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Karen Guthrie
Born1970
Alma materEdinburgh College of Art, Royal College of Art
AwardsNorthern Art Prize
2008

Karen Guthrie (born 1970) is an artist that works with public art, installation, film making, and internet publishing that lives and works in the Lake District.[1] Most of her work is done in collaboration with Nina Pope. Guthrie and Pope started working together as a collaborative duo in 1995 on projects that "enrich and inform public life"and they founded creative non-profit Somewhere (artist collective) in 2001.[2]

Education

Karen Guthrie attended the Edinburgh College of Art from 1987 to 1991, receiving a BA in Printmaking. She attended the Royal College of Art in London from 1991 to 1993, receiving a MA in Printmaking.[3]

Career

Guthrie began working with Nina Pope in 1995.[3] She was part of an artist collective called The People From Off, which contributed to 'A Different Weekend' with their 'Festival of Lying'. Its members included Nina Pope, Anna Best, and Simon Poulter.[4] Karen works on many public arts projects including initiatives with Grizedale Arts, including their website and land garden development projects. [2] Guthrie and Pope founded Somewhere (artist collective), a creative non-profit to produce collaborative projects of interests.

Films

  • The Closer We Get, as director & co-producer (2014) [5]
  • Jaywick Escapes, as co-director & co-producer (2012) [6][7]
  • The View From My House, directed and edited films made with inmates of HMP Prestion (2008)
  • Cat Fancy Club, as co-director & co-producer (2008) [8]
  • Almanac, artist & collaborator (2007)
  • Little Deluxe Living, co-directed and produced (2007)
  • Living with the Tudors, researched, wrote, directed & produced (aka Sometime Later) (2007)
  • Life-size Lilliput (2006)
  • Bata-ville: We are not afraid of the future, co-produced, wrote, directed & distributed (2005) [9]
  • Welcome To, Writer, director & producer (2003) [10]

Exhibitions, commissions, and other projects

  • Tomorrow, Today 2014 - University of Cambridge NW Cambridge public art commission
  • Past, Present, Somewhere 2014 - Retrospective solo show, Kettles Yard, Cambridge [2]
  • Art Lending Library 2012 - Contributing artists to project by Walker & Bromwich, Glasgow International Festival, Market Gallery
  • The Floating Cinema, London 2011 – ongoing [11]
  • Can Art Save Us? 2010 - Millennium Galleries, Sheffield. Multiple 'Titchy/Kitschy' shown in Grizedale Arts contribution [2]
  • Abbey Gardens, What Will The Harvest Be? Commissioned by London Borough of Newham 2009 – ongoing [12]
  • A Circle of Happiness, Jaywick Martello Tower 2009
  • Schnucken, Elefanten und andere Gastgeschenke 2009 - Kunstverein Springhornhof, Germany. Multiple 'Titchy/Kitschy' shown in myvillages.org [2]
  • Agrifashionista.tv - Commissioned by A Foundation & Grizedale Arts for Rochelle School, London. Two projects - Karen Guthrie's 'The Grotto' (postponed indefinitely) and a musical collaboration 'A Song for a Circus' between Nina Pope and Tim Olden[2]
  • Broadcast Yourself 2007 - TV swansong archive exhibited as part of group show at Hatton Gallery (Newcastle) and Cornerhouse (Manchester) [2]
  • Almanac, Public art commission for the redevelopment of Cinema City, Norwich 2007
  • Seven Samurai & Return of the Seven Samurai (2007) [13]
  • Sometime Later, Commissioned by BBC & Arts Council England, 2006
  • Pilot 3 2007 - Selected for archive for artists & curators, shown at Atelier Bevilacqua, Venice Biennale (Italy) [2]
  • Romantic Detachment, Video work, group show, PS1, New York City & touring to Q in Derby, Folly in Lancaster & Chapter in Cardiff 2004
  • London Underground Platform for Art, Featured artists 2003
  • Live Culture, Curators exhibitors, video programme, Tate Modern, London 2003
  • TV Swansong, Nationwide public art site-specific webcast project commissioning eight artists and curators 2002[14]
  • The Festival of Lying 2000 - Live event & web cast with Anna Best & Simon Poulter; Grizedale Show, Cumbria, UK [2]

Awards and honors

  • 2008 Northern Art Prize awarded to Karen Guthrie and Nina Pope[15]
  • 2010 Karen Guthrie and Nina Pope's new media installation ‘An Artist’s Impression’ was acquired by the Science Museum, London

References

  1. ^ "Front Page". Somewhere. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Pope & Guthrie Biography / CV". Somewhere. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie". NORTH WEST CAMBRIDGE Art Programme. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Nina Pope". Grizedale Artists. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Main Page". The Closer We Get. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  6. ^ Wade, Jackson. "Review of Jaywick Escapes". Britflicks: The Home of British Film. Britflicks ltd. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Main Page". Jaywick Escapes.
  8. ^ Regine (2015). "Cat Fancy Club - we make money not art". we-make-money-not-art.com. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  9. ^ Felperin, Leslie (August 28, 2005). "Review: 'Bata-Ville: We Are Not Afraid of the Future'". Variety. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Karen Guthrie's Biography/CV". Somewhere. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  11. ^ "Floating Cinema". Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  12. ^ "What will the harvest be?". Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  13. ^ "Seven Samurai". Somewhere.
  14. ^ "Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie". Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  15. ^ "Awards". ARTnews. 107 (3): 94. March 2008. ISSN 0004-3273. Retrieved 9 March 2015.

Further reading

  • Wither, Rachel (Summer 2005). "Pope & Guthrie". Artforum International. 43 (10): 340. ISSN 1086-7058.

External links

  • Somewhere – A creative non-profit organization run by Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie

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