| Will Foster has a background in environmental and socially engaged arts practice. Since graduating from a BA in Environmental Art at The Glasgow School of Art in 2004, he has been an artist in residence throughout Scotland; Scottish Sculpture Workshop Aberdeenshire, Cove Park Argile and Bute, and Functionsuite Edinburgh. Will is the initiator and co-curator of Cabin Exchange from 2002 until 2006, a project where multiple 10ft by 8ft x 8ft shipping containers were used to create a platform for an annual weeklong public art project. This project involved local and international artists and took place throughout Glasgow, Edinburgh (Scotland) and Melbourne (Australia). In 2007 Will undertook a renewable energy research trip traveling by bicycle through Belgium, France, Germany, Denmark and Norway to arrive in Fykse on the west coast of Norway. This month-long trip culminated in a year-long inaugural residency at Barselgrad Centre in Fykse village. Will has recently completed a Masters of Arts in 'Arts and Ecology' at Dartington Collage of Arts, which was funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council. |
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Will Foster
EDUCATION
2008-2009 ....................
Arts & Ecology, MA, Dartington College of Arts
2001 - 2004 ..................
Environmental Art, BA, Glasgow School of Art
SITE WORKS, EXHIBITIONS AND CURATED PUBLIC PROJECTS (SELECTED)
2010
Endless forcast,Rørsle, Fykse, Hardanger, Norway
2010
Collaborative exhibition with Guyan Porter, Intermedia, CCA, Glasgow
2009
DUPLEX, Lowsalt & Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Glasgow
2008
Bluss - Low Carbon Temporary Light, Fykse, Norway
2007
Use - Link Gallery, Functionsuite, Edinburgh
2006
Tug of cabin - Cabin Exchange, Next Wave, Commonwealth Games, Melbourne
Cabin Exchange 2006 - Glasgow International, Dennistoun, Tradeston, Pollokshaws, Glasgow
2005
Return. Porta. - Trajectory Book Launch, CCA, Glasgow
SHOP 111 - Presented by SEAM, Glasgow International, 111 Saltmarket, Glasgow
2004
Cabin Exchange 2004 - Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh
2003
Just War – Collaboration with Hans Rosenstrom, Helsinki
ARTISTS LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS AND PANAL DISCUSSIONS (SELECTED)
2008
Art practice and the Barselgrad project, lecture,Stavanger Art School, Stavanger
PRAKTIKA- Creating a Critical Context for Socially Engaged Art Practice, Deveron Arts, Huntly, Aberdeenshire
2007
Barselgrad project, lecture, KIT, Art Academy, Trondheim
Art practice, lecture, Alberta Collage of Art & Design, Calgary
2006
Cabin Exchange, Group lecture, Monash University, Melbourne
2005
Extraordinary Everyday, Panal discussion, CCA, Glasgow
Up the Garden path, Group Panal discussion, Networking Artists Networks, BALTIC, Newcastle
2004
Alternative strategies for exhibiting, Group lecture, Organised by a-n, Generator, Dundee
RESIDENCIES
Oct 2007 - Sept 2008
Barselgrad - Year Long Residency Project, Fykse School, Fykse, Hardanger, Norway
Oct-Nov 2006 ......... ...
Cove Park Artists Residency, - Cove, Argyle & Bute, Scotland
July Sept Oct 2006 ....
Functionsuite - Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh
Nov 2005 - May 2006
Partners Residency Scottish Sculpture Workshop - Aberdeanshire, Scotland
Aug-Sept 2005 ............
Cove Park Artists Residency - Cove, Argyle & Bute, Scotland
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2008-2009 .......
Arts and Humanities Research Council - Professional preparation for masters scheme
2006 ....... ....... .
Scottish Arts Council - Creative Proffesional Development Grant
Glasgow City Council - Visual arts Grant
PUBLICATIONS AND ESSAYS
2008 ...............................
PRAKTIKA- Creating a Critical Context for Socially Engaged Art Practice
ISBN 978-0-9555253-7-7
2006
Temporary Urban Spaces, concepts for the Use of City Spaces - Florian Haydn, Robert Temel
Birkhauser 2006 ISBN - 10:3-7643-7460-8
Placed Upon the Horizon - by Niall Macdonald and Ruth Barker
Publisher South Lanarkshire Council ISBN-10: 0955312701
Return - (Artists Book), Trajectory Publications 2006
ISBN 1-905343-05-1
2004 ...............................
Analytical and Synthetic Cabinism - by John Calcutt
GALLERY COMMITTEE
2004 - 2006 ..................
Market Gallery, Duke street, Glasgow, Scotland