About
My research focuses on a consideration of subjectivity, representation and abstraction in painting, drawing, photography and installation. I am concerned with the impact of queer theory on material practice where “queer” enables us to re-imagine the ‘making of sense’ as a site of ‘undecidability’.
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CV
Education
1983-1987
BA (Hons) in Drawing and Painting, Edinburgh College of Art (ECA), Edinburgh.
1987-1989
MA (RCA) in Painting, Royal College of Art, London.
Awards (selected)
1986
Hospitalfield Summer Residency, Arbroath, Scotland.
1987
Watt Medal for Excellence in a field of study. Awarded by ECA.
John Kinross Scholarship. Awarded by the Royal Scottish Academy.
1990
The Mark Rothko Memorial Trust Award to study in New York.
2002
Abbey Fellowship. Awarded by the British School at Rome.
Academic Recognition (selected)
2014
Reader in Art and Queer Studies. Birmingham School of Art.
Peer Reviewer (ongoing)
Journal of Visual Culture/ Journal of Homosexuality
2016
AHRC Reviewer and Panel Member. Midlands 4 Cities Consortium.
Associate Professorship
Birmingham School of Art.
2017
Visiting Professor. The Royal Academy Schools, London.
2018
Professor in Contemporary Art and Queer Studies.
The Glasgow School of Art.