Associate Lecturer >> Culture & Enterprise Department >> Central Saint Martins >> University of the Arts London
Programme Curator >> Exhibitions Hub >> Department of Fine Art >> Goldsmiths, University of London
Co-founder >> Off Site Project >> www.offsiteproject.org >> w. Pita Arreola >> @offsiteproject1989
Freelance projects and exhibitions w. >> IAM / British Council Collection - Museum Without Walls / anonymous Gallery / Electric Artefacts / the Austrian Cultural Forum London / DATEAGLE ART / University of Arts London / the Centre for Investigative Journalism / isthisit? / Art Night / Creativeworks London, Queen Mary University London
Talks, panels & workshops w. >> Digital Art Observatory / Digital Research in Humanities & the Arts Conference / Royal College of Art / De:Formal / The Whitworth Gallery / Future Everything / UCL Multimedia Anthropology Lab / Tate Exchange / Somerset House Studios / Modern Art Oxford / Digital e-Learning Conference
Email >> elliottburns89 @ gmail . com
Instagram >> @burnselliott
Projects
- Inside IntelSt James Hatcham, Goldsmiths, University of London Open: Tuesday 16th 2 - 6pm, Wednesday 17th - Saturday 20th 10am - 6pm Stepping into an era already defined by confusion, the exhibition Inside Intel presents a speculative “Silicon Valley Imagineering Laboratory,” a 21st century office interior thick with counter-narratives and factual misinformation. Exploring the landscape of contemporary media and technology, Inside Intel investigates their influence on conspiratorial thinking. Artistic met
- ORIGINS 2018In 2018 I was asked to work again for the UAL Awarding Body organising their annual ORIGINS exhibition. This year the exhibition was expanded into a festival format, feature live muscial components organised by Hermione Benest and graphic design by Scene Pang. The show featured over 120 L1 - L4 students, including video screening rooms and a space dedicated to the new Fashion Business course.
- ORIGINS 2017An annual exhibition organised by the UAL Awarding Body department ORIGINS features in excess of 120 L1 - L4 students from institutions across the country and abroad. As exhibition curator my responsibilities ranged from the selection of artworks, to exhibition design, commissioning and collaborating with graphic designer Oliver Zandi, overseeing delivery and return logistics, planning the installation and budget management.
- Lost & FoundBased upon the findings of the Lost & Found research project this exhibition traces changes in learning and teaching practices (dominant, residual and emergent) at the University of the Arts London and its constituent colleges from 1975 to 2015. This forty-year period witnessed major changes in the governance and funding of Higher Education modifying and, in some instances, transforming pedagogic aims and approaches. The Lost & Found exhibition utilises descriptive, analytical, archival and vi
- Off Site ProjectOnline gallery featuring three parellel programs: homepage exhibitions, downloadable ZIP shows and Google Maps residencies. Founded in January 2017 with Pita Arreola-Burns Off Site Project works closely with emerging artists, building digital architectures and finding coding solutions to achieve their projects. www.offisteproject.org
- What Happens To Us15 November - 9 December 2016, at Wimbledon Space Curated by Marsha Bradfield and Amy McDonnell What Happens to Us was a exhibition designed to examined democracy as a system of community formation through a series of unfolding events. As a 'shadow curator' I was engaged to serve as a critical eye to the project, entering into events whilst simultaniously looking to understand the failures and successes of the exhibition's format.
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Work history
Exhibition CuratorUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
London, United KingdomFreelance
Exhibition curation and project management for two UAL departments, the Awarding Body and the Teaching and Learning Exchange.
Origins 2017
(6th - 10th July 2017)
Lost & Found
(5th - 31st July 2017)
Practices of Enquires
(14th - 18th November 2016)
Graduate Teaching AssistantUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
London, United KingdomFreelance
Part-time graduate teacher for the Culture & Enterprise department at Central Saint Martins. Specifically teaching students from BA and MA Culture, Criticism & Curation courses.
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Skills
- Visual Arts
- Art Direction
- Public Art
- Copywriting
- Editing
- Presenting
- Account Management
- Exhibition Design
- Problem Solving
- Project Management
- Creative Direction
- Excel
- Powerpoint
- Word
- Creative Leadership
- Teaching
- Spanish
- Art Criticism
- Photoshop
- Analogue Photography
- Creative Writing
- Art Review
- Academic Writing
- Art Administration
- Exhibit Design
- Lecturing
Education
Culture, Criticism Curation
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Fine Painting
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