Steve Dutton
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Steve Dutton is an artist and occasional curator who works on both collaborative and individual projects. He is currently developing a new body work under the working title of “the phantom industry” which is including drawings, sound works, animations, objects and texts. His work is difficult to classify, as it moves between various media, materials, processes and forms but it might be said to be a form of language-based practice with a focus on acts of reading, speaking, writing and drawing.
In the past he has worked closely with Steve Swindells (Dutton and Swindells) since 1998, prior to which he was one half of the collaboration of Dutton and Peacock. Individual and collaborative projects have been exhibited throughout the UK and internationally, including The Stag and Hound at PSL in Leeds for which Dutton and Swindells were nominated for the Northern Art Prize. He has been published in the Journal of Studies in Theatre and Performance, The Journal of Writing in Creative Practice (2009) and the Journal of Visual Arts Practice (2007) along with many contributions to various magazines and publications including Fieldnotes and Soanyway.
Steve’s curatorial collaborations include with Andrew Bracey on a project entitled 'Midpointness' which has had manifestations for the Lock Up Gallery in Newcastle, Australia, The Trans Art Triennial and Airspace in Stoke-on-Trent, UK. Other Curatorial projects include collaborations with Dr.Brian Curtin such as ‘Possession’ for Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre and ‘Unspeaking Engagements’ at Chulalongkorn Art Centre, Bangkok and LGP, Coventry.
Up until April 2022 he was Professor of Fine Art at Bath School of Art, Film and Media, Bath Spa University where he was the Director of the Art Research Centre. Steve is now Emeritus Professor at Bath Spa where he still works closely with staff and PhD students in an advisory capacity and he is on the supervisory team for Transart Institute for Creative Research.
Prior to Bath Spa he was Professor in Contemporary Art Practice at the University of Lincoln in the U.K before which he was Professor in Creative Practice at Coventry University for 4 years preceded by various academic roles including MA Fine Art Course Leader and Reader in Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University.
He currently lives in Bristol UK and holds a studio at Spike Island
STEVE DUTTON MA (RCA)
Contact Information:
• Mobile: +44 (0)774 3816674
• Email: DuttonStudio@gmail.com
• Web: axisweb.org/artist/stevedutton
• Instagram: instagram.com/studiodutton
Selected Exhibitions and Research Projects:
Forthcoming:
• Fluxus Museum Commission, Paros, Greece, June 2024
• MK Calling, Milton Keynes Gallery, UK, June 2024
• Shangyuan Residency Program, Beijing, 2025
Completed (since 2002):
• 2022
• Equinox, St. Paul’s Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
• 2021
• Society of Artistic Research, Practice Sharing Language-Based Practices
• 2019
• Resident Artist, The Museum of Loss and Renewal, Collemacchia, Italy.
• A Share of a Future (Curator), CUMTB, Beijing.
• Convocation - on expanded language-based practices, Research Pavilion, Venice Biennale.
• 2018
• Documents Alternatives, Verge Gallery, Sydney, Australia, and BSAD Gallery, Bath, UK.
• 2017
• No-Telos, Artistic Research Project, Venice, Italy.
• Mind Language Matter curated by J.M.C. Anderson, St. Mary’s House, Norwich, UK.
• Performance Arcade/Performing Writing, collaborative project with sound artist Annie Morrad, Wellington, New Zealand.
• Aphantasia- 8 Hour Shift, collaborative project Annie Morrad and Andrew Bracey, AND EventSpace, London.
• 2016
• Midpointness (2), Co-Curated project with Andrew Bracey, Airspace Gallery, Stoke on-Trent, UK.
• Trans-Art Triennial project 2016, Co-curatorial project with Andrew Bracey for the Trans Art Triennial (New York/Berlin).
• 2015
• Art/Text, NCUST Gallery, Tangshan, China.
• Midpointness (1), Co-Curated project with Andrew Bracey, The Lock-Up, Newcastle, AUS.
• Care + Attend, Curated by Emma Cocker and Joanne Lee for Unconditional Love, Society of Artistic Research, Chelsea College of Arts, London.
• 2014
• Detail, H Gallery, Bangkok, Transition Gallery, London, Usher Gallery, Lincoln.
