Work in Collections
Ralf M.M. Stultiens Agatha Christie Collection, Nuenen, The Netherlands (1)
Rikhardinkatu Library, Helsinki, Finland (4)
Archive Station, Paris, France (1)
Bibliotheca Alexandria (1)
Tate Britain, London (24)
V&A Museum, London (2)
Yale Center for British Art, USA (10)
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (1)
National University of Australia (1)
New York Public Library, USA (2)
British Library, Modern British Collection (2)
Institute of the Arts, Canberra, Australia (1)
Museum van het boek, The Hague, The Netherlands (4)
Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, USA (4)
All Saints Library, Manchester Metropolitan University (20)
University of Gloucester (2)
Winchester School of Art (12)
Chelsea College of Art and Design, London (2)
London College of Communication (2)
Wexford Artists' Book Collection, Ireland (3)
Norwich School of Art and Design (1)
Artspace Mackay, Queensland, Australia (2)
Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York (5)
Jenner Museum, Berkeley (1)
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York, USA (1)
BALTIC Library and Archive, Gateshead (2)
Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax (1)
Dartington Craft Education Centre, Dartington Hall (1)
British Library Handling Collection (2)
University of Tennessee, USA (1)
Middlesex University (1)
Mobilivre, Canada (1)
University of Tennessee, USA (1)
Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia (8)
University of Connecticut (1)
La Tana, Spazio dal 1999, Italy (1)
Biblioteca Casanatense, Italy (1)
AKI (ArtEz) The Netherlands (1)
F.W. Olin Library, Mills College, USA (1)
The Brotherton Library Special Collections, Leeds (3)
University of Brighton (3)
University for the Creative Arts, Farnham (1)
Limfjordscentret, Doverodde, Denmark (3)
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington (1)
San José State University (1)
Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh (1)
Memorial Library, Wisconsin, USA (1)
University of Washington, Seattle, USA (6)
Virginia Commonwealth University, USA (1)
The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (1)
Caulfield Library, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic (1)
Gund Library, Cleveland Institute of Art (1)
Awards / Residencies
Codex event 8. Artists’ Residency, 2011 Queensland, College of Art in Brisbane, Australia. Codex event 8, initiated by Tim Mosely, was a collaboration between Australian and UK printmakers & papermakers making artists’ books: Sarah Bodman, Monica Oppen, Paul Laidler, Tim Mosely and Tom Sowden. The collaboration was stimulated by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s text on Smooth and Striated space in A Thousand Plateaus, and exhibited at POP Gallery, Brisbane in October 2011.
Artist in Residence at Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia 28th Feb - 16th March 2006. Funded by the Regional Arts Fund, Australia and the Australia Council for the Arts.
One-week artist in residence at Edward Jenner Museum, Berkeley, UK to produce Time Itself, 2002
The Marsh Test artist’s book publishing award, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York, USA November 2002.
Supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andrea Frank Foundation.
Works currently held at:
Centre for the Artists’ Book, Grahame Galleries, Queensland, Australia
Printed Matter, New York, USA
Bookartbookshop, London
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York, USA
Permanent Bookshop and Gallery, Brighton
Tate Modern Bookshop, London
theartmarket & Kunstfreund Gallery bookshop, Leeds
Mrs Dalloway's, Berkeley, CA, USA
Represented in the USA by 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Solo Exhibitions:
2009 Lady Vengeance - Artists’ Books by Sarah Bodman, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA March 6 - 28
Lady Vengeance - Artists’ Books by Sarah Bodman at the Collins Memorial Library, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, USA. 4th May - 1st June
Selected Exhibitions: Refereed/Juried/Curated
2012 X or what is to be done? Red Gallery/bookartbookshop, London 21/02/2012 - 03/03/2012
9th International Book Art Festival, Correspondence 2012-2014, Plocka Galeria Sztuki, Plock, Poland, 08/01/2012 – 29/01/2012, and BWA Galeria Miejska,
Tarnow, Poland 3/03/2012 - 28/03/2012
For the Love of Books, Huyton Gallery, Knowsley, UK, 30/04-2012 - 30/04/2012
Invisible Cities and Hidden Landscapes: A Travelling Exhibition of Books and Book-Related Artworks, curated by Cath Fairgrieve. Oregon College of Art and Craft,
Portland, USA, 01/03/2012 - 01/04/2012
2011 Poetry Beyond Text: Vision, Text & Cognition, curated by Mary Modeen, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland, 12/11/11-18/12/11
Drawing with Fire: laser cutting by book and paper artists, curated by Tom Sowden, Northumbria University School of Design, Newcastle 01/11/11-10/11/11
Life, the universe and everything: artists’ books which question our relationship with nature and the way we live. Impact 7 Multi-disciplinary Printmaking
Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. 27/10/11 - 30/10/11
O Pão Nosso, an exhibition of international artists’ books, curated by Mara Caruso, Universidade Feevale, Projeto Circular, Novo Hamburgo/RS, Brazil, 30/08/11-13/09/11
Up In the Air, Doverodde Book Arts Centre, Doverodde, Denmark 02/06/11-26/06/11
Poetry Beyond Text, Scottish Poetry library, Edinburgh, UK, 14/05/11-15/07/11
cabin:codex (the feral) - The Centre for Artists’ Books Re-launch Project. Centrespace, Visual Research Centre, DJCAD, Dundee, 30 April - 29 May 2011
SMALL, curated by Julie Johnstone, Stanza Poetry Festival, Byre Theatre, St Andrews, 17/03/11-20/03/11
Home from Home, a house exhibition of artists' books, curated by Louise Atkinson, Artist Book Collective, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, UK.11/03/11-18/03/11
Poetry Beyond Text, curated by Mary Modeen. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, UK. 04/03/11-01/04/11
follow-ed (after hokusai) an exhibition of book works inspired by Ed Ruscha, collected and curated by Tom Sowden and Michalis Pichler. The Winchester
Gallery, UK. 02/02/11-10/03/11
A visual journey through the artist’s book, curated by Linda Newington. The Special Collections Gallery, Hartley Library, University of Southampton, UK
02/02/11-25/03/11
Drawing with Fire, pop-up show, curated by Tom Sowden, AKI/ArtEZ, Enschede, The Netherlands 16/01/11-22/01/11
2010 Art Bound - Australian Bookbinders - Artists’ Books, Gallery Red, Glebe, NSW, Australia, 29/05/10-13/06/10
Rigorosamente libri…, curated by Loredana Rea, Fondazione Banca del Monte Siniscalco Ceci, Foggia, Italy, 8-21 May 2010
The Art of the Book: Journals Then and Now, an international travelling exhibition of artist book journals, diaries and letters, Gallery 210, University of Missouri-
St. Louis, USA (11/02/10-08/05/10)
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina Fourth International Biennale for the Artist’s Book, The Library of Alexandria, Alexandria 21526, Egypt, 22nd April -14th May 2010
The Secret Library of Solihull, Solihull Arts Complex, 8 March - 8 May 2010
El Pan Nuestro De Cada Día - Exposición Internacional de Libros de Artista Colectivos. Brasil-Italia-Inglaterra-España, Escuela de Arte de Sevilla, Calle Juan
de Padilla 10, Seville, Spain. Organised by Jim Lorena, 9th April - 7th May 2010
Re-Shelving Initiative Four, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, February 19 - March 28
To Have & To Hold 2, FPBA show, Chapel Row Gallery, Bath, February 13 - March 2
2009 Labyrint 09 - Writings and Observations, Botkyrka konsthall, Sweden, curated by Joanna Sandell and Pia Sandström, November 7 2009 - 13 March 2010
CLOSURE, curated by weloveyourbooks, The University of Northampton, 8th October - 19th November
Å reise (to travel) Galleri VOX, Bergen, Norway, 1st - 25th October 2009
Place Identity Memory, Stranraer Museum, Dumfries and Galloway, 26th Sept - 31st October.
