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Christine Eyene appointed Guild Research Fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Art – University of Central Lancashire
The School of Art, Design and Performance, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has appointed Christine Eyene as Guild Research Fellow – Contemporary Art. Over the next five years, she will be working alongside Professor Himid and Research Fellow Susan Walsh, conducting and publishing internationally leading research on the art of the Black Diaspora. Her role will also consist in devising and leading innovative curatorial projects which investigate how museums and collections can work collaboratively with contemporary artists to address diverse audiences for visual art in Britain.
Christine Eyene studied History of Contemporary Art at Université Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne and earned a D.E.A (Diplôme d’Études Approfondies), supervised by Philippe Dagen, in 1999. She has been researching modern and contemporary South African art since the late 1990s, specialising in the story of artists in exile during Apartheid and their cultural interactions with the Black Diaspora in France and England. Her essays on this topic have examined the art of pioneering modernists Ernest Mancoba and Gerard Sekoto, as well as Dumile Feni, Gavin Jantjes and George Hallett. Her other areas of research include Britain’s Black Art (1980s), representations of the body, gender narratives, performance art and urban culture. Eyene has been visual arts co-editor of French journal Africultures since 2002 and has contributed to the field of contemporary African art through her writings in journals, exhibition catalogues and books.
In 2010 she embarked in an international career as an independent curator. She was co-curator of Dak’Art 2012 – Biennale of Contemporary African Art with Nadira Laggoune and Riason Naidoo, and curator of the African selection of Photoquai 2011 – Biennial of World Images, with Françoise Huguier, Artistic Director. Her other projects include “Roma-Sinti-Kale-Manush” (May-July 2012) at Rivington Place, London, as co-curator with Mark Sealy, Director of Autograph ABP and Gabi Scardi, Independent Curator; “Reflections on the Self – Five African Women Photographers” (2011-2014), London and UK, as part of Hayward Touring; and “[Kaddu Jigeen] – Women Speak Out” (2011-2013), Galerie Le Manège, Dakar and touring Africa. eyonart.blogspot.co.uk/
UCLan’s 2012 fellowship scheme is part of Preston Guild, a historic celebration held only once every 20 years since 1179. The Guild Research Fellowship is a prestigious award aimed at academics of the highest quality who are already on a research path to being a world-class researcher.
The School of Art, Design and Performance, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has appointed Christine Eyene as Guild Research Fellow – Contemporary Art. Over the next five years, she will be working alongside Professor Himid and Research Fellow Susan Walsh, conducting and publishing internationally leading research on the art of the Black Diaspora. Her role will also consist in devising and leading innovative curatorial projects which investigate how museums and collections can work collaboratively with contemporary artists to address diverse audiences for visual art in Britain.
Christine Eyene studied History of Contemporary Art at Université Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne and earned a D.E.A (Diplôme d’Études Approfondies), supervised by Philippe Dagen, in 1999. She has been researching modern and contemporary South African art since the late 1990s, specialising in the story of artists in exile during Apartheid and their cultural interactions with the Black Diaspora in France and England. Her essays on this topic have examined the art of pioneering modernists Ernest Mancoba and Gerard Sekoto, as well as Dumile Feni, Gavin Jantjes and George Hallett. Her other areas of research include Britain’s Black Art (1980s), representations of the body, gender narratives, performance art and urban culture. Eyene has been visual arts co-editor of French journal Africultures since 2002 and has contributed to the field of contemporary African art through her writings in journals, exhibition catalogues and books.
In 2010 she embarked in an international career as an independent curator. She was co-curator of Dak’Art 2012 – Biennale of Contemporary African Art with Nadira Laggoune and Riason Naidoo, and curator of the African selection of Photoquai 2011 – Biennial of World Images, with Françoise Huguier, Artistic Director. Her other projects include “Roma-Sinti-Kale-Manush” (May-July 2012) at Rivington Place, London, as co-curator with Mark Sealy, Director of Autograph ABP and Gabi Scardi, Independent Curator; “Reflections on the Self – Five African Women Photographers” (2011-2014), London and UK, as part of Hayward Touring; and “[Kaddu Jigeen] – Women Speak Out” (2011-2013), Galerie Le Manège, Dakar and touring Africa. eyonart.blogspot.co.uk/
UCLan’s 2012 fellowship scheme is part of Preston Guild, a historic celebration held only once every 20 years since 1179. The Guild Research Fellowship is a prestigious award aimed at academics of the highest quality who are already on a research path to being a world-class researcher.
October 2012
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