Edwina fitzPatrick
Edwina is a UK based artist and researcher, who is concerned with mutability and change in the living environment.
Her practice explores what happens when 'grey' (architectural); 'green' (parks/forests/landscapes/growing spaces) and 'blue' (oceans/rivers/canals) environments intersect. They focus on how humans have and are, affecting the nature, culture and ecology of a place. It also reflects upon how these delicate local balances relate to complex global issues such as climate change or marine pollution.
The art projects are created through developing layered research, celebrating narratives and conversations that are often deeply informed by the history and the specific qualities of a place. The inclusive projects engage with the value systems and priorities of local individuals because they are experts in where they live and work. Edwina also collaborates with experts across a range of disciplines, including horticulturalists, biodiversity experts, engineers, architects, perfumers, foresters, archivists and composers. Her practice encompasses sited projects (as permanent or temporary works) and work presented in galleries. The two are not mutually exclusive, as responding to a specific context has always underpinned her approach to making and installing work.
Edwina completed her AHRC (Arts & Humanities Research Council) funded collaborative practice-based PhD about sited artwork and climate change in 2014.
She is a designated Early Career Researcher at the University of the Arts London, and is the Course Leader of the MFA Fine Art Course at Wimbledon College of Arts.
EDUCATION
2009-14 Glasgow School of Art. Arts & Humanities Research Council funded practice-based PhD with the UK Forestry Commission
Commissioned Gallery Installations/Solo Exhibitions/Curation
2018 Fermynwood Contemporary Art. The Archive of the Trees for Fineshade Wood, Northamptonshire
2015 Wimbledon Space. Larsen’s Lost Water. Curated the exhibition and artwork
2014 Grizedale Gallery. Loss and Trace
2008 Gallery 33, Berlin. An Orchid Collection
2007 Ovada Oxford (as part of OXDOX). Arboreal Laboratory
2006 Ashford Library Arboreal Laboratory as part of Process and Product exhibition
2004 Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury and touring. Arboreal Laboratory
1996 inIVA , London. Trust
1996 Middlesborough Art Gallery. Trust
1992 Transmission Gallery, Glasgow. Skins
1992 Arnolfini, Bristol. Terra as part of Trophies of Empire exhibition
1992 Ferens Art Gallery Hull. Terra as part of Trophies of Empire exhibition
1991 Photographers Gallery, London. Colourworks
1990 Submarine Gallery, London. The Balancing Act as part of Double Vision exhibition
1989 Photographers Gallery, London. Networks Dreaming Wires as part of Machine Dreams show
1989 Photographers Gallery, London. Untitled in The London Project commissioned exhibition
1988 Camerawork, London. Redemption commissioned for Imaging the Future exhibition
1987 Battersea Arts Centre, London. Between the Lines (parts I and II)
1986 Cambridge Darkroom. Between the Lines (part I)
1986 Camerawork, London. Festivals: Domestic Stories
Group Exhibitions
2021 Waiting video in the Waiting Room online exhibition
2019 Royal Geographical Society, London. Biostrata and Archive of the trees in Explore 2017 Xian Academy of Art. Professorial print exhibition.
