Education
2021. MA Contemporary Art Practice: Public Sphere. Royal College of Art, London.
2007 MA Curating. Dartington School of Art. UK
2001-2003 OCN L 1+2, Japanese. Worcester College Technology . UK
2002-2003 AA2A Scheme for Graduate Artists. University College Worcester (UCW) UK
1997-2000 BA Hons Interactive Art. University of Wales College Newport (UWCN) UK
Selected Exhibitions
2020
Non Playable Character .2. Center for Visual Arts, Havana Cuba. March -May
2019
Small Scrawls. K6 Gallery. Southampton. 14th June-13th September
Non Playable Character. Fanguito Studio. Havana Biennial, Cuba. April -May
2018
Cooked and Raw: RCA at Liverpool Independents Biennial. UK
The Lucid Dreamcatcher feat Katya Kan /4 performers, Chelsea Arts Club, London. UK
Lounge Arrival, Infinite Multiple, Arebyte, London, UK
States of Public. Fact (Offsite Project) Liverpool. UK
Embracing the Underdog Q Park , Chinatown London UK
2017
Pre-sliced Orange Slices, Light Eye Mind. London, UK
Midnight Cinema. Harlesden Highstreet. London. UK
2016
ArtistsCompute, Office for Art, Design and Technology. Coventry. UK
MII friends, collaboration with artist Ed Fornieles.UK/ Canada
2015
Things we didn’t have before, Pump House Gallery, London. UK
2014
Turtle Salon. Article Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Fete. Ceri Hand Gallery, London. UK
2013
Floorplan for an Institution. Meter Room, Coventry. UK
2011
Mock Tudor. Transition Gallery. London. UK.
Rural Punk. MOVEMENT. Worcester, UK.
Conjunction Biennial. Stoke on Trent. UK.
2010
Artists Lottery Syndicate. www.artistslotterysyndicate.co.uk
Witch Night. Curated by Sarah Doyle/ Sarah Sparkes. Montague Arms, London. UK.
We are 10 PARTY. New Art Gallery Walsall, UK.
2009
Give me Shelter. Meadow Arts. Attingham Park. Shropshire.UK
Long Weekend, Tate Modern. London. UK
Collaboration with House of Fairytales. Zoo Art Fair. London. UK
2009
The Mausoleum of Lost objects. INIVA. London.
Mobile Cottage industries. Artists in residence at the Big Chill. Eastnor. UK
Exquisite Trove. New Art Gallery. Walsall. UK
2008
If you build it they will come. G39. Cardiff. UK
Mobile Cottage Industries. Artists in residence. New Art Gallery Walsall. UK
ctrl- copy. online exhibition. www.ctrl-copy.com
2007
Stick /stamp /fly. Gasworks, London. UK
The most curatorial biennial of the universe. Apex Art. New York. USA
Almanac of political art. Austrian Cultural Forum. London, UK
Pigeon Post. Nottingham/Leicester/Derby, UK.
Temporary measures. Associates. London, UK
2006
Strategic Questions. What is Integration? Young Biennial. Bucharest.
2005
Art Machine. British Art Show: Sideshow, Nottingham and Newcastle Upon Tyne. UK
The artist with two brains. MOT International . St Paul’s Church. Birmingham. UK
Cloverfield. Collaborative project with N55. Cell Project Space. London. UK
Collective Creativity. Kassel. Germany.
2004
ArtLink, Ueno-Yanaka, Tokyo.
Thermo 04, the Lowry, Manchester. UK
Do something, Floating IP Gallery, Manchester.UK
Multiplus, Saltburn Artists Projects, Saltburn on Sea. UK
2004
Radio Radio. The International 3, Manchester. UK
2003
Art Machine, Nadiff Gallery, Tokyo.
Art Machine and Tea Party, Rice+, Tokyo.
Resist., Crescent Arts, Scarborough.UK
2002
Possible, yet probable. G39, Cardiff.UK
2001
System Shutdown, Stourbridge Art Gallery.
