Christian Edwardes is Course Leader for BA Illustration at the Arts University Bournemouth, UK. His recent research is centred around studio geographies, atmospheres, and the geoaesthetics of arts production, his recent research work is directed towards atmospheric stagings, scenography, and environmental materialities of creative practice. He co-edited Non-Representational Theory and the Creative Arts with Candice Boyd, which was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2019.
Education
2016
PhD
Chelsea College of Art and Design, UAL.
1997
MA Fine Art (Painting)
Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, UAL.
1995
BA (Hons) Fine Art
Liverpool John Moores University
Exhibitions
2017
Souvenirs: Migratory Objects, The Outpost Gallery, b-side Festival, Portland, Dorset.
2016
Making Plans (one-week residency), Bank Street Arts, Sheffield.
2013
The Art of Walking: A Field Guide, WORK Gallery, 10a Acton St. London.
2012
Temples to the Domestic II, Clifford Chance, Canary Wharf, London.
2012
Exquisite Corpse, Bournemouth Arts Festival by the Sea (commission), Shelley Manor, Bournemouth, Dorset.
2012
Drawing Lines in the Sand, Peleton Gallery (Off-Site Projects), Cockatoo Island, Sydney Harbour, Australia.
2012
Critical Dictionary, WORK Gallery, 10a Acton Street, London, WC1X 9NG.
2011
Artist Associates: Beyond the Commission, The Gallery, The Arts University at Bournemouth, Poole, Dorset.
2008
Islands Intro Space, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, Hants.
2008
ArtSway Open, ArtSway, Sway, Hants.
2008
Borderlands. text + work, Bournemouth. Dorset.
2007
Meeting Place: Contemporary Art and the Museum Collection, (curated by Stephanie James). Russell-Cotes Museum and Gallery, Bournemouth. Dorset.
2003
Chockerfuckingblocked, Jeffrey Charles Gallery, Settle Street, Whitechapel, London
Publications
Edwardes, C. (in press) ‘Scenes of studio practice’. Ambiences: International Journal of Sensory Environment, Architecture, and Urban Space [online] http://journals.openedition.org/ambiances
Boyd, C. P., & Edwardes, C. (Eds.). (2019). Non-Representational Theory and the Creative Arts. Palgrave Macmillan.
Edwardes, C. (2019). ‘Micro-geographies of the studio’. In C. P. Boyd & C. Edwardes (Eds.), Non-Representational Theory and the Creative Arts (pp. 53-68). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Conference Papers
2021
Affective References: Staging illustration resources in and beyond the studio Education and Illustration: Models Methods Paradigms, 11th Illustration Research Symposium. Kingston University.
2018
Unpacking the Studio RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, 1 Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 2AR
Work in Publications
Evans, D. (2013), The Art of Walking: A Field Guide, London: Black Dog Publishing.
Evans, D. (2011), Critical Dictionary, London: Black Dog Publishing.
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