Elaine shemilt
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Elaine Shemilt is an artist and researcher, especially known as a fine art printmaker. She is a graduate of Winchester School of Art and the Royal College of Art
. She has exhibited internationally including Switzerland, Denmark, Holland, Canada, USA, Australia, Italy and Germany including the Hayward and the Institute of Contemporary Art, London; and the Edinburgh Festival
. She has held residencies at South Hill Park Arts Centre, Winchester School of Art, Ty Newydd, Wales, and the University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia. In 1997 her exhibition Behind Appearance, toured across the midwest of the USA. She established the Printmaking Department of the School of Fine Art, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design
(University of Dundee) in 1988 and was Course Director of Printmaking from 1988 -2001. She is currently Professor of Fine Art Printmaking and a Professional member of Society of Scottish Artists and was its President from March 2007-2010. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
in 2000 and of the Royal Geographical Society
in 2009. In 2002 she was made a Shackleton Scholar and awarded a Carnegie Scholarship. She is a Trustee of the South Georgia Heritage Trust which was established to promote the environmental protection and habitat restoration of this natural wilderness in the Southern Atlantic.
An important strand of her work involves collaboration between Art and Science. Her work with the Genome Diagram developed by Dr Ian Toth and Dr Leighton Pritchard at the Scottish Crop Research Institute resulted in a portfolio of work including installations, digital animation, prints and music.
She has also collaborated with the video artist Stephen Partridge
on a number of installations, including "Rush" first exhibited at the Fieldgate Gallery , London and the most recent, "Quattro Minuti di Mezzogiorno", a HiDefinition Video installation. Exhibited in Fuoriluogo 15 - Una Regressione Motivata, Limiti Inchiusi Arte Contemporanea, Campobasso, Molise, Italy. December 2010, January 2011. The exhibition included work by Fausto Colavecchia (IT), Douglas Gordon
(GB), and was curated by Deirdre MacKenna, Director of Stills - Scotland’s centre for photography in Edinburgh.
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...
. She has exhibited internationally including Switzerland, Denmark, Holland, Canada, USA, Australia, Italy and Germany including the Hayward and the Institute of Contemporary Art, London; and the Edinburgh Festival
Edinburgh Festival
The Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for many arts and cultural festivals that take place in Edinburgh, Scotland each summer, mostly in August...
. She has held residencies at South Hill Park Arts Centre, Winchester School of Art, Ty Newydd, Wales, and the University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia. In 1997 her exhibition Behind Appearance, toured across the midwest of the USA. She established the Printmaking Department of the School of Fine Art, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design is an integral part of the University of Dundee in Dundee, Scotland. It is ranked as one of the top schools of art and design in the United Kingdom and has an outstanding reputation in both practice and research.-History:Attempts were made to...
(University of Dundee) in 1988 and was Course Director of Printmaking from 1988 -2001. She is currently Professor of Fine Art Printmaking and a Professional member of Society of Scottish Artists and was its President from March 2007-2010. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Royal Society of Arts
The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. The name Royal Society of Arts is frequently used for brevity...
in 2000 and of the Royal Geographical Society
Royal Geographical Society
The Royal Geographical Society is a British learned society founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical sciences...
in 2009. In 2002 she was made a Shackleton Scholar and awarded a Carnegie Scholarship. She is a Trustee of the South Georgia Heritage Trust which was established to promote the environmental protection and habitat restoration of this natural wilderness in the Southern Atlantic.
An important strand of her work involves collaboration between Art and Science. Her work with the Genome Diagram developed by Dr Ian Toth and Dr Leighton Pritchard at the Scottish Crop Research Institute resulted in a portfolio of work including installations, digital animation, prints and music.
She has also collaborated with the video artist Stephen Partridge
Stephen Partridge
Stephen Partridge is a British video artist who studied under David Hall and his career as an artist, academic and researcher, helped to establish video as an art form in the UK. -Life and work:...
on a number of installations, including "Rush" first exhibited at the Fieldgate Gallery , London and the most recent, "Quattro Minuti di Mezzogiorno", a HiDefinition Video installation. Exhibited in Fuoriluogo 15 - Una Regressione Motivata, Limiti Inchiusi Arte Contemporanea, Campobasso, Molise, Italy. December 2010, January 2011. The exhibition included work by Fausto Colavecchia (IT), Douglas Gordon
Douglas Gordon
Douglas Gordon is a Scottish artist; he won the Turner Prize in 1996 and the following year he represented Britain at the Venice Biennale...
(GB), and was curated by Deirdre MacKenna, Director of Stills - Scotland’s centre for photography in Edinburgh.
External links
- Home Page http://www.elaineshemilt.co.uk/
- Island of South Georgia Website http://www.sgisland.gs
Academic Papers/Chapters
- 'A Blueprint for Bacterial Life; Can A Science-art Fusion Move the Boundaries of Visual and Audio Interpretation?' pp23-32. Chapter in Digital Visual Culture: Theory and Practice, Computers and the History of Art, Editors A. Bentkowska-Kafel, T. Cashen, H. Gardiner, Bristol: Intellect, 2009 ISBN 9781851502489
- AHRC ICT Methods Network Volume 'Art Practice in a Digital Culture', Edited by Charlie Gere, under the title: 'Limited Edition – Unlimited Image: Can a Science/Art Fusion Move the Boundaries of Visual and Audio Interpretation?' Ashgate, 2010
Works in Collections
- "Image in a Bell Jar", 1994, The Harry and Margery Boswell Art Collection, University of St Andrews http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~muscoll/boswell/artworks/shemilt.htm
- "Ajax Bay", 1999, FINEART.AC.UK Collection http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=78986
- "South Georgia Whaling Stations" http://www.southgeorgia.absolutewebhosting2.co.uk/prod3.asp?id=269&sub_cat2=18&sub_cat=579#prod_list