EDUCATION:

MA Practice Based Research - Manchester Met University / MIRIAD (35,000 words without amendment) (2011)

MA Module - 'Challenge of the Social Sciences', Open University (06/03)

BA (Hons) - Fine Art. Wirral Met College / John Moores University, Liverpool (2007) 1st Class Honours

BA (Hons) - Photomedia. Plymouth College of Art and Design (2000) 2:1


FILM CATALOGUE:

'ET IN ARCADIA EGO: THERE IS DEATH EVEN IN UTOPIA'  1min 20. Artists Film and Video (Dir/Prod). Arts Council - (2010) 

Screened: 

- Aesthetica Short Film Festival / Official Programme Selection (11) 

- RUSHES Film Festival / T E N D E R P I X, Tenderpixel Gallery, London (10) 

- RIPOSTE: A 'POST' EXCHANGE as part of GLOBAL STUDIO shown at: 

• Bluecoat, Liverpool, UK (04-06/10) 

Galerie Maerz, Linz, Austria (07-09/10)


'IMMERSION'  10 min Film Drama (Dir). Film Council / First Take - Commission (09) 

Screened: 

- The Firestation Arts Centre, Micro Gallery, Windsor (11) 

- Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival Competition, France (10) 


'EMIGRE'  10 min Documentary (Dir/Prod). Film Council / Screen West Midlands / ITV - Commission (04) 

Screened: 

- 'Global Studio' - Bluecoat, Liverpool (04/10) 

- 'Optimistic Immigrants'- Jewish Museum, London  (03/10) 

- 'Exodus' - Imperial War Museum North, Manchester (07) 

- ITV Broadcast Commission (04)

 

'26.2' - 13min documentary, Dvideo, (00) 

'GREENWASH' - 23min GM documentary, video, (99) 

'A MEDITATION ON LIFE' - 4min Multi-media animation, video (98) 

'60 SECONDS IN THE LIFE OF A BRIDGE' - 60sec, Social documentary, 16mm film (98) 

 

EXHIBITION CATALOGUE:

'TRADING STATION' a POST project - Istanbul/Liverpool (2012) 

LIVERPOOL ART PRIZE 2012 (Short-list) - Metal, Liverpool (04/12 - 06/12)

BANCA ROTTA / A Fiscally Co-dependent Break-up' - (09/05/2011 - 09/05/2012)

'SMART PRICE' - Threshold Festival, Camp & Furnace, Liverpool (02/12)       

'ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY? Part 2: The Bible & the Bankers' (Site-Specific Installation) -Guys Hospital, London (11)

'SHADOW / LIGHT' (Site-Specific Installation) - Deane Rd Jewish Cemetery, Liverpool (10/11)

'FRIEND OR FOE' (Site-Specific Installation) - Gustaf Adolf Kyrka Church, Liverpool (06/11)

'ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY?' (Site-Specific Installation) - In association with Kings Oral & Maxillofacial Society & Saving Faces. Guys Hospital, London (06/11)

'FIELD OF DREAMS' (Site-Specific Installation) - 'Threshold' Festival, Novas Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool (01-04/11)

'CLEAN / SOILED' (Site-Specific Installation) - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool in association with Culturepool (11/10) 

'HOW MUCH EXCHANGE CAN YOU STAND? Galerie Maerz, Linz, Austria (07-09/10) 

'WOLF RUNNER' / 'CURVE GALLERY VERSUS PICASSOS DOG' - Curve Gallery, Liverpool (05/10) 

'IN EVERY DREAM HOME A HEARTACHE' (Photography) - The Bridewell Gallery, Liverpool (05/10) 

'TIME AND TIDE...' - Mersey Basin, an Exhibition, Art + Design Academy, John Moores University Liverpool (02/10) 

FELLOWSHIP SHOW / WIRRAL MET - Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead (02/09)

'FAITH, HOPE AND CLARITY' / LIVERPOOL INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS / LIVERPOOL INDEPENDENTS BIENNIAL- Novas Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool (09/08) 

'SUPA SCOOP 2' / DOT ART / LIVERPOOL INDEPENDENTS BIENNIAL - Pilkington Paint Warehouse, Liverpool (09/08) 

'...AND THEN THE RAINS CAME' (Solo Show) - CURVE GALLERY, Liverpool - (06/08) 

'ROCHE FERRE' / SCISSORS/PAPER/STONE (Artists Book) - London Print Studio (04/08) 

'INTERIM' (Installation) - Fellowship Exhibition, WMC, 12 Quays Campus, Birkenhead (03/08)

ARENA AUCTION - 3345 Parr Street, Liverpool (07)

'ROCHE FERRE' MANCHESTER ARTISTS BOOK FAIR - Holden Gallery, Manchester (07) 

GRIZEDALE GROUP SHOW / LIVERPOOL INDEPENDENTS BIENNIAL- A Foundation, Liverpool (06) 

'RE-FILL'- Mixed Media Installation, Pacific Arts Centre, Birkenhead (06) 

'NEON' - Print Installation, The Caffeine Club, Plymouth (98/99)

 

ARTISTS TALKS & LECTURES:

ARTISTS TALK: 'Crossing the Line' - TEDx Merseyside. Open Labs @ LJMU (02/12)

ARTISTS TALK: Liverpool John Moores University / BA (Hons) Fine Art (11/11) 

CONFERENCE FACILITATOR: 'Putting the Art into Partnerships' - Liverpool Primary Care Trust / CHaMPs / Merseyside Arts Health Initiative / Bluecoat (01/11)