INKUBATOR II curated by David Faithfull, Durham Art Gallery and DLI Museum, 12.09.09 - 18.10.09
5th Annual Southern Cross University Acquisitive Artists’ Book Award Hosted by Barratt Galleries, Alstonville, NSW, Australia, 15th August - 24th September
CLOSURE, curated by weloveyourbooks, Artworks-MK, UK, 15th August - 19th September
O Pão nosso - Livros de Artista / Our daily bread Artists’ Books, Sala da Fonte, Paço Municipa, Brazil, curated by Mara Caruso (02/07/09 - 08/08/09)
IRIS Books by Artists: Place, Identity and Memory exhibition, 23 May - 28 June, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, and touring: Dumfries and Galloway,
Stranraer Museum in Sept-October.
Small, Smaller, Smallest, curated by Andrew Eason, Bristol Reference Library, College Green, Bristol, Thursday 2nd - Sunday 5th April
2008 B**K @londonprintstudio, 11th July - 27th September
Sitting Room at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, June - July
Sitting Room, curated by Lucy May Schofield and Tom Sowden, the K Gallery
Another Room Book Arts Bookstore, Rhythmix Cultural Works, Alameda CA, USA March 7 - April 27, 2008
rich and strange, curated by Celia Jackson. Hereford College of Arts, Hereford, 17th Jan -22nd February
Off the Page: an exhibition of Artists’ Books, The Greenhouse, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, 30th November 2007 - Thursday 31st January 2008
2007 Sitting Room, curated by Lucy May Schofield and Tom Sowden, The Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge School of Art, 13th December 2007 - 2nd January 2008
Beneath the Tarmac; the Grass, Bromley House Library, Nottingham, 12th - 16th November.
Sitting Room, curated by Lucy May Schofield and Tom Sowden, AKI Academy of Arts, Enschede, The Netherlands, 10th October -10th November.
rich and strange: an exhibition of altered books, curated by Celia Jackson. Flock Gallery, School of Art, Media and Design, University of Wales, Newport,
5th - Thursday 18th October.
artistbookarts Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, 29th September - 27th October, curated by Su Billington
Sitting Room, curated by Lucy May Schofield and Tom Sowden, The Winchester Gallery, Winchester School of Art, 6th July - 2nd August 2007
From Matisse to the XXI century, curated by Frédéric Vincent, The Museum of Art and History, Taipei, Taiwan, 1st June - 8th July 2007
Arcadia id est, The Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of Design, USA, 31st May - 3rd July 2007,
Feb 1- Feb 22, 2007 School of The Art Institute, Chicago. USA,
19th March -13th May, Washington University Libraries, St. Louis, USA
Inkubator, curated by David Faithfull , Edinburgh Printmakers, 17 March – 5 May
Special Collections, curated by John McDowall and Chris Taylor, University Gallery Leeds, 12 February-16 March.
To Have and To Hold, fine press books at Chapel Row Gallery, Bath, 3rd - 20th March
Sitting Room, curated by Tom Sowden and Lucy May Schofield, Permanent Gallery, Brighton, 31st January - 18th February, catalogue, 44pp, ISBN 1 900756 34 X
Bibliomaia, curated by Michael Howard, Holden Gallery, MMU, Manchester, 11-28 Jan. 17-18 November 2006
2006 Artists’ Books / Libros de Artista: Sarah Bodman and Heidy Hollemweguer Campos Centro Cultural Ricardo Palma, Miraflores, Lima, Peru,
6th Sept to 1st October (2 person show)
Books06 10 + beyond, Noosa Regional gallery, Tewantan, Australia, 22nd September -22nd October
Arcadia id est Rikhardinkatu Library, Helsinki, Finland, 7th July - 31st August
BookBlast - artists’ books exhibition, curated by Arja Roivainen, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland, 10th June - 24th September
Fuori Luogo/Out of Place - 7th International Exhibition of Artist's Books, Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome, Italy, 1st - 10th June
Sitting Room: an exhibition of artist’s books curated by Lucy May Schofield and Tom Sowden, Manchester Craft & Design Centre, 20th May -15th July
Photography & the Artists' Book: A Survey of Approaches from the U.S. and Abroad curated by Barb Tetenbaum, The Light Factory, Charlotte NC, USA,
5th May - 29th June
artistbookarts 2006 Main Gallery, Pittville Studios, University of Gloucestershire, 3rd - 13th May
The Invisible Reading Room, Next Wave Containers Project, 15th March – 2nd April, Melbourne, Australia
2005 Arcadia id est Moufflon Bookshop, Nicosia, Cyprus 1st– 26th October
The Art of the Book; Collaboration University of Missouri, Gallery FAB, USA 19th September – 19th November
Books 05; Image as text as image Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland, Australia, 9th Sep-16th Oct
Paper Chase Nature in Art Museum, Glos 12th July – 14th August
LAND2: Beyond Landscape? Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, 26th June – 23rd July
Country Life Winchester School of Art, Winchester and touring
30 Years of Innovation: A Survey of Exhibition History at the Center for Book Arts, 1974-2004, Center for Book Arts, New York, April 15 - July 1
Hibrida II Yorkshire Craft Centre and Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford
Arcadia id est Centre for the Artist’s Book, Grahame Galleries and Editions, Milton, Brisbane Australia 11 June – 9 July
2004 Books 04: Nature Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland, Australia
Artists’ Books KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad, Denmark, works by American and European artists. Curated by Thorsten Dennerline
Ocean Flowers: Impressions from Nature in the Victorian Era Yale Center for British Art, Connecticut, USA (5 works) catalogue 26pp
New Directions in Print Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc, Hungary
Artists’ Books 2: a selection of 50 new and recent acquisitions Winchester School of Art Gallery
The Reading Room Sherborne House, Dorset, Catalogue 24pp
Beyond the Page: 3-D and the Artists’ Book Kentler International Drawing Center, Red Hook, Brooklyn and Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza,
Brooklyn, USA, Catalogue 12 pp November 20 - December 28, 2003
Selected non-refereed Group Exhibitions and Events
2011 Artists’ Books and Independent Publishing Fair, New Art Gallery, Walsall, 26/11/11
10th Small Publishers Fair, Conway Hall, London 11/11/11-12/11/11
