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Fiona Crisp is a visual artist working in the areas of photography, sculpture and installation. Born in 1966, she completed a postgraduate degree at the Slade School of Art in 1993, and has subsequently exhibited both nationally and internationally. In 1999/2000 Crisp worked in the North East of England whilst on the Berwick Gymnasium Fellowship. Since then she has spent time in Norway and in Italy where she held a Wingate Scholarship at The British School in Rome. Work from this period was shown in the exhibition Santa Maria, commissioned for Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, UK in 2003.
Crisp lives and works in Northumberland is currently a Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at Northumbria University.
Her work is represented by Matt's Gallery, London.
Still Films 1999 Installation view. Camerawork, London.
Curriculum Vitae
Born 1966 Derbyshire, UK
Currently lives in Northumberland and works in Northumberland & London
| 1991 - 1993 | Slade School of Fine Art, U.C.L. Fine Art - Media Postgraduate | |
| 1986 - 1989 | W. S. C. A. D. (Farnham) Fine Art - Sculpture 1st Class BA(Hons) | |
| 1984 - 1985 | Derbyshire College of Higher Education - Art Foundation |
| Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions / Projects / Publications | ||
| 2008 | Subterrania Solo Exhibition Newlyn Art Gallery. Tour t.b.c. | |
| Hyper Passive Monograph with essay & interview. Pub Newlyn Art Gallery, Matt's Gallery | ||
| Ruination : Photographs of Rome Group exhibition with catalogue curated by Richard Wrigley. Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham | ||
| The Berwick Gymnasium Fellowships 1993-2005 Chapter in catalogue. Pub English Heritage | ||
| Stourhead Archival portfolio of prints for permanent collection at Stourhead House, Wiltshire (National Trust) | ||
| E8 3RR Portfolio of 15 artists prints. Pub Matt's Gallery, London | ||
Recent Solo Exhibitions |
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| 2006 | Abteilung, The Greenhouse Gallery, St. Peter Port, Guernsey C.I. | |
| 2003 | Santa Maria, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth | |
| 2000 | Fiona Crisp, Matt's Gallery, London | |
| Berwick Gymnasium Fellowship, Berwick Gymnasium Gallery (catalogue) | ||
| 1999 | Still Films, Camerawork, London | |
| 1996 | Omphalos, The Conductor's Hallway Gallery, London | |
Recent Group Exhibitions |
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| 2006 | Beauty and the Beast Stourhead Landscape Gardens (NT) Wiltshire. |
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Phantasm Market Gallery, Glasgow. |
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| You Shall Know Our Velocity BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead | ||
| Responding to Rome The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London | ||
| 2005 | Fiona Crisp, Matthew Tickle, Philip Warnell Matt's Gallery, London | |
| 2004 | Ideen von-Kunslen-Auktion, Galerie Luecke und Partner, Berlin | |
| Para Sites - Bridport Arts Centre, Dorset | ||
| 2002 | Fiona Crisp / Mary Maclean / Ozhang, Seven Worcester Terrace Gallery, Bath | |
| Fellowship Exhibition, The British School at Rome (catalogue) | ||
| 2001 | Diari di Lavoro..., Galleria Nationale d'Arte Moderna, Rome | |
| 2000 | Stadt München Photo-Biennale, Room 212, Auckland, New Zealand | |
| Flicker, Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery | ||
| Stadt München Photo-Biennale, Galerie Stadt München, Amsterdam | ||
| 1998 | Disrupting the Scene, Cambridge Darkroom Gallery | |
| Dark Field, The Boiler House at Hackney Wick, London | ||
| 1997 | Oranges & Lemons, Peninsula Foundation, Eindhoven (catalogue) | |
| Awards, Fellowships & Commissions | ||
| 2007/8 | Subterrania - Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall. | |
| 2007 | Residency - Allenheads Contemporary Art, Northumberland. May - Nov. | |
| 2006 | Artist in Residence, Stourhead Landscape Gardens, Wiltshire (Commissioned by the National Trust and The Hotbath Gallery, Bath) | |
