Michael Schwab

Born 1966 in Hockenheim/Germany; Living in London since 1997

Education

2002-2008

Practice-based PhD, School of Fine Art, Royal College of Art, London

1999-2000

Master of Art in Photography (distinction), School of Media, London College of Printing

1989-1996

Magister Artium (MA) in Philosophy, University of Hamburg, Germany

Exhibitions

2008

'Figurations of Knowledge: Art as Research', Villa Elisabeth, Berlin

'Full Circle', Studio 1.1, London

'Distance Circles', Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn

'figure', The Tramdepot Gallery, London

2007

'Full Circle', Huisrechts, Amsterdam

 

Group show: ‘Objet d’Art’, Alexia Goethe Gallery, London

Group show: 'Productive Matter: Materialising Research', Cafe Gallery
Projects, London

Group show ‘Photography’, Royal College of Art, London

2006

Group show, 'Notions of Drawing', Artbust, CIP House Exhibition Space, London

Group show, 'Too Dark in the Park', Cafe Gallery Projects, London

Group show ‘Photography’, Royal College of Art, London

2005

Group show, Cafe Gallery Projects, London

Group show ‘Photography’, Royal College of Art, London

2004

Group show ‘Re-Hears-al’, Cafe Gallery Projects, London

Group show ‘Photography’, Royal College of Art, London

2003

Group show ‘Treason’, Cafe Gallery Projects, London

Group show ‘Another Way is Possible’, Royal College of Art, London

2002

Group show ‘Soul Windows’, Domo Baal Gallery, London

2000

Final show MA Photography, Shoreditch Town Hall, London

1998

Group show ‘Remembering Times Past’, Apexart Gallery, New York

Group show ‘Weldebräu Kunstförderpreis’, Schwetzingen, Germany

1995

Exhibition, ‘Tribute to the Unknown’, (‘Tribut ans Unbekannte’) at the
Salon Sommer in Hamburg, Germany

Awards/Residencies

2007

Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts for exhibition and publication project
‘Full Circle’ in collaboration with Eduardo Padilha

2005

Residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris

Collections

 

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
Private Collections in the UK and Europe

Conferences

2008

Conference Paper ‘Figuring Out’, 5th Biannual European Conference of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA), Berlin

Keynote paper 'Artistic Research as Programme', international
conference 'Art and Research: HOW?', Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn

2007

Conference paper ‘Artistic Research: The Differential Relationship between
Art and Writing’, SAIT conference ‘Writing on Art’, Paris

 

Conference paper 'RCADE: E-Learning at the Royal College of Art', Designs on Elearning conference, University of the Arts, London

2006

Conference paper 'Artistic Research beyond 'Theory and Practice'', Research
Student Conference 'Text/Object', Chelsea College of Art and Design

Conference paper 'Artistic Research is not Art (with a capital A): Towards a
Genuine Artistic Research Context', Research into Practice conference,
University of Hertfordshire

Conference paper 'Artistic Research and the Role of Critique', Reflections on
Creativity conference, University of Dundee

Keynote paper, 'The Ambition of Artistic Research: Examples from my
Practice', Fine Art Doctoral Research Training ‘Replicability in Fine Art
Research’, Wimbledon School of Art/Kingston University

2004

Conference paper ‘The Digital Image: Photography and Photographics’, Pixel
Raiders 2, Sheffield

Publications

2008

Paris’, London: Copy Press

Full Circle catalogue, London

2007

'As if something once mentioned, now plain to see', Birmingham: Colony

'Political Art 2007 Almanac', Sophie Hope (Ed), Reunion Projects, London

‘Reference Book’, London: Royal College of Art, pp. 120-5

‘The Great Exhibition 2007’, London: Royal College of Art, p. 224

‘Research Yearbook’, London: Royal College of Art

‘Objet d’Art’, Exhibition Catalogue, Alexia Goethe Gallery

2006

‘Artistic Research and the Role of Critique’ in: Hamid v. Koten (Ed), Proceeds
of Reflections on Creativity, 21 and 22 April 2006. Dundee: Duncan of
Jordanstone College, 2007. ISBN: 1 899837 56 6.

2004

'The Photographic Image' in: Jonathan Rabagliati (Ed), 'George Hanson Critical Forum', London: Royal College of Art, pp. 111-27

'The Digital Image: Photography and Photographics' in: Jane Harris/Mike Press (Ed.), 'Pixel Raiders 2 conference proceedings', CD-ROM, Sheffield Hallam University

Book cover: Alcott, Louisa May, Behind a Mask, London: Hesperus Press

2001

Independent on Sunday supplement

Teaching, Talks & Workshops

2008

Full Circle Family Workshops, Gasworks, London

2007-

Practice Tutor, MA Fine Art, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design

2007

Objet d’Art:English Garden Lounging, Artist Talks with special speakers Ron
Arad and Deyan Sudjic, Alexia Goethe Gallery, London

Research Seminar ‘Artistic Research: Practicing Distance’, University of Brighton

 

Visiting Lecture, Northbrook College

2006-2008

Module Leader 'Image Manipulation', BA (Hons)Photography and the Digital Image, University Campus Suffolk, Ipswich

2006-

E-Learning Coordinator, Royal College of Art, London

2005-2007

Visiting Lecturer, Platform 8, Department of Design Products, Royal College of Art, London

2005

Seminar 'What's wrong with Photography?', School of Communications Art &
Design, Royal College of Art, London

2004

George Hanson Critical Forum 8, 'The Photographic Image', School of
Communications Art & Design, Royal College of Art, London

 Test Page by Julian S.

Michael Schwab

michael_at_seriate.net

CV

Documents

 

News

Conference Contribution and Exhibition

'Figurations of Knowledge'
5th Biannual European Conference of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA), Berlin

02 - 07 June 2008


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Paris

Book Launch

18 May 2008

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The Full Circle
A collaborative project by Eduardo Padilha and Michael Schwab

Studio 1.1, London

11/05 - 01/06/2008

Private View:
10/05/2008 6-8pm


Artists' Talk:
25/05/2008 3.30pm

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Full Circle Family Workshops

Gasworks, London

19 - 22 February 2008

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Keynote Paper and Exhibition

'Art and Research: How?'
International Conference at the Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn


14/15 February 2008

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Artist Talk

'figure' at the Tramdepot Gallery, London

3 February 2008, 2pm

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Figure

The Tramdepot

Private View Friday 25 January 7 - 11 pm

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As if something once mentioned, now plain to see

Book by COLONY, Birmingham

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The Full Circle
A collaborative project by Eduardo Padilha and Michael Schwab

Huisrechts, Amsterdam

13.9 - 16.10 2007

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Political Art 2007 Almanac
Reunion Projects

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Artistic Research and the Role of Critique.

In: van Koten, H. (ed), Proceeds of Reflections on Creativity, 21 and 22 April 2006.

Dundee: Duncan of Jordanstone College, 2007. ISBN:  1 899837 56 6.