Sixth Manchester Artist’s Book Fair, Holden Gallery, Manchester, 22/10/11
BABE - Bristol Artists Book Event 2011, Arnolfini, Bristol 30 April - 1 May
2010 Small Publishers Fair, Conway Hall, London 12-13 November
Fifth Manchester Artist’s Book Fair, Holden Gallery, Manchester Met. University, 6th November
Doverodde Book Arts Festival, Denmark, 14-16 May, 2010
13th International Artist’s Book Fair, University of Leeds, 12 - 13 March 2010
2009 Small Publishers Fair, Conway Hall, London 13-14 November
Third Manchester Artist’s Book Fair, Holden Gallery, Manchester Met. University, 7th November
ABC at Spike Artist’s Book and Zine Fair, 31st October
BABE, the 2nd Bristol Artist’s Book Event, Arnolfini 4-5 April
Book Arts Fayre, Ffotogallery, Penarth, 28th March
12th International Contemporary Artists' Book Fair, University of Leeds, UK, 5 & 6 March
BuchDruckKunst, 6th Norddeutsche Handpressenmesse, Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg, 16th - 18th January
2008 Identity Books and Multiples, The library, AKI, ArtEz, Enschede, The Netherlands, 17th May - 19th June 2008
Glasgow International Artists’ Bookfair, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 25th - 26th April
scissorspaperstone, londonprintstudio, Harrow Road, London, 12th April
11th International Contemporary Artist’s Book Fair, University of Leeds, UK, 7 & 8 March 2008
2007 LAB London artist’s book fair, ICA, London 23-55 November
The Second Manchester Artist’s Book Fair, Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University, 29th Sept
Regenerator, altered books exhibition, Off-Centre Gallery, Bristol, 25th April -11th `May
BABE, the first Bristol Artist’s Book Event, Arnolfini 21-22 April
Flora and fauna: a selection of plant, flower and animal inspired artists’ books from The Centre for Fine Print Research. Broekhuis Boekhandel and
AKI Library, Enschede, The Netherlands, 25th November 2006 – 24th January 2007
2006 The First Manchester Artist’s Book Fair, Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University, 30th Sept
Cover to Cover Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham, 26th April - 13th May
Halifax Contemporary Artist's Book Fair, Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax 15th March
Bookmarks I, II, III: bookmarks and artists’ books, Stewart Center Gallery, Purdue University, USA, March 6 - April 23
PTO: artists’ books Neo Gallery, Cumbria, 20th-31st January
2005 London Artist’s Book fair, ICA, London 27-29 November
Books in Boxes Broekhuis Boekhandel, Enschede, The Netherlands 13 June – 11 July
2nd International Artist’s Book Fair Seoul, Rep. of Korea 3-8 June
Bibliograph The 100-Sided Die, Montreal, Canada, 23 June
International Book Exchange University of Tennessee, USA
8th Contemporary Artist’s Book Fair, Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax
2004 London Artist’s Book fair, ICA, London 26-28 November
Pyramid Atlantic 8th Bi-annual Artist’s Book fair and Conference, NOAA, Washington, USA 19-21 November
Small Publishers Fair Conway Hall, London, October
Syn Westonbirt Arboretum, Wiltshire, October
7th Contemporary Artist’s Book Fair, Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax
2003 London Artist’s Book Fair, ICA, London November
Oxford Fine Press Book Fair, Oxford Brookes
17th Mainzer Minipressen-Messe, Mainz Germany
The History Book That Never Was Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, USA
Inside Cover San Francisco Center for the Book, USA
Trans-Atlantic Book Trafficking University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Gallery, USA, March 2003
Videos
TOAST: A Night on Weevil Lake, Saturday 5th March 2011
An event hosted on World Book Night, Saturday 5th March 2011, in tribute to Douglas Coupland's novel The Gum Thief, an evening of nothing being cooked, Chinese food having to be ordered in and eaten off of paper plates from Staples stationers. Contributors UK and USA: Helen Allsebrook, Christine Baeumler, Sarah Bodman, Angie Butler, Simon Butler, Nancy Campbell, Lilla Duignan, Jenny Gal Or, Paul Laidler, Natalie McGrorty, Kris Merola, Abbie Mills, Joe Mills, Tate Shaw, Simon Smith, Tom Sowden, EF Stevens.
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No Dutch Details, Tom Sowden and Sarah Bodman, January 2011
Produced on an intercity train from Amsterdam Schiphol to Enschede, The Netherlands between 19.47 and 20.00 on Sunday 16th January 2011. The film recreates the zoom-in image format of Ruscha’s Dutch Details, as a chronological tribute to of all his books published between 1963 and 1978, but using only props found or created in miniature that could be photographed on the train.
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A Place of Interest, Angie Butler, Sarah Bodman, Paul Laidler, Natalie McGrorty, Simon Smith and Tom Sowden, May 2010.
For Doverodde Book Arts Festival - a film of the journey from Bristol to Doverodde, and the making of the artist’s book A Place of Interest.
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Ø - Cherry Blossom Island Tree, Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden, May 2009
For the Doverodde Book Arts Festival. A cherry tree on a small island, dreams of all the other islands it might meet as it travels across the sea leaving a trail of island blossom in its wake. http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/cherry1.htm
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Publications:
Books authored
Bodman, Sarah Artists’ Books Creative Production and Marketing, Impact Press UWE Bristol, 3nd edition May 2010, ISBN 978-1-906501-05-1
Bodman, Sarah Creating Artists’ Books Second edition published December 2007, ISBN 978-0-7136-6509-3
Bodman, Sarah Artists’ Books Creative Production and Marketing, Second, updated edition, Impact Press UWE Bristol, August 2007, ISBN 978-0-9547025-7-1
Bodman, Sarah Creating Artists’ Books A & C Black Publishers, July 2005, ISBN 0 7136 6509 2 and Creating Artists’ Books Watson-Guptill, New York, Sept. 2005, ISBN 0 8230 1012 0
Bodman, Sarah Artists’ Books Creative Production and Marketing, Impact Press UWE Bristol July 2005, ISBN 0954702514
Books co-authored /co-edited
Bodman, Sarah and Sowden, Tom A Manifesto for the Book, February 2010, ISBN 978-1-906501-04-4, 187pp
