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LOUISE RITCHIE C.V.
CONTACT DETAILS cory177@aol.com
QUALIFICATIONS
1986 - 1990 BA (Hons) Fine Art
1990 - 1991 Post Graduate Diploma: Drawing & Painting
EDUCATION
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, School of Fine Art, Dundee
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
2009 Elected as Vice president of Society of Scottish Artists
2009 Member of the Broughty Ferry Development Trust
2009 Board Member of Exhibiting Societies of Scottish Artists
2000 Scottish Artist Union
1998 Society of Scottish Artists, (Council member from 1998 to 2000, 2008-2009)
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
1998 The Glasgow Art Club Fellowship, RGI, Glasgow
1997 Scottish Arts Club Award, SSA, Edinburgh
1992 Dundee District Council Purchase Award
Nominated for Young Scottish Artist of the Year, Miller Homes, 1990 & 1991
1991 Awarded Miller Homes Scholarship to Cite International Des Arts, Paris
1989 Awarded Scholarship to Hospitalfield School of Art, Arbroath
COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS
The Mirror Group, London
Fife Regional Arts
The Hub Design Consultancy, Glasgow
National Schizophrenic Society, Glasgow
Dundee District Council
Riverside Gallery, Stonehaven
Guy Robertson Advertising, Glasgow
University of Dundee
COMMISSIONS & COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2009 Speaking the Land by Dalziel + Scullion
Commissioned by artists Dalziel +Scullion to work on a set of three specially commissioned short films providing the voice for one of the films and vocal coaching for the other participants. These lens and story based works were commissioned by Dalziel + Scullion as part of the Dumfries and Galloway 'Speaking the Land' event and supported by Scottish Natural Heritage
http://www.publicartscotland.com/events/speaking-the-land
2009 Seaview Primary School, Decorative Art panels, Monifieth
A collaboration with Wide Open Space, pupils, teachers and the architect to design a series of forty decorative perspex panels to be installed as part of the architectural vision for the new Seaview Primary School, Monifieth. The school and Angus Council were very keen to engage the pupils in the design process and therefore I created a portfolio of briefs that I delivered to primary 1-7 pupils and worked with them to produce a range of artworks that would then be incorporated into the final designs.
2009 Seaview Nursery window artworks.
Following the successful installation of the perspex panels Wide Open Space and myself were then invited to produce further designs for the nursery windows in the new building, once again using the children's initial artworks as the catalyst for the designs.
2009 Seaview Enterprise Project, Monifieth.
Working with Wide Open Space and Seaview primary to engage the staff and pupils in an enterprise project that involves the P6 pupils in creating small businesses to make and produce a range of sellable items using the designs produced for the decorative panels as a feature. This includes a Dragon's Den workshop with staff, pupils, Wide Open Space and myself.
2009 International Summer School of Scotland Masterclass St Andrews University
Invited to deliver a drawing masterclass to a group of international students, aged betwen 14 and 18, at the Internationl Summer School of Scotland, St Andrews.
2009 Juteopolis, Vision Building Dundee.
Juteopolis is a collaborative floor sculpture which I created in my capacity as council member of the Society of Scottish Artists. The SSA Annual show was held in the Vision Building, Dundee this year as apposed to the RSA buildings in Edinburgh where it is traditionally held. I wanted to acknowledge the Dundee context and at the same time create an artwork that the SSA membership could contribute to. All SSA members were given a 10cm x 10cm wooden cube on which to make a piece of work using jute as a loose starting point. Once completed, the cubes were placed together in the shape of a lade and exhibited at the Annual Show. The show attracted over 8000 visitors at the private view alone.
2009 Juteopolis at Verdant Works Dundee
Juteopolis has now been accepted into the permanent collection of Dundee Heritage Trust and will be exhibited next year at Verdant Works. There will be an educational programme attached to this exhibition run by myself on behalf of SSA and Verdant works.
2009 Juteopolis Interior StudentProject Duncan of Jordanstone College
Juteopolis was selected as a catalyst for 2nd year Interior & Environmental Design students to design an exhibition based on this theme. I acted as a client alongside Brian Kelly, Education Officer at Verdant Works and was involved in tutorial sessions and the final presentations.
