David Cotterrell
 
Curriculum vitae
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www.cotterrell.com
 
Education
1996-1997  Chelsea College of Art and Design. MA Degree in Fine Art, Combined Media
1993-1996  Winchester School of Art. BA(Hons) Degree in Fine Art, Painting. First Class Honours
1992-1993  Central St. Martins College of Art & Design, NSCFEAD Foundation Diploma in Art & Design
 
 
Upcoming Exhibtiions and Public Commissions
2007/08
Eastern Standard: Western Artists in China, 2 February to 31 December 2008, MASS MoCA North Adams, Massachusettes, USA
The Debating Society , Public art commission for the Gorbals area of Glasgow. Produced in association with Heisenberg and Page and Park Architects. Supported by the Gorbals Artworks Programme and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
War and Medicine, Commissioned by the Wellcome Trust to make new work for the forthcoming exhibition to be held at the Wellcome Galleries, London and The Hygene Museum, Dresden in Autumn 2008.
Eurasia One, Exhibition of 16 Chinese and European artists, curated by Rolf Kluenter, Andrea Neidhoefer (Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art). Hosted by Island 6 Art Centre, Shanghai and supported by The German Cultural Consulate.
 
Selected Exhibtiions and Public Commissions
2007
Searchlight, Commissioned series of temporary public installations. Curated by Dan Dubowitz, CivicWorks and produced with the support of Sunderland Arc.
Remote/Control - Interactive and Multi-media Art, Exhibition of international new media installation at Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai.
 
2006
CineCity , The Brighton Film Festival. Video work Hero included in the 4th International Festival of Film and Video Art. Supported by UK Film Council and Arts Council England.
Grind, Exhibition of international artists’ works at Studio Apart, Amsterdam.
What Happens?, Exhibition of international artists’ works at Dispari & Dispari Project, Reggio Nell'Emilia, Italy.
Less Travelled, British Council commission to develop and exhibit work for the Shanghai Biennale off-site exhibition. Produced with the support of Arts Council England and Island6 Art Centre, Shanghai.
Core, Exhibition of new work by 10 international artists, Union Works (Alternative Space) London. Commissioned by Illuminate Productions with support from Arts Council England and the Henry Moore Foundation.
Art and Ideas, Exhibition of international artists’ works at Comox Valley Art Space, British Columbia, Canada.
The Art of Regeneration, Commissioned exhibition for Architecture Week at the Wellspring Centre, Barton Hill, Bristol. Supported by CABE and Arts Council England.
Platform for Urban Investigation, Exhibition of new work by international artists, curated by Allard von Hoorn at Island6 gallery, Shanghai. Supported by Arts Council England and British Council, Shanghai.
 
2005
The Unicorn, Commission permanent digital artwork installed in the development of the Unicorn Theatre for Children, South Bank, London. Produced in association with Keith Williams Architects. Supported by the National Lottery, Barco UK, Arts & Business New Partners Award, Arts Council England Awards for Artists and The Eranda Foundation.
South Facing, Solo exhibition of new video and sculptural works. Danielle Arnaud contemporary art, London.
Guardami - Percezione del video (Look at me - Video Perception), Exhibition of commissioned work by international artists working with video. Palazzo delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy.
Flux, Exhibition of new work by twelve international artists. London Bridge (Alternative space), produced by Illuminate Productions with support from Arts Council England.
Ashford’s Future, Artist in Residence for Masterplanning of redevelopment and urban expansion of the Greater Ashford Area. Position funded through the Arts Council of England.
Fathom, Exhibition of five international artists’ video installations at the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle. Supported by the AHRC, Newcastle Gateshead Culture and Arts Council England.
Handluggage 2005, Exhibition of Swiss and British Artists at Cafe Gallery Projects, London. Curated by K3 Projects, Zurich. Supported by Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Fondation Nestle pour l’art, Pro Helvetica and Navy boot.
Dead Reckoning, The Museum of Garden History, London. Supported by Arts Council England, Parabola Trust and The Maritime Simulation Unit at South Tyneside College.
Latitude, Exhibition of commissioned new work for exhibition.
 