| 2005 | Grants for Individual Artists, Arts Council England, North East | |
| 2004 | Nominated for Beck's Futures, ICA, London | |
| International Artist in Residence Programme, Guernsey College, Guernsey C.I. | ||
| 2003 | Nominated for Citigroup Photography Prize, 2004 | |
| 2001 | The British School at Rome, Wingate Scholarship (October 2001 - March 2002) | |
| Visual Artists Award, London Arts | ||
| 1999 | Berwick Gymnasium Fellowship, Berwick-upon-Tweed (4 month residency) | |
| Nominated for Citibank Photography Prize, 2000 | ||
| 1998 | Awards to Individual Artists, London Arts Board | |
| 1997 | Art for Everyone, Arts Council (group recipient) | |
| 1996 | Awards to Artists Exhibiting Abroad, The British Council | |
| Bibliography | ||
| 2006 | Usherwood, Paul Art Monthly#295 April 06 p.34 Reviews You Shall Know Our Velocity : Artists in the North East | |
| Hickling, Alfred The Guardian p.36 01.02.06 Art You Shall Know Our Velocity | ||
| Rudd, Amy Metro p.22 31.01.06 Art Review You Shall Know Our Velocity | ||
| Clark, Robert Guardian Guide p.36 27.01.06 Exhibition Preview You Shall Know Our Velocity | ||
| Glover, Michael The Times (The Knowledge) p.34/35 14.01.06 Best of British ..... | ||
| 2005 | James, Sarah Art Monthly#290 October 05 Reviews Fiona Crisp, Matthew Tickle, Philip Warnell Matt's Gallery | |
| 2003 | Exley, Roy Contemporary Issue 56 Autumn 2003 The Passive Eye | |
| Bull, Stephen Source Issue 35 Summer 2003 Santa Maria | ||
| Lack, Jessica Guardian Guide, May 10 Santa Maria | ||
| Cowan, Amber The Times Play May 3 Santa Maria | ||
| Rutter, Barry The News May 2 Santa Maria | ||
| 2001 | Exley, Roy art press 266, March Fiona Crisp | |
| Exley, Roy Contemporary Visual Arts Issue 32, January Fiona Crisp | ||
| 2000 | Sophie's What's On, UKlandscape.net, December Fiona Crisp | |
| Coomer, Martin Time Out, Reviews, 6-13 December Fiona Crisp | ||
| Coleman, John What's On in London, 22 - 29 November Fiona Crisp / Matt's Gallery | ||
| Jevons, Richard The Leeds Guide, October Issue Flicker | ||
| The Times Metro, 16 September The Big Show | ||
| Jevons, Richard The North Guide, September Interview - Berwick Gymnasium | ||
| Walker, Howard The Journal 11 August Berwick Gymnasium Gallery | ||
| 1999 | Morissey, Simon Untitled Magazine, Issue 19 Still Films | |
| Townsend, Chris Hotshoe International, May Issue Still Films | ||
| Thrift, Julia Time Out, 24 February Still Films | ||
| Cruz, Juan Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue 21 Disrupting the Scene | ||
| 1998 | Lorés, Maite Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue 20 Dark Field | |
| Bastible, Acushla Circa Magazine, No. 85, Autumn Issue Dark Field | ||
| Time Out, 24 June Dark Field | ||
| Spaninks, Angelique Eindhovens Dagblad Oranges & Lemons | ||
| Lecturing | ||
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Currently Senior Lecturer in Fine Art University of Northumbria, Newcastle. | |
| 2007 - 2010 | External Assessor Crawford College, Cork. Republic of Ireland | |
| 2002/3 | p/t lecturer Fine Art (photography) BA Camberwell, London. | |
| 1998-2004 | visiting lecturing at various institutions incl. Slade, Camberwell, Winchester, Coventry, Sunderland etc. | |
| Publications | ||
| 2007 | The Sheffield Pavilion Ed. Jane Griffith. Pub. Site Gallery, Sheffield ISBN 97801899926860 (Distributed at Venice Biennale & Documenta XII | |
| E8 3RR Portfolio of 15 artists. Pub Matt's Gallery, London | ||
| 2005 | Responding to Rome. British artists in Rome 1995-2005 Pub. BSR. | |
| 2004 | Para Sites, Bridport Arts Centre Sept/Oct 2004 | |
| 2002 | The British School at Rome, Fine Arts 2001-2002 Pub. BSR. | |
| 2000 | Berwick Gymnasium Fellowship , English Heritage/Fiona Crisp | |
| 1997 | Welcome Back to the Human Race , Peninsula Foundation, Holland | |
| Collections | ||
| Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, London, Worcester City Art Gallery | ||
| Private Collections | ||
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