2016 Q Park, London. Safari Park (Alpha Male) in Drive Thru
2014 Standpoint Gallery, London. Woods for the Trees in Un-natural Narratives
2013 Stour Valley Arts Gallery, Ashford, Kent. Arboreal Laboratory in Re-forest
2012 Grizedale Art Gallery. Arboreal Laboratory in terra: sensual sculpture
2011 Jerwood Space, London. Arboreal Laboratory in terra: sensual sculpture
2011 Glue Factory, Glasgow. Restless Nature
2011 Beaconsfield, London. An Orchid Collection: Happy Stripes in Fraternise
2011 Collyer Bristow Gallery, London. An Orchid Collection and Restless Nature in Restless Nature
2011 Newlyn Art Gallery. An Orchid Collection and Restless Nature in Restless Nature
2001 Spacex Gallery, Exeter. Cultivar in East of Eden
2000 Whitechapel Art Gallery, London. Cultivar and After Eden: Tree of Knowledge in A Different Kind of Show
1999 Royal College of Art, London. Trust in Five years of inIVA
1998 Dziekanka Gallery, Warsaw, Poland. After Eden: Conception: Winter version in What If?
1997-8 Ikon Gallery touring exhibition Before and After Eden in Earthly Delights
1997 Burford House Gallery Pedigree in Earthly Delights
1996 Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre. After Eden: Life and Dead Matter in Happy Shopper
1996 Whitechapel Art Gallery, London. After Eden: Conception in Whitechapel Open
1994 Whitechapel Art Gallery. Terra in Whitechapel Open
1993 Ikon Gallery touring exhibition. Torso in Under the Skin
1991 Museum of Architecture, Wroclaw, Poland. Colourworks in New Spaces of Photography
1990 Polytechnic of Central London Gallery. Colourworks in WAC Bursary exhibition
1989 Kunstverein, Frankfurt. Cell in Award for the Young European Photographers
1989 Whitechapel Art Gallery. London Project in Whitechapel Open
1989 Untitled Gallery, Sheffield. Redemption in Earthworks
1989 Impressions Gallery, York, and national tour. Redemption in The Globe
1988 Sheffield Polytechnic Gallery. Between the Lines
1984 ICA. London. New Contemporaries
1982 ICA and Chisenhale, London. New Contemporaries
Commissioned Sited Projects
2018 Fermynwood Contemporary Art. The Archive of the Trees for Fineshade Wood, Northamptonshire
2008-9 Manchester Metropolitan University & St Helens Teaching Hospital commission Untitled
2007-8 Oxford Churchill Hospital oncology unit. Wytham Woods
2005-7 Reputations, Glasgow. Art of Living permanent sited artwork
2002-4 Stour Valley Arts residency leading to Arboreal Laboratory
2002-3 Peabody Trust. Artist in residence at Coopers Road Estate, London. Ice Tower
2000 Barking River Festival, London. Ice Bridge: Revealings
2000 TH2000 Hidden Art. Bethnal Green Town Hall. Kaleidoscope
2000 Plymouth University commission. Sited artworks in Exeter. Windowsills: Pollination.
1999 Panchayat/ Slow Release commission for Bishopsgate Goodsyards. Cultivar
1997 Ikon Gallery commission for Ikon in the City offsite projects. Flow chart and Returning the Stolen Water
1995 Ikon Gallery sited commission Parks and Gardens: From Nature to Art. Temporary site-specific work in Uttoxeter Park. Untitled
1992 East-South. Site-specific commission for Norwich Cathedral. Hive
Selected Residences
2018 Fermynwood Contemporary Art. The Forest is a Museum Residency.
2017 Fourth International Print Residency, Xian Academy of Art, China
2005-7 Reputations. Glasgow. Art of Living permanent sited artwork
2002-4 Stour Valley Arts project. Artist in residence at Kings Wood, Kent
2002-3 Peabody Trust. Artist in residence at Coopers Road Estate, London
1997 Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. Ikon in the City off site projects
1996 inIVA. Artists Residency in Industry at Teeside Chemical Plants
1994 Whitechapel Art Gallery residency
Awards
2019 CCW Graduate School research funding. Archive of the trees publication 2015 CCW Graduate School project funding Wilding the Edges (interactive fieldwork)
2016 CCW Graduate School Year of Resilience project funding, Getting Real: Interactive Fieldwork
2015 CCW Graduate School project funding Wilding the Edges
2014 CCW Graduate School research funding for CAA conference in New York
2014 CCW Graduate School research funding for Colloquium
2012 CLTAD Sustainability in the Curriculum Award
2011 Collaborative CCW research award for Creative Transition project
2009-14 AHRC Collaborative researcher award
2007 Wimbledon College of Art. Research Award
2003 Chelsea College of Art & Design. Research Award
1999 RSA Art for Architecture Award with Marc Lemanksi
1998 British Council- travel bursary to Poland
1991 British Council- travel bursary to Poland
1991 GLA (Arts Council). Grant for experimental projects.
1990 Westminster Arts Council. Photographic bursary
1989 GLA (Arts council). Grant to individual artists
Publications and Published Texts
2019 The archive of the trees book
2019 British Forests: The Forestry Commission 1919-2019 . Ed: Ian Gambles. (Archive of the Trees)
2019 The Sphinx Contemplating Napoleon: Global Perspectives on Contemporary Art and Difference. Gilane Tawadros (Trophies of Empire – Terra)
2014 Artist’s Geographies of the Landscape-archive. 40,000 word publication. Lambert Academic Press
2014 5000 word paper published by CCW Bright Light Publication Implicit Geographies
2013 6000 word paper published in eSharp online peer reviewed journal
2011 Terra publication. Jerwood Space London. Essay by Joy Sleeman
2008 Art of Living publication. Monograph with commissioned short story by Lesley Forbes
2007 Art of Living brochure
2005 Stour Valley Arts. King’s Wood: A Context. Essays featuring Arboreal Laboratory
2004 Arboreal Laboratory. SVA monograph of Kings Wood Residency
2001 London Institute. Out of the Bubble publication. Essay
2000 Locality, Diver©ities, publication, essay by Sarah Bennett and John Butler
2000 Windowsills; Art of Locality publication. Essay
1999 inIVA Artist in Research Programme publication
1998 Make magazine. Article
1996 Maps. inINVA publication. Visual contribution
1994 Trophies of Empire. Bluecoat/ Arnolfini catalogue. Essays by Sandra Drew and Jenny Uglow
1992 East-South Catalogue. Norwich Art Gallery
1991 New Spaces in Architecture. Catalogue. Wroclaw Poland
1986 Between the Lines. Self-published artist’s book
TV/Radio
2014 BBC Radio Cumbria. Interview about PhD research exhibition 10/4/14
2007 BBC Radio Scotland. Good Morning Scotland feature on art of living 23/05/07
2007 BBC Radio Scotland The Radio Café feature on Art of Living 29/05/07
2005 Radio 4’s Open Country. Feature on Arboreal Laboratory
2004 Radio 4 Womans’ Hour. Feature on Arboreal Laboratory
1992 BBC TV The Late Show feature on Trophies of Empire. 1/12/92
1992 Radio 4, Kaleidoscope feature on Trophies of Empire. 20/11/92
1992 BBC TV South West News feature on Trophies of Empire. 19/11/92
Conferences/Events (as speaker and convener)
2021 Artists and Gardens: New Perspectives. Hestercombe Gallery. Speaker
2019 Evolving the Forest conference, Dartington Hall. Speaker
2017 Inter, Trans, Multi, Cross discplinary conference Sheffield Hallam University. Speaker
2017 CAA 4-day conference, New York. Speaker
2016 Convenor of Getting Real tour. Wimbledon College of Arts
2015 Co-convenor of Wilding the Edges walking tour and BarCamp. CCW London
2015 CAA 4-day conference, New York. Speaker
2014 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Travellers Tails Seminar: Finding Voices & Re-shaping History. Speaker
