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 2018 Rhyl Love music video, Drunken Film Fest (Bradford, UK) Rhyl Love music video, 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 2015 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 2013 Drawn, Royal West ofEngland Academy. Selected exhibitor and artist in residence with members of HATCH 2012 Bisensual, ROM 8, Bergen,Norway Doe De Mee (100 book covers to fight illiteracy), Expo touring to Antwerp, Brussels, Schwäbisch Hall, Maastricht 2011 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 2007 Society of Wildlife Artists, awarded young artist wildlife bursary. Participation inannual exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London 2006 Image Nation, Collins Gallery, Glasgow 2005 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 2002 New Generation & Christmas exhibitions, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Poster presentation IMPACT 6 Print Conference, UWE Bristol,UK 16-19 September, 2009‘Meaning in the Methods’ (Poster presentation), 2nd International Illustration Symposium: Illustration and Writing, Manchester MMU, UK 3-4 November 2011
‘Drawing into Knowing: A Natural History’ (Co-presentation w/ Lynn Imperatore), Drawing Research Network Conference 2012, Loughborough University,UK 10-11 September 2012
‘Rear View Mirror’ (Peer-reviewed article) Varoom, issue 18, 2012 pp54-59
‘Rear View Mirror’ (Conference paper),Boundaries: Illustration - Practice - Research, Plymouth University and VaroomLab Illustration Symposium, Plymouth University, UK 4-15 September, 2012
‘Rear View Mirror’ (Peer-reviewed paper), VaroomLab journal, issue 1, 2013 pp107-119
‘The ‘S’ Word’ (Poster presentation), 4th International Illustration Symposium: Science, Imagination and the Illustration of Knowledge, Oxford University Museum of Natural History and Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, UK 7-8 November 2013
‘Illumination through Illustration’ (Peer-reviewed paper), Journal of Illustration, 1(2) 2014 pp275-300‘The Artist’s Book as Vehicle for Knowledge’ (Conference Paper) Livres d’Artistes: The Artist’s Book in Theory and Practice, Cardiff University 4-6 December 2015
‘Show and Tell: Writing the academic argument within the field of visual communication’ (Conference paper) International Conference on Artistic Research, Society for Artistic Research & University of the Arts, The Hague & Leiden University, The Hague, Netherlands 28-29 April 2016
'Plume of Feathers: Performativity and Performance' (Conference Paper) Markings Symposium, House of Illustration/UAL Markings Illustration and Performance Festival, 8-9 July 2016
'Plume of Feathers: Exploring the Contemporary Moon Under Water Through Illustration' (Conference Paper) Shaping the View: Understanding Landscape through lllustration, Edinburgh College of Art, 10-11 November 2016
‘Employability for a Post-Work World: future-proofing Illustration undergraduates’ (Poster Presentation) PedRIO Employability in the Curriculum & Beyond Conference, Plymouth University, 19 January 2017
‘Plume of Feathers: Still Moving Images’ (Conference Paper) 4th International Motion Festival, European University,Cyprus, 11-14 May 2017