Details
| First Name | Joan |
| Last Name | Smith |
| Username | joansmith |
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| Region | Edinburgh & The Lothians |
| Disciplines | Installation, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture |
| Themes | Abstract, Environment, Figurative, Identity, Narratives |
Statement
| Statement | In my paintings, prints, drawings and objects I explore my longstanding interests in archives, medical history, archaeology, anthropology and environmental issues. My recent research projects have focused on the archives of Surgeons Hall Museum, the skull collection in the Anatomical Museum in the University of Edinburgh and the amulets collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. I consider the histories embedded in the objects found in these collections. My starting point is nearly always drawing and this is central to my practice.
I enjoy working collaboratively on art/science projects. From 2016-19 I was part of ‘Traces’, a Europe-wide interdisciplinary research project which explored contentious collections. I am a member of the Bones Collective, a research network of anthropologists, archaeologists and artists, and the art/science group, ‘Fusion’.
I have exhibited widely and my work is held in public and private collections including: The Royal Scottish Academy; Heriot Watt University; Edinburgh College of Art Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries; Edinburgh City Art Centre; Paintings in Hospitals (Scotland); Sakima Art Museum, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan; Norsjo civic collection, Sweden |
Biography
| Biography |
Graduated 1987 with MA Hons Degree in Fine Art and 1989 Master of Fine Art from Edinburgh College of Art Senior Lecturer in the School of Art, Edinburgh College of Art (University of Edinburgh) until 2021 Professional Member of the Society of Scottish Artists since 2000
Selected Exhibitions and Research Projects The Developing Brain exhibition including two jointly developed projects: ‘Concatenated’ with Dr Tom Pratt and ‘Shedding Light on the Brain’ with Dr Barbora Skarabela. Inspace, Edinburgh 2024 Up To And Over The Edge exhibition with Linda Green, Outline Gallery, Edinburgh 2024 Hope is a Thing With Feathers, VAS group show at the Scottish Ornithology Club, Aberlady 2024 Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition 2024 Then and Now Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition, RSA Gallery, Edinburgh 2024 SSA Annual exhibition Maclaurin Gallery, Ayr 2023 Scottish Landscape Awards exhibition of shortlisted artists City Art Centre Edinburgh 2023-24 Caledonian Club London SSA selected group exhibition 2023 Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition 2023 Sea Amulets installation at Hidden Door Festival, The Complex, Edinburgh 2023 Borders Art Fair SSA selected group exhibition 2023 SSA 130 commissioned work ‘Fragments (Paolozzi)’ RSA Gallery, Edinburgh 2022-23 ANGUSalive Meffan Gallery, Forfar 2022-23 North Visual Arts Scotland group exhibition at Inverness Creative Academy 2022 Sea Amulets installation shown at Art Walk Porty 2022 REVERB Visual Art Scotland group exhibition 2022 Skull Colour Chart installation at SSA Annual Exhibition November 2021 Here and Now selected group exhibition at Tatha Gallery 2021 Contemporary Figure online exhibition 2021 Field Notes Exhibition at Surgeons Hall Museum, Edinburgh, with Susie Wilson. November 2018 – March 2019 TRACES Transmitting Contentious Cultural Heritage with the Arts – From Intervention to Co-production. 2016 – 2019. http://www.tracesproject.eu Dead Images exhibition at Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh Art Festival 2018 The Bone Library group exhibition at Summerhall Edinburgh, Edinburgh International Science Festival, 2014 In a Jiffy SSA group exhibition at the Meffan Art Gallery, Forfar, 2014 The Bones Beneath the Face collaborative event and research project at the Association of Social Anthropologists Conference in Edinburgh 2014 Word of Mouth: talking about how we interpret skulls banner installation based on The Bones Beneath the Face, Surgeons Hall Museum 2014 Big Print Small Print group exhibition at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design, Wroclaw 2012 Cast Contemporaries group exhibition at Edinburgh College of Art 2012 Smugglerius Unveiled exhibition at the Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh December 2009 – March 2010 SSA Exhibition group exhibition at Eastwood Park Gallery, Glasgow 2009 Prints Tokyo International Print Exhibition, Tokyo and Sakimi Art Museum, Okinawa, Japan 2007 6th British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Gracefield Art Centre, Dumfries, then touring the UK 2006/7 Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition New Leaf Editions and Dundarave Print Workshop Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 2006 Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011 20×20 group show University of Kansas, USA 2001 IndustriaArt group show, Bank of Ireland Art Centre and Artstore Gallery, Dublin 1999 Connections invited exhibitor, Royal Scottish Academy Festival Exhibition, Edinburgh 1999 ECA@Miro Eight printmakers at the Miro Institute, Palma, Majorca 1999 19th Mini