Bryan Eccleshall

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Education

Summary

Employment

Residencies and Awards

Exhibitions

Publications

Writing

Education:

2010: MA in Contemporary Fine Art from Sheffield Hallam University.
1988: BA (Hons) Fine Art (graded as a 2/1) from Leicester Polytechnic.

Summary:

 After graduating in 1988 I pursued a non-art career. I worked in non-art jobs. I spent several years working in various positions in a large book manufacturers in Bath. After that I worked for nearly three years at Hodder Headline Publishers in London as a Production Controller. I returned to art practice in 2001, and in September 2005 pursued that practice full time.

Employment:

 May 2010: I was employed by the Research Group for Artists Publications and Site Gallery to install a large Sol LeWitt drawing as part of the an exhibition of the artist’s books.
March 2010 - Present: Associate Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University. I helped run a drawing module for first and second year degree students.
September - October 2008: Co-artist on “It’s Good To Be Me” at Retford Oaks Cluster, Bassetlaw. Fellow artist Andrew Tebbs and I devised a six week arts project for four schools which culminated in an exhibition of over 100 works at BendInTheRiver, Gainsborough.
July 2008: Co-ordinator for Worksop, Fabulous Art in Bassetlaw. I looked after seven events in Worksop and liaised with venues and artists in the run up to and on the day of the festival.
June - October 2008: Co-ordinator, FRED 2008. FRED 2008 was the fifth and final annual festival that took place each October throughout Cumbria. My role was, as in previous years, to look after a batch of artists from acceptance through to final execution of their pieces.
June – October 2007: Co-ordinator, FRED 2007. See “FRED 2008”, above, for details.
June 2007: The Pencil Museum, Keswick: I ran six workshops throughout one day, involving 90 children in all.
Spring 2007: Inset Trainer, Cumbria Schools. Six sessions on “Kickstarting Creativity” and three sessions on “Kickstarting the Digital Camera” throughout the county.
June 2007: Co-ordinator for “Art Strike!”: Funded by ACE, this was an artist led intervention at the Art 07 event at Kendal's Brewery Arts Centre.
January – February 2007: Consultant Artist to “Life Box” project, Workington. A six week project co-ordinated by Sure Start which culminated in an exhibition at Tullie House Museum, Carlisle.
June – October 2006: Co-ordinator, FRED 2006 Arts Festival. See “FRED 2008”, above, for details.
November 2005 – December 2007: Administrative Assistant, Fold Gallery. This period included co-curating an exhibition of Street Art on the only bus stop in Kirkby Stephen.
October 2005 - December 2007: Visiting Artist, Esthwaite School, Hawkshead. During the weekly hour-long “Creativity Club” I have run about fifteen workshops, all on different themes with a changing group of children from all years in the school (ages 4 to 11).

Residencies/Awards:

July 2010: Artist in Residence at Bank Street Arts, Sheffield.
May 2008: I was part of a team of artists from South Cumbria to receive a NAN Go-and-See Bursary which allowed us to visit Berlin to forge links with artists there. This led to an award from the Arts Council to create and execute and touring show of our work.
October – December 2006: “Landing Strip” Residency at Art Gene, Barrow-in-Furness. Selected by rednile projects of Sunderland to collaborate with them.

Exhibitions:

Summer 2010: The results of Artist In Residence position shown in two galleries, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield.
Spring 2009: “M3-M6 Unterwegs/Underway”, Touring show: Lancaster, Preston, Berlin.
October 2008: “FRED”, site-specific arts festival, Cumbria.
June 2008: “The Bourne End Collection”, Bedfordshire. Private Commission. A sculpture trail curated and created at Bourne End Farm.
October 2007: “FRED”, site-specific arts festival, Cumbria.
May 2007: “Baker's Dozen”, a solo show at Neo's Gallery, Cockermouth.
November 2006: “Sites Considered”, Art Gene, Cumbria.
November 2006: “bangbang”, Cockermouth.
October 2006: “FRED”, site-specific arts festival, Cumbria.
December 2003: “How Dish Wing” - The Poetry Society, Covent Garden.
July 2004: “Do Something” - Floating IP, Ancoats.
October 2001: “What's Wrong?” - The Trade Apartment, Brixton.

Publications:

 February 2010: MA Contemporary Fine Art Degree Show. A collaborative project. My contribution was “Modern Painters: Traced, Shrunk and Printed” ISBN: 978-0-9558665-6-2.
June 2009: Project Biennale. A collaborative curatorial project launched as part of the Venice Biennale. My contribution was to curate eight artists work into the book. ISBN: 978-0-9558665-5-5.

Writing:

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 August 2009: “House of Bling” - Commissioned Review for website - Artists Newsletter.
June 2008: “Identifying Time And Place” - Reviews Unedited.
April 2008: “Unheimlich” Commissioned Review for website - Artists Newsletter.
November 2007: “The Circle They Desire” - Reviews Unedited.
August 2007: “Protest Is Beautiful” - Reviews Unedited.
November 2007: “Vital 07” Commissioned Review for website - Artists Newsletter.
October 2007: “YoMü” Commissioned review – Artists Newsletter.
July 2007: “ARTCAST” Commissioned review – rednile Projects.
December 2006: “FRED” Commissioned review – Artists Newsletter.
December 2006: “Plot” - Reviews Unedited.
November 2006: “When We Were Here” Commissioned review - Artists Newsletter.
July 2006: “Doodah” - Reviews Unedited.