Curriculum Vitae
Contact Information
Fraser Stewart- 23rd of Feb, 1986
Address: Cambridge, Uk.
Email: fstewartscot@hotmail.co.uk mobile: 07944041140
Web: www.fraserstewart.com Research: www.con-doc.blogspot.com
Education
Sept 05- June 08 BA Hons, First Class, Contemporary Art Practice, Leeds School of Contemporary Art and Graphic Design
Aug-Sept 06 European Exchange Academy, Beelitz-Heilstatten, Germany,
Sept 04-june 05 Foundation Art and Design, Time based media, Cambridge Regional Colledge,
Exhibitions
Currently
kunsteyssen, centrum Hedendaagse kunst – Noord- Holland
commisioned to make four new works “Time waits for no man”
currently showing until the 11th og July 2010
Het langhuis, (re)action // een duotentoonstelling met werk van Fraser Stewart en Toshie Takeuchi in Het Langhuis // 20 juni t/m 23 juli 2010
OT 301, Amsterdam, ExpoIsbn, with Room Service
2010
Floppergangers, EEA 2010, Leeds
Performance of Terry Von Straus. Special thanks to Ollie Salmon, who performed as me.
Plateaux-Produktion, Kunstlerhaus Mousonturm
Performing within a piece by ex Das Arts students in a work about and called “Gravity”.
ExpoISBN – Flowers for Algernon
De Zwarte Ruyter, Rotterdam. Flowers for Agernon was a book project, read the book and make a work inspired by it.
2009
Lets Take It Out Side, Finnisage presentation
De Service Garage, Amsterdam
Mass
Freundenthal/Verhagen, kerkstraat sauna, Amsterdam
Lets Take It Out Side
De Service Garrage, group show, Amsterdam
ACT ART7
International Artist show, London Uk.
Subvision. Kunst. Festival. Off. Hamburg, Germany,
Presentation of the Service Garage Artist’s.
Refutation
Video screening, London, Uk
“ONE AIR”
Christ college visual arts society hold an exhibition showcasing the work of seven artists based in Cambridge, Taking place in Christ College Cambridge, within their visual arts center. Participants include, Tom De Freston, Fraser Stewart, Emily Taylor, Helen Mort, Matthew Drage, Sarah Lüdemann and Miriam Austin.
Articulate Magazine, The Launch of Issue 2. March 09. www.articultatemagazine.org
Articulate is a magazine based in Leeds, Along side the Magazine they hold regular events showcasing the work of emerging artists. I was invited to show several of my films at this event.
The Dying Animal, The Shop, Artist Space, Cambridge www.theshopjesuslane.co.uk.
The Dying Animal written by Philip Roth is a book about lust, sexual interaction and the fear of aging. The Exhibition involved seven artistist , Sarah Ludeman, Emily Taylor, Miriam Austin, Matthew Drage, Tom DeFreston, Alexander Page and myself. We all read the book and then made an Exhibition in Four days influenced by the themes of the book. Here I performed a live piece entitled “In the white of her Eye
Josh 2, curated by Dave Green, The Griffin, Shoreditch, London.
An exhibition of a art based on the Theme of humour. A night of comedy, video and performance. I performed Terry Von Straus
2008
A F**king V, The faversham, Leeds West Yorkshire
http://audiofuckingvisual.blogspot.com/
Open submission cinema screening
Actart 6, dying for it. The 7th of November 2008
http://www.actart.co.uk/
ACT ART is an international platform for artists working in all disciplines including…
performance -live art – film -video – installation – site specific – painting, drawing, and photography.
ACT ART provides a testing ground for new experimental – radical – confrontational and non-mainstream work made by artists from different cultural backgrounds and genders and united by an interest in the body in the broadest sense.
Performance of Terry Von Straus the man of today and several one minute films where shown here
Josh, Presented by Bank Street Arts, Sheffield.
An exhibition of a art based on the Theme of humour. A night of comedy, video and performance
I performed Terry Von Straus, the man of today live for the first time at this show.
The Graduates, EEA-ASA Art space, Amsterdam
http://www.eeacademy.eu/asa/
A co-curated show for a small group of final year students
“The EEA-ASA offers a stage for this eight upcoming international artists to present themselves. An exhibition with guts, no borders and a wide range of art disciplines”.
MINI film festival, EEA-ASA Art space, Amsterdam
http://www.eeacademy.eu/asa/
A mixture of documentary, short film, performance and other film genres for a one night screening. One of my one minute films was shown at this event
Northern Design Prize, Headingly Stadium, Leeds, West Yorkshire
In collaboration with Danny McGuinness, PaintBrushheadman, described below, was selected as a finalist piece in the Fine Art category of the Northern design prize and came in the top five.
Village Green film shorts, Hyde park cinema, Leeds West Yorkshire
Open submission cinema screening. Highlighting the work of emerging film makers, artists and animators form the School of Contemporary Art and Graphic Design. Four of my one minute short films where screened.
A F**king V, Brudunel Social club, Hyde park Leeds West Yorkshire
http://audiofuckingvisual.blogspot.com/
Open submission cinema screening. To raise money for the Leeds College of Art and Design degree show.
