Liz Rideal
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Liz Rideal is a British Fine Art Photographer who is known for her works made using a photo-booth.
, The BBC
, The Bibliothèque Nationale, The Cambridge University Library
, The Library of Congress
, The National Portrait Gallery (London), The Vancouver Art Gallery
(Canada), The New York Public Library
, The Victoria and Albert Museum
, The Museet for Fotokunst (Denmark), The Pfizer, Inc. Collection, The Seagram Collection, The Microsoft Art Collection, and The JP Morgan Chase Collection.
Rideal currently lives and works in London
, England.
Biography
Rideal attended Exeter University art college and received her BA in Fine Arts and English Literature in 1976 and later earned her Post Graduate Certificate in Education in 1978. In 1985, Rideal started working exclusively with the photo-booth, creating a number of public art projects and investigating ways of using photographic strip digits within photographic collages literally making light drawings using hand gestures in the photo-booth. Many artists have toyed with this low-budget technology, but few have explored its formal possibilities so extensively as this British photographer. Rideal’s artwork has been collected by a plethora of public and private institutions, including TATE, The British MuseumBritish Museum
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, The BBC
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, The Bibliothèque Nationale, The Cambridge University Library
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, The Library of Congress
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, The National Portrait Gallery (London), The Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver Art Gallery
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(Canada), The New York Public Library
New York Public Library
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, The Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
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, The Museet for Fotokunst (Denmark), The Pfizer, Inc. Collection, The Seagram Collection, The Microsoft Art Collection, and The JP Morgan Chase Collection.
Rideal currently lives and works in London
London
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, England.
Awards
- 2008/9 Wingate Rome Scholarship in Fine Art
- 2005 The British Council
- 2004 The Lorne Scholarship & University College London, Dean’s Travel Award
- 2002 Riba (Special Mention for Glass Drapes at the Birmingham Hippodrome)
- 1997 London Arts Board, Individual Artist Award
- 1988 West Midlands & Northern Arts
- 1987 Eastern Arts
- 1986 Scottish Arts Council
- 1982 South East Arts