Employment 1992-present Professor in Fine Art, University of Ulster at Belfast 1991-1992 Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, University of Ulster at Belfast 1985-1991 Senior Course Tutor in charge of MA Fine Art, University of Ulster at Belfast 1979-1984 Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, and Course Tutor for MA Fine Art, Ulster Polytechnic, Belfast 1978-1979 Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, Ulster Polytechnic, Art and Design Centre. Course Tutor for postgraduate studies in Painting and Sculpture 1978 Open University Tutor for "Art and Environment". 1975-1978 Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, Ulster Polytechnic, Art and Design Centre, York Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. First Year Fine Art Course Tutor 1975 Lecturer in Liberal Studies, Blackpool College of Technology and Art, Blackpool, England 1975 Part-time Lecturer in Art, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Technology, Dundee, Scotland 1974 Adult Education Painting Instructor at Langara College, Vancouver, BC, Canada 1974 Instructor in Fine Arts for the physically and mentally handicapped in Pearson Hospital, Burnaby General Hospital, Banfield Extension of Vancouver General Hospital and Sunny Hill Hospital for Children, Vancouver, BC, Canada 1974 Instructor in Fine Arts at Vancouver Free University, Vancouver, BC, Canada 1973-1974 Officer (Jikijitsu), Vancouver Zen Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada 1972 Adult Education Painting Instructor, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 1971 Painting Instructor, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 1970-1971 Assistant Professor, Foundation Studio, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 1969-1970 Lecturer, Art Department (Art Appreciation, History, Studio) Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada 1968-1969 Assistant Professor, Art Department (Art History, Appreciation, Studio) Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois, USA 1968 Painting Instructor, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA 1968 Graduate Assistant - Etching, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA 1966 Art Teacher, Belmont Summer School Camp, Perthshire, Scotland 1965-66 Student Art Teacher, Morgan Senior Academy, Goodlyburn Primary School, St Michael's Secondary School, Dundee, Scotland
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Other
Professional Activities 1998 Nominator of Artists for the Paul Hamlyn Foundation (London) Awards to Individual Artists 1998-2000: Visual Arts 1988 Invited by the Irish Commissioner for the 48th Venice Biennale to join the Committee to select the Artist(s) to represent Ireland in the 48th Venice Biennale, Italy 1995 Invited to be on the Advisory Board of Performance Research Journal, published by Routledge Co-Curator of `Exchange Resources´, Festival of Time-based Art involving Artists and Artwork from Canada, Italy, Mexico, Iceland, Poland, Japan, USA, Spain, France, Czech Republic, England, Ireland and Scotland and hosted by Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland 1994 Served as Northern Ireland Arts Council Representative and Selection Panel Member for New Regeneration Trust, re Public Art Commission for Newry City Centre, Northern Ireland Served on the National Council for Educational Awards, Dublin, as an Assessor Evaluating the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Film/Video at Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design 1993 Internal Examiner for MPhil, University of Ulster at Belfast, Faculty of Art and Design Member of External Validation Panel of the Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen) Postgraduate Diploma/MA in Art and Design. Joined Board of Directors for the new Temple Bar Mixed Media Art Centre, Dublin, Ireland 1992 Selector and Judge for Northern Ireland's `New Contemporaries´ Exhibition, One Oxford Street Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland Co-selector for `Third Degree´ Art projects for the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin `Advisory Network´ Artist Associate for Hybrid magazine Patron for Circa Art Magazine, Belfast, Northern Ireland 1991 Selector, `Available Resources´ Initiatives, Northern and Southern Ireland, Europe and Canada 1990-92 Member of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland Visual Arts Committee. Joined ARCHA (Archives and Research for Contemporary Humanism and Art), Cologne, Germany 1990 Selector for the UK `New Contemporaries´ Exhibition. (Selected work shown in the ICA, London, the Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, The Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, and the Arts Council Gallery, Belfast 1988-92 Member of the Board for the Rome Scholarship in Sculpture, London, England Panel Member reviewing `New Work´ for the Massachusetts Council of the Arts and Humanities, Boston, USA 1986 Chairman for the Banquet Debate, topic `Crossing the Boundaries´ for the National Review of Live Art, Britain's Performance Art Festival, at Midland Group, Nottingham, England 1983 Member of the Artists Collective of Northern Ireland One of three organisers and selectors of `Nova´, a touring Northern Irish Arts Council Exhibition for emerging Irish Art and Artists 1977 Founding member of Art and Research Exchange, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
External
Assessor 1999-2002 External Assessor for M.A. Fine Art Combined Media Course, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, England 1998 External Examiner for PhD Candidate, Painting School, Royal College of Art, London, England 1998 External Examiner for BA Honours Fine Art, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, Scotland 1997-98 Awards Examiner and External Examiner for BA Honours Fine Art, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, England 1994-98 BA Honours Fine Art Course at Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, England 1993-96 BA Honours Fine Art Course at Staffordshsire University, Sheffield, England 1989-92 External Assessor to BA Honours Fine Art (Sculpture), Kingston Polytechnic, England MFA Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland NCEA, Ireland 1981-83 Chief External Examiner of Certificate and Diploma Fine Art Courses for the NCEA (National Council for Educational Awards), Dublin, Ireland
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