C.V / Biography:
Ann Carragher - born in Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland. Graduated in 1995 from the University of Ulster with a B.A (Hons) in Combined Studies in Art & Design and again in 1997 with an MA in Fine & Applied Art. After completing her MA, she obtained an Artist in Residence position at the Hangzhou Academy of Fine Art, in the People's Republic of China, supported by the University of Ulster and the British Council.
She currently resides in Lancashire and is a Lecturer in Fine Art Professional Practice and Critical Studies She is also a PhD (Practice-based) candidate at Manchester Metropolitan University and associative lecturer; a member of Abingdon Studios, Blackpool. and a founding member of the Proximity Collective established in 2019 (see film by Anya Stewart Maggs - https://vimeo.com/396138262).
Up and coming publications - contribution to Routledge publication, chapter titled ‘Borders and Boundaries as Liminality and Transgression’, edited by Basak Tanulku & Simone Pekelsma, due to be published by Routledge 2023; and Practice-based Methodologies - an in 'Proximity' Anthology 2023 (Proximity Collective) with MUP.
Exhibitions
Residencies
Research/Conferences/ Symposiums and Artists Talks
Publications / Writing
Funding/ Awards
Collectives
Ann Carragher - born in Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland. Graduated in 1995 from the University of Ulster with a B.A (Hons) in Combined Studies in Art & Design and again in 1997 with an MA in Fine & Applied Art. After completing her MA, she obtained an Artist in Residence position at the Hangzhou Academy of Fine Art, in the People's Republic of China, supported by the University of Ulster and the British Council.
She currently resides in Lancashire and is a Lecturer in Fine Art Professional Practice and Critical Studies She is also a PhD (Practice-based) candidate at Manchester Metropolitan University and associative lecturer; a member of Abingdon Studios, Blackpool. and a founding member of the Proximity Collective established in 2019 (see film by Anya Stewart Maggs - https://vimeo.com/396138262).
Up and coming publications - contribution to Routledge publication, chapter titled ‘Borders and Boundaries as Liminality and Transgression’, edited by Basak Tanulku & Simone Pekelsma, due to be published by Routledge 2023; and Practice-based Methodologies - an in 'Proximity' Anthology 2023 (Proximity Collective) with MUP.
Exhibitions
- 11.2022 represented by ABS Project Space, The Manchester Contemporary, Manchester..
- 05.2022 Proximity Group Exhibition - Post Residency at Rogue Artists Studios CIC, Manchester.
- 11. 2021 The Manchester Contemporary, Manchester Central, represented by Abingdon Studios
- 09.2021 Collaborative exhibition with Proximity Collective, supported by Abingdon Studios (2021).
- 05.2021 Hexting Project (film essay), ‘Art and Practice Climate Event’, Chrysalis Arts. (upcoming)
- 04.2020 Hexting Project (online exhibition - visual essay), Instagram.
- 04.2020 Squeeze It, contributed to a curated collaborative online project and wordless critique.
- 07.2020 ‘The Absurd Consequences of Walking in the Time of Covid’, Collaborative film by NSU Circle 7, July 2020.
- 11.2019 Proximity Collective - works presented in Vitrine, Righton Building, MMU, Manchester
- 12.2019 Paradise Works, Proximity Collective, Group Exhibition
- O6.2019 Group Exhibition- Sidney Nolan Trust, Wales
- 06.2019 ‘Inventory of Behaviours’ (contribution to project), Tate Exchange, London.
- 01.2019 'Footnotes' in collaboration with Joe Doubtfire, Abingdon Studios.
- 06.2018 'Thresholds' Gonzo Unit, Thessaloniki, Greece.
- 03.2018 'Something or Nothing', selected group exhibition, Abingdon Studios.
- 02.2018 'Nomad', Collective Collaborations/ Curated Place, Spectra Light Festival, Aberdeen.
- 11.2017 'Nomad', Collective Collaborations/ Curated Place, Abingdon Studios.