Books edited
Bodman, Sarah (Editor) Artist’s Book Yearbook 2012-13, Impact Press, UWE Bristol, Sept 2011, ISBN 978-1-906501-06-8, 254 pp
Bodman, Sarah (Editor) Artist’s Book Yearbook 2010-11, Impact Press, UWE Bristol, Sept 2009, ISBN 978-1-906501-02-0, 258 pp
Bodman, Sarah (Editor) Artist’s Book Yearbook 2008-09, Impact Press, UWE Bristol, Sept 2007, (ISBN 10) 0-9547025-6-5 (ISBN 13) 978-0-9547025-6-4, 208 pp
Bodman, Sarah (Editor) Artist’s Book Yearbook 2006-07, Impact Press, UWE Bristol, 2005, ISBN 0 9543810 9 2, 184 pp
Bodman, Sarah (Editor) Artist’s Book Yearbook 2003-05, Impact Press, UWE Bristol, 2003, ISBN 0 9536076 9 0, 216 pp
Bodman, Sarah (Editor) Artist’s Book Yearbook 2001-02, Impact Press, UWE Bristol, 2001, ISBN 0 9536076 7 4, 126 pp
Exhibition Catalogues edited
Bodman, Sarah (Editor/ curator) Arcadia id Est: Artists’ Books Nature and the Landscape, Impact Press, UWE Bristol, 2005, ISBN 0 9543810 5 X, 24 pp
Bodman, Sarah (Editor/ curator) A Tale of Two Cities: Artists’ Books from Bristol and New York, Impact Press, 2001, ISBN 0 9536076 66, 64 pp
Bodman, Sarah (Editor / curator) Books by Artists Impact Press, September 1999 ISBN 0 9536076 07, 64 pp
Journals edited
Bodman, Sarah (editor) the Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press, May 2002 onwards ISSN 1754-9086
Bodman, Sarah (editor) the Blue Notebook: journal for artists’ books, Impact Press, October 2006 onwards ISSN 1751-1712 (print) ISSN 1751-1720 (online)
Journal Columns
Artists’ Books column for Printmaking Today from Vol 17 No3 Autumn 2008
regular artists’ books news column for ARLIS UK and Ireland news-sheet from March 2006 onwards, ISSN 0308-809X
Essays / Journal Articles / Published interviews
Artists’ Books in Australia, Journal of Artists’ Books, JAB 31, USA, Spring 2012, pp16-23
Sound and Vision: Chromatic Fields, and artist’s book collaboration by Duncan Bullen and Jamie Croft, Printmaking Today Vol 21 No 1, Spring 2012, p33
Correspondence, 9th International Artists’ Books Festival, Poland, Printmaking Today Vol 20 No 4, Winter 2011, p15
The Cutting Edge of Artist’s Books. Interviewed by Michael Shirrefs, Feature Producer of ABC Radio Australia’s ‘Artworks’ programme, at the State Library of
Victoria in Melbourne. Broadcast 11/12/11. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/artworks/the-cutting-edge-of-artists27-books/3720440
Fully Booked: an advance stock check of a cornucopia of artist’s book fairs from Manchester to Moscow, Printmaking Today Vol 20 No 3, Autumn 2011, p13
Just Add Water: the artists’ books collection at the Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE Bristol, UK, Central Booking Magazine, Central Booking, New York,
September 2011, pp 8-9
This One’s from the Heart. Introductory catalogue preface for the exhibition The Silent Scream: political and social comment in books by artists, Monash University
Library, Melbourne, Australia, 28/09/11- 25/11/11, published by Ant Press, Australia, ISBN 978-0-9871606-0-7, pp 8-9
Future Fantasteek! Jackie Batey’s artist’s zine series Printmaking Today Vol 20 No 2, Summer 2011, p15
From Fluxus to iPad: A very short history of artists' books, Cassone The International Online Magazine of Art and Art Books, July 2011 issue (www.cassone-art.com)
Station to Station: Follow-Ed, Printmaking Today Vol 20 No 1, Spring 2011, p 17
The al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition: making a stand through print, IMPRINT, March 2011, Vol 46 No1. Published by the Print Council of Australia, pp 26-27
A Bridge to Baghdad, Printmaking Today Vol 19 No 4, Winter 2010, p 17
Artists' Books and the Book Arts, Insight 2, Ace Foundation Newsletter, December 2010, www.acefoundation.org.uk/newsletter/2010-11/
A multi-coloured life: the artists’ books of Klaus von Mirbach, Printmaking Today Vol 19 No 3, Autumn 2010, p 17
Invited curator for Cahiers Intempestifs #26 "Made in Britain", ISBN: 978-2-911698-60-6, 23 x 28.5 cm, published November 2010, by Gutenberg Networks, France
in a limited edition of 1000, 56 pages.
Invited curator for Cahiers Intempestifs #25 "Made in Britain", ISBN: 978-2-911698-58-3, 23 x 28.5 cm, published June 2010 by Gutenberg Networks, France
in a limited edition of 1000, 56 pages.
Flowers in Hotel Rooms, in The Art of the Book: Journals Then and Now, Editor: Marian Amies, Dept of Art and Art History, University of Missouri, USA, March 2010.
Library of Congress Number: 2010900206, pp 46-47
Adventures on Paper from Mexico to Manchester, Sarah Bodman & Tom Sowden, The Art of the Book: Journals Then and Now, Editor: Marian Amies,
Dept of Art and Art History, University of Missouri, USA, March 2010. Library of Congress Number: 2010900206, pp 8-9
Of God and Small Things: artists’ books by Karen Hanmer, Printmaking Today Vol 19 No 2, Summer 2010, p34
Northern Lights - A focus on Scandinavian Artists’ Books, Printmaking Today Vol 19 No 1, Spring 2010, p34
When is a Book not a Book? Bristol Review of Books, Issue 13, Spring 2010, pp8-10
Dmitry Sayenko, interviewed by Sarah Bodman, Artist's Book Yearbook 2010-2011, pp 16 - 25, September 2009, ISBN 978-1-906501-02-0
Confounded Structure - Tina Hill’s Excavating Babel, Printmaking Today Vol 18 No 4, Winter 2009, p31
Primal Force, the artists’ books of Dmitry Sayenko Printmaking Today Vol 18, No 3, Autumn 2009, p10
Primeval Materials, introductory essay for Artist Books by Dmitry Sayenko, published by Dmitry Sayenko, Nikodim Publishers, St. Petersburg, 2009
Made to Measure Online, artists’ books and the Internet, Printmaking Today, Vol 18, No 2, Summer 2009, p12
Les activités du Centre for Fine Print Research de Bristol, (translation by Anne Béchard-Leauté) So Multiples Revue française sur les éditions d'artistes contemporains,
N° 3, June 2009, ISSN 1961-9618, pp 1-12, www.so-multiples.com/revue/numeroc.php
Codex Event 6, Printmaking Today, Vol 18, No 1, Spring 2009, p12
Freedom to Publish, Printmaking Today, Vol 17, No 4, Winter 2008, p14
Multiple openings, Printmaking Today, Vol 17, No 3, Autumn 2008, p14
The secret authors: books by artists, catalogue essay commissioned for artistsbooksonline to accompany “For the Love of Making Books” touring exhibition
(Sept 07 - June 08) launched at Wrexham Arts Centre, 2007.