Print International, Cadaques, Spain and international tour 1999 Created Space group show, Atrium Gallery, London 1999 Nexus Gallery Edinburgh group show 1999 Drawing Comparisons touring group exhibition Grave Goods group show, Crawford Art Centre, St Andrews and tour 1996/7 10 Years of WASPS group show at various venues in Edinburgh 1996 Soutra solo show at The Christopher Boyd Gallery, Galashiels 1995 Castillo de Soutomaior Arcade Group exhibition, Pontevedra, Spain 1995 Joan Smith solo exhibition at the Pier Art Centre, Stromness, Orkney 1994 Konstnarskoloni i Norsjo Sweden: group show following residency 1994 Elizabeth Adamson and Joan Smith Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh 1994 Common Origins group show Edinburgh International Science Festival at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh 1993 Works By Women The Crawford Art Centre, St Andrews, 1993 The Sea, The Sea exhibition and print publication, Edinburgh Printmakers’ Workshop 1993 Genetics solo exhibition at The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh 1992 Spring group show at The Fruit Market Gallery, Edinburgh and the Barbican Centre, London 1992 Margins group show Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych, Slupsk, Poland 1992 Collective Gallery Touring Exhibition Vilnius, Kiev, St Petersburg 1992 Twenty-one Works By Women, Edinburgh Printmakers’ Workshop 1992 Trace Elements solo exhibition at The Crawford Art Centre, St. Andrews 1991 Work group show Adam and Co, Edinburgh and the Scottish Gallery, London 1990 Three Scottish Painters group show at Stamford Art Centre 1990 Of Woman group show at The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow 1990 Inverclyde Biennial group show at The McLean Gallery, Greenock 1990 The School of ’89 group show at The Step Gallery, Edinburgh 1989 Soft Ground, Hard Ground group show at Edinburgh Printmakers’ Workshop 1989 The New Scottish Art group show at Edinburgh College of Art 1989 RESIDENCIES 1992 Margins international artists’ residency in Sutherland, Scotland. 1994 Konstnarskoloni i Norsjo, international artists’ residency in Norsjo, Sweden. PUBLICATIONS Twenty-one works by Women 1992 Edinburgh Printmakers’ Workshop co-publication The Sea, The Sea 1993 Edinburgh Printmakers’ Workshop co-publication Drawing Comparisons ISBN: 0-9531180-0-2 1997/8 Cast Contemporaries 2012 ISBN 978-0-9565433-5-6 Field Notes 2018 Exposure: The ethics of making, sharing and displaying photographs of human remains J.Smith, L.Fibiger, T.Adler, J.Harries and A.Szöke 2017, Human Remains and Violence, vol. 4, no 1. The Fabric of The Human Body J.Smith and J.Philp 2023, book chapter in Teaching, Research, Innovation and Public Engagement (Springer ISBN: 978-3-031-22451-1) Palpation: the Art of Felt Anatomy J.Smith and J.Philp 2023, book chapter in Graphic Medicine, Humanizing Healthcare and Novel Approaches in Anatomical Education (Springer ISBN 978-3-031-39034-0) , (Chapter 8), Biomedical Visualization, Vol. 3, Leonard Shapiro (Eds) “I’ve got yer back”: A community art and anatomy project. J.Smith and J.Philp Anat Sci Educ. 2024;00:1–6. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.2489 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS The Analysis of Beauty: Art, Anatomy and the Cast Cast Collection Conference Edinburgh College of Art 2011 Smugglerius: Art and Anatomy Artefacts Conference, National Museum of Scotland 2012 Bringing to Light: The Dilemmas of Displaying Contentious Historical Material Performance lecture, ‘Critical Heritages and Reflexive Europeanisation’ at the Berlin Wall Memorial, September 2017 The Colour of Skulls: Rethinking the Edinburgh Skull Collection presentation at the Dead Images international conference at Edinburgh College of Art 2018 Exposure – Reflections on the display of contentious collections presentation, with Dr Linda Fibiger at Skeletons, Stories and Social Bodies Conference, University of Southampton 2018
AWARDS/PRIZES 2022 Anne Redpath Award for Painting. Visual Arts Scotland REVERB exhibition 2022 Detail Framing Studio Award. Visual Arts Scotland REVERB exhibition 2018 Random Acts Giving grant for publication related to Field Notes joint exhibition (with Susie Wilson) at Surgeons Hall Museum 2016-2019 Grant award: Horizon 2020: H2020-Reflective-Society 2-2015 (GA 693857) for group of researchers in TRACES: Transmitting Contentious Cultural Heritages with the Arts. http://www.traces.polimi.it 2013 EUSA Teaching Awards: runner up in the Best Personal Tutor category, University of Edinburgh 2013 Principal’s Teaching Award, University of Edinburgh, for collaborative project between staff and students in veterinary science and art, ‘Where art meets science’ 2008 Dean’s Research Fund, University of Edinburgh, for collaborative and interdisciplinary project, ‘Smugglerius Unveiled’, with Dr Jeanne Cannizzo 2004 Edinburgh Printmakers’ Workshop Prize, SSA Annual Exhibition 1989 George Jackson Hutchison Memorial Prize for Painting, Edinburgh College of Art. 1989 Edinburgh Printmakers’ Workshop Prize, Royal Scottish Academy 1988 Andrew Grant Major Award Edinburgh College of Art 1987 John Kinross Scholarship Royal Scottish Academy travelling scholarship to Florence
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