- 10.2017 'Nomad', Collective Collaborations/ Curated Place, Enlighten Bury Festival of Light.
- 10.2017 'Encounters', One Foot in The Cradle, MILK, House of Blah Blah, Middlesbrough.
- 04.2017 'Something Black', Cultivate, London
- 03.2017 'Encounters' (in collaboration with Garth Gratrix) ICW, Blackpool.
- 02.2017 'All Our Laments', Grundy Art Gallery, Group Exhibition, Blackpool.
- 12.2016 Abingdon Open Studio, Blackpool.
- 11.2016 Research into Practice, Blackpool University Centre.
- 03.2016 ‘Be The Banana Skin (On the Patriarchy’s Complacent Stroll)’, Blott Gallery.
- 01.2016 'Where For Art Thou Starr Grass', School of Creative Arts, Blackpool
- 12.2015 'Test:Bed', ArtCOP21 (Lead Curator and Project Organiser)
- 10.2015 'Art Carbooty', co-produced by Wewiora projects and Squirrel and Tiffin, Winter Gardens, Blackpool.
- 08.2015 Destroy Blackpool, Supercollider.
- 04.2015 Soft Launch, Abingdon Street Studios, Blackpool, Lancashire
- 10.2014 Diorama – Hidden Theatre’s project, University Centre, Blackpool.
- 09.2013 Undressing Identity Exhibition/Symposium, Uni Centre, Blackpool.
- 05.2013 Agoraphobia: The Spaces Within, University Centre, Blackpool.
- 11.2011 Dimensions of Spirit, Group Show, ETE Symposium, York
- 11.2010 Doppelganger, Group Show, Blackpool School of Art.
- 12.2010 Postcards from Blackpool; Contemporary Vanitas’ Collaborative project with Nick Kowalski, Blackpool Culture Shop Project
- 07.2009 Hypodouche, Hebden Bridge Fringe Festival.
- 05.2008 Timescapes, BADept Studios.
- 03.2008 Archaeo.repro, Blackpool Vistas Symposium.
Residencies
- Proximity Collective Residency at Rogue Artists Studios CIC, Manchester. April/May 2022
- Digital Residency University of Cumbria, titled ‘Hospitality’. May 2021
- 'Digital Residency' with Proximity Collective, at School of Art, MMU (PAHC), March 2021
- 'Proximity Collective' series of short residencies at Venture Arts, Islington Mill & Paradise Works 2019
- 'Artists' Camp' - collaborative skill sharing residency, Sidney Nolan Trust, Wales 2019, supported by NWCDTP and MMU/ PAHC).
- ‘AA2A’, Scheme, UCLAN, Preston 2003
- ‘Circus’, Haweside Primary School, Blackpool 2003
- Art Co-op, Lancashire Museum Services, Preston Museum, 2002
- Art Co-op, Fleetwood, 2001.
- St. Aidan's Technology College, Preesall, Lancashire, June 2000
- The China National Academy of Fine Art’, Hangzhou, The Peoples Republic of China (Supported by The British Council and the University of Ulster) 1997/8.
Research/Conferences/ Symposiums and Artists Talks
- Artist Talk with Karst Contemporary Arts, Plymouth, June 2022
- Artist Talk (individual & collective), University of Derby, April 2022
- Borders and Borderlands Conference, London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, 3rd April 2022
- ‘Unsteady States: Occlusion, Insecure Ground & Irregular Activity’, Breaking Boundaries: Reimagining Borders in Postcolonial and Migrant Studies, MAPS, MMU (2021)
- A-N, Digital Assembly, ‘Collaborative Practices and Conviviality’ (Proximity Collaborative paper), The Coast is Queer, Abingdon Street Studios (2021);
- University of Cumbria - ARI (Artist Research Initiative), Hospitality Project, ‘Ann Carragher, Patti Lean and Brigid Kennedy’ in conversation, (2021)
- IJADE Conference, Hybrid Spaces, Re-imagining Pedagogy, Practice and Research short collaborative paper ‘Hybridity & Digital Intimacy’ (2021);
- ‘Meanwhile’ Artists Talks series, supported by Leftcoast, The Grundy Gallery, Abingdon Studios and Blackpool & Fylde University Centre. July 2020
- 'Super VUCA Subjectivities and the Manifest-No', Proximity Collective group presentation, Arts and Performance Research Hub Round Table Event: “What does research look like in lockdown and after?” July 2020
- ‘Disorientations’, Performing Heterotopia Winter Symposium, NSU, University of Wroclaw, Poland.