Proto-type, The Sixth Floor Studios, Leeds School of Contemporary Art and Graphic Design
A co-curated show of performance, live and video, writing, and instillation by a small group of final year students
Prototype, Free Gin and Tonic, The Sixth Floor, Leeds School of Contemporary Art and design
Fraser Stewart, Danny Mcguinness, Claire Potter, Eoghan Dean, an expose of there current practice.
PAINTBRUSHHEADMAN, The Sixth Floor Studios, Leeds School of Contemporary Art and Design
In collaboration with Danny McGuinness, Original concept by Danny McGuinness. Videoed performance involving the two of us in a room creating an action painting with my body. I played a paintbrush, he the painter
2007
Scene Change, EEA, Beelitz-Heilstätten, Germany
International group show. Showing work created evolved from month long exchange.
“The Chamber involved a instillation. A tunnel into a wall lead to a chamber. Without anylight the viewer was slowly made aware that the ceiling was made from my naked body. Questioning ideas of shame, fear and personal contact and audience experience.
Also screened where group projects and films made during the month
Illusory, Arts At Trinity, Holy Trinity Church, Leeds
Group show in local church, prayer books made up from images and text collated from other artists in the show
YouVweVyou, Christmas Special, Elbow Rooms, Leeds
www.youvwevyou.blogspot.com
Group show in Leeds pool rooms. Site specific installations, photography and films screened
YouVweVyou – The Opening
www.youvwevyou.blogspot.com
Group show and live performance for the opening show. Staircase bound in red wool was cut in ritualist opening ceremony. Multi projection, beamed from various locations around the venue, the head, body and legs of members of the public onto a screen suspended from above the bar. These separate projection made up a new body and encouraged the user to play.
Artist Work Experience
2009 – Artist Assistance for, Extras, a exhibition of the work of Dafna Maimon, W139 Amsterdam
2009 - Artist assistance for K2AO, W139, Amsterdam
2009 – Artist Builder for Red Light Art, Amsterdam, assistent for Laurence Aëgerter, Mounira Al Solh, Alexis Blake, Egle Budvytyte, Francesca Grilli, Achim Lengerer, Ahmet Ögüt, Niels Vis
2009 – De construction of Mirage by Zoro Feigl, A1 Highway Project.
2009 – Artist assistant for five participating artists in The Subversion art festival in Hamburg. A festival where all the art is housed in ship containers.
2009 – Application of the Boon Darkening the W139 exhibition space for the exhibition Application of the Boon
2009 – Today’s Special celebrating the freshness of produce and a critique on the way society deals with food. A restaurant within a gallery where some of the food was flying free and the rest was caged. Artist assistant for two weeks, helping with aspects of the food preparation and organization. W139
2009 – Out of the Blue Construction of a hotel made from scaffolding based in Amsterdam, “Out of The Blue”, The blue House
2009 – Construction of, Today’s Special, W139 Gallery Amsterdam, A constructed restaurant within the Gallery, by Sjim Hendrix.
2009 - Construction of Mirage by Zoro Feigl, A1 Highway Project, The Netherlands
2009 – Construction of Belvedere at the W139 gallery Amsterdam, An Exhibition by Bernd Tasberger.
2008/09 – Residential Manager, Masters House Accommodation, Cambridge School of visual and performing Arts.
2008/09 - Lecturer in Contextual studies for contemporary art. Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts
2008/09 – photography of Performances and Theater shows, also portfolio head shots for the Drama Department of Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts
2008/09 – Fruits of Our Conversation, Education Workshop, The Shop, Cambridge. Lecture, “The Use of the Everyday Object In Art in Reflection to the work of Alan Warbourton”, followed by group workshop
2005/09 - Stage Manager and Technical set builder for Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts.
2007 – Exhibition deconstruction, Cluster Gallery, Berlin.
Volunteer Work
Volunteer project co-ordinator and organiser, Artist Liaison
The Shop,
18 Jesus Lane,
Cambridge CB5 8BQ
Enter unknown territories- Cambridge April 25-29 2007
Runner
Enter was a large art festival held in Cambridge. The aims of this festival were to promote artists that extensively use new technology. I helped with the general running and publicity of this event.
Participated Workshops
Casting body parts and film make up workshop with Chris Maughn, CSVPA, 2009
Media and Film Editing workshops, with Fabrice Schomberg (GB), Germany, 2007
Print making and Screen printing at Kip Gresham’s workshop, 2003
Lectures and presentations
2009 Lets Take It Out Side, Finnisage presentation
2009 Subvision. Kunst. Festival. Off. Hamburg, Germany, Presentation of the Service Garage Artist’s.
2008 Organizer and Lecturer at The Shop Art Space , “The Use of the Everyday Object In Art in Reflection to the work of Alan Warbourton”, followed by group workshop.
2008 – 2009 Teacher, Contextual studies, in Cambridge School of Visual and performing arts
Residencys
De Service Garage, Amsterdam
Gravity project
Performance Theater Residency 2010, Frankfurt, currently, Mouson Kunstlerhaus
References
Chris Bloor – The Leeds School of Contemporary Art and Graphic Design, Civic Quarter H404, Leeds Met,
Calverley Street, Leeds, LS1 3HE
Chris Maughn
Head of CSVPA
Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts
, Bridge House,
Bridge Street
, Cambridge CB2 1UA
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 314431
Fax: +44 (0) 1223 467773
Email: cmaughn@csvpa.com