Interview for V&A Museum on my book art practice (launched online 05/06/07).www.vam.ac.uk/collections/prints_books/artists_books/book_artists/bodman/index.html
Artists’ Books - BABE, PROOF, Spring 2007, p.9
Book Arts at the Centre for Fine Print Research in Bristol, Art Libraries Journal: Artists’ books issue, Volume 32, No. 2 2007, pp 15-20
Love at First Sight: How to build a collection of artists’ books without noticing, commissioned catalogue essay for Permanent Gallery & Bookshop exhibition, Brighton, Dec. 2006
Focus on Artists Books 3, The Art Book, August 2006, Vol 13, issue 3, pp 64-65, ISSN 1368 6267
Librarians' Books, The Bonefolder, Volume 2 No. 2, Spring 2006, pp 14-18, (online) ISSN 1555-6565 www.philobiblon.com/bonefolder/vol2no2contents.htm
This is Arcadia: curating and managing a touring exhibition of artists' books, Printmaking Today, Volume15 No. 1, Spring 2006, pp 26-27, ISSN 0960 9253
Artists’ Books in Australia, Umbrella online journal, USA, Volume 29, No. 1, March 2006, ISSN 0610-0699
Artists' Books News regular column for ARLIS news-sheet, March 2006 onwards, ISSN 0308-809X
Book Arts at The School of Art, Media and Design, UWE Bristol Artists’ Books Reviews, Vol 2, No.18, Winter 2005, USA
An Accidental Collection, in The Art of the Book: Collaboration, Ed Marian Amies, University of Missouri, USA, September 2005
In Pursuit of the Arcadian Dream, Catalogue essay for Arcadia id Est, March 2005, ISBN 0 9543810 5 X
Bookmarks: Infiltrating the library system, The Art Book, February 2005, Vol 12, issue 1, pp 54-55 ISSN 1368 6267
Book Arts at The Centre for Fine Print Research Forum Book Art 2003-2004 (Ed Heinz Stefan Bartkowiak) Hamburg, Germany 2004, pp- 53-56, ISBN 3 935462 03 04
Catalogue essay The Reading Room Sherborne House, Dorset, April 2004
The History Book That Never Was The Art Book, September 2003, Vol. 10 Issue 4, pp 57-58, ISSN 1368 6267
The Battle of the Books:TNWK Series, Artist’s Book Yearbook 2003-5, September 2003, pp 27–34, ISBN 0 9536076 9 0
Multiplicity: a review of recent artists’ books and multiples Artists Newsletter, April 2003, pp 24-27, ISSN 0261-3425 (invited article)
You can see the whole world from here… If Pressed, Sherborne House, Dorset, March 2002
Bookhad: support for nationwide research in book history and design, Artists' Book Yearbook 2001-2, September 2001, Impact Press ISBN 0 9536076 7 4
Reading the Future: Artists’ Books, catalogue essay for In-Print, (Ed Rowland Box) Quay Arts & Ferens Gallery, June 2001, pp 15-17, ISBN 0 904490 25 4
The Impact of Books on Contemporary Fine Art Printmaking, Panel Review, Impact Conference Proceedings (Ed.Parraman /Brewer)
April 2001, Impact Press, pp 133-7, ISBN 09536076 15
A Cabinet of Curiosities: Bristol Art Library Drawing Fire, Vol. 2, No. 5, June 2000, pp 27–30
Books by Artists: a survey The Art Book, Volume 7, Issue 2, March 2000, pp 25- 26, ISSN 1368 6267
Books Byte: Books by artists (and their computers) Artists Newsletter, January 2000, pp 14-15, ISSN 0261-3425
Reviews and inclusions in Publications
Masters Book Arts: major works by leading artists, curated by Eileen Wallace, Lark Books, New York, April 2011, pp 208-215 ISBN 978-1600594977
Sarah Bodman et Tom Sowden, A Manifesto for the Book, Bristol, Impact Press, 2010. Review by Anne Béchard-Leauté. SO MULTIPLES - Revue française sur les éditions d'artistes contemporains. No 5 Novembre 2010, www.so-multiples.com, ISSN 1961-9618, pp 1-5
10!lat ha!art: Ha1wangarda Krakowska Od Peipera do Fajfera, Ha!art No 30, Krakow, 2010, p16
David Paton: The book arts as a community of practice: some thoughts on the research project A Manifesto for the Book, what will be the canon for the artists’ book in the 21st century?
A paper delivered at the two-day international conference On Making: Integrating Approaches to Practice-led Research in Art and Design, 15-16th October 2009,
convened by the Research Centre, Visual Identities in Art and Design, University of Johannesburg. www.theartistsbook.org.za/view.asp?pg=research
Artists’ Books: Visual Studies Workshop Press 1971 - 2008, edited by Joan Lyons, 2009, VSW Press, Rochester, New York, USA, ISBN 978-0-89822-126-8, pp 27, 165
The Art of the Book, Nancy Campbell meets three key practitioners, Nancy Campbell, Mslexia, Issue 41 Apr/May/Jun 2009, ISSN 1473-9399, pp8-11
The Ministry of Books: Creation and Use of an Online Visual Database for Artists’ Books, Maureen O’Neill, The International Journal of the Book, Volume 6, Number 2, ISSN 1447-9516, pp 34, 35,37, 46, 47
The Hybrid Lexicon: an overview of contemporary artists’ publishing in the UK and Ireland, using traditional and emerging technologies to create finely produced artists’ books in book, art, object Editor: David Jury, The Codex Foundation, USA, 2008, ISBN: 978 0 9817914 0 1, pp 35-55
Women and Books: Contemporary book artists share their thoughts, Muriel Prince, The Bonefolder, USA, Volume 4, Number 2, Spring 2008, p4
Written Landscapes - Arcadia id Est, Elisabeth Long, Afterimage, USA Vol. 34 No 6 May/June 2007, pp 26-27
Codex Opens to Success, Tara Bryan, Amphora, No. 146 June 2007, The Alcuin Society Journal, pp2-8 (p3)
Artists’ books: A Cataloguers’ Manual (compiled by Maria White, Patrick Perratt and Liz Lawes for the ARLIS/UK & Ireland Cataloguing and Classification Committee,
2006, ISBN 0-9552445-0-1, pp vii, 62-63, 88-93
Sarah Bodman : Of A Mischievous Nature, Imprint; The Quarterly Journal of The Print Council Australia, Volume 41 No.3, September 2006, pp14-15, ISSN 0313-3907
Creating Artists' Books, Printmaking Today, Volume 15 No. 1, Spring 2006, p30, ISSN 0960 9253
Umbrella Journal, Volume 28, No. 4, December 2005,, p88, editor's reviews of The Artists' Book Yearbook 2006-2007, and Creating Artists' Books. ISSN 0610-0699
The Reading Room (Time Itself) Crafts Magazine, July/August 2004, pp 53-54, ISSN 0306 610X
Book Arts, Making Books Myung Sook Lee, 2004, Communication Design, Seoul, Korea, pp 184 & 200, ISBN 89 90551 15 3 13600
Artist’s Book Yearbook 2003-2005 Printmaking Today, Winter 2003, Vol. 12 No 4, p31, ISSN 0960 9253
GM Future Umbrella, April 2002, Volume 25 No. 1, USA, p 64, ISSN 0160 0699
Artist’s Book Yearbook 2001-2002 The Art Book, March 2002, Vol. 9, Issue 2, p 60, ISSN 1368 6267
A Tale of Two Cities USA: Art Review, Dec/Jan 2002, p 90, ISSN 0004 4091
A Tale of Two Cities UK: Printmaking Today, Autumn 2001 p 21, ISSN 0960 9253
Conference and Symposia Contributions / Papers
Artists’ books and small press editions, embracing the future of the book in the age of mass publication, international conference Small Press Atlas, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, 23rd March 2012
Imaginary Shadows: fictional documentary photography in artists’ books. Photography and the Artist’s Book Symposium, Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections, Friday October 21st 2011
A Manifesto for the Book - artist's book - artist's publication - book art? Joint paper with Tom Sowden at Impact 7 Multi-disciplinary Printmaking Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Wednesday 28 September 2011
Paper: Life, the universe and everything: the artist's book as a means of theoretical, political and social consideration of the natural world, Impact 7 Multi-disciplinary Printmaking Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Tuesday 27 September 2011.
Chair of Panel: Printmedia and the Artist’s Book, Tuesday 27 September 2011, Session 1, 1.30-3.00pm. Impact 7 Multi-disciplinary Printmaking Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Chair of Panel: Printmedia and the Artist’s Book, Tuesday 27 September 2011, Session 2, 3.30-5.00pm. Impact 7 Multi-disciplinary Printmaking Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Artists and librarians: making art in and out of books. The Artist in the Library, a symposium hosted by Library & Learning Services, University of East London, Docklands Campus, 3 June, 2011
Collaboration in Artists' Books for With a little help from our friends: Collaboration and art libraries, Westminster Reference Library, London, An ARLIS Education & Professional Development day, 10th December 2010
Chair of Panel: Artists' Books: International Views, Panel 11 at Impact Multi-disciplinary Printmaking Conference, University of the West of England, 16-19 September 2009. A panel of papers on contemporary artists’ books practice from an international perspective. Speakers: Rosa Tarruella, Julie Barratt, Maria Lucia Cattani and Tom Sowden.
