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CURRICULUM VITAE: Pete Clarke
Studied Fine Art: @ Burnley Municipal College, Bristol Polytechnic & Chelsea School of Art.
Current Post: University of Central Lancashire, Preston. Senior Lecturer in Fine Art.
Current Practice:
‘Environs - The City as a Site and Sign of Modernity’
‘The city going to sea’ & ‘numberless islands’.
   
These projects utilize painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, image manipulation and text.
Research Projects:
‘Eight days a week’, artists’ initiatives, reciprocal exchange project, Liverpool with Köln, co organiser and curator 1998+
‘Collaborations’ a European painting project with Georg Gartz, Köln.
‘Ben Patterson and Fluxus’, project coordinator with Liverpool Arts School & Liverpool Community College
   
Websites:
www.eight-days-a-week.de
www.chatting-with-colours.de
   
Solo Exhibitions:
1981 'Prints & Drawings', Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool.
'Social Studies', Pentonville Gallery, London.
1983 'City Observations', Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool.
1984 'Constructed Views', Rochdale Art Gallery.
1985 'Artist in Residence: Kelvin Flats', Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield.
1987 'Streets & Institutions', Scott Gallery, Lancaster University.
1987-88 'Colonial Buildings: The Architecture of Power',
Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston.
1991 'Environs: Structure: Gestures', The Arts Centre, Darlington.
1996 'Letters to Language', Cornerhouse, Manchester.
1997 ‘Capital’, New End Gallery, Hampstead, London.
1998 ‘Paintings and Moments’, University of Liverpool Gallery.
1999 ‘flowers and follies’, C/o Galerie Thomas Zander, Köln, Germany.
‘City of ships and stores’, No 37, University of Central Lancashire, Preston
2002 ‘numberless islands’ Michael West Gallery, Quay Arts, Isle of Wight.
   
Collaborations with Köln Artist Georg Gartz: 1999 ‘Group Show’, V.P.V. Kunstforum, Köln. 2000 ‘Collaborations’,
Galerie Lichthof, Köln & Huyton Gallery, Merseyside.
2001 ‘Die Brücke’, Atelier, Nippes, Köln.
2001 ‘Responses’
Bilderrahmen Werkstatt, Köln
2001 ‘Chatting with colours’
Kunstwerk Kunstschalter E.V., Köln.
2002/3 ‘Collaborators’, exhibition and residency project in Graphic Arts, Liverpool Art School.
2003 ‘Artists in residence’, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
‘Kooperative K’, Hagen, Germany.
   
Works in Major British and German Public and Private Collections:
Liverpool University, Leicester Education Authority, Sheffield City Art Galleries, Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead, National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside and Arts Council of England.
   
Group Exhibitions: 1985/6 'Summer in the City',
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham.
'Human Interest',
Cornerhouse, Manchester.
'Print 86' Printmaker's Council’,
The Barbican Centre, London.
'Connections',
Cornerhouse, Manchester & Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool.
'City Life',
Cornerhouse, Manchester.
'Urban Views',
Turnpike Gallery, Leigh.

1987-9 ‘BBK - Bundesverband Bildender Kunstler’,
Cologne, Germany.
'State of the Nation',
Herbert Gallery, Coventry.
‘Facades: Faces of the City',
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
'Depicting History for Today',
Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield: Leeds City Art Gallery and Rochdale Art Gallery.
'Current Work - A Reputation Amongst Artists',
Selected with Peter de Francia and Sonia Lawson,
Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield.
'Work from the Permanent Collection',
Sheffield City Art Galleries.

1991-2 'A Story to Tell - Narrative in British Art',
Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield.
'A Pool of Signs',
Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool.
'Artists at Work',
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.

1996-8 'Codenames',
3-Month Gallery, Liverpool.
‘Provocative Prints’,
New End Gallery, London.
‘Engagement - Eight Days a Week’,
Lichthof Gallery, Cologne.
‘Glitter’, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool.

2000-2 ‘AnOther Place’ Storey Institute’, Lancaster.
‘Unheimlich’ Die Halle, Wiesbaden
‘nothing but the facts’
Lavatoio Contumaciale, Rome.
Remembering Utopia’, Salerno, Italy.

2003 ‘Site sculpture’, Simonskaul, Germany

   
Commissioned Publications:

‘Constructed Views’,
Rochdale Art Gallery 1984.
‘Working Images’,
Liverpool Artists Workshop 1985.
‘Human Interest’
[Fifty Years of British Art About People]
Norbert Lynton, Cornerhouse Publications 1985.
‘Urban Views’,
Turnpike Gallery 1986.
‘Connections’,
Cornerhouse Publications 1986.
‘State of the Nation’,
Sarah Selwood 1987.
‘Now for the Future’,
Arts Council Acquisitions 1984-1988.
‘Letters to Language’,
Cornerhouse Publications 1996.
‘Paintings and Moments’,
Pam Meecham, University of Liverpool 1998.
‘Eight days a week’, Köln/Liverpool 1998.
‘Eight days a week’,
Liverpool/Köln 2000.
‘Collaborations’,

