Artist Robin Paris

Robin Paris - resumé

Exhibitions

Solo and Two Person Shows

2005
Lambrays Fine Art Auctioneers, Wadebridge, Cornwall, UK
solo show

2004
Streams and Pools of Bodmin Moor
Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, Cornwall, UK
solo show

2003
Streams and Pools of Bodmin Moor
Indian King Arts Centre, Camelford, Cornwall, UK
solo show

2000
Alliances and Treacheries
Plymouth Arts Centre (Restaurant Gallery), Plymouth, England
solo show

1998
New Cycle: New Season
The Indian King Arts Centre, Camelford, Cornwall
solo show

1997
Galerie im Gartenhaus, Rheda-Wiedenbruck, Germany
with potter Svend Bayer

1997
Batik Paintings 1993 - 1997
house exhibition, Greenwich, London, England
solo show

1996
Batik with a Tropical Influence
North Cornwall Museum and Gallery, Camelford, Cornwall
with woodturner David Smith

1995
Bronzes and Batiks
Boscastle Gallery, Boscastle, Cornwall
with sculptor Gatot BW

1992
Landscapes of Malaysia
Hyde Park Gallery, London, England
solo show

Major Shows

2008
Artists of the Tamar Valley
Cube3, Plymouth University, Plymouth
Drawn to the Valley

2007
Colour Full
Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Textile Forum South West

2007
Batik Transitions - from classic to contemporary
The Williamson Gallery, Birkenhead, Merseyside
Batik Guild touring show (invited)

2007
Batik Transitions - from classic to contemporary
The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, Somerset
Batik Guild touring show (invited)

2006
Batik Transitions - from classic to contemporary
Gloucester City Museum & Gallery, Gloucester
Batik Guild touring show (invited)

2005
Wax Eloquent Juried Exhibition
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, USA
world batik conference

2005
Christmas Present
Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear

2004
Black Swan Arts Open
Black Swan Arts, Frome, Somerset
winner of the FDC Law Craft Award for 'Australian Memory II (Mt Isa)'

2004
Atlas Described by the Sky
Minsk College of Arts, Minsk, Belarus
Batik Club of Belarus (invited)

2004
Voicing Dissent
Falmouth Arts Centre, Falmouth, Cornwall
an exhibition of artwork in response to the war on Iraq

2003
Batik 2003... Art in Motion
Museum of Industrial Archaeology and Textiles (MIAT), Ghent, Belgium
international batik exhibition

2000
Horizons
Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford, Staffordshire, England
a Batik Guild exhibition

1998
Full Fathom Five
Burton Art Gallery, Bideford, Devon, England
a Batik Guild exhibition

1993
Royal West of England Academy Autumn Exhibition
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, England

1993
Plymouth Arts Society Open
Plymouth Museum, Plymouth, England

Mixed Exhibitions

2008-2009
Inspired and Wild
Cornwall Wildlife Trust headquarters, Allet; Cornish Studies Library, Redruth; Lobb's farm Shop, Heligan; Geevor Tin Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall
Cornwall Wildlife Trust fundraiser

2000-2008
The Camelford Gallery, Camelford, Cornwall

2007
Soil Association Conference, Cardiff, Wales

2005
Mariners Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall

2004
Lander Gallery, Truro, Cornwall

2003
Art from Organic Farms
Organic Food Fair, Watershed, Bristol
organised by Soil Association

2003, 2002, 1999
Summer Show
The Indian King Arts Centre, Camelford, Cornwall

2003
Textile Art
North Cornwall Museum and Gallery, Camelford, Cornwall

2002, 2001
Shire Hall, Bodmin, Cornwall

2001
Karen Taylor Contemporary Art Gallery, Twickenham, Middlesex

2001
Highcliffe Castle, Christchurch, Dorset

2000, 1999
Devon Arts in Schools Initiative Exhibitions:
Burton Art Gallery, Bideford, Devon (2000)
Ariel Centre, Totnes, Devon (1999)

