Jeanine Breaker

Jeanine BreakerLeverhulme Research Fellow and BGS Artist in Residence

Location: Keyworth

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Biography

  • 2010–2011: Leverhulme Trust Research Fellow / BGS Artist in Residence
  • 2010: British Council US > UK Partnership Grant, Johns Hopkins University
  • 2008–2009: Senior Research Fellow in Drawing at Nottingham Trent University
  • 2004–2007: Arts and Humanities Research Council Fellowship in the Creative and Performing Arts, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
  • 2003–2004: Arts and Humanities Research Board Grant in the Creative and Performing Arts, Royal College of Art
  • 2002–2003: Leverhulme Trust Visiting Research Fellow, Royal College of Art
  • 1999– : International lecturer in 10 countries including Harvard and Oxford Universities, Tate Britain, National Gallery, Science Museum London
  • 1999– : Artist-in-residencies in 8 countries including France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Australia and throughout the US and UK
  • On-going: International exhibitions in over 100 venues in France, Germany, Spain, the US and UK including Tate Britain and Royal College of Art

Research interests

My Leverhulme Research Fellowship artist-in-residency will investigate the creative potential of techniques / methods used by geoscientists (such as soil-profile peeling and drillcore collection) to create a series of multi-media ‘art/efacts’ to enhance public awareness regarding issues of climate change and landscape preservation.

Current projects and collaboration

  • Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship / BGS Artist in Residence (please see 'Introduction to Fellowship' 499 KB pdf)
  • The anatomy of gesture and movement of the human body (please see 'Preservation of Nuance' 19.4 MB pdf)
  • British Council UK > US Partnership Grant at Johns Hopkins University, The Anatomy of Phantom Movement

Artwork and Curriculum Vitae

Published outputs

  • Preservation of Nuance, book chapter in Probing the Boundaries / at the Interface, currently in publication with Rodopi (Amsterdam, New York)
  • Preservation of Nuance, paper presented at the 3rd Global Conference Visual Literacies, published as an ISBN ebook of essays by Interdisciplinary Net, Mansfield College, Oxford
  • Illustrated book chapter in Drawing – the Future, catalogue of essays presented on the panel Drawing – the Future at the National Gallery published by University of Arts London
  • More than forty exhibition reviews in four countries including The Evening Standard, Art in America 1.9 MB pdf, Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Artpress Magazine, et al.

Key Papers

  • 3rd Global Conference Visual Literacies Conference, Mansfield College Oxford, July 2009
  • Drawing – the Future, four-member panel, the National Gallery, March 2006
  • The Anatomy of Gesture, Tate Modern & National Film Theatre Art Symposium, March 2002