2004
Grey Goo, Exhibition of commissioned new work at Flaca Gallery, London. Curated by Tom Humphreys. Supported by Arts Council England.
Scope Circle, Exhibition at Scope London of work selected by international panel of curators, artists and writers.
Zoo, Work selected by Flaca Gallery for exhibition at the Zoo Art Fair.
Tempered Ground, Exhibition of commissioned new work at Museum of Garden History, Curated by Danielle Arnaud, Jordan Kaplan and Philip Norman.
Fresco, Computer controlled lightwork. Commissioned by the Kings Fund to develop new work for Great Ormond Street Hospital and advise on redesign of Operating theatre preparation and recovery areas.
Tape291, Exhibition at 291 Gallery, London. Curated by Deana Wright and Seraina Mueller.
 
2003
East Wing Collection No.6: Urban Networks, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Exhumed, The Museum of Garden History, London. Curated by Danielle Arnaud, Jordan Kaplan and Phillip Norman.
Palazzo delle Liberta, Exhibition of commissioned new work by ten international artists at Palazzo delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy.
AWP Arts Strategy, Appointed as lead artist to develop strategic public art policy and framework for Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (including NHS provision in Bristol, Bath, Somerset and Gloucestershire). Commissioned by AWP NHS Trust and Willis Newson Public Art Consultants.
Reference Frame, Solo Show, Danielle Arnaud contemporary art.
Hand Luggage, K3 Project Space, Zurich. Switzerland.
Video Invitational, F A Projects, London. Group show selected by various critics.
Ashford Art & heritage Trail, Commissioned to produce concept and design for system of markers to offer alternative mapping for the area of Ashford, Kent.
Art 2003 (The London Art Fair), Danielle Arnaud contemporary art, The Business Design Centre, London.
 
2002
Artissima (Internationale d’arte contemporanea a Turino), Turin, Italy.
Beck's Futures 2002, The Mappin Gallery, Sheffield.
Beck's Futures 2002, CCA, Glasgow.
Diversion, The Museum of Garden History, Danielle Arnaud contemporary art, London.
Public House, The Establishment, Brixton, London.
K3 Gallery, Group show. Zurich, Switzerland
Beck's Futures 2002, ICA, London
 
2001
Car Culture, Commissioned video exhibited as part of the Hart Festival, Hull.
Stirring the City, The Lighthouse Gallery, Glasgow.
Aquaduct, Video installation for Bay 67, The Westway, produced by ACAVA for The Portobello Film Festival.
Reliquary, Site specific installation commissioned by Journeymen. The Gorbals, Glasgow.
High Fidelity, The Red Gallery, Hull.
Plastic Sheet, A.A.Silva Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Inefficient Machinery, The Mafuji Gallery, London
 
2000
Defying Dog, Interactive video installation commissioned by Art in Sacred Spaces in association with London Arts and the Millennium Commission. The Round Chapel, London.
Summer Agglutinate, 291 Gallery, Hackney, London.
VoiceOver, Sonic Public Artwork commissioned by Hull Time Based Arts in association with Yorkshire Arts and Kingston Upon Hull City Council and the Millennium Festival.
Seoul/London, Commissioned Digital Installation for exhibition at Total Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, South Korea. Supported by British Council, England and South Korea.
 
1999
A Celebration of Regeneration, Shillam & Smith 3, London.
The East Wing Biennial, The Courthald Institute of Art, Somerset House, London.
Canal, Video Art Commission produced in association with Keith Williams Architects Ltd. The Birmingham Rep Theatre. Centenary Square, Birmingham.
 
1998
The Saltley Geyser, Public Art Commission for ‘A Splash of Colour’ project in Birmingham. Produced in association with Shillam & Smith Architects, Birmingham City Council and the Ikon Gallery.
Worth, (Alternative Space), Kings Cross, London.
Adhocracy, Galerie Herold am Guterbahnhof, Bremen, Germany.
 
1997
Game Show, Belt Gallery, Hackney, London.
The Ladies Smoking Room, St Pancras Chambers, Kings Cross, London.
Beck's New Contemporaries '97, Camden Arts Centre, London.
Chelsea '97, Paton Gallery, London.
Closing Down, (Collaborative Installation) Hidden Art of Hackney, London.
Inaugural Show, Gallery Tu, London.
 
1996
Drawing and Beyond, Angelus Gallery, Winchester.
Bunker, Civil Defence Emergency Control Centre (Alternative Space, Two Person Show), Eastleigh.
Krajina Zivlu, Mezinarodni Vytvarni Symposium, (International Artists Symposium), Czech Republic.
Moulding History, (Alternative Space, Two person Collaboration) Vauxhall, London.
Paranoia of a London Attache Case, London Transport Museum (One Person Show), London.
 