1999
Millennium Wildlife Art Exhibition
Cafe Gallery, Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, Cornwall

1997, 1996, 1994
Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey, Devon

1997
Plough Arts Centre, Torrington, Devon

1996
Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews, Fife

Group Exhibitions

2008
Drawn to the Valley
Tavistock Town Hall, Tavistock, Devon (2008)

2005
Textile Forum Southwest
Falmouth Arts Centre, Falmouth, Cornwall (2005)

1998-2003
Art in the Wild
The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Pentewan, Cornwall (2003)
Probus Gardens, Probus, Cornwall (2000, 2001)
Gunwen Chapel, Gunwen, Cornwall (1998)
Cornwall Wildlife Trust artists

2003
Taking Back the World
Maynard School, Exeter, Devon
An Arts - Society - Politics collaborative event, with music, art, and talks from ISEC and Simpol-UK

2000
A Week of Batik
Falmouth Arts Centre, Falmouth, Cornwall
six Cornish/Devon Batik Guild artists

Commissions

2003
Hall for Cornwall, Truro, Cornwall
sixty dyed long sleeve t-shirts for the cast of 'The Jonah Lie', a performance by 55 young people from Cornwall working in a two-week theatre residency with leading Cornish arts and drama practitioners. Shibori and tie-dye techniques were used to produce 60 individual t-shirts. The t-shirts were fair trade and non-sweatshop produced

2003
Living Willow Structure
Lynher Dairies, Upton Cross, Liskeard, Cornwall
These famous Cornish cheese makers have a visitor centre at Netherton Farm on the eastern slopes of Bodmin Moor. The grassy children's play area, with circular granite troughs (complete with swimming fish) and picnic benches, was a little spoilt by a post and plastic fence maze. But as the children enjoyed playing in it I was asked to make something more sympathetic to the nature of the farm. The living willow structure was formed from two double spirals, meeting in a dome.

1995
E&O Magazine, magazine of the Eastern & Oriental Express (commissioned by Illustrated London News Group)
batik, themed around wau (traditional Malay kites), for reproduction on the front cover

Various private commissions for batik paintings and for living willow structures

Public Collections

2004
Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske, Truro
ongoing loan

2003
Westcountry Rivers Trust for the
South Penquite Demonstration Organic Farm Collection

Original works are in private collections in Britain, mainland Europe, Australasia, Southeast Asia, North (Hawaii) and South America.

Awards

2006
RANE, University College Falmouth
bursary to attend 'Artful Ecologies' conference, University College Falmouth, Cornwall

2004
Black Swan Arts Open
FDC Law Craft Award for 'Australian Memory II (Mt Isa)'

2003
Creative Skills
professional development award for participation in 'Batik 2003 - Art in Motion', international batik conference, exhibition and workshops in Gent, Belgium

2001
North Cornwall Arts
funding for seven-day Community Arts Training, North Cornwall

2000
South West Arts
training award for two-day online digital media workshop, PVA, Bridport, Dorset

1999
North Cornwall District Council
funding for two-day Arts and Environmental Interpretation workshop with BTCV/Tap Routes, Falmouth, Cornwall

1992
Tourism Malaysia UK
sponsorship of London exhibition of Malaysian landscape batik paintings

Reviews

2006
Batik Guild magazine
Review by Gillian Recordon of batik retreat at Trebah Garden, September 2005. Issue 59, July 2006, p13

2004
Batik Guild magazine
Review by Anita Reynolds of batik retreat at South Penquite Farm, June 2004. Issue 54, November 2004, p7

2002
BBC Cornwall Arts
online article

1997
Western Morning News
Westcountry Life article

1995
BBC Radio Devon
interview by Douglas Mounce, coinciding with exhibition in Boscastle, Cornwall

1992
TV Asia
interview by Ruby Malik, coinciding with Malaysian landscapes exhibition in London

Publications - visual

2008
Textiles Now, Drusilla Cole
Published by Laurence King, London
two images: Source of Penpont Water, and De Lank near the Confluence with the Camel

2006
Batik Transitions: from classic to contemporary
Exhibition Catalogue and Batik Resource, published by the Batik Guild
image: Source of Penpont Water

