About
Chris Meigh-Andrews
Working with electronic imaging in a fine art context since
1977, Chris Meigh-Andrews' video tapes, installations and
projections have been exhibited in the UK, Europe, North &
South America, Australia and Japan. His work has been featured
in television and radio broadcasts in the UK, the USA, Germany,
Sweden and Estonia.
Born
in Essex, England in 1952, Meigh-Andrews lived in Montreal,
Canada from 1957-75. He studied photography, film & video
at the London College of Printing, has an MA in Fine Art from
Goldsmiths (1981-83), and a Ph.D. from the Royal College of
Art (1996-2001). He is currently Reader in Electronic &
Digital Art in the Faculty of Design & Technology at the
University of Central Lancashire.
Since
1990, Meigh-Andrews has specialised in sculptural and projection
video installations, including commissioned and site-specific
works which have been shown in the UK, Europe and Canada.
Recent work includes Mind's Eye (1997), a 5 screen installation
featuring fMRI scans of the artist's brain, Mothlight (1998),
which features halogen lamps, solar panels and video monitors
in delicate counter-balance, Merging/Emerging (1999) a site-specific
digital installation featuring video projection and a linked
web-site for the Bath International Music Festival.
His
two most recent installations- A Photographic Truth, (2001)
and For William Henry Fox Talbot (The Pencil of Nature) 2002,
were commissioned by the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
In
1994 he was Resident Artist in Electronic Imaging at Oxford
Brookes University, and Artist in Residence at the Saw Contemporary
Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada. In 1995 he was Video Artist
in Residence at Middlesbrough Gallery, Cleveland, and Video
Artist in Residence at the Prema Arts Centre in Gloucestershire
In
2001 He organised and co-curated The Digital Aesthetic, an
exhibition and International conference in collaboration with
the Harris Museum, Preston.