ARTISTS TALK / Culturepool, 'Building On What We've Got' in association with The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (11/10)


AWARDS:   

LIVERPOOL ART PRIZE 2012 - Short-listed Artist

ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND grant, in association with 'POST' Liverpool (10)

FINE ART FELLOW - Wirral Met College, 12 Quays, Birkenhead, Merseyside (09/07 - 06/08) 

FIRST CUT - Screen West Midlands + ITV - New Directors Commission (03)

PQE/Professional Qualifying Exam (Moving Image) - British Institute of Professional Photographers/BIPP - DISTINCTION (00) 

 

PUBLICATIONS:

National Geographic Traveller - July / August 2011 (Photography)

'Think Then Think Again' / MMU Post Grad Research Degree Prospectus - 2011 (Photography)

Psychologies - November 2010 (Photography

 

PRESS: 

Art Feast  http://www.artfeast.co.uk/2011/10/art-feast-interviews-robyn-woolston/

(10/11)

BBC  http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/films/2004/screen_festival/insight_into_emigre.shtml

(02/04)


RESIDENCY:

Trading Station / a POST project - Istanbul (2011 - 2012)

Urban Interventions - Atelierhaus Salzamt & Liverpool Biennial, Linz, Austria (10)

Makhad Trust  - Sinai, Egypt (03/10) 

 

COLLECTIONS:

More to Life Foundation, London: 'EVERY MORNING A NEW ARRIVAL' - Artists Book Work (edition of 20) (2011)

University of the West of England Research Repository, Bristol: 'ET IN ARCADIA EGO: THERE IS DEATH EVEN IN UTOPIA' - Artists Film and Video (2010)


ART IN EDUCATION:

ARTS FACILITATOR: 'Storyville' / Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk, Lancashire (02/12)

ARTIST - IN - RESIDENCE: Designing a bespoke resource tool to encourage interaction, response & reflexive thinking. (Arts Practice & Autistic Spectrum Disorder): Thumbs Up & Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (05/11 - 02/12)   

ARTS FACILITATOR: 'Harvesting Histories / Sowing Seeds' - Metal in association with The Academy of St Francis of Assisi, Kensington Community Primary School & St Anne's Catholic Primary School (07-12/11)  

MASTERCLASS FACILITATOR: 3 Minute Wonders - Metal in association with St Helens Creative Network / St Helens Council Arts Service (11/11) 

ARTS FACILITATOR: 'Start Club' Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool (11/11) 

ARTIST - IN - RESIDENCE: Environmental Installation / The Academy of St Francis of Assisi in association with McDonalds, Kensington, Liverpool (03-10/11)

ARTS FACILITATOR: Aiming High for Disabled Children & Wirral Borough Council in association with multiple project partners: Williamson Art Gallery, South Wirral Hub, Tranmere Rovers (2010 - 2011) 

LEAD ARTIST - Williamson Art Gallery Summer School, Birkenhead (2008 - 2011) 

ARTS FACILITATOR: 'Songlines' / Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk, Lancashire (08/11)

ARTIST - IN - RESIDENCE: Newsham Park Arts Festival in association with The Academy of St Francis of Assisi, Kensington, Liverpool (06/11)

ARTS CONSULTANT: Designing and implementing a pilot study to integrate Disabled children & their parents or carers within a gallery based environment.  'Artsplay': Aiming High for Disabled Children & Williamson Art Gallery (02 - 05 / 2011)

ARTS FACILITATOR: Zion Arts for Autism / National Autistic Society, Manchester (01/11)

ARTS FACILITATOR: Culturepool, 'Building On What We've Got' in association with The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (11/10)

VISITING LECTURER (MOVING IMAGE): 'Creative Media Diploma', Grundy Art Gallery/ Blackpool and Fylde College (09/10)

ARTIST - IN - RESIDENCE: 'The Arts Award' Blackpool, Arts Council England / Trinity Guildhall (07/10)

ARTIST - IN - RESIDENCE: Greasby Junior School, Wirral (04/10)

VISITING LECTURER (MOVING IMAGE): Wirral Met College, Wirral (03/10)

ARTIST - IN - RESIDENCE: Portland Primary School, Birkenhead (05/09)

ARTS FACILITATOR: Prison learners. HMP Kennet, Merseyside (07/07 - 01/08)

BA Media, HND, BTEC Nat Dip and 'Access' courses - Plymouth College of Art and Design (99/00)


TRAINING:

  • Sensory Rooms - Wirral Borough Council (2011)
  • Well-being for disabled children and young people - Wirral Borough Council (2011)
  • Understanding, planning & delivery for children & young people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder - Wirral Borough Council (2011)
  • Deaf Awareness - Wirral Borough Council (2011)
  • Introduction to Down's Syndrome - Wirral Borough Council (2011) 
  • Anti-Bullying Training - Wirral Borough Council (2011)
  • Structuring Provision to Minimise Anxiety with Autistic Spectrum Disorder - Wirral Borough Council (2010)
  • Managing Challenging Behaviour - Wirral Borough Council (2010)
  • Inclusion Awareness - Wirral Borough Council (2010)
  • Behaviour Management in Youth Arts - Artsplan Training (2010)
  • Access all Areas: Disability and Youth Arts - Artsplan Training (2010)

 

MEMBERSHIP:

AN 
Axis Artist 
Matt Roberts Arts, 25 Vyner Street, London 
POST - Founder Member (08 onwards) 
Re-title Artist