2003
Batik 2003 ...Kunst in Beweging ...Art in Motion
Exhibition Catalogue
image: Source of the Fowey

2002
Resurgence no 214 September/October 2002 - Earth Democracy and Earth Justice
one image: Tradition of February 14. Illustrating article "Paradigm Shift", by Vandana Shiva

2001
Batik for Artists and Quilters, Eloise Piper
Published by Search Press
three images

1995
E&O Magazine, magazine of the Eastern & Oriental Express, Malaysia
Commissioned by publishers Illustrated London News Group
front cover

Publications - written

2009
Batik Guild Magazine Issue 67, March 2009
Sustainable Batik series Sustainable Wax part 1

2008
Batik Guild Magazine Issue 64, March 2008
Sustainable Batik series Soda Ash. Na2CO3. Sodium Carbonate. Washing Soda.

2007
Batik Guild Magazine Issue 63, November 2007
Sustainable Batik series Organic Cottons Update

2007
Batik Guild Magazine Issue 61, March 2007
Sustainable Batik series Cotton: White Gold

2006
Batik Guild Magazine Issue 60, November 2006
Sustainable Batik series Wax Removal

2006
Batik Guild Magazine Issue 59, July 2006
Sustainable Batik series Batik for Sustainable Futures

2003
Embroidery Magazine Vol 54 September 2003
Review of Batik 2003: Art in Motion (May - August 2003, Museum of Industrial Archaeology and Textiles, Ghent, Belgium)

Organisations

Batik Guild

Professional Learning and Development

2009
Making Futures
The crafts in the context of emerging global sustainability agendas
Plymouth College of Art, Mount Edgcumbe, Cornwall (two days)

2008
Practical Guide to Carbon Footprinting
Carbon Trust course, Exeter, Devon (one day)

2007
Dyeing the Blues
Indigo workshop with Vivien Prideaux, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery (two days)

2007
Indigo
Indigo session with Isabella Whitworth, Devon (one day)

2007
Certificate in Environmental Awareness - First Principles
One day course accredited by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, funded by Environment Kernow and Learning and Skills Council (one day)

2006
Artful Ecologies
RANE conference, University College Falmouth, Cornwall (three days)

2006, 2005
natural dye courses
indian dyes and indigo with Abi Evans, Trevecca, Liskeard, Cornwall (one day)

2005
At The Edge: Extending Textile Boundaries
Textile Forum South West conference, Somerset Centre for Enterprise (one day)

2005
Shaping the Future of Sustainable Development Education in Cornwall
discussion day, organised by ReZolve Kernow, at Eden Project, Cornwall (one day)

2005
RANE (Research into Art, Nature and Environment) lecture series
University College Falmouth, Cornwall (evenings)

2004
Landscape and Language Day
workshop led by Roselle Angwin and Mary Gillett for Moor Poets, combining words and imagery inspired from moorland amble, Leusdon, Dartmoor, Devon (one day)

2004
Creativity in Teaching and Learning
seminar, Exeter University, Devon (one day)

2003
Batik 2003 - Art in Motion
international batik conference, Gent, Belgium (two days)

2003
The Australian Landscape - Inspiration for Design and Batik
batik masterclass led by Susan McLean, Gent, Belgium (three days)

2001
Community Arts Training
organised by North Cornwall Arts (seven days)

2000
PVA: Online Digital Media
workshop, Bridport, Dorset (two days)

2000
Public Art South West
public art conferences, Bude, Cornwall (one day), Teignmouth, Devon (one day)

1999
Arts and Environmental Interpretation
workshop, BTCV/Tap Routes, Falmouth, Cornwall (two days)

1997
Living Willow Structures
workshop, Holsworthy Adult Education, Holsworthy, Devon (one day)

Work Experience

2006
Batik Guild touring exhibition Batik Transitions: from classic to contemporary and accompanying catalogue-book
proof reader for book and exhibition text

2003
Taking Back the World
joint organiser of this first arts - society - politics event, with music, an art exhibition by eight artists, and talks by ISEC and Simpol-UK, Exeter, Devon

2002
South Penquite Farm - Arts Days for Schools
joint organiser for environmental arts days for schools, Blisland, Cornwall