1995
It’s Life Jane But Not As We Know It!, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
SUPERNOSCAROUS, Railspur Alley (Alternative Space), Vancouver, Canada.
From Nuclear Bombs to Nuclear Bullets, Edge Gallery, London.
 
 
Residencies & Awards
2006
‘Artist Links’ Residency, Shanghai, China awarded by Arts Council England and British Council.
‘Living Places’ Artist in Residence, Hull Gateway Pathfinder, awarded by RKL consultants with support from CABE.
 
2005
‘Artist Links’ Residency, Shanghai, China awarded by Arts Council England and British Council.
‘Project’ Art and Architecture grant awarded by CABE.
‘Awards for Artists’, production grant awarded by Arts Council England.
‘Eranda Foundation’ Production Award.
‘Artist Mentor’ appointed by Commissions East with support from Arts Council England.
 
2004
‘Awards for Artists’, production grant awarded by Arts Council England.
‘New Partners Fund’, awarded by Arts and Business to facilitate enhanced collaboration with Barco Europe.
 
2003
‘The Spoken Word’, research grant awarded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
 
2002
‘Beck’s Futures’, finalist for 2002 Beck’s futures award.
 
2001
Artist in Residence for Hackney, London.
British Council Travel Award.
 
1998
‘The Gallery in the Trees’. Research Residency for Birmingham City Council Millennium Project.
 
1996
British Council Travel Award.
Kunstat Hrad, Moravia, Czech Republic. (1 month)
 
1995
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada. (5 months)
 
Bibliography (Publications)
2006
‘Arcade: Artists and Place-making’ 160pp Colour Publication. Edited by Rhona Warwick with texts by Ross Birrell, Piers Gough, Ray McKenzie, Jim Colquhoun, Kathy Battista, Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith, Simon Sadler, Moira Jeffrey, Toby Paterson and John Calcutt. Published by Black Dog Publishers. ISBN10: 1904772544, ISBN13: 9781904772545
‘Core’ 40pp Exhibition Catalogue. Text by Martin Herbert. Published by Illuminate Productions with support from the Henry Moore Foundation.
‘ArtistLinks 2002-2006’ 224pp Colour Publication (English/Chinese). Edited by Simon Kirby. Published by the British Council, China and Arts Council England.
‘Less Travelled’ 40pp Exhibition Catalogue (English/Chinese). Text by Allard van Hoorn, Simon Kirby and Ophelia Huang. Published by Island6 Art Centre with support from Arts Council England and British Council, China.
 
2005
Guardami - Percezione del video’ 200pp Colour Publication (English/Italian). Texts by Pietro Montani, Francesco Bernardelli and Lorenzo Fusi. Published by Gli Ori, Siena-Prato. ISBN 88-7336-179-X.
‘Fathom’ 22pp Colour Publication. Texts by Dr Robin Petterd, Karen Chapman and Lucy Whetstone. Published by The Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle with support from Arts Council England, The National Lottery, AHRC and Culture10. ISBN 0 7017 0188 9.
‘Dead Reckoning’ 48pp Colour Publication. Edited by Jordan Kaplan with commissioned text by Jon Newman. Published by Parabola Press with support from Arts Council England. ISBN 0-9547617-3-1.
 
2004
‘Tempered Ground’ 84pp Colour publication. Edited by Jordan Kaplan with additional commissioned texts by Eliza Williams and Juliet Steyn, Published by Parabola Press ISBN 0-9547617-1-5.
‘Grey Goo’ 32pp B/W publication. Supported by Arts Council England and University of Cambridge Nanoscale Laboratory. Published by Flaca ISBN 0-9548955-0-9.
 
2003
‘Il Pallazzo delle Liberta’ 296pp Colour publication (English/Italian) published by Gli Ora, Siena-Prato. Edited by Dr Lorenzo Fusi with texts by Fabio Gabbrielli, Annalisa Pezzo and Marco Pierini. ISBN 88-7336-077-7
‘The Impossible Project’ 128pp Colour publication (1st Edition 4,500) published by Black Dog Publishers and distributed through Black Dog and Phaidon books. Documenting the work of David Cotterrell, edited by Caryn Faure Walker and including written contributions from Zia Sardar, Claire Fox, Simon Biggs, Kirsten Dautenhehn, Juliet Steyn and David Page. Foreword by Niru Ratnam. ISBN 1 901033 73 2.
‘Exhumed’ Edited by Jordan Kaplan with additional commissioned texts by Tiffany Jenkins, Institute of Ideas and Jon Newman, Lambeth Archives, Published by Parabola Press. ISBN 0 9537752 9 1.
 
