archive of art projects by yoke and zoom

C.V 2000-2008

Yoke and Zoom CV.
Alexander Johnson and Nina Coulson, artists and co-founders of art group Yoke and Zoom

Education
2005-2007 MA Urban Design, (Alexander Johnson). Birmingham School of Architecture.
2005-2008 MA Curating. Dartington College of Art and BIAD
2001-2004 OCN L 1 and 2, Japanese. Worcester College Technology
2002-2003 AA2A Scheme for Graduate Artists. University College Worcester (UCW)
2001-2002 Hothaus digital art Bursary. Vivid, Birmingham
1997-2000 BA Hons Interactive Art. University of Wales College Newport (UWCN)

Exhibitions / Events

March 2008. Initiative and institution. London Metropolitan University/Public works/Celine Condorelli: http://www.initiativeandinstitution.net/

31 Aug- 30th Nov 2007. ctrl- copy. online exhibition. www.ctrl-copy.com
10th August 2007 - 26th August .stick /stamp /fly gasworks, london.
7th July -11 August 2007. The Most curatorial biennial of the universe. Apex Art. New York
30th June 2007. Almanac of political art. Austrian Cultural Forum. London
March 2007. Pigeon Post.Nottingham/Leicester/Derby
21st Jan 2007. Temporary measures. Associates. Hoxton St. London. Curated by Sophie Hope.
Oct-Nov 2006. Strategic Questions. What is Integration? Young Biennial. Bucharest, with Gavin Wade.
Dec 2005. Art Machine. Nottingham sideshow and Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Dec 2005. The artist with two brains. Curated by Chris Hammond. St Paul’s Church. Birmingham.
June-July 2005 Cloverfield. Collaborative project with N55. Cell Project Space. London.
May 2005. Collective Creativity. Kassel. Germany.
Mar 2005    ROYGBIV. Worcester
Sep 2004   ArtLink, Ueno-Yanaka, Tokyo.
Sep 2004   Thermo 04, the Lowry, Manchester.
Aug 2004   Do something Group Show, Floating IP Gallery, Manchester.
Mar 2004    Multiplus, Saltburn Artists Projects, Saltburn on Sea. .
Oct 2003    Radio Radio, the International 3, Manchester.
Oct 2003    Art Machine, Nadiff Gallery, Tokyo.
Aug 2003    Art Machine and Tea Party, Rice+, Tokyo.
May 2003   Resist Group Show, Crescent Arts, Scarborough.
May 2002   Possible, yet probable Group Show, G39, Cardiff.
May 2001   System Shutdown,Stourbridge Art Gallery.
Jan 2001    Myth and Logic Group Show,Stroud House Gallery, Stroud.

Archives
Bibliobox
B+B archive
Notion Nanny

Four Leaf Clover Distribution:
Essor Gallery (London) 2002
Hoax- Lux Gallery (London) 2001
VTO Gallery at Liste (Basel) 2002
Fresh Art Fair (London) 2002
Version 02 (Chicago) 2002
Interactive art lab (Chicago) 2002
G39 (Cardiff) 2002
Stroud House Gallery (Stroud) 2001
Love exhibition, wharf road (London) 2002
Pump House Gallery (London) 2002
N55 (Copenhagen) 2001
Exploratorium (San Francisco) 2002
Interactive Arts (Newport) 2000
291 Art mart (London) 2001
Troy (New York) 2002
I-data (Plymouth) 2001
Grizedale roadshow 2003
Art39 (Tokyo) 2003
Ueno Yanaka (Tokyo) 2004
Rice+ (Tokyo) 2003
Nadiff (Tokyo) 2003
Lowry (Manchester) 2004-2005
Midwest (West Midlands, Manchester, Glasgow) 2003-2004
ICA bookshop. London. 2006-7

Publications

2008.decentre. concerning artist-run culture/a propos de centres d'artistes. YYZ. Canada
2006. Guardian Guide. Exhibitions
2006. Revision. ISBN: 0-9552293-0-8
2005. Longhouse. People Identity Place. ISBN:978-0-9551295-0-6
2004 Radio Radio.Audio CD (available from International 3, Manchester.)
2004 Wired magazine. March edition.
2003 Variant, Volume 2,No. 18, pp. 13
        Asahi Shimbun, newspaper, Tokyo 30/7/03
        Yomiuri Shimbun, newspaper, Tokyo 27/7/03
        Art and Architecture, No. 58, pp. 36

Projects

Sept –Oct 06. Commissioned by University of Worcester to produce a report to identify sites for art on the new campus.ACE Award

June- July 05 Commissioned by Public Art West Midlands to produce case study for their website.

May-July 05 Cloverfield. Project managed and produced work as part of international collaboration culminating in a major solo/collaborative show in London. Project growing four leaf clovers in units designed specifically for the project with Danish Art/Design group N55. To be exhibited at Cell Project Space, London. Funded by Arts Council England.

March-May 05 ROYGBIV.Devised and installed temporary public art work. Reappropriated Georgian facade of the Royal Infirmary building, Worcester.

Dec 04-Jan 05. Art machine multiples distributed at The Lowry, Manchester and Ale and Porter (Art Gallery) Dorset.

March-May 04 Artmachine multiple project for Multiplus at Saltburn Art Gallery. The Artmachine is a condom vending machine filled with artboxes containing international artists' multiples.

July-Sept 03 Set up and installed Artmachine in Rice+ gallery, Tokyo as part of artist-in-residence programme funded by the Arts Council. Later installed at Nadiff gallery, Tokyo. Featured on the British Council's Tokyo website. Set up dialogue with Taito Corporation regarding future public art project based on 'Space Invaders' 25th anniversary.

June-Aug 03 Roadrage. Public art project. UK road sign featuring information on the Battle of Shrewsbury. Originally commissioned by Visual Arts Network (VAN) as a temporary sculpture to commemorate 600th anniversary of the battle. Fabricated and installed by JDM Accord and later acquired by the Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery for their public art collection.

April-Oct 03 Glorious Revolution. One minute audio work featuring our son reading an excerpt from Orwell's 1984. Made for Radio Radio - a 24 hour radio broadcast curated by Mel Brimfield at International 3, Manchester and The Trade Dept, London.

Jan 02-Jan 03 Grit and Determination, Public art project funded by the Arts Council of England (ACE) as part of a Rural Response Award. Six pairs of grit bins fabricated by Linpak Environmental. One labeled GRIT, the other DETERMINATION, were placed in six roadside locations in rural Worcestershire .We worked with four district Highways Depts and Raynesway Construction Ltd who selected sites where local residents had asked for grit bins and helped with installation.

Yoke and Zoom work was shown as part of the Blood gallery tour in Bethnal Green: , Cell Project Space. Wednesday, June 22nd 2005, 6.30pm. Blood delved into the East End for its end-of-season event, right into the heart of London's most dynamic gallery scene in Bethnal Green.

Yoke and Zoom are currently setting up Movement, an artist led project space on platform 2, Worcester Forgate Street station. In April 2008, we will be artist in residence at New Art Gallery, Walsall. Images and further information for all projects are available on website www.yokeandzoom.com

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