2001
South Penquite Farm - Go Wild on the Moor!
joint organiser for family environmental arts days, Blisland, Cornwall

2000
A Week of Batik
exhibition organiser, six Cornish and Devon batik artists, Falmouth Arts Centre, Cornwall

1999-2001
Batik Guild
website designer and manager

1998
Cornwall Wildlife Trust Launceston
organiser of pond model competition following pond-dipping day, for primary schools

1996
Founder member of Gwynngala
Launceston area artists group

1994
Tourism Malaysia France
artist in residence (batik), at Tourism Fair, Grenoble, France

1989
Warana Arts Festival
festival worker, Brisbane, Australia (three weeks)

1988
Graphic Design Lecturer
Wellington Polytechnic, New Zealand (one term, cover for lecturer on sabbatical)

1988
Freelance Graphic Designer
Auckland, New Zealand, and Melbourne, Australia

1983-1987
Freelance Graphic Designer
London, England

Education

2004 - 2006
PGCE (16+), Plymouth University at Truro College, Cornwall

1980 - 1983
Diploma Graphic Design, Ealing College of Higher Education, London, England

1979 - 1980
Foundation Course in Art and Design, Wolverhampton Polytechnic, West Midlands, England

Teaching

Adult Workshops and Courses (recent)

2009
Batik - texture and repeat patterns (wire stamps)
Roseland Mews Studio, Cornwall
batik workshop (two days)

2006
Wired Batik
Batik Guild AGM, Westhope College, Shropshire
batik demonstration & workshop for Batik Guild members (two hours)

2006
Line, Texture & Colour
Trebah Gardens, Mawnan Smith, Cornwall
batik workshop (two days)

2006
Batik for Beginners
Cowslip Workshops, Launceston, Cornwall
batik workshops (2 x one day)

2005
Garden of Dreams
Trebah Gardens, Mawnan Smith, Cornwall
batik retreat (four days)

2005
Landscapes - Between the Real and the Abstract
Cowslip Workshops, Launceston, Cornwall
batik workshop (two days)

2004
Inspiration from Nature - Design for Batik
South Penquite Farm, Blisland, Cornwall
batik retreat (four days)

2004
St Thomas Hall, Launceston, Cornwall
batik workshop (three days)

1998-2003
Indian King Arts Centre, Camelford, Cornwall
batik workshops (both one day and two day workshops)

2003
Westcountry Embroiderers (North Devon), Barnstaple, Devon
batik workshop (one day)

2000
Cowslip Workshops, Launceston, Cornwall
batik workshop (two days)

2000
Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford, Staffordshire
batik workshop (half day)

2000
DAISI, at Burton Art Gallery, Bideford, Devon
batik workshop (one day)

Teacher Training and Courses

2007
Sense of Place at the Eden Project, Cornwall
for Cornish KS1 primary teachers
Aboriginal art workshop

2005
Cornwall Education Business Partnership at South Penquite Farm, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
for Cornish secondary art and design teachers, funded by Learning and Skills Council
batik workshop and talk on applied batik (one day)

2001
Faculty of Education, University of West of England, Bristol
visiting lecturer for trainee art teachers
two batik workshops (2 x one day)

2001
Tandem Project at the Indian King Arts Centre, Camelford, Cornwall
for teachers from the South West wishing to explore their own creativity
batik workshop (two days)

Higher Education

2005
Batik, Applied Batik and Creative Attitude
School of Architecture, University of Plymouth
guest lecturer, PgDip Humane Architecture
lecture and workshop (two hours)

1988
School of Visual Communication, Wellington Polytechnic, New Zealand
full-time lecturer in graphic design (replacing lecturer on sabbatical leave)
(one term)

Further Education

2004
Clough Hall Technology School, Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
for AS and GCSE students
batik workshop (one day)

2001
Estover Community College - visiting lecturer
Art Foundation Course
two batik workshops (2 x one day, 2 x half day)

School Workshops and Residencies - secondary (recent)

2005
Callington Community College, Cornwall
Earth Charter themed mail art project
hot wax batik, ages 14-15 (one hour/week for 7 weeks)

