I graduated in 2003 from the Fine Art BA at Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design. My creative practice was based in London until 2006 when I did an MA in Visual Performance at Dartington College of Art, Devon. I now live and work in Norwich UK and I co-run a Norwich-based collective called Other/Other/Other (For Art that is Difficult to Describe) and I'm a member of the Eastern region collective LACE (Live Art Collective East).
My creative investigations often result in me doing an unusual thing in a public place for whoever happens to be there. I also produce drawings, videos and handmade books.
My artwork is a response to history, architecture, social activity and human-created/adapted environments. I am inclined to locate my work in unconventional places (as opposed to art institutions) and my work almost always comments on the place I am in and the people I share it with. At present I have a particular interest in doing drawings that document my ephemeral artworks and considering the afterlife of the objects which feature in them.
EDUCATION
2007 - 2008
MA Visual Performance (Time-based Practices)
Dartington College of Art, Devon
2001 - 2003
BA Fine Art (Hons)
Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design, London
1999 - 2000
Diploma in Foundation Studies (Art and Design)
Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design, London
EXHIBITIONS and PROJECTS
2009 Hotchpotch, with Caroline Wright. The Mercury Theatre, Colchester
2009 Backstage Tours, Norwich Playhouse
2009 Live East, Various locations in East Anglia
2009 Longwinded in Five Parts, Rub Me Up the Wrong Way, Norwich Arts Centre
2009 Longwinded in Five Parts, Spill Festival, National Theatre, London
2009 The Junction Sampled, The Junction, Cambridge
2009 Other/Other/Other at NAC, Norwich Arts Centre
2009 Picnic in the Church, Colchester
2008 Other/Other/Other Unit 5 project space, Norwich
2008 Species of Spaces, with Holly Rumble, The Late Shift, Sainsbury Centre of Visual Arts, Norwich
2008 Nature's Force and Fury with Thalia Theatre Company, Norwich Playhouse
2007 Los Artistas Unidos Jamas Seran Venchidos! The Dartington Gallery, Devon
2007 Alytus Biennale 2, Alytus, Lithuania
2007 OMSK Book Launch, South London Gallery
2007 OMSK Book Launch Tour, Dartington College of Art, Devon
2007 Rules and Regs, South Hill Arts Centre, Essex
2007 I am Your Worst Nightmare, Arnolfini, Bristol
2006 FlickOMSK, Corsica Studios, London
2005 VibratOMSK, The Old Limehouse Town Hall, London
2005 Under The Pavement: The Beach, Saint Pancras Crypt Gallery
2004 Expo Festival, 6th November The Bonnington Gallery, Nottingham
2004 Somebody Loves You, Abney Park Cemetery, London
2004 Taped and Sealed Flow, The Royal Festival Hall, London
2003 East End Collaborations Platform, Queen Mary's University, London
2002 Balloon Performance, Saint Martins Window Gallery, London
2002 Nothing But A Pack of Cards, Century Gallery, London
AWARDS
2009 Escalator Performing Arts
2007 Arts and Humanities Research Council Grant
COMMISSIONS and RESIDENCIES
2009 Live Art Retreat, Colchester
2008 The Art of Hospitality Residency, Tou Scene, Norway
2007 Artery, in association with Graft and Mat Hawthorne, Bonnington Gallery, Nottingham
2005 Rules and Regs, Artvaults, Southampton
2004 Taped and Sealed Flow, The Royal Festival Hall, London
COLLECTIVES and COLLABORATIONS
Nomad, London: www.nomad.org
Other/Other/Other (Art That's Difficult to Describe), Norwich: www.otherotherother.wordpress.com
Live Art Collective East (LACE)
Collaborators:
Bill Leslie, Sculptor and Video Artist, 2007-8; Emma Bennett, Artist and Writer, from 2007; Holly Rumble, Sonic Artist, from 2007; Caroline Wright, Live Artist, 2009; Deb Hoy, Sculptor, 2004-5
PUBLICATIONS
5 Bookworks by Dot Howard and Bill Leslie, published by Bonfire Books, UK, 2008
OMSKBOOK, Ed. Clare Maloney, OMSK, UK, 2007
The Observer 2nd January 2005 "Doubly Troubling", Tim Adams
The Independent on Sunday, ABC, 29th August 2004 Talk of the Town "Leave her Alone, She's a Performance Artist", Hermione Eyre
Time Out - London, 18th - 25th August, Issue No. 1774 Around Town "Taped and Sealed Flow"