Co-host with Tom Sowden - Conference: Traditional and emerging formats of artists’ books: Where do we go from here? (09/07/09-10/07/09) A two-day conference, held at the School of Creative Arts, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, Thursday 9th and Friday 10th July 2009
Artists’ Books Seminar 2: Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden reported back on the project’s findings to date with Artists’ books reports from Poland, Germany and the USA. Morning Sessions. University of the West of England, Bower Ashton Campus, Bristol, Friday 20th March 2009
The Future of Publishing, 10th Biennial Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair, Cafritz Art Center, Montgomery College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, MD, USA, November 8th, 2008
The quiet democracy of the contemporary artist’s book (or why do artists make books?) Books That Fly Conference, University of Brighton, 5th July 2008
Artists’ Books Seminar 1 - How are artists using and investigating new media for publishing? Where are we going with this? Where will the books end up? UWE, Bristol for CFPR AHRC project, Thursday 8th May 2008
The artist’s book market, and the relationship between the artist and purchaser, Beyond the Book, Symposium, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 18 April 2008
Exploring Arcadia: the impossible landscape, presentation via DVD for Interaction/Books 07, Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, Australia, 2nd Sept 2007
Artists’ publishing - ideas: methods and collaboration, Artists’ Talks on Artists’ Books, Symposium, Winchester School of Art, 13th July 2007
Page on Page - British Artists’ Books, for Arlis UK and EIRE Annual Conference, 6th July 2007, Cheltenham University.
Arcadia id Est, panel discussion at Washington University, USA, April 5th, 2007.
The hybrid lexicon: an overview of contemporary artists' publishing in the UK, utilising traditional and emerging technologies to create finely produced artists' books. CODEX Symposium: The Fate of the Art, The Hand Printed Book in the 21st Century. 13th -15th February 2007, University of California, Berkeley, USA. www.codexfoundation.org
Artists' Books Are Accepted by Art Institutions Interaction 2006: a seminar exploring the artist's book, Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantan, Australia, 22nd September 2006 (invited international speaker for debate)
Artists' Books at the Centre for Fine Print Research, UK. Focus on Artists’ Books 3 Conference, Artspace Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 24th-26th Feb 2006 (invited international speaker, funded by the Regional Arts Fund, Australia and the Australia Council for the Arts)
Meet the Artists, Focus on Artists’ Books 3 Conference, Artspace Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 24th-26th Feb 2006 (invited international artist, funded by the Regional Arts Fund, Australia and the Australia Council for the Arts)
Bookmarks: Infiltrating Kontakt, Impact Kontakt Conference, Universität der Künste, Berlin and Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, Poznan, 5th-10th September 2005
Arcadia id Est: Artists’ Books Nature and the Landscape, Arcadia symposium, UWE Bristol, 15th April 2005
Et In Arcadia Ego: Innocence and Guilt when Nature is considered as the Weapon, Landscape and Nature (LAN 2D) Conference, Dean Clough Galleries, Nov 6th 2004
The History Book That Never Was at Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, USA, for the Southern Graphics Council Printmaking Conference Making Histories: Revolution and Representation April 2003
Curator of Books by Artists exhibition of 111 British artists for Impact Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking Conference, UWE, Bristol, 22-25 September, 1999
External Lectures and Workshops
Artists’ Books, Research Methodologies lunchtime lecture, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia, 4th October 2011
Books of all stripes: artists' publishing in the 21st century. Public Lecture, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, Monday 26th September 2011
Any street, anywhere, The John Rylands Library, Manchester, UK. As the British representative of the Al-Mutanabbi Coalition, a talk about the project and the impact of the worldwide response to the attack. Thursday 19th May 2011
Laser-cutting and book workshops with staff, students and artists at the AKI/ArtEZ Academy of Art in Enschede, The Netherlands.16/01/11-22/01/11
Artists' books, nature, landscape? A themed talk of Collections and Observations of nature, Textscapes, Journeys through landscape, Working in the landscape, The politics of landscape, Altered books and nature, and A darker (then lighter) side of nature. Doverodde Book Arts Festival, Sat 15th May 2010
Artists’ Books Around the World in the 21st Century Doverodde Book-arts Festival Doverodde, Denmark, Friday 8th May 2009
21st Century Artists’ Books, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Friday 27th February 2009
Contemporary Artists’ Books, Ffotogallery, Penarth, Saturday 15th November 2008
Artist's books abroad, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, USA - Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden present an overview of artist's book publishing in Europe and further afield. Saturday, November 1st, 2008, plus afternoon artists’ surgeries.
Artists’ Books & small press advisory visit, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Tuesday 17th June 2008
Borders of Perception, AKI (ArtEz) Academy of Visual Arts, Enschede, The Netherlands. Joint supervision of field trip and 2 weeks workshops for International Erasmus Intensive Programme, including UWE MA students, 19th - 30th May 2008
Artists’ Books workshop for scholarship students from the University of Missouri, Saint Louis, USA, in Marian Amies’ London atelier, 13th May 2008
Book arts lecture for photography students/staff, Bournemouth Arts Institute, 19th November 2007
Presentation for MULTI seminar, Bradford College, Friday 4th May, 2007Book arts lecture at University of Gloucester, Cheltenham, 28th March 2007
Experts’ Meeting - The Artist’s Book, Friday 27 April 2007, The Jan van Eyck Academie, Academieplein, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
A Day In Arcadia, Friday 12th Jan 2007, UWE Bristol.
Lecture/seminar for PhD students at University of the Arts London, on A Critical Survey of Creative Production in Relation to the Market Potential of Artists' Books, as part of a series on Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Research, 10th January 2007, Davies St, London
Creation and Sources, talk for ARLIS one-day workshop for artists' books, Artists’ Books: Creating, Collecting, Cataloguing Chelsea College of Art and Design, Millbank, London, 19th May 2006,
UK Artists' Books, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia, 10th March 2006
Contemporary British Artists’ Books 1960-2004, Tate Modern, Bankside, London, Nov 15th 2004
Contemporary Artists’ Books Houseroom Gallery, 4th June 2004
Artists’ Books Presentation to LAN 2D at the Centre of Cultural Analysis, Theory and History, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds 20th October 2003
Artist’s lecture, Fall Lecture Series, Visual Studies Workshop, New York, 20th Nov. 2002
The Book As Art, Artists Talk on Art Critical Dialogue Series, Phoenix Gallery, 568 Broadway, New York, 19th October 2001
Artists’ Books
X Exercises for Kurt Johannessen. An image only artist’s book, published as a free download, DIY self-assembly book on 21.02.2012 to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of bookartbookshop London, where Sarah first encountered Kurt Johannessen’s books. The exercises can be identified through reading the texts in Kurt Johannessen’s ‘Exercises’. Free download
Do Not Enter, unique pulp/screenprinted book, and e-publication made for Tim Mosely’s Codex Event 8, Brisbane, Australia, 2012
An Inventory. Made for ‘An Inventory of al-Mutanabbi Street’, a text-based response to the bombing of al-Mutanabbi Street, the street of booksellers in Baghdad on 5 March 2007. 130 pages, one for each person of the 130 people killed or wounded in the explosion. Edition of 3 for al-Mutanabbi Street, plus open edition formats in hard copy and e-book app, 25th August 2011. All profits from the sale of this book are donated to Médecins Sans Frontières:
www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2296823
TOAST: A Night on Weevil Lake. Collaborative artist's book tribute to Douglas Coupland's novel The Gum Thief, consisting of an evening of nothing being cooked, Chinese food having to be ordered in and eaten off of paper plates from Staples. Each artist also contributed their version of Toast. Produced with a movie on World Book Night, Saturday 5th March 2011
www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2060123
An Exercise for Kurt Johannessen. 100 short stories written in an exercise book and buried in a forest, free download artist's book, June 2010.