2014 CCW London & GSA Glasgow. Practising (in) Uncertainty Colloquium. Convenor and speaker.
2013 Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich. Considering Landscape Study Day. Speaker
2013 ArtQuest. For the Love of It Symposium. London. Speaker
2013 Maison Francais Study Day, Oxford. Speaker
2013 CAA 3-day conference, New York. Speaker
2005 RANE lecture at Falmouth College of Art. Sole Speaker
2003 Stour Valley Arts. Day conference. Speaker
1997 Plymouth University. Round table discussion on Why Societies may (not) Change. Speaker
2000 Tate Britain. Time and Space. Speaker
1999 London Institute. Out of the Bubble conference. Speaker
1998 Ikon Gallery Process and Participation conference. Speaker
1991 San Francisco College of Arts. Photoscape. Conference. Speaker
1990 Projects UK, Newcastle. Expanding Photography weekend conference. Speaker
WEBOGRAPHY
2021 https://www.irreplaceable.world/blog/norweigan-spruce-detail-edwina-fitzpatrick
Current Post
9/08- Wimbledon College of Arts 0.8 post Course Leader MA and Postgraduate Co-ordinator then MFA Fine Art Course Leader + PhD Supervision
Professional Qualifications/Membership
Fellow of Higher Education Academy (since 2004)
CLTAD Research Supervisor Training Course (2005)
CCA (Since 2012)
CLTAD Research as Academic Practice course (2015)
External Advising/Examining
2017 External Examiner PhD Viva Trinity College Dublin
2017- External Examiner Plymouth University MA and MFA Fine Art
2012-15 External Examiner Falmouth University MA Fine Art and MA Art and Environment
2012 External Advisor for Fine Art Programme review at Bath Spa University
2007-11 External Examiner MA and BA Visual Arts courses at University of Glamorgan
2008 External Advisor Thames Valley University
2006-08 External Advisor for University of Greenwich
Invited Speaker/Lectures
2017 The Anthropocene discussion panel. Beaconsfield, London
2013 Artquest For the Love of It. Chair for panel on “Success”
2009 Whitechapel Art Gallery & Artquest. Cross Disciplinary Collaboration talk
2005 Falmouth University. RANE research lecture series
2000 Serpentine Gallery The Greenhouse Effect
2000 Whitechapel Art Gallery In your head
2000 Serpentine Gallery Bridget Riley
1999 Serpentine Gallery Andreas Gursky
1998 Whitechapel Art Gallery. Speed
1997 Ikon Gallery. Earthly Delight
1997 Ikon Gallery Mark Dion
1996 inIVA The Visible and the Invisible
1996 Whitechapel Art Gallery Jeff Wall
1995 Hayward Gallery Art and Power
1995 Whitechapel Art Gallery Guillermo Kuitca
1995 Hayward Gallery Yves Klein
1994 Photofusion : Beyond the Looking Glass
1994 Royal Festival Hall. Designs on the Future
1994 Hayward Gallery. Salvador Dali
1994 Whitechapel Art Gallery Bill Viola
1993 Hayward Gallery Julian Opie
1993 Hayward Gallery Georgia O'Keefe
1993 Whitechapel Art Gallery Tim Head
1991 Whitechapel Art Gallery Cindy Sherman
1991 Barbican Art Gallery Beyond Japan
1990 M.O.M.A. Oxford . Extending the Image
1989 Cambridge Darkroom Shifting Focus event
1987 Battersea Arts Centre Visual Narratives
Edwina fitzPatrick
e-mail: e.fitzpatrick@wimbledon.arts.ac.uk
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