Centre for Fine Print Research University of the West of England Centre for Fine Print Research
 

Professor Stephen Hoskins

Professional Practice

Artist Residency at ZSA Archaeological Dig

venue: vrbanja forest, croatia
date: 24-30 august 2011
gallery: view images here
url: http://zsap.wordpress.com

Abstract:
Stephen Hoskins was artist-in-residence between 24 -30 August 2011 at the ZSAProject - a joint venture between the University of Southampton and the Zupanja Museum to excavate a Tumuli cemetery in the forest of Vrbanja which contains 104 tumuli, the majority of which are thought to date to the Late Bronze Age.

Click here to view a full gallery of Steve's sketches.


Conferences and Symposia Organised:

Chair: 3D Print Symposium, UWE, Chair. Tobacco Factory Bristol, 2009

Steering committee: Newcastle Print Biennale, 2009

Chair: Impact 6 Multi-disciplinary Printmaking Conference, UWE, 2009

Panel Chair: IMPACT 5 ‘Slices in Time” Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia. 2007

Chair: Bristol, One day symposia demonstrating the intangible benefits of KTP for the University partner, 2007

Chair: Committed to Print Symposia, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, Chair. 2007

Plenary session panel Member: KONTAKT/IMPACT 4 International Printmaking Conference Poznan, Poland and Berlin, Germany. 2005

Chair: 2nd International Collotype Conference, UWE Bristol, 2004

Chair of International conference steering group: IMPACT 3 Michelis School of Art, University of Cape Town, South Africa. 2003

Chair of International conference steering group: IMPACT 2 UIAH Helsinki, Finland. 2001

Co-organiser with Richard Anderton: IMPACT International Multidisciplinary Printmaking Conference, RWA and UWE Bristol. 1999.


Public Lectures

Prints that Fly. Lancashire Artists Network, University of Central Lancashire: Talking prints Lecture Series. 2009

Underglaze: Tissue printing a potted history. Southampton University Archaeology Department. 2008

‘When is now’ Series of lectures Tank Loft Arts Centre Chongqing and Chongqing University, sponsored by the British Council to accompany the exhibition ‘As is When’ of British Pop art Prints of the Nineteen Sixties and Seventies. 2007

‘When is now’ Series of lectures National Fine Arts Museum Taichung and National School of Fine Arts Taipei Taiwan, sponsored by the British Council to accompany the exhibition ‘As is When’ of British Pop art Prints of the Nineteen Sixties and Seventies. 2006

‘Why we do what we do!’ The surface, aesthetic and tactile qualities of printed artefact. Inaugral Professorial Lecture. HP laboratories, Bristol. 2004

Selected Exhibitions

Celebrating Paper

Place: Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Curated by: Peter Ford
Date: 17.1-20.2.2010
URL Links: www.rwa.org.uk/paper10.htm

Abstract:

Last year a group of American ex-servicemen, Iraqi war veterans, were encouraged to pulp their cotton fibre uniforms, turn that into paper and then make expressive artworks from the transformed material. You can see these works by the now increasingly well-known Combat Paper Project displayed at the galleries of the RWA as part of a new exhibition ‘Celebrating Paper’.

It is about sixty years since paper and paper pulp were first recognised as fruitful materials for making art. Chuck Close, David Hockney and Frank Stella are amongst the many notable artists who have used paper as a medium. Anthony Caro is another and he is represented in this Bristol exhibition which provides, through the work of more than thirty artists, an opportunity to assess the potential of paper as a medium.

Here are some snapshot impressions of the objects and images that will confront the visitor. A massive assemblage of remaindered books spirals up from the floor in the form of a Tower of Babel. A Japanese artist has provided unexpectedly solid sculptures made from folded newspapers, suggestive of modernist architecture. A huge composite mural by exhibition curator Peter Ford, spreading across the width of the gallery, joins together over 200 versions of a woodcut printed on handmade paper. This marks the Chinese Lunar New Year, which occurs during the last week of the show. Ford’s motif, using Chinese characters, also celebrates paper itself and its origin in China nearly 2000 years ago.

 

'Enamel Experience' - International Badge Exhibition

Place:Museum Der Arbeit, Hamburg, Germany
Curated By: Elizabeth Turrell
Catalogue ISBN: 978-0-9547025-9-5, 96pp
Date:13.11.07 – 15.1.08
URL Links: www.velvetdavinci.com

Abstract:
See Badges. Make Badges. Wear Badges
The Enamel Research Centre - CFPR - has been invited by Dr Juergen Boenig, curator at the Museum der Arbeit in Hamburg, Germany, to initiate Enamel Experience: International Badge Exhibition at the museum.
Twenty-four highly regarded artists from Germany, United Kingdom and the USA, have been invited to create a group of badges inspired by the museum's enamel badge collection.

