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Context
Recent projects have two constituents, the first being a
mixed media montage of found or collected objects and ephemera
on board, burlap or in a display case; the second being
an edition of prints which are intimately connected to the
first. The montage, which I call 'the Object', describes
a place, actual or imagined, psychological or physical.
Prints take form at any stage in the construction of this
object. They become samples or outposts, remote yet connected
to their source. The 10cm square is an interpretive device.
It is part of a 1 metre square grid used by biologists and
archaeologists to record data and represents a way of making
sense of something. Yearly, winter trips to the Cairngorms
pose interpretive problems. How do I describe a complex
system like the Red Hills? This is one of my major ongoing
projects.Stuart Harvey
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Curriculum Vitae
Stuart Harvey
March 5th 1964
Education: Filey Secondary School, North Yorkshire
8 ‘O’ Levels 1980
Leeds College of Art & Design
Foundation Diploma in Art & Design - Distinction 1995
Central St. Martins College of Art & Design, London
BA (hons) Fine Art – Printmaking & Photomedia 2:1
1999
Career: Graphic Designer 1986-94 for organisations in Scarborough
and Leeds, designing and illustrating a wide range of corporate
and information based full colour printed media and signs
using traditional tools and up to the minute IT. I was privileged
to work with teams of specialists, designers and printers
who expected involvement in all stages of the production
process from setting out briefs with ‘blue chip’
clients to producing visuals, finished art work and film
for litho plates and screen stencils.
Full time study1994-98 in Leeds and London changing from
graphic to fine art. Exhibited regularly through this period
at public galleries in London, Leeds and Falmouth, volunteering
where I could to participate in education or gallery assistant
roles. My degree specialisms were etching and lithography
themed around concepts of myth and landscape on which I
wrote my thesis. A large proportion of the course involved
personal time management, research towards written papers,
organisation of events, workshops, lectures and seminars.
I was a representative on the student council and helped
out as a teaching assistant.
1996-2003 My hobby of walking and climbing enabled me to
work in outdoor equipment shops in Kingston Upon Thames
and Leeds whilst I pursued a career as an artist printmaker.
I managed to exhibit work in a number of cafes, shops and
hospitals.
Oct 2004-present Associate Lecturer and Technician at Leeds
College of Art & Design’s printmaking facility
at Vernon Street, teaching acrylic resist and photo etching,
relief and photo screen printing up to degree level. I also
run two OCN evening classes for adults in printmaking per
week whilst continuing to work towards a full body of my
own contemporary art objects along themes of psychological
and actual place. Have exhibited at three locations in Leeds
in 2005. Also continue to work part time at Backcountry
UK Ltd, Ilkley as a technical sales advisor.
Interests: Fine art, walking in the Scottish mountains,
mountain biking, exploration and expedition, natural history,
collecting and reading books.
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