b. 1989, Leicester (UK)
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Education
2018 MA Fine Art, The Slade School of Fine Art (UCL), London (Distinction)
2012 Foundation in Art and Design, Manchester School of Art (Distinction)
2011 BA Drama and English, University of Manchester (1st Class Hons)
Solo Exhibitions and Projects
2019 Interjectional Exercises, The Portico Library, Manchester - commissioned by Manifest Arts
2019 Interesting Times, ilyd.nu - curated by Dyveke Bredsdorff
2015 Studio, The Northern Charter, Newcastle - curated by Tess Denman-Cleaver
2015 Artist Next Door, solo residential takeover, Manchester - curated by Ruta Skudraite
Group Shows
2019 (forthcoming) Time Crush, Organon, Ordense, Denmark
2019 Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles
2019 22nd International Contemporary Artists’ Book Fair, The Tetley, Leeds
2019 What’s on the Cards? Barbecue, Manchester
2018 London Radical Book Fair, Goldsmiths University, London
2018 The Hand of the Artist, Old Telephone Exchange, London - curated by Roaming Room
2018 Graduate Degree Show, Slade School of Fine Art, London
2018 In So Many Words, The Portico Library, Manchester - curated by James Moss
2017 Three - Rua Dom Carlos, Mascarenhas n.22, Lisbon, Portugal
2017 Many Hares Running, Charlton Gallery, London
2016 DADA 100, The Wonder Inn, Manchester - curated by Collective North
2015 A Pixel Or Digit?, Parfitt Gallery, London - curated by Turf Projects
2015 Tracing Paper, Paper Gallery, Manchester
2015 Diving into the Wreckage, The Old Police Station, London
2015 Spaces in-between, Doomed Gallery, London
2014 Show & Thumb, Paramount Books, Manchester
2014 Parallel Vienna, Altes Zollamt, Vienna
2014 Flatpack, Federation House, Manchester - curated by Amy Lawrence
2014 Cue: Art in Manchester, group show, Piccadilly Place, Manchester - curated by James Moss
Screenings
2019 Fracto Film Encounter, ACUD, Berlin
2019 The Lived Female Body in Performance Symposium, Live Art Bistro, Leeds
2018 An assembly: D’Heudieres, Hill, Usher, 3 part UK film screening including Centrala, Birmingham
2017 Cinema Flux, Flux Factory, New York City
2016 Kgnm Fest, Cologne
2016 Open Studios, Aldeburgh Music
2016 ddmmyy, Sandbar, Manchester
2016 Science in the City Festival, Museum of Science and Industry
2015 FLECK, 10 part UK/European film screening including Splendor, Amsterdam; Mayhem, Copenhagen
2015 London Short Film Festival, ICA, London
2015 FOKUS Video Fest, Copenhagen Contemporary Arts Centre
2015 Broadcast, Liverpool Small Cinema, Liverpool
2015 Elsie and Hannah, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
2015 Snakebox and Friends, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
2014 Delia Derbyshire Day, 5 part UK film screening including The Horse Hospital, London; Norwich Arts Centre; Cube Microplex, Bristol
2014 Quays Culture Northern Artists' Film, Salford
2014 Bunker, Salon Flux, London
2014 Project RE:Rite, Royal Northern College of Music
2014 Sonic Fusion Film Festival, Salford University and The University of Chicago
Performances (own work)
2019 Interjectional Exercises, Soundings, Raven Row, London
2019 Interesting Times, Post Paradise, Centrala, Birmingham
2019 The Hands of God, Against the run of play, St Paul’s House, Deptford Market Yard, London
2018 Visible Speech, performance with Manchester Deaf Centre, The Portico Library, Manchester
2017 untitled, Small Press Sound Project, Slade Research Centre, London
2017 Stress leads to unusual words often, Progress/Regress, Crypt Gallery, London
2017 Stress leads to unusual words often, Authentic Tongues, Bloomsbury Theatre, London
2016 Slow Dramatic Ending, Abeerance, Platform Southwark, London
2016 OWTRIISH, Praxis, The Advisory, London
2016 I have never been anywhere so long, Emergency Festival, Z Arts, Manchester
2014 OWTRISH, Fluxus, Contact Theatre, Manchester
Performer of work by others
2019 (forthcoming) Performer, works by John Cage, The Lowry, Salford
2019 Performer, Tape Piece by Andy Ingamells and Maya Verlaak, Archway Sound Symposium, The Bomb Factory, London
2018 Performer, we shall run by Yvonne Rainer, UK premiere, London Contemporary Music Festival, Ambika P3, London
2018 Performer, cus I’ve been acting like sour milk spilled on the floor, Josh Virtz, SET Studios, London
2018 Performer, Tate and the Lyle-ettes by Rosa Johan-Uddoh, Art in the Age of Black Girl Magic, The Henry Moore Room, Tate Britain
