Professor Stephen Hoskins

HP Chair: Fine Print
Director: The Centre for Fine Print Research

    

Stephen Hoskins is Hewlett Packard Professor of Fine Print and Director of the Centre for Fine Print Research at the University of the West of England Bristol UK and Vice-President of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers.

Stephen studied at West Surrey College of Art and The Royal College of Art. His primary area of research is in continuous tone photomechanical processes and their application with current technology, particularly in relation to printed ceramics.

Stephen has recently written a book on Water Based Screenprinting published by A and C black, which is currently being translated into German and Chinese. He is currently writing a new book for A and C Black entiltled 'Ink for Printmakers'. Stephen is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Printmaking Today.

As a practising printmaker Stephen has recently completed four giant Kites commissioned by the banking group Lloyds TSB. He has exhibited widely throughout the world including the 5th, 6th and 7th International Exhibit of prints and drawings Taipei ROC. The 9th International Print Biennial, Varna, Bulgaria. The 1st Tokyo miniature print triennal Tokyo Japan. The 3rd Triennial of Miniature Prints Chamaliers, France and the 1st Malaysian Print Biennial Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.

Stephen has work in the following collections:

• Victoria and Albert Museum, London
• Tate Gallery, London
• Clarke Consultancy
• S and D Weinstien, Private Collection New York
• Atlantis Paper Company
• London KMP Advertising
• London Microsoft and many Corporate Collections world-wide

Conference Presentations and Papers:

• December 2009, ‘The Margins of Art Practice Bordering on Industrial Development’ Conference paper, International Conference on Innovation through Knowledge Transfer, Hampton Court Palace, London.
• August 2009, ‘Is Artmaking Sustainable?’ Conference paper, 32nd annual Southwest Arts Conference, Phoenix USA on the theme “Safety/Sustainability/The Future is No Accident” 
• June 2009, 'Prints that Fly’ Public lecture, Lancashire Artists Network, University of Central Lancashire: Talking prints Lecture Series.
• January 2009, ‘Pictorial Information as Transcribed by the Artist or Designer’ Conference paper, Electronic Imaging Science and Technology Conference, Color Imaging XIV: Displaying, Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications. San Jose, California, USA 
• September 2007, ‘Developments in the Digital Production of High Quality Original Art: A Case Study’ Conference paper,
  Anchorage, Alaska
• October 2001, New Methods of Ceramic Print from both Digital and Autographic Processes Paper, IMPACT 2, University of Helsinki, Finland.
• September 2001, Printmaking from a Research Perspective,Panel Member, In-Print Seminar, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, UK
• May 2001, Printmaking from the Margins, Panel Chair, Cortona Printmaking Conference, University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy.
• March 2001, The Margins of Printmaking Practice Bordering on Industrial Development, Conference Paper, 28th Southern Graphics Council Conference, University of Austin, Texas, USA.
• October 2000, The Ability of a Research Centre to Develop and Sustain a Methodology through the Creation of a Mixed Economy, Paper Exchange 2000, UWE, Bristol, UK.
• March 2000, 19th Century Continuous Tone Printing for Conserving Digital Output Paper, Conference Paper, 27th Southern Graphics Council Conference, University of Miami, Florida, USA.
• October 1998, A Lateral Approach to Industrial Liaison, Conference Paper, Exchange Conference, Research in Art and Design UWE, Bristol, UK.
• September 1998, A Global Perspective, Panel Chair, 1st South African Printmaking Conference, Rhodes University, South Africa.
• September 1998, The Future of Printmaking, Conference Paper, 1st South African Printmaking Conference, Rhodes University, South Africa.
• September 1998, Water Based Screenprinting, Conference Presentation, 1st South African Printmaking Conference, Rhodes University, South Africa.
  
• March 1997, Water Based Screenprinting, Conference Presentation at 24th Southern Graphics Council Conference, Graphic Studio, University of Southern Florida, Tampa, USA.
  