2009 Jute Bag Project For Schools
I initiated the Jute Bag project which was delivered across primary and secondary schools in Dundee and Angus. This was a collaborative project and competition between myself, on behalf of SSA, and Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art. I developed the brief and established sponsorship from The Natural Bag Company, Dundee. The pupils were asked to create a design for their jute bag which was based around the idea of bale marks which were used in the jute trade to identify the origins and quality of the jute. All the bags were judged and several prizes were awarded including the `Peoples Choice award` voted by the public. The Jute bag project was part of the submission from Duncan of Jordanstone to the Educational Events Awards, in relation to this years DOJ Graduates Show and the SSA Annual Exhibition. The submission won `Best Educational Event ` 2009
2005 - 2009 Eastern Primary School, Broughty Ferry.
I have worked on a series of arts projects over the past five years working with the pupils from primary 1, 3 and 6. These have included
P1. CLAYWORKS: using nature as the subject matter which were then assembled into a small mural.
P2. MIXED MEDIA: Photographing the local play park with the children using disposable cameras. The children were asked to focus on pattern and shape and unusual angles. The photos were developed and used as a starting point to create mixed media paintings which explored, colour, texture and pattern in the environment.
P3. COLLAGE: Creating a range of surfaces and paint effects using paint, glue, salt and found objects. These surfaces were then torn and cut into collage material which was then applied to card to make a bigger collage image. The pupils used landscape or portrait as their subject matter.
P6. JUTE BAG PROJECT: Initiating Jute Bag Project and working with pupils through discussion and listing of ideas to help them decide on their bale mark design.
2008 BARNHILL ST MARGARETS PLAYGROUP: Visiting Art specialist.
PERFORMANCE
2007 Dundee Contemporary Arts, performed in `Killing Time`
Performed in a collaborative installation produced by Graeme Eatogh of Suspect Culture and artist Graham Fagen which took place over a period of 2 months.
http://www.suspectculture.com/killingtime.html
2009 Care Commission, Meet Sid
Performed in `Meet Sid', a series of short films made by Wide Open Space in collaboration with Dundee Rep Theatre as part of the new Care Commission Website.
2009 The Lass`O`Gowrie film
Engaged by film maker, Dylan Drummond in short feature film set in Carse of Gowrie.
http://www.sonofthesea.net/index.html
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Visiones en Color, The White Gallery, Barcelona
The Glasgow Art Club, Fellowship Paintings
House for an Art Lover, Glasgow arranged by Jill Gerber Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Scottish Art Club, Edinburgh
House for an Art Lover, Glasgow arranged by Cyril Gerber, Gerber Fine Art, Glasgow
Land Light Vision, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
SELECTED GROUP and ANNUAL EXHIBITIONS (1989 - 2009)
The Affordable Art Fair, London represented by Bridgegate Gallery
The Edinburgh Art Fair, Edinburgh represented by Bridgegate gallery
Society of Scottish Artists, Vision Building, Dundee
Heinzel Gallery, Aberdeen
Hannas Contemporary Art Gallery, Dundee
Fisher Gallery, Pittenweem
The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle
Collyer Bristow, London
RSA Annual Show, RSA Edinburgh
McLean Fine Art, London
Richmond Hill Gallery, London
Air Gallery, London, Award Winners
Summer Selection, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Art in The Square, Glasgow Art Fair
Small Cabinet Paintings, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
The London Contemporary Art Fair, Islington
Society of Scottish Artists, RSA, Edinburgh
Aberdeen Artists Annual Show, Aberdeen Art Gallery
Royal Glasgow Institute, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
A Patch of Their Own, Touring Show, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
SSA Touring Show, Aberdeen Peacock Art Space Gallery
Scottish Contemporary Painters & Printmakers, Beatrice Royal Contemporary Art Gallery, Southampton
Richard DeMarco Foundation, Edinburgh
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee Centenary Exhibition
Centre for Contemporary Arts, Espania Joven , Glasgow
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, The Collectors Eye
McManus Galleries, Dundee 800 Festival
Scottish Artists Group Show, Denmark
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
1992 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee,
visiting lecturer, School of Fine Art, and Design School (1992 / 1999 / 2001)
1996 - 2005 Glasgow Metropolitan College, subject tutor Art and Design department
teaching across all FE levels in art and design
1996 - 2003 Glasgow College of Commerce, subject tutor teaching across all FE levels in art and design
1997 Glasgow School of Art, guest speaker representing professional arts practice
on behalf of the SSA, Society of Scottish Artists