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