2004
Greenfields, Bodmin Community College, Cornwall
for Special Needs Unit
hot wax batik, ages 11-16 (one day)

2002
Bodmin Community College, Bodmin, Cornwall
Aboriginal art - banner making
hot wax batik, ages 11-14 (two days)

2000
Callington Community College, Cornwall
activities week hot wax batik, ages 11-14 (two days)

2000
Estover Community College, Plymouth
activities week hot wax batik, ages 11-14 (one day)

School Workshops and Residencies - primary (recent)

2005
Roche Primary, St Austell, Cornwall
Adinkra cloth and Ghanaian and Cornish symbolism
Global Links project for Restormel Arts
hot wax batik, ages 8-10 (two days)

2005
Kea Primary, Truro, Cornwall
A Sense of Place project - Aboriginal Art banners for 'Voyage of the Mystery' unit
hot wax batik, ages 9-10 (two days)

2004
Blisland Primary, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
A Sense of Place project - saint's banner
hot wax batik, ages 4-11 (one day)

2004
Trekenner Primary School, Launceston, Cornwall
Salmon Life Cycle
hot wax batik and cold wax batik on paper, ages 5-11 (one day)

2004
Whipton Barton Middle School, Exeter, Devon
Fish friezes
hot wax batik on paper, ages 9-11 (one day)

2002
Jacobstow Primary School, Bude, Cornwall
Arts Day for Schools at South Penquite Farm - River Ecology
hot wax batik and mark making from observation, ages 8-11 (one day)

2002
Pensilva Primary School, Liskeard, Cornwall
Arts Day for Schools at South Penquite Farm - River Ecology
hot wax batik and mark making from observation, ages 8-11 (one day)

2002
Pennycross Primary School, Plymouth
living willow structure workshop, ages 4-11 (three days)

2001
Mount Primary School, Falmouth, Cornwall
artist in residence, living willow structure (three days)

2000
Ladock Primary School, Cornwall
living willow structure workshop, ages 8-9 (two days)

Environmental and Community Art (recent)

2005, 2003, 2002
Helford Voluntary Marine Conservation Area, Durgan Beach, Cornwall
family environmental art projects interpreting the river, strandline and rockpool life including beach sculpture and picture making from found materials (half day)

2004
Peace Flags, Falmouth Arts Centre, Falmouth, Cornwall
A drop-in workshop to make Peace Flags in batik, as part of Voicing Dissent, a series of arts events highlighting artists responses to war in Iraq.

2004, 2003
Sterts Arts Centre, Upton Cross, Liskeard, Cornwall
living willow structure for adults, one day

2003
Go Wild on the Moor!, South Penquite Farm, Blisland, Cornwall
'Marsh Fritillaries', batik on paper. The Marsh Fritillary is a rare butterfly the farm is specifically managing land for, hoping it will reintroduce itself, environmental arts day (one day)

2002
Hall for Cornwall, Truro, Cornwall (outreach project at St Keverne, Cornwall)
batik workshops with the St Keverne community, producing hangings and banners representing postcards and holiday snapshots on the theme of tourism in Cornwall, for installation in the Hall's cafe as part of the set of 'Strange Lands', a young person's theatre residency also addressing tourism issues in Cornwall (four days workshop, one day installation)

2002
Go Wild on the Moor!, South Penquite Farm, Blisland, Cornwall
'Green, Purple and Brown Hairstreaks', batik on paper banners of Bodmin Moor's butterflies, environmental arts day for families (one day)

2002
Bodmin Theatre Festival, Bodmin, Cornwall - North Cornwall Arts
banner making inspired by Aboriginal desert art and bark painting, in association with Red Centre Dreaming, Bodmin Community College (one day commissioned, one day voluntary)

2002
Family Art Zone, Indian King Arts Centre, Camelford, Cornwall
batik on paper banners inspired by wild flowers and sea life, ages 5-11 (2 x half days)

2001
Go Wild on the Moor!, South Penquite Farm, Blisland, Cornwall
'Return of the Golden Plover', mark making on cardboard, wildlife and landscape interpretation workshop in conjunction with storyteller Vanda Inman for family arts and environment day (one day)

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