Scott’s Flight: Migrating East, a collaborative unique book with Tom Sowden, made by invitation for The Bibliotheca Alexandrina Fourth International Biennale for the Artists’ Book, April - May 2010, Egypt, in collection The Bibliotheca Alexandria.
A Place of Interest, a collaborative book, with Tom Sowden for the exhibition A Place of Interest at Doverodde Book Arts Festival, May 2010. Made en route during the drive and ferry crossing with a typewriter, Polaroid camera and GPS. You can download a PDF of the book to print and assemble.
Flowers in Hotel Rooms Vol. IV, November 2009. Part IV of the series of journals, documenting actions in tribute to the characters in the novels, or writers whose work is being read in hotel rooms.
How do I love Thee? A collaborative book with JP Willis. Inspired by the Romantic poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnet 43. An example of how far people in love will go to keep it, October 2009.
Closure. An artist’s book about the end of a love affair between a flower arranger and a plane spotter. Made for weloveyourbooks’ Closure exhibition, May 2009. Unlimited edition POD through Blurb, 32 pp, pulp-fiction paperback:
www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/686308
Ø - Cherry Blossom Island Tree. A collaborative, unique book with Tom Sowden, for the Ø- island exhibition, in the collection of the Book Arts Center, Doverodde, Denmark, 2009
Flowers in Hotel Rooms Vol. III. Part III of the series of journals, documenting actions in tribute to the characters in the novels, or writers whose work is being read in hotel rooms, March 2008
The Romantic Imagination Unleashed. Unique, hand cut, altered book for the Rich and Strange altered books project, Newport School of Art, Media and Design, October 2007, in Rich and Strange collection.
After Fallout, altered book for Regenerator artists’ books project, UWE Bristol, March 2007
Grimm's Fairy Tales 1950. Unique book for an exhibition at John Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2007
Against Nature. Made with Tim Mosely, during an artist's residency at Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia. 19 paper pulp roses for the victims of the Salem Witch Trials. 2006
Flowers in Hotel Rooms Vol. II. Part II of the series of journals, documenting actions in tribute to the characters in the novels, or writers whose work is being read in hotel rooms, 2005
Grimm’s (edited) fairy tales. Produced for What’s in the Box? project, March 2005
Seven songs and the things they remind me of. Produced for What’s in the Box? project, March 2004
Viola: An Auction of Romance. Viola would do anything to have a reason for entertaining her family and friends, so much so that she began to arrange certain events in order to bake and ice more cakes. 2004
Flowers in Hotel Rooms Vol. I. First in the series of journals, documenting actions in tribute to the characters in the novels, or writers whose work is being read in hotel rooms, 2003
The Marsh Test. Marie Lafarge was found guilty of poisoning her husband, in Paris, in 1840. Her trial was the first publicly documented use of James Marsh’s highly sensitive test for the detection of arsenic in natural compounds. Made during a residency at Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York, USA, November 2002
Time Itself. A book made as the result of a residency at the Jenner Museum, Berkeley, Gloucester, in July 2002. The museum is the former home of Edward Jenner who discovered the vaccination for Smallpox. Time Itself was made after a week spent at the museum.
Pace Bend. A book based on climbing routes through Pace Bend Park in Texas, USA. The climb is detailed with instructions, heights and map pins but soon develops into an ambiguous situation, 2002
Fehling’s Solution. This book imagines one way of solving a problem. The book is housed in a specially made box which also contains a pharmacist’ bottle and old biological slide, 2001
Beyond the Forest. A walk through the forest landscape, which gradually conveys a fairy tale sense of unease. The images are interspersed with Latin names alluding to the true nature of the forest, 2001
The Secret Garden. A concertina format book, based on the discovery of a set of arbitrary botanical slides in a box. The slides contain a series of rather sinisterly developing contents, 2001
Angelier. A secret diary based on the 1857 trial of a young girl accused of murder by poisoning (the verdict was Not Proven), 2000
The Glass House. A tiny book, taken from photographs from inside a greenhouse. The book is a play on the “don’t throw stones” saying, in this respect it is more concerned with what is inside the greenhouse than without, 1999
Upshot. A collaborative book with J P Willis, based on the word ‘upshot’, printed as a series of responding pages one by each artist alternately, 1999
The Garden Museum. A unique book for the Bristol Art Library, 1999
GM Future. Exploring some of the possibilities of genetically modifying nature, 1999
La Voisin. The imaginary diary of Catherine Monvoisin, provider of potions and services to the court of Louis XIV. 1999
Nature Trail. A walk through the woods, and the unexpected find of a pair of pink shoes. The series of prints recreate the journey and offer a version of how they came to be there through a selection of text and image pieces and inserts, which act as clues to unravel the mystery, 1998
The Collector. Inspired by John Fowles' novel of the same name. A study of the idea of the collector; through a series of images that gradually unveil a sinister side to the idea of collecting in both nature and human nature, 1998
Livia’s Garden. A tour of the garden of Livia (wife of Augustus Caesar). Livia used her knowledge of 'medicinal' plants to remove any obstacles which threatened the stability of the Imperial family in Rome, 1997
Correspondences. A boxed set of three leperello format artists’ books on the theme of Correspondence: Meir Agassi, Sarah Bodman, Steve Hoskins, published by Dido Editions, 1996
Flowers for Friends and Enemies. A boxed set of eight packets of seeds to send to friends or enemies, with an instruction booklet detailing the properties of each plant, and gift tags to match. 1996
Cuttings. Based on a poem by Theodore Roethke, which observes the new growth of plants from cuttings, the book explores a darker side of human nature, 1994
Masdevallia. A play on the claims of beauty-product manufacturers, a mock catalogue of advertisements, featuring poisonous or carnivorous plants, which look and sound attractive, but ultimately provide an assault on the senses, 1994
External Examination
Suze Adams, PhD thesis title: Location, Dislocation, Translocation: Navigating A Space Between Place and Becoming In Practice-Led Research, July 2011, (UWE internal examiner).
Abdul Hakim Onitolo, PhD thesis title: Interrogating Negotiated Meanings: The Visual in Black British Fine Art Creative Practice. University of the West of England, September 2009 (UWE internal examiner).
