curricculum viate
AnwylCooper-Willis
curriculum vitae
statement
Most of my work has centered on man-made objects: buildings or military machines. Through these, questions about the human condition are investigated; the will to power and the fear of oblivion, or conversely the desire for transcendence and enlightenment.
qualifications
2012 University of the West of England, Bristol, MAFA.
2009 Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, BAFA.
awards
2009
£1 Art Commission, Eccentric City Newspaper.
Benjamin Boothroyd Prize, Staffordshire University.
2008
William Painter Prize, Staffordshire University.
selected exhibitions
2010
Daylight Robbery, Motorcade/Flash Parade, Philip Street, Bristol.
Never let the Truth get in the Way of a Good Story, GWR Social club, Bristol.
2009
Never-ending Multi-Story, Airspace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent.
AIM, 3rd Marrakech Biennale, intervention, Cyber Parc.
Interrogation, Longhouse. New Art Gallery Walsall
Wirksworth Festival, curated show.
Squeezing the Haywood, celebrating the move of the Haywood Hospital into Private Finance Initiative buildings.
Free Range, Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane.
Irresistible, Degree Show, Staffordshire University.
Façade, The Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent.
Chester Performs, Diva Shorts; Festival of Film and Performance Arts,
Rebirth, celebrating move of the University Hospital of North Staffordshire maternity
into PFI building.
Home, photography, Burslem School of Art, Stoke-on-Trent, 2008
2008
conjunct+ion08: Stoke-on-Trent
Open 08, Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
Through the Lens, photography. Royal West of England Academy, Bristol,
A New Experience, Borough Museum & Art Gallery, Newcastle-under-Lyme,
Axis Festival, Stoke-on-Trent,.
2007
First Go, first year Fine Art, Staffordshire University. New Victoria Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme.
