The artworks I make act as possible entry points for communication or transformation and question the possibility of the individual in society. They reflect an ongoing interest in the role of technology (in it’s widest forms) as a measure of a cultures progress.

Most works are intended to be viewed in a one-to-one manner often enlisting scale, mimetic and anthropomorphic qualities which initiates an allegory between the viewer and the work. Methods and means of production are visable and the materials used are generally available - such as rocks, bricks, sand, video cassettes - thus resulting in the works possessing a rudimentary aesthetic and a relationship with the viewer that is at once both ancient and contemporary.

Based in Glasgow.                                                            www.karencunningham.org

Forthcoming

Oct 3rd 2010  Wayfinders one-day exhibition with Neil Bickerton,                                             Gordon Schmidt & Micheal Wilkinson. Glasgow     

Group Shows

2010     Rotate at The Contemporary Art Society, London 

             If you can hold your breath Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool

            Being is what it is - curated by Matthew Richardson, London

2009     The Lobby, CELL Projects, London

             Natural Order - Emergent Artist Program, GSA, Glasgow

             Preparatory Ways Transmission Gallery, Glasgow 

            12 - 6 event with Transmission Gallery as part of Gallery Weekend         

2008    The Long Take MOOT Gallery, Nottingham, UK                          

             Karen Cunningham, Luca Frei, Babak Ghazi Glasgow International             

             Assembly with Tim Facey, Kevin Hutcheson and Gordon Schmidt.     

Solo Exhibitions

2009    Solo Exhibiton at OUTPOST Gallery, Norwich - selected by RyanGander  and Rebecca May Martson

2005     manual   The Project Room, Glasgow

2001     xrayspecsandinvisibletext Collective Gallery, Edinburgh

Education

2001 - 03   MFA Glasgow School of Art                                                               

1994 - 98   BA Hons. Photography. Edinburgh College of Art                       

1997          Exchange Program. Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore USA

Residencies

2008 - 09   Scottish Arts Council Residency. Amsterdam, The Netherlands       

2001          New Media Scotland/British Council Residency. Split, Croatia    

1999          Villa Walberta Visual Artists Residency. Munich, Germany

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