As a starting point and source of inspiration for this work, the artists were sent photographs of various categories of badges from the museum’s collection, which includes badges produced for the military, societies, commercial organisations and charities. This collection prompted the artist to re-consider aspects of traditional enamel badge manufacturing applicable to their own work, as well evolving new ideas for the contemporary badge. An added bonus for us are the two major exhibits at the museum that relate directly to our areas of research at UWE, the history of the printing industry and the focus for this exhibition; the museum’s unique acquisition and installation of an Enamel Badge Factory - Mettallwaren fabrik Carl Wild.

National Print Exhibition

Place: Mall galleries. London (Invited Artist)
Curated By:
Date: 2007
URL Links: www.mallgalleries.org.uk

Abstract:

Committed to Print

Place: Sharples and Winterstokes Galleries, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Curated By: Dr Paul thrikell
Date: 2007
URL Links:

Abstract:
This exhibition features prints and print-related artefacts resulting from some of the Centre’s many research projects. It includes artworks that explore the possibilities of several almost forgotten high quality nineteenth century printing processes through to the latest cutting- edge digital printing techniques. One of the over-arching themes of much of its research involves the integration of the best of the old with the advances of the present to facilitate new and increasingly comprehensive means of expression for artists.
As well as work exploring the possibilities of combining digital imaging techniques with rare old processes such as collotype, printed enamels and an obscure photo ceramic printing technique, the exhibition aims to reveal the potential of some of the newer imaging technologies that have recently emerged.

Besides work from its diverse projects and collaborations, this exhibition features prints commissioned by the CFPR from five artists especially for this show. Working in conjunction with researchers from the Centre, the five artists: Susan Collins, Charlotte Hodes, Paul Hodgson and Neeta Madahar and Jo Lansley - selected for their innovative work with new forms of digital imaging - all produced a series of ambitious prints that, along with the other pieces in the exhibition, reveal some of the exciting new horizons in print currently being explored by contemporary artists.

A Perpetual Portfolio

Place: Museo National Del Grabado Buenos Aires Argentina
Curated By:
Date: 2005
Catalogue ISBN: 0 954 7025 0 6, 48pp
URL Links:

Abstract: For the fine artist, wide format digital printing promises new potential for the creation of print based artwork. However, although some common ground exists between the industry led function of this technology and aesthetic concerns of the printmaker, to date little has been done to define how it may be effectively employed to incorporate qualities which have become unique to the domain of fine art print. This project seeks to quantify existing methods of processing digital images and develop imaging and colour systems which may assist in broadening the current scope of digitally based printing from a fine art perspective.

The Artist and Radio 4

Place: Bankside Gallery London
Curated By:
Date: 2005
Catalogue ISBN:
URL Links: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4

Abstract:
Radio 4 has been part of my artistic life for as long as I can remember, from working in print editioning studios during the 1970s, when everything stopped for The Archers, to listening to the Afternoon Play in the 1980s, where one was always firmly convinced they used the same sound effect for sex and historic battles. A good play on the radio (sound effects notwithstanding) is always a far more intense experience than film or television, like a good book the pictures are so much better.

Open Print

Place: Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Curated By: Peter Ford
Date: 2004
Catalogue ISBN:
URL Links: www.rwa.org.uk/pastfrm.htm

Abstract:
An exhibition of contemporary printmaking selected by some ofBritain’s foremost print exponents and print curators.

Altered Images

Place: Stoke on Trent City Museum and Art Gallery
Curated By:
Date: 2004
Catalogue ISBN: 1 900999 21 8, 32pp
URL Links:

Abstract:

‘New Directions in Print’

Place: Gallery of Miskolc Museum of Contemporary Art, Miskolci, Hungary.
Curated By:
Date: 15.4-12.5 2004
Catalogue ISBN: 0 9543810 3 3, 48pp
URL Links: www.miskolcigaleria.hu/Kiallitas-CFPR.html

Abstract:
 Making Prints at the Centre for Fine Print Research / Works in Show and "A Borderless State"
New Directions in print was a dual exhibition of printworks from the Centre for Fine Print Research and international artists which took place at the Gallery of Miskolc Museum of Contemporary Art, 15th April - 12th May 2004, Miskolc, Hungary. Carinna Parraman and Paul Thirkell went to Hungary to hang the show and to make presentations during the private view.
The exhibition showed work by Steve Hoskins, Paul Thirkell, Carinna Parraman, Sarah Bodman and Richard Anderton from the Centre for Fine Print Research, University of the West of England, Bristol. The second half of the exhibition, curated by Paul Thirkell, was entitled 'The Borderless State' and included artists from the UK, Norway, Argentina and Australia.

Wrexham Print International


Place: Memorial Gallery, Wrexham.
Curated By:
Date: 2003
Catalogue ISBN: 1 903409 02 0, 36 pp
URL Links: www.wrexham.gov.uk/english/community

Abstract:
Since 2001 Oriel Wrecsam and Yale Memorial Gallery have jointly organised, exhibited and toured two very successful International Print exhibitions. We have now created this Virtual Tour to enable you to take a closer look at the Print International 2007 exhibition. As always, the aim was to produce an exhibition representing the best in contemporary international print.