Myth and Logic. Stroud House Gallery, Stroud. UK
Archives that contain my work
House of Fairytales
MOT International
Bibliobox
B+B archive
Notion Nanny
Rhizome Artbase
Exhibitions I have curated for MOVEMENT
2019
Down the Road, Truckstop paintings by my Dad, Len Coulson.
2018
My Fancy Group show for LQBTQ festival
Farmyard Fresh. Jane Aston
2017
Network, Rage Collective:
Networks in Time, Letty Noonan
2016
Report to an Academy. Sarah Browne.
2015
Complaints Office, Manual Labours.
Departures Alicia Framis.
2014
Settlement Jacob Feige.
Night Vision Jude Jones.
Tour the Darker Side of Worcester Aleksandra Mir.
2013
Micro oil paintings Yoke and Zoom.
Cedar’s graffiti supply store Cedar Lewisohn.
Blackbird in infospace, Juneau Projects.
2012
The door that does not fit the frame.
John Gilhooly and Daniel Pryde-Jarman
One Night Stand, with Gordon Dalton.
Motel Kandinsky. Various Artist.
Drawing on the line. Duncan Mckellar.
Prognosis Kiosk Freee art collective.
When in Rome. Simon Starling and students.
2011
A new topography., Mark Mangion/ Malta Contemporary Art.
Pentimenti. Peter Carey.
The Graduate Group show.
Rural Punk . Yoke and Zoom.
Self-portrait as Worcestershire Marcus Coates.
2010
The Ultimate Painting Jacob Feige and Gene Bernofsky.
Selected Four Leaf Clover Distribution:
2018
Infinite Multiple. London
2017
Consume Cool, LA. USA
2015
White Columns. New York. USA
2010
Intervention Tate Britain. London. UK
Intervention Tate Modern. London, UK
2009
Venice Biennale. Venice. Italy
2008
Zoo Art Fair. London, UK
2006-8
ICA bookshop. London,UK
2004-5
Lowry (Manchester) UK
2004
Ueno Yanaka (Tokyo)
2003
Rice+ (Tokyo)
Nadiff (Tokyo)
Grizedale roadshow. UK
Art39 (Tokyo)
2003-4
Midwest West Midlands, Manchester, Glasgow. UK
2002
Essor Gallery, London. UK
VTO Gallery Liste, Basel.
Fresh Art Fair, London, UK.
Version 02, Chicago, USA.
Interactive art lab, Chicago. USA
G39, Cardiff. UK.
Love, David Risley. London Pump House Gallery, London.
Exploratorium, San Francisco.USA.
Troy, New York.
2001
Hoax– Lux Gallery, London.
Stroud House Gallery, Stroud. UK.
N55, Copenhagen. DK.
291 Art mart, London.
I-data Plymouth. UK.
2000
Interactive Arts, Newport, UK.
Publications that feature my work
2018
isthisit issue 4. Editor Bob Bicknell Knight. London. UK
2017
Come Hell or Fresh High Water, (assistant editor) Blaine Southern, London UK
The Overgrown Vegetation In a Forgotten Section, Tzvetnik. Online.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6CuAaiHnzs. Online.
2010
The guide to public collections of art in the UK. Guest Editor Contemporary Art Society. UK
2009
Mr Motley. Art Journal. Issue 21. Holland/International
2008
Decentre. Concerning artist run culture. YYZBOOKS. Canada. ISBN 978-0-920397-55-8
2006
Exhibitions (Review of cloverfield) Guardian Guide.
Revision. ISBN: 0-9552293-0-8
2005
People Identity Place. Longhouse ISBN:978-0-9551295-0-6
2004
Radio Radio. Audio CD (available from International 3, Manchester/Amazon
Wired magazine. March edition.
2003
Variant, (Volume 2) Journal.