Memberships of committees and panels:

• Member editorial board of ‘Printmaking Today’
• Member of Southern Graphics Council USA
• Fellow Royal Society of Painter Printmakers
• Member of The Royal West of England Academy
• Board member of Association of European Print Museums re-appointed September 07-09
• Chaired AGM of the Association of European Print Museums 2008
• Steering committee: Newcastle Print Biennalle July 2009
• Advisor Philigraphica, Print Biennalle Phildelphia 2010
• External Examiner, MA Fine Art Printmaking, Camberwell College of Art, University of the Arts, London. 2008 – 2011
• Member of AHRC Peer Review College
• Panellist for AHRC May 2009 Doctoral Competition
• Panellist for AHRC 2008 Fellowship in the Creative and Performing Arts Competition
• Chair of Impact 6 conference, Sept 2009 Bristol – International

Recent research projects:

• ‘The fabrication of 3-dimensional art and craft artefacts through virtual digital construction and output’
  Principle Investigator: Professor Stephen Hoskins
  Co- Investigator: Dr Paul Thirkell
  Researchers: David Huson, Dr Peter Walters (RCUK)
  AHRC large research grant awarded  1/01/07 - 31/12/09
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• ‘Development of a Conservation and Restoration Plan and Records Management System for the Lands and Survey Division, 2007-2008’
  Consultancy Field Visit and Report of Recommendations, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Maritime Resources, Land and Surveys Division, Trinidad and Tobago High Commission
  Developing a conservation and documentation plan for the extensive records held within Lands and Survey Division of the Trinidad and Tobago Govt. and which are currently at risk of damage due to current storage facilities and usage protocols. Drawing on previous experience of working with collection protocol and documentation to current MA registration standards as well as working with photographic collections and conservation / preservation concerns unique to this medium.
  Lead researcher Stephen Hoskins
  Co-authors: Fitzherbert Reyes - Total Solutions Surveying Services, Richard Baldwin – RBI, Sophia Fairclough – Fairclough and Harrison Conservation, Carinna Parraman, Victoria Hill


• ‘Methodologies for the integration of fine art practice and wide format digital printing’
  Principle Investigator: Professor Stephen Hoskins
  Project Manager: Dr Paul Thirkell
  Researchers: Carinna Parraman, Paul Laidler
  Industrial Collaborators: Hewlett Packard
  AHRC large research grant awarded  1/10/03 - 31/3/07
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Exhibitions:

• ‘Celebrating Paper’, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol 17th January - 21st February 2010
• 'Committed to Print'. Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, Northern Print, Newcastle upon Tyne, IMPACT 6 Conference, UWE, Bristol. 2007-09
• 'Enamel Experience' - International Badge Exhibition Museum Der Arbeit Hamburg Germany, Velvet da Vinci Gallery San Fransisco, Memphis, Greenville, Pittsburgh, Ohio, Works Gallery Philadelphia and New Jersey.  2008-09
• National Print Exhibition - invited artist, Mall Galleries, London. 2007

Refereed Articles:

• ‘Amperometric, screen-printed, glucose biosensor for analysis of human plasma samples using a biocomposite water based carbon ink incorporating glucose oxidase’. Analytical Biochemistry 347  pp 17 – 23. Eric Crouch, David C Cowell, Stephen Hoskins, Robin Pitson, John P Hart. October 2005.
• ‘A novel, disposable, screen-printed amperometric biosensor for glucose in serum fabricated using a water based carbon ink’.  Eric Crouch, David C Cowell, Stephen Hoskins, Robin Pitson, John P Hart. February 2005. Biosensors and bioelectronics  21  pp 712-718
• ‘The routes to pollution minimisation in the ceramic transfer industry’. Synergy of Art and Science. Anderton, R. Hodson, A.G.W. Hoskins, S. Logan, A.M.  Petrie, K.  1998. British Ceramic Transactions  Vol 97 no 3

Stephen.Hoskins@uwe.ac.uk

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