• Possession (2), Co-Curated with Brian Curtin, exhibition of pan-European and Asian Contemporary Art for LGP.
• Possession (1), Co-Curated exhibition with Brian Curtin of pan-European and Asian Contemporary Art for Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre, Bangkok.
• 2013
• Modern Times – episode 2: Faster-Slower, numerous sites across the Netherlands.
• End of Ends, Arts Council Commission for Bend in The River, Gainsborough, UK.
• 2012
• The Stag and Hound, Dutton/Swindells, PSL, Leeds.
• Unspeaking Engagements, Chulalongkorn Art Centre, Bangkok, and LGP, Coventry.
• 2011
• The Institute of Beasts, Dutton/Swindells, Kuando Museum of Fine Art, Taipei.
• 2008
• Preoccupations: Things Artists Do Anyway, Dutton/Swindells, Studio Bibliothèque, Hong Kong.
• Ssamzie Contemporary Art Space International Residency, Seoul, Korea.
• 2007
• A little bit goes a long way, Consortium, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Un Jour de Beauté, The Nunnery, Bow, London.
• 2006
• The Dog and Duck, Dutton/Swindells, Kookmin Art Gallery, Seoul, S. Korea.
• Text + Work = "Work", Dutton-Swindells, Text + Work Gallery, Bournemouth, UK.
• 2005
• Folklore, APT Gallery, London, UK.
• Emergency 2, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, UK.
• Similar to Nothing, Lausanne Underground Film Festival, Hawley/Dutton.
• Txtrapolis, Dutton/Swindells, NAFA Gallery, Singapore.
• Sex Death and Flat Pack Furniture, Holden Gallery, MMU, Manchester.
• 2004: Site for Unbuilding, Wrexham Arts Centre and Oriel Davies, Newtown, UK
• [Shift] - E merged, Dutton/Swindells, Site-specific projects, Leeds, UK.
• 2003
• Look to this Day, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK.
• Plaza, text intervention into Sheffield Newspapers, Dutton/Swindells.
• Brown-field Site, Dutton/Swindells as Suns of the Desert, Sheffield ART 03, UK.
• Entropic Gym Variation, Dutton/Peacock/Swindells, Shepherd Gallery, Reno, U.S.A.
• 2002
• Power to the People, Dutton/Peacock/Swindells, Contemporary Art Forum,
Ontario. Entropic Gym, Dutton/Peacock/Swindells, Mercer Union, Toronto.
Grants and Awards:
• 2023: West of England Visual Arts Alliance Bursary (WEVAA).
• 2017: Arts Council of England Artists International Development Award (New
Zealand).
• 2015: Banco Santander Network award for travel to China.
• 2013: Arts Council of England G4A award for Possession (1), Bangkok Arts and
Culture Centre, Thailand and Possession (2), LGP, Coventry, UK.
• 2012: Arts Council of England funded residency project for Bend in the River, UK.
• 2011: Major G4A Arts Council of England Award (LGP) in Coventry, UK.
• 2010: Pmi2 British Council Grant for developing MA in International Contemporary
Art Practice with Kookmin University, Seoul.
• 2007: Major Arts Council of England Award for "The Institute of Beasts" Project involving an S.Korean Residency Project, exhibitions, and publications.
• 2005: AHRB award for "Similar to Nothing" with Professor Steve Hawley, MMU.
ACADEMIC CV
Academic Recognition:
• Professor Emeritus, Bath Spa University
Current Academic Post:
• October 2022 onwards: Co-Director, Transart Creative Research Institute PhD
Programme
Previous Academic Posts:
• 2019-2022: Professor of Art, Research Lead in Art, Director of Art Research Centre,
Bath School of Art, Bath Spa University
• 2017-2019: Professor of Art, Head of Art, Bath School of Art and Design, Bath Spa
University
• 2011-2016: Professor in Contemporary Art Practice, University of Lincoln, UK
• 2007-2011: Professor in Creative Practice, Coventry University, UK
• 2004-2007: Reader in Fine Art, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
• 1994-2007: Senior Lecturer/Principal Lecturer in Fine Art, Sheffield Hallam
University, UK (MA Fine Art Course Leader)
Education and Training:
• 1979-82: BA (Hons) Painting, Sheffield City Polytechnic
• 1985-87: MA (RCA) Painting, Royal College of Art
• 2015: Institute of Leadership and Management Level 5 (Pg Cert.)
