of London Polytechnic,Solo exhibitions: 2003 - Stercus Circus, MacLaurin Galleries, Ayr, Scotland / 2002 - Passages, Miller Geisler Gallery, Manhattan, New York / 2000 - Pinhole Photographic Images from Arran Ferry Residency, sited in 5 Adshel bus shelters, North Ayrshire / 1999 - Highland roadworks, commissioned by art.tm, Inverness and toured Scottish Highlands and Islands + Fringe Gallery,
Glasgow, Letterkenny Arts Centre, Donegal, Ireland and Impressions, York / 1998 - Double Take, Crawford Arts Centre / 1997 - Views from Flat 15-5, Block 9, Fringe Gallery, Castlemilk, Glasgow / 1996 - Untitled, Street Level Gallery, Glasgow
Group exhibitions: 2024 - The RHS Botanical Art & Photography Show at Saatchi Gallery, London / 2018 - Guapamacataro residency exhibition, Mexico / Walk On exhibition with SHU Media Arts Research Walking Group at Yorkshire Artspace / 2017-18 Art.Earth Invitational, Garden Room Gallery, Dartington Hall, Devon / 2017 - Solar: Walking at the Speed of Light walking app and exhibition with SHU Media Arts Research Walking Group, SIA gallery, SHU, Sheffield / In Celebration of Trees, Bank St Gallery, Sheffield / 2016- Northern Light: Landscape Photography and Evocations of the North / 2007 - Artlink Anniversary Exhibition, Artlink, Link Gallery, Royal Edinburgh + Livingstone Infirmaries / 2007 - Head Space, Platform, Glasgow / 2004 - Evoke, Visual Research Centre, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee / 2003 - Birthplaces, Spitz Gallery, London, UK / 2002 - My father is the wise man of the village, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh / 2001 - Animal, Artlink tour of Edinburgh Hospitals / 2001 - Interface, Scottish Touring Exhibitions Consortium, Gracefields Arts Centre, Dumfries, Dick Institute, Kilmarnock, Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews / 2000 - Scotland House Art for Europe, Scotland Europa, Brussels /1999 - Absolut Open, Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh / 1999 - Shadows, Axis Website Exhibition, selected by Jill Morgan / 1998 - Flowers, Hartlepool Art Gallery / 1998 - Ninth Annual Exhibition of Scottish Artists and Artist Craftsmen, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh /1998 - Video from Scotland, Articule, Montreal, Canada / 1997 - Trace: Prologue, 18 King Street, Glasgow / 1996 - Glasgow Art Fair, George Square /1994 - After Redoute, Angela Flowers Gallery, London / 1994 - Degree Show, Glasgow School of Art / 1994 - Döppelganger, Kulturzentrom, Mainz, Germany / 1994 - Summer Show, Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow School of Art /1993 - Stem, Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh / 1992 - Fine Art Photography Department, Newberry Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow /1991 - Contact, Southbank Photo Show, Royal Festival Hall, London / 1991 - Diploma Show, Sir John Cass, London / 1991 - Sign of the Times, Camerawork Gallery, London / 1991 - Small World, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford / 1990 - Boundaries, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford / 1990 - Points of View, Southbank Photo Show, Royal Festival Hall, London
Residencies: 2018 - Guapamacataro Art & Ecology Centre, Mexico / 2006 - Fast + Dirty, City Moves, Aberdeen / 2006 - Research and development, Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Lumsden / 2005 - Research and development, Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Lumsden / 2004 - Populate/Reside, Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Lumsden / 2002- ArtLink Fusion at Royal infirmary, Eye Pavillion, Edinburgh/ 2000 - Scottish Year of the Artist, Scottish Agriculture College, Auchincruive / 1999 - Arran Ferry Residency, Caledonian MacBrayne + Scottish Arts Council, Ardrossan- Broddick route, Ayrshire/ 1996 - Artist in Residence, Fringe Gallery
Commissions: 2003 - Out of the Showcase, the Meaning of Jewellery in the Digital Age, University of Dundee
1999 - art.tm commission to create new body of landscape work in relation to Scottish Highlands and Islands