- 'Roots & Reach’ Poster and film screening, PGR Conference, MMU, March 2020
- 'Re: Connected' (paper) Research Symposium, B&FC, April 2018
- 'Ich und Du' (paper) Catalyst Conference, Spectra Light Festival, Aberdeen Feb 2017
- 'CMIT', ASLE-UKI, LAND2, (paper) Conference, University of Sheffield, Sept 2017.
- 'Subject of Study: Collaboration in Research and Artistic Practice', Common Ground- Anthony Luvera, University of Manchester Nov 2016.
- Annual Scholarship Symposium, B&FC, 2015
- Test:bed at Abingdon Street Studios Blackpool. Symposium and Exhibition regarding Art & Environmental, Abingdon St., Studios (in association with ARTCOP21 Paris) Nov 2015
- ‘Art & Geopolitics’, MMU, The Corner House, Manchester Nov 2015
- 'Diorama – Hidden Theatres’ project Oct/Nov 2014
- ‘Undressing Identity’ Symposium, B&FC, Sept 2013
- 'Agoraphobia: The Spaces Within’ Symposium May 2013
- 'Landscape, Liminality, Lament - Affective Landscape Conference, University of Derby, May 2012
- ETE - Dimensions of Spirit Conference, ‘Doppelgangers, Doubles & Fetches’; Psychological states of mind, York, Sept 2011
- 'Hauntology, Memory & Place', Northern Irish Contemporary Visual Art, Blackpool & The Fylde College 2010 (research –Arles)
- 'Archaeo.Repro' - Lament for Lost Power, Blackpool Vista Symposium 2008
Publications / Writing
- Reflective text - Craig Fishers 'Flat Land', Abingdon Studios, Blackpool 2022.https://abingdonstudios.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Craig-Fishers-%E2%80%98Flat-Space-Abingdon-Studios.-Article-by-Ann-Carragher-2022.pdf
- Routledge - Physical & Symbolic Boundaries across the World: Liminality, transgression, cross-borders and crossing borders (Pending - Peer Review stage 2022)
- 'Hexting' Project, Book Art Project, 2020
- ‘Diorama; Hidden Theatres’ publication 2014
- ‘Agoraphobia; The Spaces Within’, Catalogue 2013
- Blackpool Culture Shops Book Publication, FYC/Arts Council England 2012/13
Funding/ Awards
- ABS members Project Bursary for 'Fragments, Relics and Prophecy', National Lottery Project Grant Funding, Arts Council England. 2022
- ACE Collaborative Funding 2020 (awarded by Abingdon Studios) 2021.
- Artist Camps Collaborative skill sharing residency, Sidney Nolan Trust, Wales, supported by the NWCDTP & MMU.
- Extended Study Programme, PhD Funding 2018
- Trans-Express Funding, LeftCoast, 2016
- ACE 'Go See', Abingdon Street Studios, 2016
- Future Express, LeftCoast Research and Development, 2015/16
- MA Exchange Programme with HangZhou Academy China, in association with UUB and British Council 1997
- MA Fine & Applied Art, UUB (ESF Funded). 1995/97
Collectives
- Coastal Co-operative, 2022 (Blackpool & the Fylde Coast)
- Member of Proximity Collective - established 2019. 'An enquiry into the spatial and social elements of practice as research' –film by Anya Stewart Maggs - https://vimeo.com/396138262