• 2016: Relational Dynamics (RD1st) Coaching Qualification
• 2021: Supervising Research MA, Professional Practice in Higher Education
Doctoral Supervision:
Completions:
• Dr. Lydia Halcrow: A thousand Intertwinings: an exploration of embodied artistic process made in collaboration with an estuarine landscape and its vibrant matter
• Laura Gonzalez: Make me yours: the psychodynamics of seduction through works of art, Sheffield Hallam University
• Dr. Dan Pryde Jarman: Artists’ run Curatorial Practices, Coventry University
• Dr. Simon Strange: The connection between English Art School pedagogies and punk, post-punk, and new wave music, Bath Spa University
Additional Supervision:
• Dr. Andrea Hannon: The studio in the Mind, Coventry University (up to MPhil progression)
• Dr. Annie Xu: Collisions: art and text in Chinese contemporary art, University of Lincoln (up to MPhil progression)
Current Co-Supervision:
• Tom Mence: A Provocation of Painterly Representation, Bath Spa University
• Anna Kot: Examining the elements and processes within abstract painting: transitional processes, Bath Spa University
• Brady Smith: Repetition within a Visual Arts Practice (working title), Transart Creative Research Institute and Liverpool John Moores University
• Eric Akaba: Wholly Drawing (working title), Transart Creative Research Institute and Liverpool John Moores University
External Roles (Academic):
• 2019: External Research Excellence Framework advisor to UoA 32, University of Derby
• 2020: External Research Excellence Framework advisor to Sir John Cass Faculty of Art and Design, London Metropolitan University
• 2018: External Subject Expert, West Dean College revalidation of G.Dip and MFA, External Research Excellence Framework advisor to Derby University, UoA for Art and Design, Expert Academic Panel Member, Subject Review for Creative Arts and Design, University of Kingston
• 2017: MA/BA Fine Art External Validation Panel, The University of St. David’s Trinity, Wales
• 2016: External Validation panel member for the MA in Chinese Contemporary Art at Birmingham City University
• 2013: External Research Excellence Framework advisor to Sir John Cass Faculty of Art and Design, London Metropolitan University
• 2010: External Validation panel for London Met/Whitechapel Gallery, Contemporary Curating MA
External Examiner Roles:
• 2024 onwards: BA Fine Art, De Montfort University, UK
• 2016-2020: MA Chinese Contemporary Art, Birmingham City University
• 2020: PhD External Examiner, Anglia Ruskin University
• 2015-2019: BA Fine Art, The University of Gloucestershire
• 2013-2017: BA Fine Art, Falmouth University
• 2012-2016: BA Fine Art, Northumbria University
• 2009-2013: BA Fine Art, Manchester Metropolitan University
• 2012: PhD External Examiner, UWE
• 2006-2011: MA Fine Art, Central St. Martins
• 2007-2012: MA Fine Art, Brighton University
• 2003-2007: BA Fine Art, London Metropolitan University
• 2000-2004: BA Fine Art in Context, The University of the West of England, MA Fine Art, The University of the West of England
• 2002-2006: MA Fine Art, The University of Central Lancashire, MA Experimental Film, The University of Central Lancashire
Associated Activities:
Editorial Boards, Panels, Committees:
• 2019-2021: International Editorial Board, The International Journal of Creative
Media Research
• 2017: Critical Friend, No-Telos project, Venice Biennale
• 2014: Co-Founder, The Impossible Constellation
• 2014 onwards: Editorial Committee Member, Project Anywhere, Peer Reviewer, Journal of Artistic Research
• 2011-2019: A-N Artists Council
• 2013: Peer Reviewer, Orpheus Institute
• 2012-2013: Lanchester Gallery Projects Steering Group
• 2009-2012: Founder and Director, Lanchester Gallery Projects (LGP)
• 2008: Peer Reviewer for the Vienna Science and Technology Fund/Art and Science Call 2008
• 2008-2011: Trustee, Coventry Artspace
• 2004-2011: Director, Sheffield Contemporary Art Forum/ArtSheffield
• 1991-2004: Founder and Trustee, S1 Artspace, Sheffield