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ANN McCLUSKEY WASPS Daytime Telephone 0131
661 7964 Born Malta, 1965. Grew up in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire My work to date has been oil on canvas based. My principle interest is landscape and increasingly how technology allows us to view our surroundings in ever-changing ways. The latest body of work I produced was inspired by photographs taken from space shuttles; this has developed into an interest in cartography. Consequently I am presently working with a cartographer from the Forestry Commission to explore techniques which can be transposed from maps to the visual arts. Whether abstract or semi-abstract, my paintings have a reference to the seen. The works I produced in 1999 were related to geological phenomena, but played with the visual worlds we discover when viewing matter at a microscopic level; specifically crystalline formations, be they of rocks or mineral compounds. What was revealed in these images was a sense of vastness, redolent of satellite imagery - hence my subsequent move to base works on the earth as seen from space. Environmental issues underlie the approach to my work. This political aspect is developing to encompass social and demographic concerns, specifically relating to place and identity and how such information can be depicted on maps. Artistically, influences have been Willem de Kooning, Therese Oulton and Gerhard Richter. QUALIFICATIONS 1987 BA Hons, Drawing and Painting, Edinburgh College of Art TRAINING 2000 Introduction to Video, starter course, Video Access Centre, Edinburgh MEMBERSHIPS Professional member
of Society of Scottish Artists RESIDENCIES 2000 Scotland's Year
of the Artist Residency Programme, 'Interim': A Visual Arts Project AWARDS 2000 Scotland's Year
of the Artist Residency Programme, Scottish Arts Council Lottery SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1999 Surface Stills,
Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2000 EH4, Bellevue Gallery,
Edinburgh COLLECTIONS Warburgs Merchant Bank, Ely Fund Managers, Anthony Dick Management, Coopers Lybrand WEBSITES Axis Information Services; www.axisartists.org.uk CRITICAL REVIEWS AND PRESS COVERAGE 2000 Duncan Macmillan
, The Scotsman S2, June 2, p14 TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1994 - present Part-time Adult Education Tutor, City of Edinburgh Council LANGUAGES SPOKEN Italian, French
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