Cath Campbell
Biography
Born 1972 Ilkeston, UK
1991 - 2000 BA (hons) Fine Art, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009
Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover, Open Space, Cologne
2007
Possibly Maybe, Cragside House, Northumberland, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions Projects
2009
Desenhos. Drawings: A-Z Coleccao Madeira Corporate Services. Lisbon, Portugal
The Golden Record, The Collection, Lincoln Museum, Lincoln, UK
2008
Tomorrow the future, Fishmarket Gallery, Northampton
CUBE open, CUBE, Manchester, UK
The Golden Record, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
2007
Build it and they will come, Travelling Gallery, Edinburgh and Touring
Art Futures, Bloomberg Space, London
Beacon of Hope, Art Gene, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
Moved, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK
Opposite of Vertigo, curated by Locus The Drawing Room, London, UK
2006
Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London and touring
University Gallery, Cheltenham, mac, Birmingham, Bury St Edmunds Art
Gallery, DLI, Durham, BayArt, Cardiff
The Opposite of Vertigo, curated by Locus , Burren College Annual, Co. Clare, Ireland
Formal Dining, Hales Gallery, (Workplace Gallery Exchange), London
Pulse Art Fair, Workplace Gallery, New York, USA
Blue Star Red Wedge, Glasgow International, Wasps Studios, Glasgow, UK
The Space Between the Sole and the Heel, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2005
Common Ground, The Gate, Newcastle, UK
The Space Between the Sole and the Heel, Globe Gallery, North Shields, UK
2004
Workplace, Brown Smith Baker Architects, Newcastle, UK
2002
House work, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, UK
The Drawing Room, Art Lounge, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK
2001
Accomplice, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK
2000
Something, Vane, Newcastle, UK
1999
Run Rabbit Run, Waygood Gallery, Newcastle, and Allenheads Contemporary Arts, Northumberland, UK
Sell Out, Vane Export, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Field Day, North Farm, Hallington, Northumberland, UK
1998
Postcards from a distant Planet, Chapter Print Workshop, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Residencies
2006
Cragside Artist in Residence, National Trust, Cragside, Rothbury, Northumberland, UK.
2002
Grizedale Residency, Ulverston, Cumbria, UK
2001
Grizedale Residency, Grizedale forest, Cumbria, UK
Year of the Artist Residency, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, UK,
Artist in Residence, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK
1998
Chapter Print Workshop Residency, Arts Council Wales, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Awards
2008
Runner up, Cube open, Cube, Manchester
2006
Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary
2003
Arts Council England, North East, Awards for Individual Artists
2002
Arts Council England, North East, Visual Arts Mentoring Scheme
2001
Northern Arts, Awards for Individual Artists
1997
Northern Print, Graduate Award Fellowship, Northern Print Workshop, UK
Public and Architectural Commissions
Current
I keep a close watch on this heart of mine integrated architectural artwork for Hampshire Operational Constabulary Unit, Southampton
Belvedere collaborative commission for Arc, the Architecture
Centre for Hull and the Humber Region, working with artist Tanya Axford
and landscape architects Whitelaw Turkington to design and implement an
artist designed viewing platform
Untitled, collaborative architectural commission for Xsite Architectures' new-build office, Newcastle
2008
Portrait, permanent installation, the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne
2007
No No No No No, Collaborative temporary text piece for railway arches, for Gateshead Council, Gateshead, UK, with artist Miles Thurlow
Motto Collaborative text piece for Sunderland City Council, with artist Miles Thurlow
Whin Palette, creation of a colour scheme for Faverdale Business Park, Darlington, UK, in collaboration with poet WN Herbert.
2006
Escapology, Architectural intervention for Northern Stage theatre redevelopment
Newcastle, UK, with Artsteam Architects, London.
Interlude, Architectural intervention on residential estate for Nomad Housing Association, Gateshead, UK
2003
Detour, architectural intervention commissioned by Nexus Art on Transport, North Tyneside,
UK, working with Jefferson Sheard Architects, Peterborough
Public Realm Consultancy
2008-2009
St James Quarter, Norwich, production of art strategy, including
temporary and permanent integrated commissions, cross artform projects
and collaborative events for Jarrolds mixed use development, Norwich,
working with Whitelaw Turkington Landscape Architects and Aukett
Fitzroy Robinson, London.
2007-2008
Victoria Way, Ashford, Kent, lead artist within integrated design team
to influence design elements within the built environment as part of
the town centre redevelopment, with Whitelaw Turkington Landscape
Architects and Jacobs Babtie Engineers for Ashford Borough Council.
2006-2007
Discovery Quarter, Lead artist for city regeneration project,
Newcastle City Council, working with artist Kathryn Hodgkinson to
devise an art strategy for extensive area of the City centre.
Faverdale Business Park, Lead artist in collaboration with poet WN
Herbert, to devise a strategy for the business park and to collaborate
on first artwork for the site, Darlington County Council, UK
2004
Northumberland Business Park, lead Artist, Northumberland, UK, to
propose ideas for artworks throughout the site, and advise on design
and landscape details
Bibliography
2007
The Opposite of Vertigo, Flash Art magazine - Courtney j. Martain , Flash Art International # 255
July-September Issue
2006
Retreading the boards, RIBA Journal, issue 113, September 2006
Newcastles Epic Space, Building Design, Sunday December 3rd, 2006
Northern Stage Redesign, Wallpaper.com, Design, Wed 6th December 06
Review of Blue Star Red Wedge, Glasgow International, Martin Vincent, Art Monthly, June 06
Review of Blue Star Red Wedge, Susan Mansfield, The Scotsman, May 2nd 2006
2005
Linking people to places: Art on the Metro in Tyne and Wear Andrew Knight,
Art & Architecture Journal No 61 Winter 2005
2003
Commissions in the North of England 2000-2003 Illustrated review of public art commissions since 2000, ISBN 0 7287 0937 6
2002
Housework published by Angel Row Gallery, ISBN 0 905634 53 5