2018 Performer, Tape Piece by Andy Ingamells and Maya Verlaak, Body as Archive, Slade Research Centre, London
2018 Performer, Why are all my tutors white, baby? by Rosa-Johan Uddoh, Widening the Gaze Conference, Slade Research Centre, London
2017 Performer, Book Concerto by Elizabeth S. Clark / EAR ACTION by Neo Hülker & Stellan Veolce / Tape Piece by Andy Ingamells and Maya Verlaak, London Contemporary Music Festival, Ambika P3, London
2016 Performer and production design, Side Step by Legroom, The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Selected curated projects
2019 Co-curator with Dyveke Bredsdorff
Soundings, a performative listening event, Raven Row, London
with works by Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Reman Sadini, Jessa Mockridge, Jo Pester and Karolina Stellaki
2018 Curator
Body as Archive; an exhibition of 18 live works & film programme, Slade Research Centre, London
with works by Sondra Perry, Jayne Parker, Jennifer Walshe, Onyeka Igwe, Gabriella Hirst, Kimberley Beach, Cristina Planas
Supported by The Dean’s Fund, Slade School of Fine Art
2018 Film curator
Video Jam x Basquiat, Barbican Hall, London
Six commissioned video works by Victoria Keddie, Ephraim Asili, Scout Stuart, Gabriella Ledet, Hayley Anderson and Topher Campbell
Supported by Arts Council England, The Barbican and The Jonathan Ruffer Foundation
2017 Film curator
Video Jam takeover, Manchester Museum
with films by Jan Svankmajer, Webb-Ellis, Vimukthi Jayasundar and archive films from the Wellcome Collection, London
2017 Co-curator with Ralph Pritchard
Show & Tell, artist talk, A.M, London - Rosa Johan-Uddoh, Laura Hindmarsh & Alice Lea
Awards / Grants
2019 a-n Artist Bursary
2018 Dean’s Fund, Slade School of Fine Art
2018 Manchester Culture Award - as curator
2018 Nominated for the Adrian Carruthers Studio Award
2018 Nominated for the Boise Travel Scholarship, Slade School of Fine Art
2017 The Clare Winsten Memorial Award, Slade School of Fine Art
2017 UCL Changemakers Grant
2017 Shortlisted for the Sekforde Trust
2015 Creative Skillset Grant
2015 Shortlisted for a Sky Arts Scholarship
2014 Quays Culture Northern Artists’ Film Honorary Mention
Residencies
2017 Flux Factory, Long Island, New York City
2016 Inventory, Brgy, London - with composer Jack Sheen
2016 Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester
2016 Aldeburgh Music, Aldeburgh - with violinist Sarah Saviet
2015 REACT, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester - with Legroom
2015 Paper Gallery, Manchester
Publications / Writing
2019 (upcoming) Editor of ‘Body as Archive’, exhibition catalogue, Slade Press
2018 ‘Brgy. South Kensington’, exhibition catalogue, published by UnBound. View.
2018 SPP 3, Small Press Project vinyl publication, curated by Hannah Dargavel-Leafe
2017 ‘Copy Copy’, The Small Press Project
2015 Catalogue essay for Feint by James Moss, published by Fuse Arts Space, Bradford
2015 Script editor and director for ‘Fleck, Flob, Flop’ by Joe Snape
Teaching
2019 Masterclass for Filmmaking BA Talent Lab, Manchester School of Art
2019 Mentor for graduating Manchester School of Art BA Film students
Talks / Engagements
2019 Judge for ‘Gallery Work’ award, Move Film Festival, Manchester School of Art
2018 Performance Workshops, Manchester Deaf Centre
2018 Artist talk, Loughborough High School
2018 Judge for TENT Academy Awards Film Festival 2018
2016 Workshops, Brighter Sound, Manchester
2016 Artist talk, HOME, Manchester
2015 Artist talk, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle
2015 Artist talk, Whitworth Young Contemporaries, Zion Arts Centre, Manchester
2015 Workshops, Blaze Festival, Burnley
2014 Workshop, Falmouth University
2014 Artist talk, Kino shorts, Manchester
Press / Features
2019 ‘A Thing Unseen: An interview with Rowland Hill’, Still Life Issue 4: Ways to Disappear
2019 Wotisart? June 2019 Issue
2019 A5 magazine, February 2019 Issue
2018 ‘On Location: An assembly’, The Wire, Issue 418 - review of Tha-at’s right
2018 ‘Trip Report: An Assembly play Charlie Usher and Rowland Hill’, Boring like a Drill, 16/10/18
2018 ‘Ten Artists to Watch’, Elephant, 24/07/18
2018 ‘Rowland Hill’s Digital Relics and Provocation’, 5 Questions, Elephant, 09/07/18
2018 ‘Unmissable Culture of 2018’, The Guardian 02/01/18 - preview of Video Jam x Basquiat
2015 ‘Young, Creative and Manc, i-D, 30/06/15
2013 Review: CUE - Piccadilly Place, Corridor 8, 18/11/13
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