Profiles
Dr Stephanie Black
Lecturer in Illustration
School of Art, Design and Architecture (Faculty of Arts and Humanities)
Qualifications
2016 Plymouth University
Postgraduate Certificate of Academic Practice
2014 University of the West of England, Bristol
PhD “Illumination through Illustration:Positioning illustration as practice-led research”. Undertaken with support from an AHRC Doctoral Award.
2008 University of the West of England, Bristol
MA Research by Project (Design)
2002 Glasgow School of Art
BA Hons Design: Visual Communication
1999 Winchester School of Art
Diploma: Foundation Studies in Art & Design
Creative practice & artistic projects
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS
2019
Rhyl Love music video, International Motion Festival (Nicosia, Cyprus)
Rhyl Love music video, Drunken Film Fest (Bradford, UK) & Vagabond Film Festival (Milton Keynes, UK)
2016-18
Plume of Feathers, projected visual essays for live music performance, Bristol, Glasgow, Edinburgh, London, Glastonbury, Farmfest
2016
Prefab-Lab art Fringe Arts Bath, artistic researcher in residence
Archives Project exhibition, Royal West of England Academy in conjunction with Elmlea School and the Lark Trust
Drawn, Royal West of England Academy. Invited to exhibit ‘Imagined Postcards’ project for HATCH, and artist in residence with other members
2014
The Power of the Sea, RoyalWest of England Academy. HATCH residency in response to the exhibition
Sanctuaries, Rich Mix, London
Drawn, Royal West ofEngland Academy. Selected exhibitor and artist in residence with members of HATCH
Bisensual, ROM 8, Bergen,Norway
Doe De Mee (100 book covers to fight illiteracy), Expo touring to Antwerp, Brussels, Schwäbisch Hall, Maastricht
Home from Home, Leeds International Artists Book Festival
2008/9
The Animal Gaze. London Metropolitan University & Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World, Exeter
2008
Crossroads. Gallery MAMU, Budapest
An Aviary of Stories, solo exhibition andworkshop. Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
Artist's Books Showcase, Arnolfini Bookshop, Bristol
Bristol Design Festival
Society of Wildlife Artists, awarded young artist wildlife bursary. Participation in annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London
Image Nation, Collins Gallery, Glasgow
Things Unhappen, organisation and participation, Glasgow School of Art's Atrium Gallery
Society of Wildlife Artists, awarded young artist wildlife bursary. Participation in annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London
2003
Society of Wildlife Artists, awarded young artist wildlife bursary. Participation in annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London
New Generation & Christmas exhibitions, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Chapters
2019
'Design for Life: Research Methods, Design Thinking and Authorial Illustration Practice'
A Companion to Illustration: Art and Theory
Wiley Blackwell
229-249
PEARL
Conference Papers
2019
'Known Unknowns: design thinking in the entrepreneurial wilderness'
European University, Nicosia, Cyprus
2018
'Fibs and fripperies: references to the real in digital illustration'
Decriminalising Ornament: The Pleasures of Pattern, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
2017
'Plume of Feathers: Still Moving Images'
4th International Motion Festival, European University,Cyprus
2016
'Plume of Feathers: Exploring the Contemporary Moon Under Water Through Illustration'
Shaping the View: Understanding Landscape through lllustration, Edinburgh College of Art, 10-11 November 2016
2016
'Plume of Feathers: Performativity and Performance'
Markings Symposium, House of Illustration/UAL Markings Illustration and Performance Festival, 8-9 July 2016
2016
'Show and Tell: Writing the academic argument within the field of visual communication'
International Conference on Artistic Research, Society for Artistic Research & University of the Arts, The Hague & Leiden University, The Hague, Netherlands 28-29 April 2016
2015
'The Artist’s Book as Vehicle for Knowledge'
Livres d’Artistes: The Artist’s Book in Theory and Practice, Cardiff University 4-6 December 2015
2012
'Drawing into Knowing: A Natural History'
Drawing Research Network Conference 2012, Loughborough University, UK
PEARL
2012
'Rear View Mirror'
Boundaries: Illustration - Practice - Research, Plymouth University and VaroomLab Illustration Symposium, Plymouth University, UK 4-15 September, 2012
Posters
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'Employability for a Post-Work World: future-proofing Illustration undergraduates'
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'Meaning in the Methods'
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'The ‘S’ Word'
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