2002
‘Beck’s Futures 2002, Tomorrows Talent Today’ (Texts by Phillip Dodd, Sacha Craddock, Liam Gillick and others. Published by the ICA, London. Supported by LondonArts, Beck’s and The Face. ISBN 1 900300 36 2.
 
2001
‘hart2001’Exhibition Catalogue (Published by hart with support from Yorkshire Arts, Hull City Vision and The Polish Cultural Institute.)
‘The Arts in Your Church: A Practical Guide’. (Text by Fiona Bond, Published by Piquant. ISBN 1 903689 00 7)
 
2000
‘London/Seoul’. Exhibition Catalogue (English/Korean) Text by Kye-Hoon La, Curator. Published by Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea. Supported by The British Council.
 
1999
‘A Splash of Colour’. Documentation of Public Art programme and Environmental Art Community Consultation. Texts by David Barrett, Kenneth Powell, Raja Khan, and Wendy Shillam. Published by UrbanEye. Supported by RSA Art for Architecture Award. ISBN 1 901560 40 X.
 
1996
‘Krajina Zivlu’. IV. Mezinarodni Vytvarne Symposium, Kunstat ’96. Text by Ludvik Kundera. Published by Nadace Ars Lithos. Supported by The British Council.
 
 
Selected Conference Papers, Presentations and Commissioned Texts
2006
‘Working with civil servants’ Presented to A-N ‘Open Dialogues’ Event, London.
‘Creative Clusters 2006: Mainstreaming Creativity’ (Curator) International Conference held at the Sage Centre, Newcastle.
‘Good Practice: Negotiating Your Practice’ Article, ‘Public Art and Compromise’ included within A-N publication, Edited by Gilliam Nichol, published by Louise Wirz. ISBN 0 907730 72 8.
‘International Investigation’ Presented at the Barbican Centre, London, for the launch of Arts Council England and British Council international fellowships programme, ‘ArtistLinks’ Brazil.
‘NASA, an Outsider’s View’ Presented at Hull Arc. For the Inaugural ‘Living Places’ Conference. Supported by CABE and RKL Consultants.
‘South Facing’ Presented to Academic Staff and Students at Tongji University Urban Planning Institute, Shanghai.
‘Underworld’ Presented as part of the Open in Process series of lectures for Node:London festival.
‘Artists and Commissioners’ Presented to Realise the Future Conference, Folkestone
‘Architecture’ Presented as part of the ‘Multistorey’ public lecture series hosted by Kent Institute of Art and Design Graduate Architecture School.
 
2005
‘The Search for Wu Jang’ Presentation delivered to Chinese visiting artists at Gasworks Gallery, London.
‘Building Culture’ Paper delivered to Creative Clusters conference, Belfast.
‘Public Art and Development’ Paper delivered to Close Proximity Conference, New Greenham Common, Newbury.
‘Growth Without a Soul?’ Paper delivered for the ODPM stand at the Thames Gateway Conference, Excel, London
‘Public Art and Compromise’ Commissioned Article for AN the Artist’s Information Company.
‘Building Culture’ Commissioned Article for Arts Professional Magazine.
 
 
Additional Information
Member of A-N Artists’ Advisory Steering Group for AIR - Artists’ Interaction and Representation.
Member of IXIA Public Art think-tank.
 
Member of National Network for Arts in Health, Art and Architecture Society, Digital Arts Network, Rhizome, Axis Artists Database, New Work Network, SMEE (Society for Model and Experimental Engineers), London and NATFHE Trade Union
 
Senior Lecturer/Research Fellow in Fine Art, Sheffield Hallam University (2005-Present).Director of PULSE ltd. (1996-2001).
Senior Lecturer in Time-Based Media, University of Hertfordshire (2000-2005).
Visiting Lecturer at Kent Institute of Art and Design, Graduate School of Architecture.
Visiting Lecturer at University of East London, Department of Innovation Studies.
Guest Juror for DRL course at the Architecture Association, London.
 
Represented by Danielle Arnaud contemporary art, London.