A project by Pete Clarke & Georg Gartz, 2000
‘Unheimlich’, Static Publications 2001.
‘Unheimlich’, [a-n] For Artists, September 2001
‘teach the children nothing but facts’
Lavatoio Contumaciale, Rome 2001.
‘Liverpool Biennial’,
[a-n] For Artists, September 2002

   
Lectures/Conferences/Workshops:

1987 'Colonial Buildings - the architecture of power',
Harris Museum, Preston.
1988 'Current work-the place of contemporary art’,
Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield.
1989 'Art in Cologne and Liverpool:
The architecture of art in two cities',
Tate Gallery, Liverpool.
1991 'New context - art and collaboration',
Goldsmiths College, London.
1991 'Environs: Structures: Gestures',
Darlington Arts Centre and Newcastle College.
1992 'A Pool of Signs',
Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
1995 'These colours run',
Gallery Discussion with Lesley Sanderson,
Bluecoat, Liverpool 1995.
‘Local exchange/International exchange', Liverpool/Cologne Artists and Critics Forum,
Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool.
1996 'Art and a political agenda',
Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool.
‘Painting Today- Letters to Language’
Cornerhouse, Manchester.
1998 ‘Liverpool’s art scene’,
Lichthof Gallery, VHS Kõln-Sulz, Cologne.
1999 ‘For most of it I have no words’
Open Eye Gallery Liverpool.
2000 ‘Eight days a week’ & public forum,
Liverpool town hall & Huyton Gallery, Merseyside.
‘American abstraction’, Tate Gallery Liverpool.


   
CURRICULUM VITAE: [Education].
   
Qualifications:

1967-69 Burnley Municipal College
Foundation in Art and Design.
1969-72 Bristol Polytechnic
Dip.A.D. 1st Class Hon. Fine Art.
1977-78 Chelsea School of Art
M.A. Fine Art.
1996 University of Central Lancashire
Cert. in Information Technology
   
Current Post: Senior Lecturer in Fine Art,
University of Central Lancashire,
   
Main Teaching Activities: Lecturer in Fine Art Painting / Printmaking.
   
Positions of Responsibility: Admission Tutor for Fine Art.
University Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme /
MODCATS Working Party 1993.
Member University Courses Review and Validation Process.
Quality Assurance Core Aspect Leader in Art and Design -
Curriculum Design, Content and Organization.
Internal Examiner, PhD in Fine Art Practice
Simonetta Moro ‘Tower of Babel’2003
   
External Professional: 1988 CNAA Validation Panel
Liverpool Polytechnic's proposed MA [Public Art].
1987-00 External Adviser in Fine Art,
Southport College of Art & Technology.
1988-92 External Adviser in Fine Art,
Liverpool Community College.
1993 BA (Hon) Fine Art Validation,
Staffordshire University.
1994 Art & Design Access M.O.C.N. Validation,
Liverpool Community College.
1989-02 Open College North West
External Curriculum Adviser and Moderator,
Art, the History & Theory of Art, 'Art Access',
Blackpool and Fylde, Blackburn, Craven, Kendal,
Keighley, Nelson and Colne, Lancaster, Oldham, Preston Colleges of Further Education.
1999 MA Artist/Teacher Validation,
Liverpool John Moores University.
1999-00 External Moderator Assessor M.O.C.N.,
City of Liverpool Community College.
2000- Media & Cultural Studies adviser Routledge Books
2002/3 Bluecoat Development Design Team Artists,
Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool.
   
Previous Appointments and Visiting Lecturer:

2002 Visiting Lecturer MA Fine Art,
Staffordshire University.
1999/00 Visiting Lecturer BA/MA Fine Art,
Sunderland University.
1998 Visiting Lecturer in Fine Art,
Liverpool City and Community College.
1997 Visiting Lecturer MA Fine Art,
University of Central England, Birmingham.
1994 Visiting Lecturer in Fine Art,
Staffordshire University.
1993 Visiting Lecturer in Fine Art,
University of Salford
1993 Visiting Lecturer BA Fine Art,
University of Central England, Birmingham.

1992 - Senior Lecturer in Fine Art,
University of Central Lancashire, Preston.

1991 Visiting Lecturer in Fine Art,
Staffordshire Polytechnic.
1991 Visiting Lecturer Newcastle College
Newcastle upon Tyne.

1990-92 Senior Lecturer in Fine Art
Lancashire Polytechnic, Preston.

1991 Visiting Lecturer, 'New Context',
Goldsmith College, London.

1989-90 Course Leader - Foundation Studies.
Lancashire Polytechnic.

1987 Visiting Lecturer Fine Art,
Lancaster University.
1987 Visiting Lecturer Fine Art,
Sheffield Polytechnic.

1987-9 Associate Lecturer in Fine Art
Lancashire Polytechnic.

1982-7 P/T Lecturer,
Lancashire Polytechnic.

1982-5 P/T Lecturer,
Southport College of Art & Technology.
1982-4 Associate Lecturer 0.5,
Mabel Fletcher Technical College, Liverpool.
1978-82 Printmaking Technician,
Department of Fine Art, Liverpool Polytechnic.
1974-7 P/T Lecturer,
Isle of Wight College of Arts/ Technology.
1974-6 P/T Lecturer,
Albany HM Prison, IOW.
1973 P/T Lecturer,
Burnley Municipal College.