Emma Powell, PhD thesis title: Rejectamenta. Selected contemporary creators’ use of rejectamenta: an exploration of contexts (location, selection & collation). Kingston University, Kingston, UK. March 2009
External Examiner MA Art, Design & the Book, Colchester Institute, University of Essex, 2008 - 2012
External Examiner for Post Graduate Studies, University of the Arts, London:
Graduate Certificate Book Arts 2004-2007
Graduate Certificate Book Binding and Book Restoration 2004-2007
Mentor for External Examiner BA Hons Book Arts, University of the Arts, London, 2006
External Examiner, BA Hons Book Arts, University of the Arts, London, 2002-2005
Course Assessor, Book Arts, London College of Printing, 2000
Teaching
MA Multi-disciplinary Printmaking: Programme Leader.
Other: specialist lectures/tutorials and book arts surgeries for undergraduate and post-graduate courses in: MA Multi-disciplinary printmaking, MA Fine Art, MA by Research, MA Graphic Arts, BA Drawing and Applied Arts, Fashion Illustration, Photography, Fine Art, Visual Culture and Graphic Design.
Artists’ Books Lectures for External Educational Institutions 2008-2011
Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia
AKI (ArtEz) The Netherlands: Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig, Germany; Institute of the Arts, Bournemouth; Swindon College; University of Gloucester, Cheltenham; AKI (ArtEz) The Netherlands; Mills College, Oakland, USA; Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia; University of the Arts, London, Sheffield Hallam University.
External Advisory Committees / Appointments
Jury panel for Doverodde Book Arts Festival IV & Symposium - 2012, Artists’ Books Anonymous: On the margins, May 2012
Scientific committee for the international conference "Un atlas de la micro-édition: quelles routes pour quels enjeux?", Rouen Museum of Fine Arts, 22nd - 23rd March 2012.
The Sheffield Artist’s Book Prize Exhibition, Juror, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield, October - November 2011
AHRC Peer Review College 1st October 2007- 31st December 2014 ?
Curator (Europe, The Middle East, and Asia), for the Al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition’s artists’ books project: An Inventory Of Al-Mutanabbi Street, 2011-2012 (264 artists).
Al-Mutanabbi Street Broadsides Project, UK coordinator for project with 130 letterpress printers, 2008- 2009, European Broadsides exhibition tour coordinator 2010-2014.
The Hybrid Book: Intersection and Intermedia, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA, June 4-6, 2009.
10th Biennial Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair and Conference, November 7-9, 2008, Cafritz Art Center, Montgomery College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, MD, USA
Doctoral Studies Supervision
Andrew Eason, completed 05/07/10. Thesis title: Becoming what the book makes possible: aspects of metaphorisation of identity and practice through artists' books.
Paul Laidler, completed 01/08/11. Thesis title: Collaborative Digital and Wide Format Printing: Methods and Considerations for the Artist and Master Printer
External Curation/Consultancy/ Educational Visits
Life, the universe and everything: artists’ books which question our relationship with nature and the way we live. Curated for Impact 7 Multi-disciplinary Printmaking Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. 27/10/11-30/10/11. http://impact7.org.au/exhibitions/life.html
Invited curator for THE WORLD AS TEXT, a summer reading room at The Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College Chicago, USA to amplify the connections between book practices and interdisciplinary art making. 16/06/11-12/08/11
Oxford and Cherwell Valley College visit to CFPR 26/08/11
Stephen Fowler CFPR Book Artist in residence 01/08/11-26/08/11
Public surgeries at Bristol Artist's Book Event, Arnolfini, Bristol 01/05/11
Artists' books and laser cutting workshops and pop-up exhibition, AKI, ArtEz, Enschede, The Netherlands, 17/01/11-22/01/11
Artists’ Books public surgery days at UWE Bristol: Weds 25th May 2011, Tues 22nd March 2011; Tues 21st Dec 2010; Weds 20th Oct 2010; Weds 11th August 2010; Weds 2nd June 2010.
MA Authorial Practice, University College Falmouth, student and staff visit, Monday 26th May 2010
Artists’ Books surgery day at UWE Bristol, 21st April 2010
Cahiers intempestifs contemporary art review, curator of artists and writers for UK and EIRE feature edition, ISNN 1250-5013, publication Spring 2010.
Al-Mutanabbi Street Broadsides Project, UK coordinator for project with 130 letterpress printers, 2008- 2009, European exhibition tour coordinator 2010-2011.
25 artists for the Art of the Book: Journals Then and Now, curated by Marian Amies, University of Missouri and touring 2010-2011. Co-curation with Tom Sowden of UK and Eire contributions, and two catalogue essays (publication May 2010).
O Pão nosso - Livros de Artista / Our daily bread Artists’ Books, Sala da Fonte, Paço Municipa, Brazil. Collaborative Artists' Book Project coordinated by Mara Caruso. Invited curator of UK book artists’ group. Touring exhibition, Brazil, Italy, Spain, Malaysia, UK, 2009-2010.
Artists’ Books surgery day at UWE Bristol, Weds 27th Jan 2010
Sally Alatalo and Simon Anderson and students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) to visit CFPR as part of a study trip, January 2010.
Artist's book surgery, Third Manchester Artist’s Book Fair, Holden Gallery, Manchester Met. University, 7th November 2009
Fine Press Book Association - UK Academic resources compiled for FPBA website, USA, June 2009
Artist's book surgery, BABE, Arnolfini, Sunday 5th April 2009
Student and staff visit to CFPR, Gloucester College, 9th February 2009
Artists’ Books surgery day at UWE Bristol, Friday 12th December 2008
Artists’ Books lectures for students at Swindon College, 9th December 2008
Students and staff visit for a day with artists’ books, Media and Design Academy, Genk (Belgium) 18th November 2008
Artist's book surgery, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, USA, Saturday 1st November 2008
Gustavo Grandal Montero and Emily Glancy - Collection Development Librarians, Camberwell and Chelsea libraries 13 August 2008
Camberwell Graduates Book Art Group visit 17 July 2008 for artists’ books development and marketing.
Fine Art students and staff, SCAT Taunton 16 July 2008
Artists’ Books advice, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, 17th June 2008
Angela Gardner (Australia) Churchill fellowship 4 day visit 3 - 6 June 2008
Borders of Perception, AKI (ArtEz) Academy of Visual Arts, Enschede, The Netherlands, 19th - 30th May 2008. Workshops for International Erasmus Intensive Programme.
Artists’ Books workshop for scholarship students from the University of Missouri, Saint Louis, USA, in Marian Amies’ London atelier, 13th May 2008
Artists’ books surgeries for scissorspaperstone at londonprintstudio, 12th April 2008
Gloucester College, one-day visit to CFPR collection for staff and students, 28th February 2008
LCC Book arts students visit to CFPR collection, 7th February 2008
Steering Committee Member for Impact Conferences:
Impact VI, UWE, Bristol, 2009
Impact V, Tallin, Estonia, 2007
Impact IV, Academy of Fine Arts Poznan and University of the Arts, Berlin, 2005
Impact III, Michaelis School of Art, University of Cape Town, 2003,
Impact II, UIAH, Helsinki, Finland 2001
Some current/recent projects managed
Programme Leader - MA Multi-disciplinary Printmaking
Artist’s Book Yearbook
The Blue Notebook: journal for artists' books
The Book Arts Newsletter
An Inventory of al-Mutanabbi Street
Artists’ books partnership exhibition programme (ABPP)
Monthly Artist’s Book Exhibition Programme at UWE, Bristol
Bookmarks - Infiltrating the Library System Projects
A Manifesto for the Book (2008 - 2010)
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