2003
Asahi Shimbun. Newspaper, Tokyo 30/7/03
Yomiuri Shimbun. Newspaper, Tokyo 27/7/03
Art and Architecture. Journal No. 58, pp. 36
Funding/Sponsorship/Awards
2016-7
Bransford Trust £2500
Arts Council Award. GFA. MOVEMENT. Organisational development/ Residency/Solo show £14900
Elephant Trust. £2500
2013-14
Sanctuary Housing Sponsorship for MOVEMENT. £5000
2013-15
MOVEMENT gallery, two years programming. Arts Council England Award GFA. £88,000.00
2010
Railways Heritage Trust. Award towards renovations for MOVEMENT. £26,000.00
2009-12
MOVEMENT gallery, programming and renovations. Arts Council England Award GFA. £75,000
2006-2007
Research into Artist led galleries. Arts Council England Award. GFA. £5000
2005
Cloverfield. Research and production visit to Copenhagen, to work as part of international
collaboration culminating in a major solo/collaborative show at Cell Project Space
London, with Danish Art/Design group N55. Arts Council England Award GFA £10,000
2003
R+D Award to identify art market in Tokyo. GFA Arts Council England Award £7000.00
2001-2002
Grit and Determination. Public Art Commission. ACE Award, Rural Responses. £9,000.00
Fresh Art Fair. R+D. GFA Art Council England Award.
Hothaus digital art Bursary. Vivid, Birmingham
Public Art Commissions
2005
ROYGBIV. Worcester Royal Infirmary. Public Art commission.
2003
Road Rage, Public Art Commission, Shrewsbury, UK
Rail based research visits (Pan European)
2014
London-Amsterdam. Onboard speed exhibiting paintings in public space.
Ejsberg-Amsterdam. Onboard speed exhibiting paintings in public space.
2013
London-Venice. Onboard speed exhibiting paintings in public space.
London-Berlin. Onboard speed exhibiting paintings in public space.
2011
Organised London-Frankfurt research trip to Städelschule. Frankfurt.
Onboard Eurostar research and development trip. Projecting Ida Biard’s film “Simplon Express”
2009
R+D visit. Venice Biennale. R+D. Movement Gallery.
Visiting Lecturer/tutorials/teaching
2018
Visiting Lecturer and tutorials: Hereford School of Art
2017
Visiting Lecturer Northampton University, School of Fine Art
2015
Led workshops for ‘The Big Draw’ MOVEMENT, Worcester
2015
Visiting lecturer and tutor on Fine Art BA course, Hereford College of Arts
2014
Led workshops with Sanctuary Housing Association across various partner sites. Worcestershire. UK
Led artist studio visit on behalf of New Art Gallery Walsall. UK
2013
Lead artist, consultation with stakeholders on a canal boat. Canal and Rivers Trust.
Led workshops with Sanctuary Housing Association across various partner sites.
2010
Visiting lecturer. BA Fine Art. University of Worcester. UK
2009-10
Devised and led Site-Specific sculpture module. HND Fine Art . Walsall College.UK
2009
Devised and led workshops. ACE Award GFA Big Chill Festival. Eastnor Ledbury Primary schools, UK
Visiting lecturer and tutorials, BA fine Art, University of Wales, Newport. UK
2008
Visiting lecturer, HND fine art. Walsall College. UK
2007
Visiting lecturer and tutorials, BA fine Art Photography. University of Gloucester. UK
2003
University of Wales, Newport BA fine Art visiting lecturer
Speaker/Chair/Judge/Panelist
2018
Invited onto Judging Panel for international open exhibitions by Apex Art, New York.
2016
Making Studios Work Artist Forum. Panelist. Smiths Row. Bury St Edmonds. UK
2013
Line Lost, chair, panel discussion. The Royal Scottish Academy. Edinburgh. UK
Outside the box, speaker:, symposium. New Art Gallery Walsall. UK
A practical guide to improving small stations. Speaker. ACORP Conference, Birmingham. UK
What is participation? Panelist, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, UK
2011
British Summertime. Speaker, New Art Gallery Walsall. UK
2010.
Questioning open juried competitions, Panelist, Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum. UK
2009
Art of Location, Speaker, Meadow Arts Symposium. Hereford. UK
2008
Initiative & Institution, Speaker, Symposium. London
2003.
Making Art Different. public lecture. AIT Tokyo
Training
2012
Media Training with TPWM and Rewired. Birmingham.
Employment
2002-2010
Art Gallery Assistant. Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum.
Self employment
2010-ongoing
MOVEMENT ( artist-led gallery) co-founder/ director
2002-2016
Yoke and Zoom ( artist collaboration)